If you did not take options in undergrad, this class will screw up your GPA.Prof. spends half of semester explaining simple basics,then rushes through the most complicated 2/3rds of the material in 1 month time!!! Sample exams different from actual ones. Final is unreasonably tough.Solutions manual not helpful,because exams are more complicated.

Very slow with the initial easy material but then rushes for the harder later material. Sample exams are useless and the test is harder then the text problems. This is a very frustrating class. NOT GOOD AT ALL

Do not take this guy, he is waist of time. Very taugh grader and not easy to communocate with. Avoid at all cost!

Avoide at all cost! This professor is not clear at all, he can't manage his time, he is all over the place. The exams are stupid hard, only 4 questions equally weighted so you really will do bad if you have only couple of mistakes. And belive me he takes a lot of points off if you don't write a full explanation. FYI and he doesn't curve eather!

Horrible Professor! 2 midterms and 1 final graded evenly. 4 questions/exam. short essays explaining questions. the explanations are never good enough so before you know it, you are at 65. If I had to take him again, I would go to NYU and jump out the window. avoid at all costs. He screwed up my GPA.

Thats why I dropped this a hole. I told you ppl he sucks. I dropped him and took somebody else. Covered 12 chapters and learned something. Thank god I dropped him. I repeat, thank god I dropped him. Still have my 3.9 GPA baby!

Overall, this professor is ok. He gave 3 exams, 2 mid-term is 10 Question, 10 point each. Note the exam is Hard if you have no finance background. He said out of the two mid-term he will drop the one with the lowest score, so if you did will on one of them you should be doing fine. But, be prepare his exams is very hard.

Doesn't show up for his own tests. Late every day. Tells you the test will be multiple choice, then gives a written test. Tells you if you study the practice tests you will be fine then puts different topics on the actual test. Horrible professor

Absolutely horrible. I am an honors student, don't usually complain about profsrs. but this guy is something else. Tests filled w. mistakes & incoherence yet he instructs TA's to not even take Q's during the exams (which he doesn't bother to show up for). Can't teach. Rude. Useless. If he's the only prof avlbl, wait a semester. AVOID at all cost.

The professor starts late every class, took a 20 minute break during a two-hour class, and moved much too quickly w/ no explanations. A problem-solving class with no problem sets? He posted the sample final exam the day before the final! The actual exam looked nothing like the sample exams. I have never studied so hard for such a subpar grade.

Fastest GPA killer at Baruch. Don't do it. Just don't. Seriously. He assigns a ton of workreading that has nothing to do with the exams. You'd think the book & slides he reads word for word were for a different class altogether. He tells you he will curve and then doesn't even when exam averages are 70. Easily my worse academic decision ever.

He barely speaks English in class ,and his accent is so heavy. The test is tough and horrible .

Took him for the summer 2016 course. His exams are nothing like the sample exam or hw. He talks very fast in class and it's hard to follow. He reads off the ppt slides. His exams are tricky and full of mistakes. I would not recommend him as a professor. His accent is very heavy. The avg on the exams is like a 40% very difficult class

The attendance counts 5% of the entire grade. His lecture doesn't help. You need to understand materials through homework. However, homework contains a lot of questions. 40% questions of the questions do not related to the tests. Be prepare to get challenged in the first midterm especially if you feel the material and homework are easy.

His lectures are basically just him reading off some slides. He mumbles all the way though, so you won't really understand him. Doesn't really teach much. Exams are unrelated to the whatever he "teaches". Don't take his class. If you do, you better get ready to learn by yourself.

Awful professor!Ruined my GPA! Took him for summer class. All he does is read off slides, his accent is hard to understand, his reviews are nothing like the actual exams, made a lot of mistakes grading the exams, discourages asking questions. He doesn't care about students, so you are on your own. Wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy!! Stay away.

just some heads up-doesn't curve, GPA killer, tough grader, tough tests. don't do this to yourself!

Boring class!. The professor goes over the slides and explains exercises quickly. If you take this class you would have to study on your own. Tests are extremely difficult.

Three words: unfair, dishonest, stubborn When you study for tests, you don't just have to be worried about how prepared you'll be, you also have to worry about how many questions on the test will be unfair or contain typos. Very unfortunate, but out of your control. Worst professor- avoid!

DONT TAKE HIM. The subject material was interesting but it wasnt taught in an interesting manner. Professor literally just read through the slides, which students can do by themselves. he didnt put any extra effort to engage students. The exams were difficult and we never did any practice questions in class for each chapter.

took his 4610 this spring 17. our average was like 48%. he does not care about us. he just comes to Baruch to get his check. he rushes through the lecture and expects you to get it. The midterms are very long and extremely difficult. plus he says he gives partial credit for the steps but does not. please don't take him you will regret it.

Professor Giannikos definately knows what he is talking about, but he is unable to connect the lectures to the exams. The HW and textbook are hard to relate to the exam. More time should have been dedicated to solving these questions

GPA killer. Avoid. His lectures were extremely boring and unorganized. Exams were full of typos and he refused to acknowledge them. The only positive thing I can say about this professor is that he curves grades.

Avoid him if you can.

This dude is horrible. Tests are easy but you will be doing about a days worth of homework every single week. Would rather have had a harder class with less work than this nonsense.

tests are moderate & doable. however for our final presentation, he absolutely ripped students apart for little things that were not mentioned on the project guidelines. if you can take someone else, please do.

Professor Giannikos is not very helpful to be honest. You must study ONLY on your own, study by the textbook, since his slides, lectures and Homeworks are definitely not enough to write the tests. The previous comment that this is an "easy class" is false.

He will mess up your grade. One of the worst professors ever. Be careful with how he grades your work. Took days to get back test grades kinda weird. He says he curved my class but I am believing he just gave grades at random. Please avoid.

Nice man but horrible professor he doesn't teach. His exams are difficult nothing like the material. Doesn't give you access to check your work on assignments until after they're due which doesn't help when you're trying to learn the material. Class Avg was a 53. He oddly doesn't hand back tests for you to check your grades and verify. Avoid him.

He doesn't care about his students, he speaks quietly never has office hours and never seems to want to help his students. The first midterm was 52% and the second midterm was 48% so if you meet above the average then you pass. Meaning half the class will fail, no matter what because the curve is passing if you meet above the average.