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.

horrible prof. reads his slides which you can get online and completely overuses whiley plus. a lot of people say he's really nice, but they're brown nosers. he designs his test so that you fail. will go over a subject briefly and ask two ridiculously hard questions about it on the midterm

Harmon is extremely helpful and clear about course material. Very patient with students and make sure they understand what is going on. Good, helpful lectures. Easy and interesting honors section. Nice guy, I would recommend him.

Teaching style pretty much identical to Anderson. Nice guy, good teacher. Was very clear and open to questions. Explained things thoroughly until students understood. Very willing to go over tests and homework. i would recommend him

Teaches well and explains concepts in a clear fashion. Similar style to Anderson. Overall hes a great professor and he can make frog noises. What more is there to say?

Best teacher I've had at UCSB. I'm a Buis-Econ major with an accounting emphasis and Harmon taught me everything so well and prepared me for future classes. He is very smart, funny, and entertaining. He wants his students to succeed. TAKE HIS CLASS and I promise you will love it.

Harmon is a pretty good professor. If you go to class and pay attention the hw isn't too hard, sometimes I felt like the multiple choice questions on his tests were a little random but overall he is a fair teacher. He's also helpful at explaining things if you talk to him after class.

make you do the hw which he hasnt talked about it yet.Sux, dun take it

Took Coby in the summer for 136A, easy A. Thought 136B in the fall would be the same. It was more difficult than before. Coby was trying to make things more challenging but didn't end up enforcing some of what he said he would. LOTS of extra credit opportunities. Can't miss class though. That could hurt your grade b/c he gives test info inadvance

Took 136A during the summer. It was the easiest A to earn. He is completely relaxed over the summer. Not very organized but it pays off for you to just go to class and deal with it. He says things in class that are important to the tests, so if you don't go to class, won't know. Tests are okay and he gets the questions right out of the back of book

DO not take this class,does not care to help much. Selfish professor,not helpful at all.Avoid at all costs, trust me!

Is a great teacher, tests are pretty easy and so is hw. Go to class ask questions get A

He's gotten a lot harder this year (2007) than 2006 when I had him for 3A. Be weary of his multiple choice on the exams - lots of obscure questions and stuff he mentioned in passing and full of TRICK QUESTIONS.

HW takes forever if you don't know Excel. HW questions riddled with mistakes, some basic theory and definitional multiple choice questions very difficult and wastes your time. Lectures are useless. Study hard on your own with the book

Prof. Harmon is one of the best teachers at UCSB. The reason his classes have got harder is because of the student perception that they could cheat and use old tests to get ahead in the class. If easy means doing that well then your right the class is hard. Sorry, but learning takes a little more than that. If you take the time to go see him and ge

While you never have to goto class or discussion other than on days of midterms or final, you should. Coby explains the material very well because he knows it and knows how to teach it. The TA's are undergrads so they barely know anything. The book is useful, but you can do without it if you show up to every class and pay attention.

don't take this class with him, take with the other professor.

harmon really dropped the ball this quarter. every assignment and test he gave was full of errors...the course organization is horrible...why are there no TAs, sections, or review sessions for this class? they would've been a helpful supplement to coby's unmotivated teaching style. hugely regret taking 136c! his front row pet's are ANNOYING

Never asnwers any emails, this is the information age! Very lazy, confuses the hell out of students. Students who took the class 2 quarters ago are 100% better off, his classes have gotten ridiculously hard. Take anyone else besides him, even Sanders, yes I said even Sanders.

I have also taken Coby's class before and was actually looking forward to taking him again before the quarter. Simply does not do a good job getting the concepts and teaching across to his students. Like others have said, we can read the slides on our own. Would suggest taking another professor for this class.

Have had him for the past two quarters. Even though there are rumors that he's been pressured by the department to make his classes more difficult, he is still very fair. Although his tests are much harder than the quarters before, he is generous enough to offer multiple extra credit assignment. He is absolutely adorable and funny.Love him.Take him