It's John Hartman.

It's Hartman.

One of the worst professors I have ever had. I took AP Stats in high school and the way he explains topics makes even the most simplistic ones confusing. I had him for section, and he constantly spoke down to students, belittling and discouraging them. Teaching yourself the material and doing the practice tests is the best way to do well.

Super easy class until the impossible final that's worth 35% of your grade. If it's Hartman do not take

I got an A in this class because I taught myself EVERYTHING. The professor is lazy and uploads video lectures that are just him reading through the slides. The content is not hard but the class structure makes it hard. Do the practice tests and ask ChatGPT to explain things because the professor won't.

Awful professor that teaches in a completely asynchronous manner, at least for my class. No feedback at all throughout the course and you teach yourself the content.

Econ 5 is not a hard class. Prof Hartman makes it hard. I feel bad for anyone taking this course as mostly every negative review is true. Lectures from 2020, the final is crazy hard, and you're required to do activities once a week with a group. Don't expect to learn anything though, everyone (including TA's) use ChatGPT. Terrible class.

This class is horribly taught. easy statistics, but it is extremely difficult to get a grasp on the material. all online lectures, one mandatory section a week. this class was overall so confusing and the final was one of the hardest tests I have taken at UCSB. just self-study a lot and have Chat explain practice problems.

By far the worst professor I've ever had at UCSB, I wish I could give him a 0/5. Super lazy, super condescending to students. The content itself isn't too bad it's just taught so poorly. My advice to do well, don't buy the textbook, don't watch the lecture vids, just memorize the slides and do every practice exam multiple times.

Lousy course setup. At the beginning of the quarter he'll give a speech about how they've switched the class format to help students learn better, but then the majority of the class is just watching pre-recorded lectures from covid. It's somewhat insulting how little effort is put into teaching students in this class.

Hartman's class is challenging but manageable with practice. The exams are similar to past papers, so using resources like Unstuckstudy and the free textbook can really help with preparation. Attend lectures and office hours to stay on top of the material.

He isn't as bad as people say he is. His lectures are decent and the exams are very similar to past exams. So as long as you stay on task and practice throughout the entire quarter you will be fine.