Reviews of professor Christopher Whaley

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great class and great professor.  Gives you all the resources you need to do well (unlimited homework attempts, practice exam questions) but they are not easy.  You really have to study for his exams.  Lectures are fun, once a week and then an optional Thursday lecture (otherwise videos are online).  Finance is not my major.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Whaley gives you everything you need to succeed in his class. His lectures often go off topic but are interesting. If you fill out the study guide using the textbook and do the test practice problems, there is no reason you shouldn't pass this class. Some homework problems were very hard for no reason, but you get unlimited attempts.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Whaley is great! You will have 3 exams, and an optional final. Each exam is graded on a different percentage. Your highest exam grade will be at the highest percentage. He offers sample problems that are VERY SIMILAR to the tests. Just don't expect to cram.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Whaley was so kind and real. Finance can be a hard concept but his real world examples that he gives in class make it easier. He doesn't give extra credit, however, he weights your highest test score as 30% of your grade, medium exam as 25% and your lowest score as 20%. 2/3 of our tests go moved to online. GO TO CLASS DO HW

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Whaley makes the grading criteria very clear. Everything needed for the class is available online and even offers exam review videos and practice problems to work on. This is not an easy class but if you apply yourself and use the resources provided to you then you'll do just fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He weighs tests based on your highest score, and drops the lowest. Drops 2 HW. HW about every week, annoying but on connect so it's not bad. He gives practice problems for exams so you are well prepared if you study. The conceptual portion comes from lectures/slides. He is really nice and willing to explain something if you are confused. Take him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class is laid out fluently and as long as you go to class the tests are very straightforward. Easy A if you attend lecture and try to learn, he cares a lot about what he is teaching, making it interesting.