Reviews of professor Seth Sunderland

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Has incredible industry insight and despite being a very stern and straight forward teacher is impressively empathetic with students that work hard and make the effort to seek help. I've had him for two classes (3040 and Venture Capital Finance) and I'd take a third class with him.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class was dry, asks trick questions, avg score on test is lower, does grade on curve and remove worst quiz score. no required homework so each quiz and test is heavily weighted.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Seth is a really nice guy, but he's not the greatest professor. Lectures are long and confusing, and it's a mystery as to what will be on the tests and quizzes. If you do poorly on one test then you may have a hard time getting a good grade in this class. It's basically a "do it yourself" type of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Really test heavy with some difficult content but was available outside of class to help. Also was helpful in providing mentoring when looking into internship opportunities.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Sunderland is an egomaniac and does not care about his students. This class is designed for finance bros to feed his ego. You never learn anything related to new venture finance. Instead he wastes your time and forces you to listen to lectures he clearly makes up on the spot.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Seth means well. As a first time professor, he struggled connecting the material to the class. However, if you read the book you will be fine. The man has worked in Investment Banking and has some pretty cool stories. The curve is so strong with FINAN 3040 - almost all you need to do is read and try examples in the back of the chapters to do well.