this guy is nuts. cannot teach in any way, shape or form. looks like he has been playing with the Grateful dead, no, wait a minute, thats his class.

Worst class I have taken at Oakland. Prof is straight out of the 70's and his textbook and lecture are impossible to understand. His grading is terrible and not straight forward. Avoid this class if at all possible. Learned nothing from this class.

Worst teacher I have ever had. Impossible to follow, book was terrible by his own admission (and he wrote it). Material is so specific that it is not of use once outside the class. Avoid at all costs.

Had him for 416 & 417 and it was a complete waste of my time. I didn't learn a thing because his lectures are incomprehenisible and the text (his book) is the same way, so you never get anything out either one. I would avoid taking him for 417 just so you don't have to go through his system twice. Better off teaching yourself with different text

As a professor he is a complete waste of space. I've aced every class I've taken in my MBA program and I am completely lost in this class. This guy couldn't teach a chihuahua to bark. Avoid him at all costs if you are actually interested in learning.

I am embarrassed to attend a University that would employ this man for so many years. I was excited to learn something in this class, and I am now more confused than when I started. This class has left me traumatized. I might quit school altogether now. Thanks Murph.

This is with out a doubt the worst class I have ever taken. Stay away. I wish there was a negative possible to rate clarity. For your own good don't take a class taught by him.

Incomprehensive, looks like a pot-smoking reject from the 1970's. Seriously, he wears a bandana all the time, and doesn't shave. Looks like a ****en Viggo Mortensen, with none of the charisma. Obviously a smart guy, but can't teach or communicate with humans. Hard to believe such a good university would employ a guy like this. Avoid his classes!

I cannot believe Oakland University continues to keep this mans employment. His exams were harder than the CPA exam, he loved ranting over who knows what and be prepared to spend 50+ hours on his project. Oh & that curve that everyone talks about doesn't exist.

This class was joke. He talks fast and expects that you're already on his level of investment knowledge. Midterm average was below a 40% and he said he was disappointed in us... Maybe if he could actually teach his class would pass

It is astounding that a professor could be so unclear in teaching material that he himself wrote. The material in his book is outdated, often referring to terminology that is no longer relevant. He requires the class to use his software, which is not compatible with any modern OS and was originally written on Windows 95. "State of the art" hahahaha

DO NOT TAKE HIM. The books are useless and poorly written, and he is also very arrogant and not helpful at all. Save yourself time and money and take this class with someone else.

Easily worst professor at OU. He wrote the book, which is useless. Regardless of what anyone says, although you can and will pass with an extensive amount of work, it is all useless information you will never use in the real world.

Worst professor at OU. Avoid at all costs. He acts like you should already know the material. He wrote the book so if he's teaching methods don't work for you the book will be useless. His exams are impossible to pass and the Group project requires endless hours of work. His instructions and exam questions are unclear.

I read the negative reviews on here and figured the kids were just dumb as often times has happened. They were not. Guy has been sued, dean and head of finance have had to give passing grades because he failed 80% of his class. Midterm average was 42%. Has no grading criteria and I've learned nothing. I'm a 3.8 student and I hope to get a 2.0.

Save yourself and listen to the reviews! Worst professor I've taken at OU. Spends entire class going over answers to the homework and doesn't teach. Class is based off of 3 exams and 25% participation (which is answering hw questions). Exams are extremely difficult, class average on the first exam was a 52%.

Look he's a funny quirky guy but he gets lost in his own lectures. He often clarified homework answers with a student, showing that he truly does not know the information. If you're good with a calculator and long word problems go ahead and register for him.

Murphy is terrible at teaching. He reads off of slides and talks the entire class period. He goes off into tangents and loses the point of what he was talking about. He forces participation in order to get attendance for the day. The only grades for the semester came from the midterm, a project, and the final. Worst class I have ever taken.

I usually take courses with Professors who aren't popular/liked because I learn a lot in those classes, but this teacher sucks. He may be smart, but knows nothing about teaching. After taking this class, I've found a new appreciation/respect for teachers who actually develop a clear lesson plan and can communicate key points to the students.

Classic example of a rotten prof who uses tenure as a shield. Egotistical, cannot stick to a lesson plan, and is a waste of tuition money and time. Avoid this guy like the coronavirus

I cannot emphasize this enough, do not take any class J Murphy offers. You will kill yourself putting in the work and either fail or barely pass. Take the warning and run. Average midterm score was in the 40s and he refused to curve it. The entire class went to the head of accounting/finance @OU and because he has tenure no repercussions. STAY AWAY

Class is extremely difficult and is practically self taught. Professor does not do any examples which makes the problems even harder. Tests were only 20 questions each which means each question was worth 5%. No HW just graded on test as well. If you can stay away.

WORST professor EVER. Grade is made of 3 exams and pop quizzes. I can not stress how BAD this professor is- I'm a 4.0 student and I was happy receive a C. Rude to students, can not stick to a lesson plan, not helpful in class, outside of class, or via email. Does not put grades online and will not email your grade, so you never know where you stand

Without a doubt the worst professor I have ever had at Oakland University. Even if my classes were difficult, I blame myself for a poor grade. Not this class. He grades with ZERO leniency, teaches with no structure, and assumes everyone knows everything already. He is smart, but cannot teach at all. Stay far away from his classes.

DO NOT TAKE!! Honestly the worst MBA class I've taken and I failed by a couple points short of passing. This is the first time I performed poorly in an MBA class. Murphy's class was confusing, poorly taught and he didn't answer the right questions. He wrote the textbook which is just as confusing as his lectures. I highly regret taking this class.

Be prepared to teach yourself. the classes are worthless because he just goes through homework problems. This class consists of "oral quizzes" and lectures with no sense of organization. He gets lost in his lectures and rambles on. Nobody would show up to class if he didn't give pop quizzes. He acts like everyone already knows the material.

This man is smart but he cannot teach. Assigns optional hw problems to practice but none of which appear on the exams. Attendance only mandatory bc of the "oral quizzes" he tries to fit within the last 15 min of class, otherwise, lecture is useless. I would've failed if it wasn't for COVID. Take this class if you have the skill to teach yourself.

Very poor professor. His lectures are not good at all. I just quit attending them and began reading the book and did fine. He just jumps around from slide to slide, not taking too much time with the information that you need to know, then proceeds to go off on tangents. Avoid if you can, because the course isn't too easy to begin with.

This professor "teaches" as if you already know the information, making it very difficult to actually learn anything from the lectures. He doesn't write out any problems that you need to know how to solve. He will summarize entire chapters in 1 or 2 slides and move on. Avoid if you can because you won't learn much.

Avoid this professor at all costs. Not once will you recieve feedback on your mini cases eventhough they account for 80% of your grade. Hes a perfect example of how tenure has destroyed higher eduaction. I cannot stress this enough, AVOID THIS PROFESSOR. I shouldve listened as the class average is around a C. I wish the SBA would do something...

We were graded by 100 "minicases" that's it. These are just word problem questions made by him and very confusing. I struggled to match his expectations when answering. This is due too lectures being unorganized, and hard to follow with his random tangents of material. He walked through some Qs when we had did poorly on previous sections.

Yes, I did get an A in his course but don't let that fool you. You will have to teach yourself or try to look up every assignment in this course. Doesn't provide feedback and will not answer questions clearly. Lectures are him reading off powerpoints and talking about already completed problems. 100 case studies and 2 projects. Don't recommend!!

Prof. Murphy is not a good professor, stay away if you can. The class was graded on three items: HW (100 PTS), Project #1 (10 PTS), Project #2 (5 PTS) and is graded out of 100 PTS, so technically the projects are "extra credit" but the work is not worth it. He writes all of the HW problems and the book does not help. Asking questions is pointless

Do NOT take this class. He lectures like everyone already has extensive knowledge on this subject in a survey level class (which is a business minor class). Lectures are not helpful at all and his instruction is unclear. You better be prepared to learn everything on your own and pay for Chegg to be able to do decently on all your mini-cases (hw).

Professor Murphy is a very unhelpful professor. 85% of your grade is dependant upon homework assignment that he never gives feedback for. We are given a grade without knowing what we are being marked incorrect for. He is so unhelpful when students ask for help and we express that we are obviously struggling. DO NOT TAKE HIM!!

Wish I would have seen the reviews before taking him. Everything is an example or he goes off on tangent so nothing makes sense. Didnt tell us how much the book mattered (basically assumed we would read the ch without prompt) and even when reading it didnt make sense because hes so scattered. No HW feedback but bases future problems off past ones.

If there was one class where I truly was not taught a single thing, it would have to be Finance 3000. When he speaks to the class, he assumes you have extensive knowledge on how to use financial tools such as yahoo finance. Absolutely horrendous setup and I advise you TO STAY AWAY. All classes seem to be set up identical.

Murphy is an arrogant jerk who thinks he is smarter than everyone else, but is at Oakland University??? He acts like he belongs at MIT or Wall Street. Boring beyond belief. Do NOT take. You will regret it.

Trash. Straight Trash. Do not register, I have nothing against him personally, but he is a horrible teacher.

DONT NOT TAKE THIS COURSE VERY TERRIBLE TEACHER. HE GIVES NO FEEDBACK WHATSOEVER

Worst experience I have had at Oakland University. I genuinely cannot understand how a class can be made so difficult - and for an online class, he barely knows how to use the Moodle page. PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DO NOT TAKE HIS COURSE!

This professor doesn't offer extra credit or provide feedback on mini-cases if you've gotten any wrong. He's very difficult to work with. Don't take this class with him if you can. He makes OU look bad.

No feedback on assignments, can't use a computer, terrible lectures, and he makes it extremely difficult to get any help for your work.

This is the worst professor I have ever taken in my life. Please do not take this class. The whole class is two mini projects and 85 questions it seems pretty simple and straightforward but it is not. You will be spending hours on the 85 questions and if you get them wrong, he does not let you correct them leaving you hopeless as you wasted time.

Horrible!! he doesn't know how to lecture nor explain the material. doesn't use Moodle to show you your grades, he just sends you random numbers without explaining what is what. This is an easy material class if you focus but this guy makes it 10x harder than it's supposed to be. Don't take him at all unless you want a headache and more anxiety.

Online lecture was horrible and was very dry. He helped with some of the problems, but not all. He did not explain the material well and what it actually means.

As a 3.9 student he is the worst prof I have ever had. You are only graded by 3 things. 85% of your grade comes from minicase problems he makes. He will not help you on these, he will say go look at a book problem example but the book problem is nothing like it. He also does not teach, just reads example problems and goes the math. No explanations

Worst prof I have ever had. Makes no sense in his lectures as he just reads off the math and doesnt explain anything. Graded by minicases. and 2 small assignments. He will not help you on the mini cases because he says they take the place of tests. If you ask a question he will just tell you to look at the book. AVOID HIM!

I am currently taking this class and I absolutely despise this professor. He claims to have set us up for these "mini-cases" yet from talking with other students I know in the class, they are struggling immensely alongside me. Embarrassment to OU this curriculum needs to change, he needs to leave, or he needs to be canned!

I am in the middle of the worst semester of my life. My father is currently undergoing terrible medical issues, and I approached Murphy to ask him for help and a bit of leeway. He stared blankly through the entire exchange where I wept like a baby, begging him to help me. No sympathy, no help, nothing. Thinking about killing myself. Do not take.

Yea just go and step on a nail and you've taken this guy. His teachings are irrelevant, old, and also usually not even relevent to the grade.

Professor Murphy needs to quit teaching. every question he does in class is through an excel sheet that he refuses to teach to the students, so there is absolutely no point in taking his class. You will fail his class and have to repay to take it with any other professor. He sets his students up for failure. Worst teacher I have ever had.

If this is the only section available for you to take wait and take it another time. This class is not worth paying for.

Professor is confusing & unhelpful. 75% of grade is based off of projects which build on each other. It's unknown which questions you got wrong or right. Avoid this professor at all costs & take the course with anyone else. The lectures are not engaging at all and I have been lost since day one. The grading for this course sets everyone up to fail.

Avoid this class if possible. The professor's teaching style is severely lacking - he just reads from the textbook without any real explanation. The mini-cases make up 85% of the grade, but the professor provides zero guidance. I found Unstuck ai really helpful for studying, but taking this class is still a major struggle.

The Worst Class ever! I have taken hundreds of classes in my career span of 25 years, but this gentleman does not know how to teach. Share spread sheet and expect you to memorize while he is typing. The spread sheet is confusing and all over the place. Ruthless grading. He is all over the place during the lecture and arrogant off course. Worst!

Do not take this professor he's horrible. Not only are all his assignments confusing and hard to understand. He is not understanding and doesn't care about your grade in his class.