He is an EXREMELY nice & funny man he makes the class fun. But honestly he is so hard to understand sometimes. There are a few people in the class that completely understand, but I think for the most part everyone else is lost. Aplia sucks and he gives a lot of homework. But if you like economics and understand it TAKE HIM!!

Awesome teacher, layed back and funny. He really tries to help and gives extra credit sometimes... plus you dont have to go to class if you feel like sleeping in sometimes.

I had him for Econ 205, the material in this class is very dense. If you don't understand something right away you need to ask about it. He is a good professor and really tries to help students. We had problem sets due online (20%) Excel labs (20%) 2 Tests(30%) and a final (30%) The homework can be hard. He encourages you to work with others.

VERY helpful and answers all questions. topic isn't too difficult. copying the notes verbatum from the board/or classmate's notes help, but still pay attention and attend class b/c conversations and examples in class help tremendously. reallllyyy cool teacher, laid back and funny. relates to students and still pushes you. TAKE HIM FOR MICRO!

He is your best option for Econ 205. Trust me! Stat is a hard class and requires a lot of work. Manley has well put together powerpoints, explains the information clearly, makes you practice the material, and is very helpful with questions! An Excellent teacher! If you put in effort and study you can easyily get a B!!!

Very reasonable and very helpful teacher. Kind of a quirky guy, but it's obvious he really cares about his students. Curves when exam grades are low. Best bet for Statistics class! You will learn a lot.

Great class. He cares about his students doing well and takes time to make sure you understand the material. Very organized and timely with grading and emails. Very fair. Don't buy the textbook; it's useless.

The material is hard, no matter who you take for this class, but Prof.Manley is the best.Funny,laid-back,always willing to help students!Make sure u understand the material before the tests!Go to his office, show him that you are trying and he will always try to help you! Book isn't required.

Professor Manley will get anyone through stats that wants to pass, but he wont just slide you through. The homeworks are easy 100% and he drops the lowest 2 if you forget or dont get one. The tests(4) are hard and you need to study for them. If you put in an hour a week at home for this class you should get atleast a B. Professor Manley is the man.

he is a really nice guy, but stats is already a difficult class and he complicates it a lot. half my class dropped it. its a hit or miss

There are easier Econ 205's offered here. Don't do it. Stats is like a foreign language. Not to mention 3/4 of the class fails the test but 2 losers will always get 100% and ruin the curve for everyone. He's a nice guy though

This class is generally hard, but prof manley is really nice and understanding. willing to help with questions. Pay close attention to him, he will work with u if u need it. easy B if you try REALLY hard. A? maybe if ur a stats major.

J. Manley is the best teacher I have had, hands down. Statistics is hard, but Manley takes the time to explain and help everyone who needs help. If you don't go to class or don't do homework, you'll have a hard time with Statistics. This is because Statistics is hard, not because the teacher is bad. Manley is efficient and effective.

HE IS AWESOME! since he teaches intro to Stats he is kind of hard to understand at first, but you MUSTTT pay attention and read to fully understand what he is saying. Stats is hard in general, but Manley makes it more easier to understand! TAKE HIM! id def recommend HIM!

Great professor. He knows his stuff and will answer questions in class. Stats is hard to begin with. Use microsoft excel alot. The hard part is having a quiz almost every class but it keeps you on top of the material.

Statistics isn't easy. He's really helpful. I'm pretty smart kid I guess, so it wasn't that hard. I put a good amount of effort in the beginning (5 hours in the library a week), but as the semester goes on it gets easier. If you have trouble with homework, email James and he will basically help you get the answer. Average Student=C+ to B, Smart=A

This class is difficult, but that's Statistics. He does everything he can to help whenever you ask. Calls on students a lot. Weekly quiz, but it makes you keep up with the material. There's easier teachers, but if you really need to learn to subject he's the best to do so with! First test is cake but definitely gets harder throughout the course

DO NOT GET THE TEXTBOOK!!! He says it will not be used but could be used for help. His powerpoints are ALL you need. Save the $100 or so and don't get it. Pretty easy class, and he is really helpful. Homework that takes an hour or 2 due every Sunday night and a quiz every Friday. So if you like to skip school on Fridays, don't take him.

Fun class great teacher. He is very helpful and willing to explain IF you ask him to. Exams are moderate and movie project is easy if you don't do it last min. Also hes very sexy!

Extremely helpful! Such a good prof! Do not buy the textbook. He is very clear with what you need to study- everything you need is in his powerpoints. I knew nothing about excel before this class and I never had any issues. Weekly quizzes and homework really help boost your grade and stay on top of the material. There are 4 exams

He is extremely helpful and very clear when presenting the material. That being said, he throws tricks at you on the exams if you are not careful. When you do the practice test, the number might be positive but on the test, he might change it, so watch out! That being said, great professor overall!

Dr. Manley does an excellent job teaching ECON 205. This was a challenging class, worth 2000 points, but the weekly homeworks/quizzes make it so that your grade doesn't rely on one big test. You do have to be extremely diligent and dedicated, but you do learn a great deal from this class and I can't imagine a more phenomenal professor for the job.

The profesor is a very fun guy, he plays one music video before every class. He uses proper PowerPoints for lectures we always use Microsoft Excel to solve the math. All three tests are online and gives you instant feedback on your work. Warning: quizzes are weekly and homework sometimes take hours to do. Be prepared to study frequently.

Great guy! Uses Excel for everything including quizzes & tests. Offers extra credit. Quizzes & Homework every week, but pretty straightforward. Got an A

Extremely helpful. Offered many office hours and non office hours. Would respond to his email almost right away. Book not used too much, if you want a reference you can get it. Mainly uses power point slides, and talks. Doesn't necessarily read from the slides, and will explain further if you don't understand. Very funny and entertaining.

The good: very nice, easy to talk to, no textbook, some interesting info covered in class, answers email right away. The bad: SOOO much work. 10 page "publish worthy" paper with outline and annotated bib, lot's of hw that can take hours and be confusing, current events, movie project, overwhelming at times, sometimes rushes through slides in class

Best teacher I've had at Towson!!Very nice and friendly!He tries to stay hip by playing music before class everyday and it woke our class up for our 9AM everyday. You must study! And take the hws with a friend so you have more chances to get 100%. He gives 3 chances on every hw, and a whole week to do them. 2 quizzes & 2 hws are dropped.GO TO CLASS

Very nice & helpful, willing to help outside of class, very understanding & flexible, responds to e-mails very quickly. He is slightly confusing when teaching the math parts, but go in for help & he will work with you until you understand. A lot of projects: movie, 10 page paper, 2 current events write-ups-worth it for having a great professor!

This class is great. . He is good at breaking down the material so it's easier to understand. One tip for those about to take ECON205, DON'T SKIP CLASS. Attendance is crucial. There are weekly quizzes and homework assignments which help but take time. Professor Manley is great and I highly suggest taking him for this class.

This class will take up all your time. Every week there's hw and a quiz on new material. Manley is a fantastic professor and expects a lot out of his students. His tests are hard and tricky. Most people in my class had a C before the cumulative final... which was super hard!!

If you have to take stats TAKE IT WITH MANLEY! He is a great professor who will actually teach you things. Yes, his class is demanding and difficult but this is a statistics course. He is very helpful, clear, and makes you want to attend class. find someone to work with outside of class and you are set.

Very good professor but difficult. Grades Fair and pushes you to work harder. Do no take this course if you are looking for an easy class. It is highly advised (As He advises his students) To make use of the writing center as he checks for grimmer. Overall a great teach.

Manley is approachable, intelligent, and an overall nice guy. I encourage future students to visit him during his office hours for HW help or just a quick chat. There is also a final paper. I would encourage students to visit the writing center as well as talk to Manley for help with structure and ideas. Overall it was a fun and interesting course!

Manley is an awesome professor! I wasn't looking forward to this class, but he made the material SUPER clear. You get three opportunities to take the homework. The final is based off of questions you have had on prior tests. And he is just all around a quirky, cool guy.

He is a quirky character but makes the material understandable. I retook statistics due to failing it at another school and I understand it much more with Manley. He does curve if people don't do good. There are weekly hw and quizzes but doing them prepare you for the exam. He drops two low quiz and hw scores. i like him. Take him!!!!!!

Taking this class was a challenge but it was worth it. It takes a bit of work to get a B and even more work to get an A. There is assigned homework and/or quizzes every week. There are also four exams. The class starts of easy then gets harder as the weeks pass by. He always answers his emails and he helps a lot during his office hours.

Very bright and friendly man. Answers emails quick and willing to help. He does a great job of teaching tough concepts. I highly suggest sending all classwork to yourself because you will need it for the homework. You can't study enough for the tests. The first test is much easier than the following and he warns you about it to.

This is a challenging course, period. You have to literally spend 10x more time studying this material than ALL of your other courses combined. Although Professor Manley does a great job in helping you understand the content, his tests are outrageously hard. Study a lot.. or you are destined to not pass!

I loved professor Manley! He was a really good teacher and really does want his students to do well. He'll always be there to answer your questions. I would definitely recommend taking his class. You have to work hard, but if you study and do the homework you will do well!

Econ 376 can be a tough course for non-econ majors but Dr. Manley makes is pretty difficult to fail this class! The 3 exams account for only 30% of the grade. There are A LOT of other assignments available to boost up your grade. He is an easy grader on tests; if your math is wrong but he can see that you understand the concept, you get credit.

There should be more professors like Professor Manley. He's extremely helpful and takes his time to explain most things. I would take his class again.

Manley is a great teacher, but ECON 205 comes with a lot of work. You have a homework assignment and quiz on every subject, but this helps learn the material. He drops your two lowest homework and quiz grades. Study for midterms and finals or you will not do well. His review guides are crucial and often the same questions with different numbers.

He's an amazing professor! I'd definitely recommend him. It's that simple. He's very helpful and nice. He tries his best to make class fun too. Stat is a decently hard course no matter who your professor is but Manley is definitely one of the best teachers for the job. Also can't stress enough don't get the textbook.

Stats can be a challenging course but Professor Manley was incredibly motivating and helpful. He is knowledgable and will take the time to explain concepts to you. He truly wants you to succeed and will help you get there. GO TO CLASS! I can't stress that enough- you will be behind immediately if you skip.

Pushed a liberal oriented course through many of his examples and remarks. However with that being said, Professor Manley is extremely knowledgeable about statistics and his slides are fantastic for studying purposes and homework help. This class is a lot of work but I think Professor Manley is one of the best at teaching it.

The class is really interesting and he makes it a lot of fun and easy to learn, but the tests are really different from class cause theres a good amount of math and graphs on them but we only learn concepts. Weekly discussions, do well on them. Movie project is a pain if you have a bad group. He's really sweet but his classes are work intensive

Awesome guy. He is very caring and wants his students to do well. Weekly hw and quizzes and 3 exams including the final. The exams are tough but the HW and quizzes prepare you for them. He is available after class.

Professor Manley is a really great professor, but makes the class difficult. His lectures are amazing, and he really knows his stuff, but he moves through the material very fast. GO TO EVERY CLASS. Most of this class is Excel and once you know how to use it everything is way easier. I would recommend him, but this class is no joke with Manley.

He's a nice guy, very passionate about statistics! There is a lot of material to cover and only 15 weeks to do so. Which made it one of the hardest classes I've ever taken. Do your homework, don't copy from others, really figure it out yourself and ask him for help if you're stuck. There was extra credit, but you still got to work a lot to pass!

Professor Manley is a devoted, genuine, and engaging teacher. He's practiced at the art of teaching statistics to larger groups of students. Class isn't technically mandatory, but you *will* get left behind if you skip a class. The material just keeps coming. But if you need the class, he's an excellent bet.

Awesome professor. The subject material is definitely challenging, but he is able to keep you engaged the whole time. Attendance is optional, but you will not pass if you don't show up. This class is excel based and he shows you step by step how to solve everything. Find a good group in the beginning of the semester to work on the weekly HW with.

Professor Manley is one of the best professors I've had at Towson. His lectures are engaging and he is always willing to answer questions. With that being said, this is a pretty fast moving course, so make sure you don't get behind. Review labs and videos for exams, plus one research project. Would definitely take him again!

One of the best professors I have had at Towson so far. He is very helpful. His homeworks are the same as his test. Test are every week but they are on what you just learned and you can always ask questions before class. He also gives lots of extra credit opportunities and its very lecture heavy you should show up even though its not mandatory.

Hands down best professor I've had at Towson. If you have to take Econ 205 TAKE HIM. His tests are straight forward and gives quizzes and practice tests to help you prepare. He also offers a lot of extra credit opportunities that can bump you up a letter grade. Very personable too, and is always looking for his students best interests.

He is a really nice guy and wants you to do well. Econ306 is HARD. Hardest class I have taken yet. Show up to every class and pay attention. Keep up with it and hopefully it will end soon. Theres about 8 quizzes, 3 exams (final is a big one) and a research project. He's not a bad teacher the material is just so hard.

Very good professor. The class itself is hard so he gets a bad wrap for no good reason. He always responds to emails and is willing to help you with anything. Super nice guy that will push his students in a good way.

The GOAT bstat teacher. The best professor for this class, he's super nice and funny and a good teacher. Everything is on excel, but I had no problems even with having a MacBook. Attendance is not mandatory which is very nice. This is not an easy class but Mr. Manley is always there to help, and has a class helper as well. Overall the best <3

I took him during Fall 2020 when all classes were virtual. He was the only professor I had who made virtual learning easy and engaging. I looked forward to each class time.

Professor Manley is a great professor. He wants you to pass this class and will do everything he can to help you do it. He drops your two lowest homework assignments and quizzes. Also he is willing to curve assignments when possible. You MUST study the lecture videos he gives or this class will be almost impossible. Overall hard class but doable!

This was one of the hardest classes I took this semester and Professor Manley did everything he could to help his students. He curved all the exams, gave us extra credit, and made class optional. The class is lecture heavy and you can not do quizzes or homework without watching them.

Hard class but he gives easy extra credit, curves exams, and is more than willing to help if you reach out. Can work together on hw and quizzes. Exams are difficult but he gives practice ones that are VERY similar. However, weekly lecture videos took me 3-4 hours to get through to make sure I understood the concepts. Two projects, easy but tedious.

Super cool dude. Never knew/ cared about statistics but his class is okay. 1 HW and 1 quiz a week. He encourages you to work as a class to do them. Lecture videos Monday then "live" class Wed. is more like review. Just watch the videos and take some notes. Very generous if you reach out. 120 point curve for us once.

I took stat with Manley thinking it would be an easy class, and I was wrong. Quizzes are due every Wednesday, and homework is due on Sunday. Very caring about the students and will do everything to help you to pass his class. However, you have to put some work in, do EC credits and ask questions!!

Yes he does assign a little bit of homework he assigns 1 quiz a week 1 HW a week and video lectures with 1 question quizzes at the end (check answer is there/ multiple attempts) so its a easy 100 on those, if you pay attention and hand in all work you can easily pass this class, he honestly teaches very well and is very clear on what's on exams.

This prof is SUPER NICE now, with that being said here is a reminder before taking him. This is a math class and at that a self paced learning math class. He assigns videos for notes, then you have a quiz due every Wednesday and homework due every Sunday. The midterms are HARD and i will not lie to you. You can pass this class though OFFICE HOURS!

He will, by request, go over weekly quizzes and hw problems during class. Take good notes when he goes over them; they'll come in handy when studying for your midterms. He gives many EC opportunities. He is a fair-game professor and will try to explain test questions to the best of his ability.

He is a great professor that will always be there to help you. He is very clear on instructions and gives extra credit. I enjoyed his class even though I dread math. The exams should be straightforward if you attend class and do the homework. If you're deciding on taking him, TAKE HIM.

Professor Manley's class is pretty demanding, with lots of weekly quizzes, homework, and 3 tough exams. But he's helpful, explains things clearly, and offers extra credit. unstuckstudy and the free textbook can be lifesavers. Take good notes and utilize office hours to pass this math-heavy course.

I wasn't expecting to like this professor as much as I did. He definitely has his quirks. Homework is heavy, but you always have 3 attempts. Exams are pretty intense, plus he monitors your screen, but there are honestly no surprises, so just be prepared. You'll devote lots of time to this Excel-heavy course, but it's all fair game.

I needed an A in this class to be accepted into my major, and Manley helped me glide my way into it. You have to watch lecture videos, but it's him explaining the work. Gives 3 attempts on quizzes and hws so if you fail, it's truly a you problem. Exams are weighted heavy but there aren't trick questions on anything we haven't learned.