Reviews of professor Christoph Herpfer

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super smart guy, can answer any question about any topic in finance. Tough grader, scored 60 on the midterm but still finished class with an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Really interesting class, problem is it has a reputation for being hard and attracts the stronger students. Since you are graded on a curve, makes this a very competitive class. It's a must take class if you want to go into S&T

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
my favorite class. he makes a real effort to connect the (relatively dry) material with what is going on in the world.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super well organized, you get a booklet with all slides from the entire semester in the first class. Material is mostly based on the book and he tells you which chapters in the syllabus. Lectures focus mostly on real world applications of the material, makes the course interesting and relevant

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is good if you want to go into S&T or if you really like listening to stories about Deutsche Bank. Prof. Herpfer absolutely has unclear grading criteria and doesn't care about the actual grade received by students. He intentionally made the second exam much harder and longer just because students did well on the first exam. Waste of time

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super tough. Amazing insights. He claims he is not teaching to the test and that's true.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
My favorite class this semester. Final grade was a positive surprise - ultimately, I guess he has to use the same curve as all classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Amazing course, he did a great job on the lectures even online. Really transformed the way I think about a lot of stuff, and I'm a finance senior!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I've never written one of these before, but feel obliged to do so for Herpfer. He is the best professor I've had at Emory and, more broadly, in my academic career. Like someone said below, his class attracts the best students and thus can be a little tough, but you'll learn more (relevant things!) than you ever have in any other course.

10/10 guy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Tough but fair. Truly amazing experience and I have no doubt what he taught me will be useful for the rest of my life. This kind of prof is why you pay all the tuition at Emory.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
amazing class, would take again

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
great prof and always VERY clear with what he expected u to know. The concepts/ material r heavy & complex, but he explained things in a way that was simple and helped you track what was going on. He's funny and always talkin abt "stupid german money" lol. Def a challenging course but you'll do well if u go to class and watch the recorded lectures

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is absolutely amazing. Just finished the course, learned more than in any other course at Emory in my 3.5 years here.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
great class, it's popular for a reason