While the class material and class in general was not difficult, he himself was very rude and not approachable. Section is mandatory for this class and there is a very easy TA graded project that you work on throughout the quarter. Made tests seem more difficult more stressful than they were because of all of the procedures to prevent cheating.
He knows what he's teaching, so it's not that he's a bad professor, he just makes his tests so hard now! My friend took the class last quarter and said it was mainly mc. That is no longer the case. He has about 20 T/F and about 12 short answers. Great guy, funny, not hard to look at...I just wish he was an easier test-maker/grader.
Professor Harmon is one of my favorite teachers at UCSB. His tests can be tricky but as long as you go to lecture and do the Wileyplus you can get at least a B+. He gets a lot of his short answer problems directly from the homework and also tells stories in class to keep it interesting. Would definitely recommend Harmon.
Had an A- before the final. Got a 96 on the final. Get a B+ in the class. He tells me I needed 20 points more to get to the next highest grade (A-). I lost less than 20 points on the final. Had I gotten 100% on the final I still would have ended up with a lower grade than before. WORST PROFESSOR IN THE ECON DEPARTMENT. Also, what person below said.
Honestly can say I liked him till I got my grade back. Asked him IN CLASS before the final if grading will be on points like the syllabus, he said yes... He then, after grading the final he decided to make take-home, decided grades were too high and curved everyone DOWN! So pissed Goodbye A because of his inconsistencies
Love Harmon! NOt too hard of a class pretty straight forward
Great Professor. Fairly easy class as long as you put in time. Multiple Choice counts for a big chunk of test. The best way to do well in that is simply read the chapters throughly. Working out part of test is just like class examples.
Simply reading off slides during lecture isn't effective in teaching accounting. WileyPlus homework didn't help much in preparing for the midterm. Don't recommend this Professor.
Really great professor. He's funny and enthusiastic about teaching. His tests are fair and lets you know what's going to be one them beforehand. Wileyplus hw due every lecture are easy points as well as the weekly assignments for section.
Always went to his office hours and they were really helpful. Multiple choice on the tests were pretty difficult. Final had a lot of material that was unexpected. Overall, helpful and nice... easy B
He is a good teacher, although he can be slow on going over the material. Easy class if you focus thoroughly on what he expects you to know. Read wiley more than once and you can easily grasp everything. His honors section is an easy A and it's nothing relating to accounting - all about personal finance and life lessons. Quite interesting too.
Have had various classes with Harmon. Not the easiest teacher, but not overly difficult. If you study an average amount you will do decent. He is a funny, goofy dude and a genuine nice guy. Will help with all your CPA career advice. GOOD
All he does in class is read off slides which isn't effective in teaching a class on accounting. Midterm was difficult. Don't recommend, but problem is he's the only professor that teaches 3b.
It's very simple: If becoming a CPA is not your ulitmate goal, then don't take this class. Those of you who want to become CPAs and have complained about this class need to suck it up. If you want professors to hold your hand throughout your entire college career consider switching into comm or soc because this is not the place for you.
I like Harmon as a person (and for Econ 3b) but for 139, he kinda sucked. He was unorganized, used a book that was full of incorrect information, inconsiderate in posting assignments in a timely fashion, and grading didn't seem to reflect the work contributed or knowledge gained. There are 2 midterms that were hard and had too much for the time all
The homework he gave was ridiculous. He made us do the homework even before we had the class!!That also counts into your final grade.First mid term questions were really difficult addition with short time. Second mid term we been told the format is multiple choice on the day of exam.He was confirmed before that there would be work sheet questions!
Like he said the first day, he's the older version of Anderson. People saying its hard are simply people who barely studied. If you learn the content of the slides by heart and do all the practice exercise he gives us on wiley plus, there is no way in hell you can get a grade lower than B. All it takes is practice.
Coby!!!!!!! Midterms kind of hard but fair... good guy though pretty funny
I took econ 139 last spring. I got an A in the class but had to work really hard. We had just moved to a new textbook and as such the homework was a bit chaotic and some of the answers were incorrect in the solutions he showed us during class. The first midterm is difficult, the second not so bad. The Finals are VERY difficult. We could take home.
If you are in the econ department it's impossible to avoid Harmon. Don't worry too much, but it's difficult to get an A because he doesn't make it clear what the tests are going to cover. Know everything he mentions in class, even if he only mentions it briefly. No midterm or final review guides. Wiley Plus homework much harder than in 3A.
by far the BEST teacher at UCSB!very enthusiastic about teaching and helping students learn. the only reason why ppl r complaining is cuz they probably didnt study and only memorized. his exams test concepts n understanding NOT memorization. LOVED THIS CLASS AND LOVE HIM! give alot of extra credit. fun n interesting class. recommend it
Funny and awesome
Straightforward class. Slides cover most everything but reading the chapters will cinch an A. Just study the online homeworks and slides well and you'll be fine for the exams.
Harmon just reads off the slides. There isn't really a point to going to class because he doesn't talk about anything in detail and the slides are online. If you read the book and do the homework, you should do fine in the class. The only point to going to lecture is that he will give extra credit occasionally.
