I've had better math/finance professors at community college

Professor Bliss was a very poor professor during my time in his class, the lectures and powerpoints are very bare bones and do not go into much detail on conceptual questions which appear heavily on the exams. Certain question types are not gone over either. He is impossible to get ahold of and even told us not to reach out to him the last weeks.

I hate this professor with my whole heart. Never met a less understanding professor than him. Asked for an extension on an exam that is physically impossible for me to take since he only gives one day for the exam and won't grant me it because I forgot to say what class I am in. This is a simple mistake but will now cause me to receive a 0.

This was honestly by far the worst class I have ever taken. I do think that part of it is because I took it online, but it still just sucked. The content is very difficult and lecture videos often didn't quite cover all of the topics that were tested on. Be sure to take advantage of the extra credit opportunities because it will save your grade.

Professor makes quizzes incredibly difficult and expects students to learn on their own. Don't take this professor.

Professor is bad at communicating with his students.

Bliss is not a great professor. Goes out of his way to screw over his students with the difficulty of the exams.

the exams are terrible. the questions are extremly hard and the class idnt worth

bliss is nice at times, but tends to lean toward making the exams too difficult. no go.

Hardest class I have ever taken. Don't recommend this if you can avoid it.

Hard class worse professor

Class was graded harshly. Nice professor, but the exams were rough

toughest graded class ive ever had. good luck on the exams

class is impossible. bliss isnt a professor you want

terrible class, highly recommend against

Does not teach at all during class just yaps on and on about nothing that matters. That being said, he is a very nice guy. He just has no idea how to teach. Get skoolers, it is the only thing that will help. Hw questions are similar but truthfully nothing like the test, powerpoint doesn't help, he for sure doesnt help.

He seems like a nice guy but the class itself and material is really hard to learn and understand no matter how hard you try

This class is extremely hard , please prepare the exam are extremely difficult

Does NOT teach. Learned most of my information from the book. Test covered information EXTRAPOLATED from his lectures, he did not explain the actual technique well. Again, learned it from the book. Studying for his class took the MOST amount of time bc I had to self-teach. Expected you to do most of the hw before he even taught the stuff in class

Please if you know what is good for you refrain from taking this class over the summer semester. I feel like in a normal semester, though still difficult, it's a doable class, but taking it in the 6 weeks was actually a form of cruel and unusual punishment (not a hyperbole). Just do it in the regular year and it is for sure doable.

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.

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.

This guy does not know how to teach. I'm usually a good student with a high gpa, but now my grade has tanked and I can thank this professor for it. Just an awful professor.

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.

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!!!

Everything the comments before me said is true. Please, everyone do the rating FSU has for your classes and make your voices heard for how crappy of a professor he is. Maybe this will get him to change his ways for future classes or even get him fired! (Wishful thinking I know). Had a 4.0 up till now and I really gave it my all but alas A- it is.

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.

Nowhere near enough time on the exams. Questions are difficult and most require multiple calculations to get one answer. The time that you get is actually comical.

What a waste of a teacher. Rate him in your FSU class ratings as low as possible or else no action will be taken. Why am I paying YOU to teach ME if you will just brag about bringing in your sweaty TA to make "very challenging" concept questions EXCLUSIVELY on the textbook material?!? Doesn't care about student success with impossibly hard tests.

Out of all the required business classes (business calc, financial accounting, managerial accounting, etc) this one was by far the worst. The lectures and homework do not resemble the tests at all. He also does not give enough time on the tests. I have never received this low of a grade or struggled this much in a class.

By far the HARDEST class I've taken. Conceptual questions on exams are super hard and based on the textbook and not on lectures. Watching the lectures, doing well on homework, and even doing them multiple times guarantees you nothing. Exams are nothing like it, they are extremely hard (even if you are good at math) and you are given so little time.

I got A's in both of the accounting classes before this one. You are told you can take the exams online at home with open notes, but it doesn't matter. All the homework is just McGraw Hill, and when I use the "Hint" button for help, it just shows someone using Excel for every question. On the first exam, I got a 58%

This is by far the worst professor I have ever had. The tests contain questions that you have never seen in your life. No help, study tools, or anything relevant is provided by "Professor" Bliss. He is an embarrassment to the university and the finance department. If you have to take this guy, just know, you're cooked. Good luck studying, lol.

This class is actually made me contemplate dropping out. Gary is a nice person, but gives exams that i swear to god will send you to the hospital. The content is nothing like anything covered in class and I dont even think he knows how to do it himself. If he does it takes him 35 minutes a problem to figure out.

This class is horrible. Bliss is a nice guy but this class is actually the worst thing ever. I have taken almost every other required business course, including both accountings, and excelled. Bliss is literally trying to fail a large portion of his students on purpose. A lot of the material on the test is stuff we never covered and isnt in the TB.

He seems like an okay person, but overall as a professor he is not the best that is for sure. He is never consistent with making organized exam study guides, sometimes does not even have one. The test questions are made on purpose to confuse students and waste even more time. He thrives on fear mongering students.

This course took over my life and I still barely got a B. I read the textbook, attended office hours on occasion, went to ACE tutoring, and did the extra homework practice. The exams are open note, but nothing like the examples we cover in class, and the time limit is absurdly short. If you take this class do all the extra credit.

Terrible professor. All I can say is good luck on those exams. The other reviews speak for themselves.

Terrible professor. Exams are nothing like the homework. Good luck

Bad professor. He does give a little extra credit which helps a lot. As long as you do pretty good on the exams and do ALL the extra credit opportunities you can do well. Bad teacher though

Horrendous professor.Unfortunate that I have to come on here and say this but I had to warn incoming students. Gary Bliss seems to have no understanding of how to teach a class. Extremely unfortunate that he's the only option for this class or qmb.

The negative reviews on here pretty much sum this guy up as a professor. He does a bad job or teaching the material and then on top of that he goes and makes the test nothing like the work that we've completed or the lectures that he provides. Incredibly frustrating as a student. I am extremely glad to not have him as a professor anymore.

If you did okay in the class then wow good for you I guess, but there's obviously a problem when there's this many negative reviews for this professor. Completely asinine to assume the study habits of others just because you got a good grade. Also, not everyone can take the in person classes.

Insane to come on here and shill for this professor. Like congrats teacher's pet you got a 97+ hooray for you. There's several others that also received an A and they appear to disagree with what you're saying.

I did well in this class, but I don't think Gary Bliss is a good professor. Despite what some claim, the tests are somewhat similar to the homework, BUT he makes the tests hard by using verbiage that make you have to decipher what he is trying to convey. I managed to get an A because I taught myself, as his lectures proved to be unhelpful.

Struck a nerve with the teacher's pet. Keep in mind not everyone is a nerd like you. A 3000 level course is not "basic", but yes some of the concepts are straightforward. However, when the wording of the test makes it nearly impossible to apply what you've learned, there's an issue. Enjoy your A that you got cause you got lucky.

"He is a smart and great professor" holy glaze LOL. You know you don't have to suck up to him on here too right? Do you see how many terrible reviews this guy has? He's obviously not a good professor lmao

Terrible. Although he said he will retire. Thank god. Looks like we did something right gang, although sad it took him messing with thousands of students to get to this point. Wish he woulda retired years ago. Tryna be respectful but genuinely hated the experience and resent him for being horrible.

Horrible professor for a difficult class. He would also not round me up by .1 to the next letter grade which just shows you what kind of person he is.

Horrible teacher

The exams feature drastically harder problems than what are on the homework. The homework will not prepare you for what you actually need to do just given the numbers, let alone how to decipher the multi-paragraph word problems used to present the information to you in a 90 MINUTE TEST.

Sneaky and overly difficult prof. Makes exams super difficult to stroke his ego for some sick reason. People who study for weeks fail. lol joke of a class and so was QMB

Awful reflection of the university and the college of business. Not sure why nothing has changed over the years. The reviews are the same year in year out. Did not learn anything useful from his class. Just glad that I don't have to take him ever again!

Nice guy, awful professor. He is like a right of passage for every business major because he is the only person I know of that teaches FIN 3403. Homework and Pre-Class assignments are manageable but tests will most definitely have the godzilla versions of the questions in the homework. Best thing to do is accept this class will drop your GPA.

This is the first time I write a bad review for a professor, usually don't because I believe every professors has goods and bads, that is until I took class with Professor Bliss. The things he put on lecture and homework with the things on the test is like comparing a mosquito with an elephant, irrelevant. More to say, not enough space.

If you are thinking of taking this class with Gary Bliss. Just wait until after he retires. I tried to be optimistic but after this class and QMB with him, I can say for certain he is the worst professor I have ever had. His tests are nothing like the class material and he just seems like he hates teaching.

I made this account specifically to tell you never take a class with him. Words cannot express the distain I have for his teaching. It's absurd that he is the only professor teaching certain courses, FSU need to fix this because they are failing their students. I'm a good student but he is genuinely terrible.

He should focus more on actually teaching the material than writing tricky test questions.

Never done one of these before but Gary is genuinely the worst instructor I have ever had at any level. The coursework itself is intriguing but Gary makes the class unbearable. He purposely makes the test questions as difficult as possible and nothing like the homework's and even though they are open note you will fail them. WAIT FOR HIM TO RETIRE.

My first B here. After having him for QMB too I can say that he really just wants to make his exams unrealistically hard. The class is difficult in itself but he gives questions on the exam with so many steps that it does seem impossible to finish in the allotted time. If I could have taken the class under anyone else I would've. Do not recommend.

Bliss was probably one of the worst professors I have had at Florida State. The TA was very nice but it is a sign when the TA was confused why we had so many questions in so little time on exams. Seems like a nice dude outside of class but would never take him again.

This is the most difficult class I have taken. Bliss does a good job at providing in-depth lectures and homework problem tutorials. However, the exams are impossible to finish in time given the difficulty and length of questions. Don't take this class unless you have to, expect a time commitment far beyond a standard 3 credit hour class if you do.

Literally ruined my semester. There's no way out of this one as a COB student. If you aren't a finance god naturally, this professor has no idea how to help you. I don't understand how he has his credentials. He has no idea how to teach students. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but as a student we want a good professor, and he just isn't. Don't rec.

Gary needs some serious therapy, an exorcism, and reiki healing for good measure. He makes the class hellish by making exams (70% of your grade) hard to finish on time and not reflective of the course. He's obsessed with deterring cheaters & accuses students who dare email him of "harassment"... shows how much he cares about us versus his own ego.

Haha, good luck.

Genuinely the hardest class ever. I got a 42 on my first exam thinking it'd be easy since they're all open note. NOPE. The exams are only 90 minutes with 38 questions and every question is all multi step meaning you're taking 5 minutes solving each question and that doesn't even account for remembering what to do. I will probably fail this class.

Please take this course with another professor if possible. Only 2 out of 250 students last semester earned an A, according to professor Bliss.The final grade is exam heavy, and each exam is 38 questions with 90-120 minutes to complete. Nowhere near enough time, by far the most difficult experience I have ever had with a professor/class.

Don't take this class. I failed the first exam with a 45 and I came in feeling more prepared for the second one and I still only managed to do 10% better than the last one. I don't understand why he makes the exams 70% of our grade and make them literally impossible. I don't see how any normal person can pass.

He is a terrible teacher.

haha good luck

This man does not deserve the title of ‘professor' or ‘teacher”. He does not care if you succeed in his class or in the course in general. If this class is required for you, do not pick Gary Bliss. You will fail.

Super exam heavy course. Gives no extra credit, I will say is more then willing to help students when needed but still a very hard course.

In frat terms Gary bliss is in bouse and he rushed 3x and didnt get a bid and is an absolute creep-dih and gets no box. wait till his old ahh retires if u can. hes a sub 5 and should ropemaxx

He makes exams far too difficult for an introductory course. He suggests using Excel to prepare but adds unaddressed factors on exams. Extra credit is announced the day of, and if you cannot attend, it is labeled optional when you ask him. I'm concerned about how the finance department manages intro courses with fin3244 being mismanaged as well.