Kenneth Ng - California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA

Professor: Kenneth Ng

Department: Economics

College: California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Horrible. You will teach yourself Econ in this class. 1 midterm, 1 paper, 1 final. Useless lectures, surprise pop quizzes for extra credit. Homework is impossible to do well on. Study for tests using his online examples and you can get a good grade in the class. It is heavily curved. Only take if you are fine with teaching yourself.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you can avoid this professor at all costs, PLEASE DO. I only took him because his class fit my availability but he is the worst professor I have ever taken. He doesnt teach, he gets off track too quickly and the way he grades his homework is ridiculous. You basically have to teach yourself the material to pass.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible professor. Class consists of online hw , pop quizzes, a 1500-word paper, 1 midterm and final. I basically taught myself and his lectures helped minimally. His online hw is ridiculously long (some with 20-50+ questions and worth hundreds of points). Luckily, the whole class is tremendously curved and that is your only hope of passing.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do Not Take Him! This is my first time rating a professor. I have to say that he is the worst professor I've ever known. He didn't explain much and threw many confusing and difficult question. I asked the question after class, and he did not answer my question and told me to find a tutor to explain instead.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this professor. Rambles about nonsense throughout lecture. Is not clear about material. Does not take time to see if you understand or not. Tests are hard if you do not take notes. Take this professor, you will have to teach yourself.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

IF I COULD CUSS ON HERE I WOULD. This dude is terrible. Extremely terrible. He doesn't teach you at all, he rambles in class about random examples that don't correlate. He has typos on the exams on canvas and some of the graphs in those exams are so small you can't even read them. Listen to every one of the negative comments lol.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, this professor does NOT teach you at all. All he talks about are cars and stories that he has. I stopped caring halfway in the semester and sometimes didn't go to class. I did good on the paper, but other than that, goodluck if you decide to take him. Still passed because he has a very big curve.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• 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:

Please please google his name. cannot believe csun econ department keeps hiring this prof.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE! horrible useless lectures and powerpoints. You 100% have to teach yourself economics. He does not provide his email to reach him, he instead wants you to reach him on twitter-which he still doesn't respond to. I only passed bc I got an outside tutor and he curves A LOT! Go over previous exams he post for midterm/final.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You'd have to be lazy, unmotivated, or an idiot to fail this class. I don't understand all the bad comments. I received a B but that's because i got over my head and bsed the final. How could u fail such a heavily curved, heavy extra credit opportunity class ???

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, the curve is so heavy in this class that my final percent in the class was a 32% and It got me a "C". I guessed on all the homework because he didn't go over anything in class. Basically just do the homework and show up to class he gives pop quizzes and those points go towards midterm and finals.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON160OL
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hardest class I've ever taken. Must teach yourself all material so make sure to make time for this class and pray the curve is in your favor. Homework assignments worth a lot of points and most only have 1 try so good luck. Also assigns mandatory 1500 word paper. Midterm & Final early Sat morning. Avoid unless you have lots of free time & LOVE pain

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON160ONLINE
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took this course online & I was very scared of not passing, the homework is worth a lot & has several questions w/ multiple answers. The midterm & final were very hard & on a Saturday morning. He posts a lot of updates on twitter which made me not want be on it or tweet about how much this class gave me anxiety. Cant believe I barely passed.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He explains the lectures poorly and overall very confusing. Hw is nearly impossible and doesnt explain it like we are questioned.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is the worst i have met in my whole life, and this course is the only course i have failed. And i did do all my homeworks and attended every single courses. But i still got FAILED in the end.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible instructor, you will end up teaching yourself every lesson every book is useless, goes off on tangents for most of class. DO NOT TAKE IF YOU WANT TO STAY SANE.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON160OL
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Probably the worst class ever. The online class is a mess. He never replies in the forums. Changes dates of assignments and quizzes. His assignments and quizzes are horrible and traumatizing. Each question had multiple answers and he doesnt instruct so. (I have learned he hard way) The points for the homework and quizzes are insane and inhumane.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

My guy Kenneth is a god man. The guy really gives out open book pop quizzes that show you what's on the final/midterm and are free extra credit points for the final/midterm. If you do well on the first paper don't worry about the second one. A lot of people give up after the third week. Just show up to class and try on the final/midterm. Ull BeFine

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON160ONLINE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is a difficult class, but do the work and you will pass. This class is based on a curve so if you beat the curve then you will be fine. He is a great professor and is willing to help if you ask for it. Many people stop coming to class or don't pay attention at all. Take the class do the work and pass!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON160
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Class lectures do not have anything to do with textbook reading. He talks about sports cars and tells funny stories but he's off topic. Homework is 800 point quizzes (sometimes 1200 points) and difficult because you must teach yourself the material. Class is curved. 2 exams, several quizzes, 2 book reports. Proceed with caution.