Professor Schneider is one of the better econ professors at UCSB. What I respect most about him is his ability to empathize for his students. He structured the class to be very accomodating to a student's schedule, so if you're working a part-time or full-time job while enrolled as a student, Professor Schneider is a solid pick.

I really liked Schneider because the material is very practical and I find his tangents interesting even though I am not pursuing tax. I get how some people may find his structure in lecture confusing but everything is based off the textbook and he is really helpful outside of class. He adds random extra credit and really wants students to do well!

Extremely boring professor who was more interested in talking about his political beliefs than teaching taxation. Does not give any explanation for his grades on exams and neither does he show you what you got wrong and why. Not sure why the mystery? Extremely lazy and haphazard approach to teaching and grading. Avoid him at all costs.

Great. Easy. Nice.

He really sticks to the book which is nice since the book is actually helpful and has good examples. If you want to do well, read the book and take notes, do every application problem, take advantage of extra credit offered, and ask questions. Schneider wants students to do well and it shows. Best accounting elective class and 138B is great too.

Make sure you go to lecture because he does a great job wrapping up the main points. Very fair grader and very knowledgeable as well.

This is worst accounting class I've taken at UCSB. Even though I'm lined up for a tax job I shouldn't have taken 138b. His lectures are extremely boring and don't prepare you for the tests or the CPA exams. Our grade was entirely based on FIVE tests. There are no old tests to practice and the book sucks. Avoid this prof at all costs.

Best professor I have encountered in UCSB thus far. Witty sense of humor with the knowledge to match.

Schneider is really smart and knows what he's talking about. This was a really useful class. He is really clear, a great teacher, and uses the book a lot, which is nice. Would definitely recommend this class.

nice teacher. easy to ask questions. uses book a lot, if you read book cover to cover you will do good. no project anymore(well at least in winter 14). no attendance. grade based all on test/quizzes. so far not too bad. open book tests. nothing really unexpected on tests. I recommend taking for accting elective-seems relatively easy to others.

you only need to go to class to find out when the quizes are due and about extra credit if he offers any next quarter. all tests are open book which means they are super hard. the project isnt so bad anymore

Just keep up with the reading to do well on the quizzes and you should be fine! 1 Midterm, 1 Final, both open note and book so they're easy. Quizzes are harder than tests because you don't get to use notes. Take for CPA business law credits!

This class is so boring. Nothing you learn from the instructor. He just reads the text and show powerpoint slides, that's all he does in every class. If you take this class, you are expected that all you learn comes from the your reading. Unless he gives you a pop-up quiz, leave the class and do something more meaningful.

REALLY boring lectures. Pretty much everything you need to know comes from the textbook, which is nice because the tests are open-book. Got an A on the midterm, the project was rather complicated, and the final wasn't too bad but required lots of help from the book. Ended up with a C, which was worse than what I was expect.

The project is impossible! look at old tests to study, not so bad. got an A-

Useless lecture, gets lecture slides directly off the books website. Very easy midterm, but killer final. Promises a curve and then doesn't deliver. No one walked out of the final knowing they did well. Avoid if possible.

Don't need to go to class if you read the book. Open book and open note, but that means you need to be really familiar with the book or else you when run out of time on the tests trying to search for information.

i could never stay awake in this class! his lectures are so dry and boring or rather HE is so dry and boring. he is exactly how everyone views accountants and lawyers: no personality. his monotonous tone does not help at all. nevertheless, open book and open notes are hard to pass up.

This is probably one of the easiest courses i've ever been in. Allows open book and notes on the exams, which are all multiple choice. The reading is light, going to lecture is completely optional and unnecessary. I don't think i could make the course any better myself

He gives a lot of real world examples in his lectures. His project is a real world problem and his tests are not terribly hard if you study. He gives old finals and an old midterm to study by and the actual test is similar. In fact, some of the same questions from old finals was on this years final. The project is really, realy hard.

Awesome professor. Very helpful and understanding. Lectures are clear and straightforward with lots of real world examples. His tests arent terribly hard but you will have to read the book if you wanna do good in them.

The tests are difficult. The professor is clear, but a bit boring. The material in the book is the stuff you must know.

This class is very straightforward. Overall a good class. His real life examples makes lectures more interesting. Take this class if you can.

Project is a waste of time, as is going to class because he reads straight of the slide occasionally giving a real world example. Multiple choice portion is simple but the problems portion is pretty tough. For having both questions on the final be AMT calculation he really breezed over it in class.