George Johnson - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professor: George Johnson

Department: Economics

College: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

teaches the material very interesting and simple especially for 402.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. J is a very encouraging and humorous Professor. I dont think the exams covered thoroughly what I studied and what was taught in the course enough. It's almost you walk out of the examination room wishing you had been asked more questions, because there are many fun terms and models to learn in macroeconomics. A caring Professor. Get to know him

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst Professor I have ever had at Umich. Ridiculously confusing, luckily GSI was decent. Took in summer, avoid taking with johnson (he only teaches in summer) if possible. coursepack makes no sense, made understanding the material even more difficult. He isn't too hard of a grader, you basically do well or poorly on his exams, not much inbetween.

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Best professor I ever had. I took his class in 1980 and still remember most of my Macroeconomic theory taught. I took the class after work from 11:30 to 7:30 overnight and went to his 8:00 class. Professor Johnson was very funny and entertaining. His exam review was highlighted by passing out small humorous prizes for offering correct answers.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

those who have the new 102 teacher; consider yourselves lucky. this guy was absolutely horrible.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I liked Dr J. he tries to make his lectures funny, and he does seem to know what he is talking about.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/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:

his class was difficult but he knew what he was doing... i think he would be better off teaching a higher level class because he doesnt always realize his students are completely lost.. i failed the first 2 exams but ended up with a B+ because it took me that long to figure out the material...

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy was a joke. He knew nothing about what he was teaching. The courseback was rediculously hard to understand. Basically we all had to teach ourselves to understand his madness.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is by FAR the WORST professor at the University. He makes awful jokes, and honestly, I am not convinced that he actually knows the material. He constantly contradicts himself (in lectures and in the coursepack). The coursepack has horrible grammar (preschool level) which confuses the crap out of everyone. If he is retiring, he did you a favor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wow. I can't say enough bad things about Johnson. There's only a coursepack and it has a typo every three words. I've learned more about Lloyd Carr than about macroeconomics. Why couldn't he have retired a semester earlier?

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

bad teacher, letures are confusing so noone goes, coursepack is even worse. the grading scale is relitivly fair, so 75 is a B- but exams are very hard and only 18 questions so if you mess up your screwed. no chance of getting an A and you find yourself studying nonstop to keep up

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very funny guy. His jokes makes a dry subject matter very interesting. The tests are not too difficult.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is a horrible class. Professor Johnson has created his own version of macroeconomics that is taught from a horrible course pack that he wrote and is virtually impossible to follow. Half of the material he covers in the CP and lectures is not relevant to anything we should be learning in Econ 102. It's unnecessarily complicated. Avoid.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor J is great! Material a little difficult but his tests are not hard. Also he is very funny! Take Econ 102 with him for sure.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ok, Johnson is an awful professor. His leacture are only good because every now and then he will put something on the exam from what he said in lecture. He makes a lot of jokes, which is the only thing that makes the class interesting. His grading is sooooo liberal!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Aweful...avoid at all costs. He makes horrible jokes, and does not teach the material, not entertaining. Very boring. His coursepack has a ton of errors in it, and he contradicts himself all the time, and never corrects it. The coursepack itself has horrible grammar, making it very hard to read and/or understand.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Makes more jokes about nose candy aka cocaine and how spoiled the students are since a good amount are from long island NY then clear points about the subject. Horrible teacher.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECONOMICS102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are awfully boring. His jokes aren't that funny. The coursepack sucks and is confusing as hell, but the class is easy if you can tolerate being bored every damn lecture.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take econ 102 with johnson, whatever it takes. His coursepack is the worst ever and is never corrected. Half the the time he makes mindless and stupid jokes and never really says what is important. If he tells you something is not going to be on the test,expect it on there twice. He never answers questions good and just goes off on rant.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy was hilarious but I hated the class. The coursepack is horrible with numerous errors that are never corrected semester after semester. His tests aren't the hardest though (midterms 18 ques mul choice and final 40 ques..i think...mul choice). Even if you do bad you do good...it's just annoying in the meantime.