Genuinely one of if not the worst professors I have ever had. I learned more about the class by repeatedly doing old finals or midterms than I ever could by listening to his lectures. Any time I went to lecture it was a complete waste of time, and I usually left more confused than informed. Avoid Hartman at all costs.

this class structure is a MESS, so its a good thing the content isnt too hard. hartman is clearly very into econ 5 but his teaching/ way of explaining is so unhelpful. he overexplains without giving an actual answer. after doing so bad in 10A this class was refreshing because if you study you'll actually get a good grade.

Professor was boring, thus no incentive to attend to class. Studied and learned everything on my own. He is short-tempered with students and is clearly a tenured professor, very old school as others have mentioned.

The worst class I've taken at UCSB. Not hard content-wise, but the organization of the class makes it so much harder than it needs to be. You have to learn everything yourself. Hartman is nice, but doesn't know how to teach. If you ask him a question he will just ramble about how you need to look at the notes more carefully.

Be ready to teach yourself the entire course. John Hartman explains concepts very horribly and isn't much help. Hope that you have a good TA for practice problem sections and try not to fall behind too much.

He is very rude to his students and clearly does not care about the material or the class. He is not a good teacher and the final is unnecessarily difficult. All of the learning and work for this class is done entirely on your own. Don't expect to learn anything from Hartman.