Norman Kleinberg - Baruch College, New York, NY

Professor: Norman Kleinberg

Department: Economics

College: Baruch College, New York, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not mandatory to go to class i never paid attention but he gives out WSJ articles and gives questions about them on the tests. This is a self study class. Need to buy Myeconlab. Read the textbook!! He drops one midterm grade. Curves 2 questions on exams. Try to get perfect score on his online quizzes there are 3 tries. Lots of attitude

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you're smart and patient enough to read a book and understand the material by yourself you will definitely get an A. First 2-3 weeks are mandatory to come. 2 midterms - cumulative. REVIEW the exercise on the Pearson lab and you'll be fine. He gives articles from WSJ so pay attention!!! Always try to get 100% on quizes!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I failed this class because he stops taking attendance after like the first week and I never showed up again lol. But yoo The class is not that hard. Just do the homework (which is a lot because they make you use that stupid econ lab at baruch) and listen to his lectures. He is not a bad guy. I was just a bad student. I mean my dumb friend got an A

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Its a good idea to show up to class just for his announcements. His lectures are interesting but useless for the class. Just do the practice quizzes and homeworks on MyEconLab and you can get a solid B on the exams. He curves a whole letter grade at the end of the semester without telling you.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

What can I tell. Hes alright, I guess. Lectures are basically him talking about current stuff. You might think that hes rude, but its college and no one is there to babysit you. Yeah, he doesnt give you the formulas or the questions that might appear on the exam, but if you go to the recitation you would know your formulas. Hes ok, not great.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• 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 I can give a 0 I would. Why am I paying for class to learn a subject myself? He didn't teach me one single thing in Macroeconomics and yet his test curves are ridiculously small.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MACR1002
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Matter of Fact by far the Worst i mean the WORST prof i ever had. If im teaching myself the material he might as well stay home because his class are pointless. Waste of tuition money. Dont take the class he gets out of subject then forgot that he was teaching. He doesnt have passion for teaching so it was difficult to love Microeconomics

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely awful. If the other reviews haven't dissuaded you, I don't know what will. He doesn't teach and goes on random tangents that have nothing to do with the material. He's also quite rude. Over 100 ppl dropped after the midterm, more seem to be leaving because its not worth the time or money to teach yourself Macro.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you are looking for a good econ professor he is NOT it. Class is incredibly boring, lectures make zero sense; all he does is read off of powerpoint slides and expects you to understand the concepts. Because of his constant tangents, we are 1.5 classes behind where we should be (which is absurd). DON'T TAKE!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He makes the class harder than it needs to be. Does not really give you any formulas you need, in fact he writes it once on his little slides and then vaguely explains it. Got a stick up his somewhere about phones. Does not teach well.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• 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:

Worst professor for economics. His lectures are hard to understand. Does not care about students. There were about 70 students in the class. Now there is about 15. If that does not give u an idea about him, don't know what will. Just don't take him.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor at Baruch. YOU NEED TO LEARN YOURSELF. He doesn't teach. Two midterms, drops lowest one. Try to teach yourself through the textbook, homework questions, and practice questions and you will probably pass. No guarantees, though.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures reinforce the textbook readings; he goes in-depth about the concepts which can be hard to understand. The lectures do not exactly correspond to the tests, there might be topics where he lectures a lot about but it's not on the test. Generally, really do read the textbook and know the important vocabs, which are often on the tests.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

doesnt care for students. expects you to spend every second of your life doing practice problems. knowledgeable in the subject but cant convey material for his life. tests only have 32 questions so its hard to do well. rambles on about random tangents during lecture. curves are like 4 points they dont help. only way to do well is look at past exams

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Kleinberg made the subject of macroeconomics understandable and very interesting. In fact, I found his lectures to be entertaining and felt fortunate to have learned both textbook concepts and real-world examples. The exams were fair and the online homework/quizzes were manageable.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Have yet to meet a more unnecessarily smug professor in my college life. He honestly thinks he is gods gift to the world, but gives some of the most boring lectures I have ever had to misfortune to attend. Do not take this class as you will end up having to teach the subject material to yourself

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

decent professor. I would look for another if possible. He does curve about half a letter grade at the end of the semester which is good. Lectures very boring, you're gonna have to teach yourself.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

really not bad at all. definitely read the textbook and make sure you understand all the graphs and concepts. tests are only 32 questions so hard to do well, but they really aren't too challenging if you have read the textbook, done the online quizzes and practice tests. lectures can be interesting if you pay attention :) he curves a little

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Caught the A- by treating this class as an online class. Only went to lectures for the attendance and didn't pay attention to to him at all. Just put in the work when doing the HW. Read the chapters and the powerpoints for each chapter and you'll be set. Don't take this prof if you can, maybe there are other Eco profs that can teach better.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECO1002
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a grumpy old man when presenting in front of the class, however personal 1 on 1 with him, he is a sweetheart. He means well but sometimes can come off as mean. He tries to make you understand but sometimes he goes off on tangents.