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BUS210 - 2.0 ratingClass Info
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100%
Attendance Mandatory
97%
Textbook Required
71%
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FIN
5.0
FIN1
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FINANCE
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Reviews (118)
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nice prof….highly recommend him
Consist of two quizes, a mid-term, and a final. They all very hard, not based on his lectures at all. The grading system makes it come out to be ok tho.
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He is not a good teacher do not take his class he is not a fair grader unless u curse him out and let him know. His classes are very boring.
A nice professor, but class is boring...I took him in Summer 2004, and he did not give any project at that time. Exams are somehow tough. Not sure he still gives you open-book/notes quizzes now. Curves your final grade at the end.
Do not take him. Do not take him. Do not take him.
He is very good.
Excellent in what he teaches. Probably the most useful course ever. Hardwork, but you get the most fruit out of his class. The most bang for your buck!
Fair grader through and through! His grading system is very intricate, but impartial and objective. I took both his Business math and Marketing. Although I liked him better with quantitative subjects, his marketing was very informative too. I hope to take finance also with him befor I graduate.
You are missing a lot if you don't take him.
fun, easy...cool!!!
never take his class. he is awful.
expect: him coming 20 minutes late every day and making nothing of it, putting everyone in groups and having them learn, present and teach the class in 2 presentations over the span of the semester. one final based on nothing he taught, and that's it. he wont even know more than 3 people's names on the last day of class--he gets paid to do that.
I lost my interest about biz because of him. I have no idea who rate this teacher high. probaly himself?? and be careful girls!! he is dangerous. seriously!!
Very easy professor... No HW, no tests... only 1 project and the final. Easy A!!
its a challenge to listen to him during class cause he's soooo boring.don't count on him to get an A,u have to dprety much do the work yourself.
sooooo boring...can't help but fall asleep during his lectures(the only one he gives at the begin.of the semester).after that its up to you to do all the work urself,he simply sits back and evaluates the presentations he assigns(which is supposed to cover the material).so basically u do the work urself
I got an A-. and it was better than I expected. I have no complaints whatsoever. I enjoyed his class and learned a lot, pure and simple.
i'm very satisfied with the grade. i was struggling between my work and class, so i missed some classes, but i stuck with his lecture notes and did all my share of project. i think the grading system (complicated but accurate) kicked in balacned out everything.
OK maybe he's changed since I took him in Spring 05 but back then this guy was an absolute bore and an idiot. Some kind of way I managed to get an A in the class but I cannot tell you anything about marketing. DONT take him if you plan on majoring in marketing because you will not learn a thing! Bring a pillow and something to entertain yourself
He teaches only first week in semester. than only thing he did is sitting back and grade students' presentations. If you want to continue in Biz or Fin, you'll miss a lot. I'm begging you plz stay away from him
I don't even know why he wanted us purchase the text. He never use text in class. I got an A anyway but, I feel like I got nothing. he is the worst prof. in BMCC
This prof. add different name in this semester. you can find his name under Jeff, hong or hong in this site. I just want you say.. you will regret if you take his class
Isn't it funny the satisfied customers seldom bother to visit this site to leave their ratings? Consequently, it is only the losers that take time and trouble to find this site to lash out their frustration by trashing a good professor. I took all his fin, math, mktg and I am more than happy w him.
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sorry dude down below. if i'm to be idiot for finding wrong class, i'll be happy to. i took him for bus210 fall 06, and i liked every minute. sure it's challenging, tough, and not so fun, but it's a college work, not a comedy club. he taught the real valuable stuff i can learn nowhere else. hes cool
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I really enjoyed working on the project. I also got an A. He posts all the grade breakdowns on Yahoo group, so there is no grey area. Everything is clear, so there's no room for personal, subjective judgment. Almost 30% of the class got A-. Even so, what have I got to complain?
1 of worst i've ever seen-not only is he self obsessed but his classes r dumb,useless,boring, rambling stories about himself he never explains tho he tries & manages 2 turn a 1 line answer 2 a 1/2hour story that doesn't help.if u r business maj. STAY AWAY u will learn NOTHING & pull ur hair out from boredom! completely incompetent person/professor.
He is kind. I think he is a good person. I can't say his class is very helpful to learn,(because I didn't pay attention to him, and I didn't know the subject) but! at least! he takes care of his students.
Best of the best. He teaches lots of useful stuff I cud've learned nowhere else. Hard at first if this is ur 1st finance ever, but he teaches very tech stuff u can only learn at way advanced levels, so it's expected to be hard, but he tries to pack as much juicy stuff as possible for u in a single course. If u want max value 4 ur $, u must take him
Eye-opening and innoavative. Simply great!
Honestly, he is not really good prof. not clear what he teaches. Half of class fall asleep and half of class do something else. After all, I felt I didn't get anything but waste my time and money
Not really helpful. Half of class fall asleep and half of class do something else. Not really clear what he teaches. After all, I feel like I waste my time and money.
I needed pillow and my pillow needed another pillow. Simply boring and useless.
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I'm not sure what he is doing in school.
this professor sucks.only take him if you are not ready to learn anything.you get no test, exams , homework, nothing whatsoever. you get two group presentations and a take home final. we used a room with computers and everyone was pretty much om im or facebook and myspace. you do get time to do ur work from ur other classses tho. its up to you
For a while I thought of majoring in Marketing when I go to a 4 year school but HE MADE ME HATE MARKETING!!! Borrringggg class!! You won't learn anything unless you decide to read on your own from the book and learn. Also there were quite a few dumb students in his class...did a say DUMB?
Extremely nice professor. Very fair on grading the 2 Group projects/presentations required. Only 1 exam, which is the final & it was take home. Most of the class was there just to hang out though and did ont pay much attn. When lecturing it seemed no one was listening. He was laid back & very easygoing to the extent that some took advantage.
this professor is nice but teaching is not his thing.if finance is your major U waisting yur time.he is not organized and you don,t know what he is talking about.I,m being objective here teaching is not his thing and he gets lost,repeat himself over and over,boring and also i felt like i wasted my money i have an A but i will take the class over
I don't see how someone can already know grade. We just finished final. Where can u find it? I liked his class every bit though hard. He teaches highly qauntitative & technical stuff. As w/ anything else, if u r smart & up to it, u'll like his class. If u r not, of course u'll say boring. Let's be objective. It's u, not him. U only speak 4 urself.
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I took his Marketing class in fall 2007. He is very nice person!! I like him:):):)
I got an A. Both of our group project received grades of 9 and higher. I also had PERFECT attendance!!! I guess i did good on the take home final he gave. I agree class can be boring at times but guess what surf the web or find something to do. As long as you do the assigned work, you have no problem getting an A in his class.
Weak and disorganized. His lectures were boring, repetative and did i say boring? Grading is criteria is a joke. Some students' presentations, despite being very subpar in quality/content received more or less equal grade as ones that were actually good. If you want an easy A take this class but don't expect to learn anything about the subject.
grrrrreat
His lectures are really boring. Your grade is based on attendance and on your group presentations.
group of people are splited to work on presentation. we r there to listen teacher's lecture not student's presentations. some groups slack-off. some people in my groups are lazy-bones-slacker. if u r in wrong group, work yr a*s off coz u will not get any help. then proffsor will fill up with his explanation on the subject after ur group fails u.
not very helpful. I regret to take his class
i like him. he's the best. he gives so much insight into the complex mechanics of the system in easy understandable terms. i don't see how i can't do well in a class like his. even if i don't get an A, i'll have no regret. he's just grrrrrreat!
He is a nice teacher but he needs a little warming up first.Professor Hong is fairly easy just do the two power point presentation and you will be fine. The only problem is it's a group thing and if someone is slacking just do ur project and tell him. Not really helpful on the final but if you like computers take this class he can be boring
You can't be stupid and take this guy's class, plain and simple. That's a good thing though. He is ridiculousy intelligent. You have to be interested in the subject to appreciate him. I definetly would recommend him.
this was by far the worst experience at BMCC.this particular professor argued constantly with student and seemed to have a very hard time making the course material clear to the students.asking questions were a risk because he seemed to get angry and very argumentative towards students he deserves to be teaching himself so skills on professionalism
it's not surprising different people perceive him differently. the bottom line is that if u're a good smart kid, u'll love him. otherwise, u'll hate him although only less than the bottom 5% of the class would hate him, which is not surprising. one girl was particularly obnoxious, rude, offensive, disrespectful & disruptive. i wished she got punish
good "easy" class in terms of lectures (long, and very dry), having 8 absences per semester, and no homework/class assignments. all work is with your group in preparing 2 projects - so it can be great or really bad, depending on group. Peer evaluatons on your group performance can really effect your grade. Final was hard for all. BAD class!
THIS TEACHER IS VERY BORING, HE TALKS AND TALKS AND NOBODY IS NOT LOOKING AT HIM. EVERYBODY IS ON THE COMPUTER LOOKIN AT THEIR EMAIL AND ON MYSPACE. YOU DONT LEARN ANYTHING IN HIS CLASS. YOU HAVE 2 GROUP PROJECTS AND A FINAL. I GOT AN A IN THE CLASS BUT I GOT A 9 AND HIGHER FOR THE PROJECTS AND HIS FINAL IS HARD. GOOD LUCK IF YOU TAKE HIS CLASS.
his class is not that interesting but fair to take. Some students complain abt everything in his class but they are stupid as Junior high or even worse. If you are aware of that you are in college, you'll find he is too generous and his course is too easy.
Lectures completely boring. 18 out of the 20 people in class were not paying attention. Didnt learn anything from him. Disappointment because was truly interested in learning marketing.
Isn't this board for finance or marketing? How come some people post about marketing here? Lacking even the minimal intelligence to distinguish between the two? Who will take those opinions seriously coming frome the idiots that can't even find the correct place to post? If you have complaints about his marketing class, take it to the marketing.
I find his class quite challenging and useful. The contents require high level of intelligence, so if you are not smart, naturally you can't expect any fun in his class. If you're a dumb and stupid idiot, you will be the fox just calling the grape sour instead of blaming your own short-comings especially in the grey matter in your coconut shell.
I got a good grade in his class.but I walked away not learning anything.His Homework is soo simply and doesnt have a meaning,its basically copy and paste.The other thing i hate about him is his lectures.....SOOO boring and if you ask questions he will challenge your intelliences.I dont recommend him..
Waste of time and money, extremely boring and unclear. Bad grate no matter what you do.
Easy class ,but you would have to learn everything on your own.READ THE TEXTBOOK! You will get an A.
READ READ READ THE BOOK, nothing else will help. He will answer any questions, but can still be a little confusing. He is very nice, and will try to help.
Most rewarding and highest quality course ever. One thing though - You've gotta be really brainy to fully appreciate his class. Any otherwise, you're nothing but an incompetent fox only blaming the grape to be too sour... like many of the comments here.
Not an easy professor only the most intelligent minds will appreciate, but his lecture contents are probably the best value for your money. If you're a braniac and want to get the best of what college education can offer, you must take him!
He's not a marketing person, but more of an economics andfinance person. That was so evident bcoz I took his finance too in the same semester. He might not be too interested in marketing himself, but the grade is okay as long as you do all the work according to the guideline.
He tries to cram graduate level contents into an undergrad class. That tends to make his class hard, but on the balance he's a great professor overall. It's only that the students must be intellectually up to it. Grading is on the curve, so the majority of the class would fall within reasonably good grade range. Real McCoy serious stuff!
The best I've ever had. period!
prof.hone is a very nice prof, but he's not explain very clear about the lecture in class. he dont have homework he only have one take home quiz, one take home midterm, and one final. but no review sheet, u need to read the book.
HE IS A NICE PERSON BUT TEACHING WISE HE NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND ACTUALLY TEACH. AND EVERYTHING TO HIM IS "COMMON SENSE" LOL
Great guy, great mind great teacher... i love you mr Hong
Prof. Hong is a caring, patient professor. He maybe a bit boring, but he tried his best to lecture the class. and his tests are TAKE-HOME tests, which is AWESOME. I will definitely take his class again. Thanks for give me the A, professor Hong.
Great teacher! You learn a lot and he is very understanding; always available for office hours or to answer an e-mail question. Very easy to pass unless you simply don't try. I took him last semester and specifically took him again this semester. Definitely reccomend.
do not take if you want to learn smth. although an easy class overall. no use of txt book, all tests are take home, strict with attendance. everything is a "common sense" and logical to him. gets annoyed when students ask questions or if someone doesn't follow his "common sense" statements. clarity is zero.
His lectures are long but he shows you what you need to know about the financial world great teacher would take again
It is evident that he has a very good understanding of the content he is attempting to teach, he is not a very good teacher, does a lot to discourage and bore students, refers to everything as common sense! which only serves in demotivating the students who don't initially grasp the content especially when he goes on a tangent! do not take him!
He gives take-home exam you can look up everywhere for your test but it's little bit hard. plus sometimes his lecture is confused um.....i would say hard to understand
DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!!! He is brilliant HOWEVER he is NOT a good teacher. He covers content however when you ask a question he so in his head that he does not stop to answer the question. The whole class was confused but did not seem to care until everyone was blatantly on their cell phones or surfing the web. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COST
stay away
I feel like he's up in front of the class just talking to himself. Everything is "simple" and "common sense" which is super frustrating. One guy asked him a question and he whisper-yelled at him that he already went over it and he's doing it wrong. So I will just go to tutoring to avoid the same happening to me. Wouldn't recommend.
BUS 210 & FNB 100 He's a knowledgeable professor that gives comprehensive lectures & challenging take home exams. Unfortunately, he doesn't teach in a way that students can understand him. I suggest reading the textbook & practice using excel before class or you'll be lost. Give yourself plenty of time to complete assignments before the due date.
I highly recommend if you want an easy A, but if you really want to learn I don't. Doesn't really give out work only 4 take home exams.
He doesn't really teach he kind of rants off to himself. Your best bet is to research on your own. when you enter the class its like a headache. The quizzes and test will be accessible and are take home so there's enough room for you to earn an. Just act like and you paying attention and search everything online.
Everything is online for this class, the quizzes the midterm and the final. The professor is very unclear for his lecture notes. doesnt like answering questions or going over anything. expects you to learn everything all at once. if you want an easy A show up to class on time pass all your quizzes and tests.
Professor may seem a bit rough, but he's really good at teaching yes his class may be hard, all tests are online he's not a stickler for those assignments of course they help your grade.
As others have said, he's not great at teaching. He's also strict on attendance. But if you just need the credits, the class is fairly easy. 4 take home tests, 3 online.
Hes best during Winter/Summer sessions. Very organized. Excel heavy. If you dont know Excel, you WILL have problems, but he is patient & will repeat up to a point. Is exacting in how he wants assignments formatted. Dont fight him on it or %, not points, will be taken off. He can get esoteric on some concepts because he knows what hes doing.
3/4 tests are online. In his class, Chegg will be your best friend! And you must get it in order to pass. He just talks the whole time, hard to understand, rude. Show up for attendance!!!! thankfully due to the way he sets up his grading system YOU CAN PASS WITH B- or higher with little effort. Barely taught me anything in excel that I will use.
He's not a good professor, doesn't know how to teach in an engaging way. If you're confused and ask a simple question, instead of explaining he will snap at you. Don't recommend.
Have only good things to say about this professor. Those who complain must be the ones that simply didn't work hard. He's simply awesome if you take his lectures seriously and work hard for your grade. After all everything he teaches is very useful as well as profound. Eventually it's for our own good.
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Professor Jeff Hong is decent. The class is straightforward enough, though he really isn't the best teacher. In order to pass the class, you must learn the material yourself. On the plus side, he responds frequently to emails and will help you a little bit, if you take initiative. The tests are all take home.
Professor Jeff Seungmo Hong is a good Professor but his Way of teaching is very bad in a way you have to teach yourself. if you you ask him to repeat the material he gets a bit frustrated with you because you're supposed to understand the material but the way he speaks is hard to understand and he talks with a speaker thing that is very static
Bad professor I got an A but learned nothing about Finance Gives practice quizzes but will only count them if your final grade is below a B The whole class used to finish their work from other classes He just talks in class and he has a microphone as if students are deaf If you had to take him then buy Chegg. Got A cuz of Chegg.
If you need to take this class and don't care about actually learning, then go ahead and take this class but only take this class if your willing to invest on a Chegg account. All his test and quiz are literally online. You are force to buy a text book that you will never use but need because of the access code. Attendance is important.
I was one of his student at BMCC last Spring and Fall 2019. Now, I am enrolled at Baruch College, and I just finished my first semester this Spring 2020. I would like to thank him for his support during my time at BMCC. His courses helped me to understand stocks market and to do good during my first semester at Baruch College.
This professor loves to tell his personal stories more than teaching. He's very arrogant. He's full of himself. He only likes those students who knew the answer to his questions. He doesn't care anything about the REST. They are just human existing somewhere... strangest professor ever...
No clear or concise explanations on his lecture videos and pretty much everything is self-taught or just unlearned. Never had a professor literally do nothing for a class. If you struggle enough as I do with online classes DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES. I have a tutor and he can't even help me. No video meetings, not personable, overall don't do it.
His classes are all asynchronous, just show up to class otherwise you will not pass. I did not learn anything from this class, everything is from Chegg, it is an investment class, one thing I learned is to invest in Chegg. And I bought his textbook because of the online exams, did not read any of them.
One of the worst professor. He doesnt teach during class times but posts videos of hours long lectures which dont even explain anything. He just follows YouTube videos and copies them. Finance is difficult as is but he makes it worse. I had to withdraw because he never replied to emails and never gave clear instructions. SAVE YOUR GPA!!!!!
This professor is really pedant, mean, and does NOT care about the students. If you pass or fail he shouldn't he is the worst professor I took at BMCC and he should not be an educator. Do not take his class!
He was really confusing, lectured the class for not understanding him. Assigns a lot of work for one day. Off the first class he wanted everyone to watch 5 videos that were between 30min-2hrs by the next day. Completely lost the whole class. Majority of the class was failing.
Dont take this professors class he is very ignorant and the way he responds to his students and basically if its not the answer hes looking for he calls it silly that was a silly answer and any question you ask is also silly never taking this professor again!!!!!
Had him also for Bus210. Rude, not engaging and always gets mad if you answer a question wrong or dont know it. Textbooks were never used so save your money. Makes you watch hour long videos every single day. Has unreasonable expectations. All Collaborate sessions are useless. Won't learn anything besides excel. And all his work is on Chegg btw.
Where can I start? Professor Jeff Hong is not a technological person. This made his online lectures difficult to understand. Using your mouse as a written tool to demonstrate examples to a college class is not a good idea. There are better tools out there to engage a class. As such, his class was not challenging or worth taking again.
Im not sure if hes the worst professor but he certainly is the biggest you know what. This guy is the reason why our future education is screwed. Don't waste your time taking his class or buying his book you will still fail because nothing makes him happy, he also does not use the textbook that he charges hundreds of dollars for.
Professor's online lectures are vey boring and repetitive, and his instructing is not the sharpest. However, it gets the job done, especially being online. His tests are verrrry easy and there were barely any other assignments. We only had like 2 quizzes, otherwise it was just 3 tests and 2 exams. I'd take this class again if it was online.
He became disrespectful saying, are you Blind, because we didn't answer his question correctly, he becomes irritated, there's been a few times I heard him huffpuff he need a recheck as a whole person. It's problems with the teacher, not students. Mostly due to his difficult notes, he is a doctor at that, his job is to help make students understand!
This class is not easy. But combing the professor's lecture with your self-learning, you will learn a lot about Finance. Raising your hands and participating will give you extra points to improve your grades. Wish you the best of luck!
If you take a finance class at BMCC, you'll likely end up registering for one of his classes, unfortunately. He throws tantrums each class, be it because you got an answer wrong or because he's far from being a tech genius. He's full of himself and makes you watch useless videos instead of taking the time to properly teach you. LAZY & AROGANT!
Anyone who fails his class either doesn't participate(extra credit) or clocks into his class every few weeks. If you pay attention, getting an A is easy. If not, you'll probably end up writing one of the many undeserved negative reviews he gets. It's a tough class but a fair one.
Please believe everyone who scored 1 and none of the ones he makes himself. He plays prerecorded lectures from 8 years ago stops and uhhh uhhh uhh the whole class. Very boring and very tech challenged. Sending us deadlines with last semester on it. AVOID if you can
Professor Hong brings credible real-world experience to Financial Managment and explains concepts clearly. Lectures could be more engaging with more hands-on practice. Clear grading criteria, based on attendance, assignments and exams. Take advantage of the extra credit. Put in the effort, and your grade will reflect it!
Pr. Hong is very knowledgeable at what he does. He is highly intelligent individual. It's just the style of him teaching that I did not really find beneficial for me. Corporate Finance is very interesting and useful class,I wish we could just have live classes instead of watching old recordings.Overall make sure you get extra credits participating.
Although Prof. Hong is nice and knowledgeable in this subject, he is NOT a teacher who should lead an online accelerated class, let alone an "asynchronius" one which it wasn't. Deviatingand MANY hard to follow videos (avg. 36min-1hr each) per week & content/assignments/videos are deleted after a
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
97%
Textbook Required
71%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
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MAR
5.0
(2)FIN101
5.0
(1)FINAN100
5.0
(1)FIN201
5.0
(1)FNB230
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FIN
5.0
FIN1
5.0
FINANCE
4.5
FIN0
4.5
MAR000
4.0