COMM 2700

I'll start by saying David Chapman is a wonderful guy and great lecturer, but not for novice students. I'm sure that he is an amazing professor for COMM students and ones who have understanding of the material, but not in an entry level course. Unless you intend on pursuing the Real Estate Minor, I would not recommend this class to ANYONE! Do not take this unless you have a prior understanding of finance and LOVE math. This class is all math... but you won't see any example problems during lectures except for talking about previously (already graded) assignments. The Exams are relatively impossible if you don't understand how all of the equations and math work. You won't see anything like the exam questions prior to taking it. Not in class or in the books. The exam questions are 5 times harder than anything I did during studying for it. Even if you get all of the concepts and how everything works, that's not what the exams assess. 15 people in the class got under a 40% on the first exam. The average for the exam was around a 60, with scores north of that being from students who had previous knowledge of the topics. The homework assignments get harder and harder and end up being to the point where I don't even know where to begin. I thought about dropping the class and forgetting about the minor, but I'm stuck with it now. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

This is not a class you should take unless you are absolutely sure you want to do the real estate minor. This class has almost nothing to do with real estate (as of right now a month in) and has fully been a finance course. Chapman moves through the lectures incredibly fast so take notes on your computer or you'll be stuck catching up and only able to pay half attention the entire class. Get ahead early and do the problems in the textbook well. Also get a chegg account because all the answers and explanations are there if you need them before the homework is due.