John Heim - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Professor: John Heim

Department: Economics

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Heim is one of my favorite professors without a doubt. Very clear in description of terms and his examples relating his old Porsche or Birds Eye foods always relate to the topic! Especially for freshmen taking microeconomics, GET HEIM.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Heim is a great teacher. He is genuinely passionate about economics and makes it reasonably interesting. He is also willing to put in some time for struggling students. I enjoyed Money and Banking.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor! He knows how to answer your question in a really clarified way.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He has a voice that puts me to sleep, but he isn't boring. He has a lot of tangents he can go on so be ready, he'll come back to a point eventually. Likes to use numbers a lot so overheads can pretty easily get jumbled up with all sorts of values - just try to get the gist of it. Great guy overall, he's got me coming back for money and banking

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Class was boring, learned very little. I read every chapter he assigned and the tests had many questions not covered. I heard he was good but I disagree. I put forth a lot of effort, more than should be put towards an econ class, and still ended up with my first C+. If you take his class, I hope you're good at tests.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Amazing. Incredibly easy exams. If you read the book, it's a guaranteed A. Plus, he's a really awesome guy and for some reason is FULL of the most random (but interesting) facts about history that actually make class really interesting.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MANDB4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Heim is the man. He wears the banker specs and has succeeded and prospered as a banker. He now loves to teach you all he knows. doesnt tell you when homework is due so you have to go to class to know. MC tests kinda hard

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• 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:

nice teacher, never used the book, just the study book. Easy as pie to get a B, very very hard to get an A. No modifiers, classes are boring.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON2110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Heim finds a way to make what could be a really boring semi-introductory course into something that I actually LIKED going to. The class is not really easy like some other ECON classes, but its not impossible either. If you have the chance to take a class from Heim then go for it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. J is legit. Money and Banking is a very boring course unless you are real interested in going into the banking sector of econ in the future. However, he made lectures pretty interesting, and he has to be one of the most genuine and helpful professors at RPI and is always willing to help his students.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MONEYBANKING
• 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:

Professor Heim is the man. He actually finds a way the driest material into something that borders on being interesting

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MB
• 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:

You can't help but love John Heim. He's funny, witty and tries his best to make the material interesting. You can go see him for anything and he's more than willing to help... and he'll probably have a good story to tell too.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 2003
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Heim is an awsome professor, and a lot of fun at the bar…

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Heim is a really nice guy with a good sense of humor. He will help you whenever you need it. The material for his class is not what I would call...thrilling...but useful. Definitely take good notes and bring the textbook to class w/ you to follow along with him. Study the notes before the exams and look for back tests too.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This was a good class and Heim was a good teacher and a pretty funny guy. My political views differ greatly from his and sometimes I often disagreed with some of the stuff classic economics tries to tell you, but still an interesting class. Know thy enemy. :)

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON2020
• 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:

Good at covering important parts of the text. Tends to waste a lot of time telling stories each class. Likes to harass students (in a joking manner) who don't share his political views.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MB2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took 2 classes with him. He is a very nice professor and easy to get help outside of the class. Almost changed my major from engineering to econ b/c of him. Any prof tried to remember all 40 student names in his class? Yes..He is funny and very cool

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

material was very boring, but a good prof making it worth attending

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON4130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Money and Banking. Highly boring, but he made it interesting enough.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MONEYBANK
• 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:

Heim is the best. His lectures are very interesting. Heim has a big sense of humor. He love to talk about the time when he was governor (or some other positon not sure :) ) of Buffalo. This man should be the US president. hehehehe