Reviews of professor James Bay

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This guy understands the material well but is absolutely horrendous at teaching it. He doesn' explain anything and if you miss one thing in class, good luck because you'l never learn it again. No lecture videos, no slides for explanation. Interesting class but Jamie is never accessible and honestly that's the only thing that makes this class hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor was confusing and didnt seem like he knew what he was doing. The homework was difficult but just because of the poorly written instructions the actual content was not hard. Tests were always a guessing game because he would not really tell us what would be on them. Very stressful class for no good reason. Super boring too

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
WORST FUGGING PROFESSOR EVER ! DO NOT TAKE FINAN4020 IF YOU WANNA LIVE LONG. YOU WILL BE SCARED BY HOW LITTLE ON THE INSTRUCTION IN TERMS OF HOMEWORK AND HOW IRRELAVENT IT IS COMPARE TO LECTURE VIDEO! AVOID AT ALL COST !

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By lots of homework, I mean that the homework was HARD. They weren't very in-line with what we learned in class. Jamie is a nice guy and is very knowledgeable, but he has a hard time teaching us that same knowledge. He takes a while to respond to emails. His exams are really stressful. On the last one, he just said "review the homeworks".

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a cool guy, but The opposite of a "clear grading criteria". Lectures are very boring so it becomes impossible to do well on the exam. Group projects are enough of a pain already but he makes you do an extra one (compared to the other teacher). I should've taken this class from the other professor, and so should you

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The homework makes no sense. Instructions are unclear. The shortcut final was an absolute nightmare...

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jamie Bay is tenured and it shows. He could not care less. It's 2020 and the lecture videos are from 2016, homework is from years ago, and PowerPoint slides from 2010. Lecture videos have so many mistakes in them. His test had errors on it and I had to have mine regraded twice. Avoid this class (and anything else he teaches) at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
All the negative reviews said here are true. Homework's had VERY confusing instructions and did not match the lecture videos at all. He also never teaches in the class and expects you to already be an expert in excel. Exams were and study guides were confusing as well. Please avoid this professor at all costs unless you have to take his class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
For an excel class professor he sure sucked at using excel. He was super confusing in class it seemed like it was his first class he's ever taught every day. Super unclear and homework was super confusing and nothing like the lectures. We literally skipped a quiz because it was so broken we couldn't take it. This dude should retire.