If I weren't so close to finishing, I would transfer because the business department used to be the best one on campus and now it is the worst one. He is unprepared in class and has ruined the program. If you can--transfer or don't start here!!

This professor is condescending and facetious. He is different with online adults versus traditional students. He has absolutely no respect. This may be taken down like the other negative posts.

Dr. Bliss operates under the assumption that his class is easy and anyone who doesn't understand just isn't trying hard enough. Overall very condescending, while seems to be a genuine/nice guy outside of class, just did not enjoy him as a teacher. Would not take again.

Does not clearly communicate information, goes off on tangents, and makes the class more difficult than it needs to be. Tests are often too long for the amount of time given. Put in A LOT of study time and you can pass

I would be shocked if he could get a 100% on his own exams. The lecture videos are very long and boring, they could be cut in half if he didn't ramble on about nonsense. The class should be an easy A but he makes it way harder than it needs to be. The homework and exams are nothing alike. Overall, this class and teacher were awful. Would not take

This class made me hate fall 2017 so much. His lectures are unnecessarily long, he takes hours before actually showing you how to do the problems on excel (tests are done on excel). He literally makes so many mistakes in his lectures, it's sad. you have 2 hours per test but will not have enough time to finish all the questions. Glad i passed

Dr. Bliss is a very hard professor. He don't provide a clear understanding of the work, and expect you to know what you are doing in the class without his help. When you ask him to explain something about the assignment, he go around the question leaving you still confuses. I don't recommend you take him online.

Dr Bliss really is a bad instructor. He does not give clear instructions about the homework and papers. He is constantly complaining about the students and gives out zero very easily. He accused me of plagiarism more than two times and deliberately gave me zeros just because he thought I was not able to compose such essay. He does not care about us

Easily the worst teacher I have every had at FSU. He cares about the subject but is not a good teacher. He goes around the answers and got homework problems wrong MULTIPLE times throughout lectures. Homework is somewhat helpful and is the only way I learned from this class. The tests are harder than they should be and are the majority of your grade

Way to much HW dude chill!! Im doing like 12 hrs worth of HW weekly!! Even Spring Break!

Changed the entire grading scale during Finals Week! and expected us to refrain from even contacting him about it. It's his first year teaching this class and it shows, his lectures are long and inarticulate. Be prepared to spend 3+ hours on each of his 30 homework assignments that cost you $100 to even access.

Really nice guy, but let me be honest. His online and in person classes are both unorganized. His homework, videos (which were recorded years ago and are no longer applicable to the current course), test, and study guides do no relate to each other AT ALL. Its as if you're taking four separate courses at once. I learned nothing from him. SAD!

His exam reviews and homework practices are all you need. Everything else is useless. He is so rude and disrespectful, that "nice guy" facade should be taken with a grain of salt. As soon as things don't go his way, he starts to get inconsiderate and snappy. He was deadset on proving that he had control over things that he didn't.

Both classes I've taken with Dr. Bliss have been extremely frustrating. While his videos have improved slightly, he still wastes time on topics that he doesn't test on. Further, he teaches oversimplified examples in lectures; homework and exam problems are much more difficult and complex than what is taught. My TA essentially taught me the course.

A terrible professor. He has absolutely no regard for his students or for their lives outside of class. He is extremely unsympathetic and frankly, just mean. 10/10 do NOT recommend this professor if you intend to learn something or pass.

Professor Bliss can be a nice guy, but I recommend finding a different professor for FIN3403 or QMB3200. I took both with him, and I relied on Skoolers in order to pass. I am sure you have heard before that some people can be very knowledgeable on a topic, but have no idea how to teach it to others. Bliss fits into that category.

Dr. Bliss seems like a good guy and teacher. The class however is awful. I compare it with ACG2021 and ACG2071, if you have taken those. If I had known there was a skoolers I would have 1000% done that. If you like extreme memorization and impossible concept questions or if you want to study for weeks just to fail the exam then this class is for u.

Even with skoolers, this class is difficult. The course was apparently rewritten this year and is way harder than it needs to be for an introductory finance class. The content seems straightforward enough, but the exams have a way of making it confusing. Would absolutely advise against taking this class if you can avoid it.

Horrible professor, does not care about students. Also makes the class 10000 times harder than it should be

1) you better buy skoolers, 2) The grade you have after the final exam isn't your final grade, 3) most boring lectures right before acg2021 and 2071, 4) do not take this class or teacher. I studied for days on days to get an A on the final exam. Got me up to a B- was so excited. Now I have a 79. Weeks after final exam my grade changed. NOT FAIR.

I've taken him once before for QMB, and I wasn't excited to see that he was the only professor available for this class. I'm not a finance major, and this course with this guy teaching seemed impossible for me. His video lectures absolutely suck and don't help at all. If you're not a finance person, try your best to steer clear from this guy.

This online class consisted of 60 minutes of lectures and a few homework help videos. The homework help videos are great for helping you understand the homework. Unfortunately, the tests consist of math problems not found on the homework and full of concept questions that he never even mentions. I took the 6 week class so maybe 16-week is fine.

It's clear previous classes got lucky, as a note card used to be allowed on the exams. It still says it is in the syllabus leaving many students confused right before the first exam. Now you are stuck trying to remember how to do hundreds of problems off the top of your head. Says things won't be on the exam yet appear anyway. Cannot recommend.

We didn't get a note card and have to memorize way too many formulas, which just seems unreasonable. Skoolers is a must. Unless, of course, you decide to trick honorlock and have someone else take your test for you, which sadly a lot of people do. The fact that bliss looks the other way makes him just embarassing to the university.

Class is interesting but very challenging. The lecture videos are very barebones and either gloss over or completely omit material that is present on exams (70% of grade). Previous classes were allowed a notecard but they were removed to prevent "cheating", and it felt as we were getting punished for a previous student's actions.

I learned everything from Skoolers and nothing from professor bliss.

I disliked the professor.

I'm taking him for both classes and it is clear he hardly knows his own material. He repeatedly during his live review sessions gets questions on his own review wrong and chastises students for asking elaboration on questions. Only Professor in my 3 years at FSU that I can say with confidence is a bad teacher and you need to avoid at all costs.

Very rude towards his students who ask for extra help. Study for a week straight because the homework is nothing like his exams. He allows 2 flashcards for the exams but don't you dare ask him for help because he will rudely shut you down and make sure to not curve your grade.

Honestly, this was by far one of the worst teachers i have ever had to take. He gives lots of information to prepare for tests that are NOTHING like the info he would teach us. Some of the questions on his exams were lined up but most are made up by him. Does not care what so ever towards his students, and refuses to help your grade. Horrible

Awful teacher tests are half his hw questions half material he doesn't teach you rude towards students overall just the worst class/teacher i think ive ever taken

Sending my future child to UF after taking this class.

I get that the class is difficult, but he makes the exams nearly impossible. I put a ton of work into the class and can't get a better grade then people who use straight gpt because its so difficult. Seems like he tries to make every exam "non-cheatable" but just makes it almost impossible for people to do it without cheating.

Words cannot describe how ATROCIOUS this professor is. Let me begin by saying the tests are substantially more difficult than the homework and they are much different than the given assignments. This professor goes out of his way to make things more difficult for you. How he is a professor is beyond me because his teaching abilities are horrendous.

Avoid at all costs. Might as well not even watch the lectures because you'll just wind up teaching yourself all the information. Tests are very hard for no reason.

I'm convinced any positive reviews here were written by him.

Wouldn't write this if I didn't think this guy was absolutely deserving of an awful review. In fact, this is the first professor I have reviewed on here. I actually created this account to warn others of how bad of a professor he is. I think my biggest problem with him is that the tests are nothing like the homeworks. Would NEVER take him again.

If this class is not a requirement for you, by all that is holy do NOT take this class with this professor. This is the first grade I will receive that is not an A. The exams are nothing compared to the homework problems, and expects you to apply concepts that aren't taught.... Did I mention that you should not take this class by any means.

Wouldn't write this if I didn't think this guy was absolutely deserving of an awful review. In fact, this is the first professor I have reviewed on here. I actually created this account to warn others of how bad of a professor he is. I think my biggest problem with him is that the tests are nothing like the homeworks. Would NEVER take him again.

Gary bliss is one of the longest running teachers at FSU, which makes it so confusing as to why he is still so bad at teaching this class. Exams are much more difficult than any practice given. He explains the formula but uses many finance terms nobody knows, and no reasoning.Overall, expect to need a tutor if you need this for your future career.

This is by far the worst online class I've taken at FSU. Unfortunately, there are no other options for Business majors and you are going to have to take him. There is homework every week, but the real problem are the tests which are SUPER HARD and nothing like the HW. Don't take if you don't have to.

Please don't take this decrepit dust bag. He does not put his students first and has made his tests impossible and hates giving any extra credit. Also, if you have accommodations he just wont curve your test so watch out. Honestly the class is fine but he makes it impossible to get an A, but not because the material is advanced, its because of him.

Gary needs to retire, he does not teach you anything. Lecture videos are a waste of time and don't be fooled by the open note exams. Test questions are very difficult and are often not even covered in class.

Worst professor at FSU. How can you teach the same class for decades and still suck. Tests are more difficult than they should be. Online lectures are difficult to understand at times. Like he'll spend 5 mins repeating the same rudimentary topic and then gloss over the complex little nuances he'll put on the test. Don't take him if u can help it!!!

What a rude guy. So full of himself. I don't think you can avoid taking this guy unfortunately. Just do what you're told and don't expect him to be nice in any way.

He just does not seem to care about the performance of his students on his tests which is cause for concern. I also feel like the feedback provided by students is not being considered whatsoever. The same issues seem to be reoccurring: the tests are overly difficult for no reason and they do not resemble the homework or even the lectures.

The class is really just discouraging because you can put in the time to study, just for the test to be completely different than the assignments. It is just really disappointing; not much else to say. Unfortunate that I have to leave a negative review here, but if you feel the same way then leave a comment on here or in the class evaluations.

It is very troubling that I feel unmotivated as a student in this class.I have no desire to even study because I feel like it won't even make a difference on the exams. Was hoping for a 4.0 this semester but with this professor I can kiss that goodbye. He is the first professor I've had an issue with here.

I've had teachers that were arrested for assault on students in the classroom that were better teachers than bliss. He is so rude and full of himself and thinks hes better than you even though hes on a teachers salary. He loves making students lives harder and takes pride in being a rude and mean teacher. Dont take this class.

This class gave me cancer. On the exam, you have to manually make a sheet in excel full of numbers and calculate multiple ratios and equations with those ratios, and do all of this 30 times in under 90 minutes. Would say stay away but this class is mandatory and he's the only one who teaches it, so all I can say is good luck.

Class seems pretty straight forward until you get to the exams that are nothing like what he teaches. It's 10x harder than any assignments and it's like being introduced to new material during exams. He says time is our biggest enemy for exams, but it's crazy that we are tested on speed rather than knowledge. Seems like good guy but def a bad prof

Dr. Bliss has no understanding of what test prep is. He consistently provides you with easy homework that is a fraction of the tests' difficulty. He is stubborn and stuck in his ways. If you ask for extra prep materials, he just tells you to review the normal stuff that is already pointless. You can study over and still will not be prepared.

This class sucks. Maybe Bliss is a good guy outside of teaching, I have no idea. I think he gets off on making the exams so much harder than the HW. There's some extra credit opportunities, and a ton of HW to offset the exams if you bomb them. Good luck, this is a required course for so many people but it will do literally nothing for you.

Gary Bliss is quite literally the worst professor I have ever had. The exams are legitimately impossible and he does not curve. Even if you spend 20 + hours studying, you will not receive a satisfactory grade. You are better off guessing on every single question. Literally WTF.

Only professor that I've had an issue with thus far. He seems nice but just a terrible professor. Review sessions don't help much and you practically have to speed through the tests. He REFUSES to curve tests and just BLATANTLY DISREGARDS how his students perform on them. It seems that many other students feel this way.

this was literally the hardest class i have ever taken. there is no point in studying because the exams are 10x harder then the homework and in class examples. he gives some extra credit which helped my grade a lot, but this class was a constant source of anxiety for me. so happy its done.

The exams were impossible and did not resemble the homework at all. I've never had an issue with a professor until this class. I put 20+ hours into studying for each of the 4 exams, and every single time there was stuff that wasn't mentioned either in the textbook or the lecture videos.

The previous comment states that he curved 2/4 tests which is not true. He gave us some points on one exam because there were issues with the answer key and he emphasized that it wasn't a curve. Then he gave out a couple on the last test to some students because he didn't want to be bothered by people asking for their grade to be rounded.

You know there's an issue with the class when you could study all the given lectures and assignments and still not do well on the test. None of that work prepares you for the tests because, for some reason, Gary takes pride in making the exams substantially harder than the material he gives you. Both of his classes are simply ridiculous.

I feel like not enough people talk about this but the time constraints are what really make his exams so hard. One exam I took, I only completed 23 out of 35 of the questions and had to guess on the other 12 because of time. The questions didn't feel terrible but typing all of the data into excel and making all of the calculations felt impossible.

The tests need a massive rework. They're incredibly unclear and impossible to finish on time.

A terrible representation of FSU. If this guy gave a talk about FSU, I never would've come. Just a professor whose class you want to avoid at all costs if you can. Hopefully they hire someone else to teach this class

I haven't even finished the class yet but want to end it all. This class is such a source of anxiety for me and affects my performance in every other class. I understand the concepts and do great in practice, then the exam is 100x harder and things we've never seen. To top it off, Bliss is traveling the world ooo on a boat while I suffer...

The oldest and worst teacher ever. Spends his life on a boat off in the Atlantic, giving out tests from a test bank thats 50+ years old. It is literally you with 3 months of Finance vs his 80 years of knowledge. He even claims multiple times that "the book answer says I'm wrong, but I don't care cause I think I'm right" in his review sessions.

Don't believe any reviews before 2024. Exams are on content not in textbook or lectures and some tutoring services are banned. Extremely difficult to pass no matter how hard you study. First exam I've ever failed. If there's another professor available take that class.

Worst professor at FSU, wants everyone to fail his class, avoid him if you can because he does not teach anything that is on the test.

This class is the Titanic and Gary Bliss is Rose pushing you off the floating door to your death. Exams are so fast Gary might as well replace dog racing with sleep deprived finance student racing. To get through this class don't use any of his materials, plug in the book material to Chatgpt and ask it to teach it and create practice questions.

Professor is hard to communicate with; notes are old and re-used and assignments are automatically graded. TA's deal with everything. What does the professor actually do? Extremely exam heavy class and all other assignments are basically busy work. In my opinion, he brings unnecessary attitude into the class and holds his ego above all students.

Find people to study with. Bliss sucks but his exams are online, no honorlock. They questions are impossible. This class is no cake walk just find friends in the class. Final grade is basically just exams and very little homework.