Fred Jacobs - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Professor: Fred Jacobs

Department: Accounting

College: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Extra credit comes from clicker questions in class. All tests were open note, so take good notes and always go the day before the exam for the additional help sheets. He did a good job of explaining things, but you have to understand what you are doing on each problem in order to pass the tests even though they are open note.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not the best professor, as he isn't always clear in the way he explains the material. A portion of the class is online questions which can be difficult but if you have a chegg account it helps! Exams are multiple choice and the wrong answers are just random numbers so you know if you did the problem wrong. Not an easy A but def possible.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took it online. Easy lecture examples. Honestly his lecture videos aren't that great. Easy homework. Ridiculous exams. Super wordy. Nothing like the examples. You get to do an online "make up" exam after to remediate your grade but still, this is not an easy A. Multiple choice quiz questions every week for extra credit which is nice.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Easy online class, very helpful with homework, would definitely take the econ version again

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Horrible class that should've been easy. He makes you feel as though you understand concepts entirely, until you get to the exams. That's when he pulls out "challenging" (aka terribly worded questions) to throw you off. Also stated that he doesn't try to "trick you" on exams, but goes out of his way to do so. DO NOT RECOMMEND. (Especially online)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Easy examples, even easier homework problems. Then goes nuts on the exams with a bunch of poorly worded questions. The only reason people don't do well is because he makes trick questions and uses poor wording. Then on top of that, he has to spend the first 20 minutes of each exam explaining all of the mistakes he made, making a 12 question exam.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

HORRIBLE! Do not take this class. His lectures do not help. Everyone in the class struggles. The exams are brutal. Went to office hours and he shrugged his shoulders and said "just watch my videos..".

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Do not take the online version of this class. He comes off very cocky and rude via email. He decides how many times he would like to respond, sometimes without even answering your question. Also, be careful about exams. Don't try to match your answer with one of the multiple choice options by the exact cent. I did that and bombed my first exam.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

All the class material can be found online, but you get extra credit for showing up. An easy A for sure. The exams are all open book open note so having the book is a bonus.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Yawn. Either skipped or didn't pay attention, still got the grade. Take the online section during the summer, you won't miss anything, it was simple stuff.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ACC341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doesn't make you buy a textbook, work in groups, so your grade is pretty dependent on your group. But overall a great professor!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ACC202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Fred is an excellent prof, one of the best at MSU. His class is not difficult if you study the material, and you can actually learn useful stuff. Funny another review mentioned he showed up **** to a review session in 2003, as he seemed wasted at a review session when I took his class in 1995.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ADV230
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ACC202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of greats. Makes people want to go into accounting!!! A wonderful person too!!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ACC202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Fred is a nice guy with a good personality. The class is not difficult, and you actually learn in it (a rarity). He showed up looking pretty **** at a review session one time... it was pretty funny. I had a hot TA for my section, that was a bonus too.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ACC230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great prof! Gets right to the point and has open book exams!