Naphtali Hoffman - Elmira College, Elmira, NY

Professor: Naphtali Hoffman

Department: Economics

College: Elmira College, Elmira, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON383D
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Seems nice:Lecture is worthless, wasting time with personal life and other opinionated political jargon. Essays require highly detailed knowledge in Economics to not just understand, but write an "A" quality paper, despite only having Econ 160 as a prereq. Deducts letter grades off essays because he doesn't like style or doesn't agree with thesis.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON383D
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Probably one of the most hilarious professors ever. You watch classic movies and then he talks about them and just life in general the next class. Lectures are hilarious but the 6 papers are very tough on grading. Very hard to get an A, but still worth the lectures, he's an interesting man.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON383D
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Six 2-4 page papers with the lowest grade dropped. Economics and Film is pretty interesting because we watched good movies. The papers are simple and lectures are pretty interesting

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECO3040
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Knowledgeable economist, horrible professor. Book is unnecessary. Be prepared for stories about his family, football, boring jokes and everything unrelated to the course, which also means tests are nothing relevant to what he says in class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I liked this professor. He is a good teacher, nice guy, but he does get off topic in class. Which is not necessarily bad. Learned a fair amount with not much effort. Barely opened the books and managed an A

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

What is everyone talking about? Helpful, interesting? All the guy talked about was his daughter and prices of beer. The dryest teacher on campus. His lectures were verbatim to the textbook. Yet another example of a EC professor who is Tenure and doesnt care how their students do, plain and simple runs through the motions day in and day out.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECO2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Knows a lot about economics, grades only with multiple choice tests that sometimes contain things that were not gone over in class, or were touched on in class but did not get reviewed as much as contained on the test. Goes off topic a lot, but it keeps class in order. Should make attendance mandatory, as jocks take advantage of the policy.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MACRO0000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a great teacher. He does get off topic, but that helps keep attention in class, IMO. Attendance is not mandatory, but if you want to do well, you should attend every class, and study. Tests are mostly multiple choice!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECO2020
• 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:

tests you on materials that you do not cover in class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MICROECON
• 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:

Not so good at teaching. His attendance was sparse but tested on material not covered in class. Caters to the alcholics in the class by talking about microeconomics by relating it to drinking. Makes it tough for those of us who don't spend hundreds of dollars a week on booze. Made it tough when I didnt know the going rate of Budlight.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECONOMICS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A GREAT professor who is smart and knows how to teach his subject. He relies on students to try and figure things out for themselves. Sometimes he gets off topic, but overall he is very into his field.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MICRO
• 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:

he knows his stuff, sometimes he has a hard time relaying it to the class though. Show up to class (even if you sleep thru it, show up) and do the extra credit if he gives it.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MICRO
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECO3250
• 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:

THIS GUY RULES! He knows everything about beer and pretzels. His economics is so so almost as good as mine. No seriuosly hes a funny jewish guy, he knows his stuff and will explain things to you if you ask him.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECO3000
• 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:

Knows his Economics

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Excellent Economist, So-so teacher