struggles to teach the material effectively. Lectures often involve rambling, getting lost in the slides, and frequent interruptions like “wait, this slide is wrong.” he often just tells us to watch the videos, where he reads directly from the slides, making mistakes along the way.

John Hartman is tenured. You can tell. Very much stuck in old times, doesn't teach well at all.

The most disorganized class I've ever had taken w the laziest professor who just reads off the slides. Stats is a subject that's straightfor but when he teaches it, it makes absolutely no sense. I spent all of thanksgiving break and dead week studying and still failed the final (60+ hours). That should tell you how unnecessarily hard the final was

Single most boring and unmotivating instructor I've ever had. Lectures are monotone and it is obvious he does not want to be there, which makes you question why students should be there either. I have taken him for most upper div Econ classes and learned the material despite rarely attending lecture. He makes interesting subjects dull and draining.

Simply awful.

He is very stick to the rule book, not very helpful in your once a week in class activity. I never went to in person lecture so cant speak on that but the lecture videos were hit or miss sometimes helpful. Chat gpt taught me most of this class. You can learn most of the material the week of the final/midterm. Class isn't too difficult.

The contrast between the difficulty of the midterm and the final was insane. Dude has no business being an econ professor I'm not sure why the university hasn't fired this dude yet. He also has the worst music taste and thats still one of the least embarrassing things about him. Do not take his class.

John Hartman has no business being a professor of anyone, let alone college students. This was the most disjointed class I've taken at any level of academics and this man should be embarrassed and ashamed at the quality of education he provides to thousands of students every year. If you get stuck with him, do not go to his pointless lectures.

Final was cooked. This class genuinely felt harder than econ10a for some reason, when its supposed to be a cushion. I spent an entire week doing practice exams 8 hours a day in leu of the final and flunked it. Do well on the midterm, and make sure everything else is 100% prior to the final.

He definately wears insoles and I hope he stays insecure. Don't skip the midterm and study for it, it's easy, you're gonna need the cushion for the final.

A horrible teacher on the most basic and fundamental levels. I went to the first two lectures and decided I would be better off for the rest of the quarter avoiding being in the same room as him all together. ECON 5 is a class that you can 100% teach yourself online and get an easy A in the class if you end up getting stuck with Hartman like I did.

Hartman's lecturing abilities are nonexistent, there was an inverse relationship between the time I spent in lecture and my understanding of the class. I genuinely think i would have more confidence if i had never attended a lecture. John Hartman should never again be allowed to lecture on economics, he nearly ended my interest in the topic.