The first half of the class was a mess. Two TAs of the class were extremely unreliable (one of the TA told students that ratios will NOT be provided on the midterm, but Professor Berges later sent an email to us indicating that ratios will be provided), not know what they supposed to do, and horrible at teaching the materials. Btw, I’ve emailed twice to the TAs and Berges, but they never respond to my emails, so I guess you better go to their office hours for any questions.
In terms of grading, there are 300 points in total, in which midterm is 125pts, individual project is 25pts, and the final worth 150pts. The mean of midterm was 63%, while the final mean was 82.2% (including extra credits). The midterm was harder than the final, but the final includes 8 chapters, so you will have to memorize a lot more for the final.
Homework problems were recommended but not graded, yet I’d say to do the problems for practice since accounting require many practice to memorize the materials. Some questions on the final were also similar to the homework problems.
Overall, the class material is not difficult, but you do need to pay the effort for an A. Fall 2023 is her first time teaching lower division class, maybe that's why this class is harder. However, if you have the chance to take another professor, go for that choice instead.

Tamara is a terrible teacher. She does not deserve to be called by her last name. Her class was so unorganized throughout the entire quarter that I heard people considering dropping 7 weeks into the class. Her midterm was the least thought-out midterm I have ever taken. Students had to continually ask questions during the midterm because the formatting was so confusing and her response to it was to become an arrogant dickhead and try to belittle us as if we were inferior to her. Her ego is through the roof and she needs to be humbled. She is super disrespectful towards her students and TA’s and does not take constructive criticism because she views it as a jab at her. I remember in one TA session we were reviewing the midterm and 80% of the discussion period was just talking about how rude and disrespectful of a person she is to everyone around her. The TA even had evidence of her being super condescending towards a student when they asked a clarifying question. She may know what she is talking about content-wise but it doesn’t make up for her lack of empathy toward her students. Her fits were dogshit too. Overall, do not take her under any circumstance. Wait until you can take it with Woo.

She has a major chip on her shoulder. She seemed to view her students as in an adversarial relationship with her. During the midterm, multiple people asked her about what a question meant and how it was supposed to be answered, and she essentially publicly demeaned those asking, and seemed in disbelief that someone could possibly misunderstand her question. The question was very poorly written, by the way, and I've never seen a multiple choice question handled this way.

Speaking of the midterm, I've never taken an exam less fair. She tested on materials that she explicitly said beforehand that she wouldn't. We weren't given nearly enough time for it, and it was very difficult. Taking the exam, I actually thought I had walked into the wrong room. After getting spammed by emails by students, the next class, she essentially put all of the blame on us, for 'not being able to put in the time to study.'

The final exam was a little better. I had time to finish, but barely. The short answer section was mostly memorization quizzing how accurately you know how to format certain tables. It was at 8 am, 3 hours long, closed note. Why in the world is this closed note other than to annoy students.

After the midterm exam was a statement of cash flows project. It barely had to do with what we were studying, and in my opinion, the deadline to do it was too short, especially considering this was during midterms week.

There is extra credit in the class. Nobody knows how much. The extra credit is essentially a way for the professor to force students to come to class. Speaking of class, she goes way too quickly. The only way to understand what she's actually talking about is to watch the lectures and pause and skip around. She gives a lot of rapid fire information with no big picture. I was lost by the first lecture, haha. So, why exactly am I being forced to come to class? This was especially unfair for me, because I was sick for half the quarter, and since it isn't mandatory attendance and is extra credit, too bad for me I guess. The extra credit opportunities aren't even given every single class, by the way. Once, she grossly underestimated the amount of time that one would take and gave the entire thing for homework.

She expects her students to read the textbook before classes and do a ton of homework problems after, which she doesn't grade. This is unreasonable to expect out of an average student, and this is one of the only situations where I think that homework should be mandatory, because without it, your ENTIRE grade is based on the midterm, final, and 'project'. And she's also a harsh grader.

The thing is that, take away all these problems, and the course is actually alright. I asked her for her help for a class example once, and she was really sweet and patient, and I understood the topic almost immediately. And actually reading the textbook, you'd think that the course is actually kind of fun. But unfortunately, due to these problems, this course is terrible, and I would not recommend to anyone who doesn't already know the material.

Berges was a pretty decent professor, but I don't think she would be the best professor to take this class with. Weekly Friday quizzes do keep you on top of the material, but they are not easy and thus require studying that no one wants to do on a Friday. The group project is large and just annoying as you have no guidance on it whatsoever and will get a poor grade no matter up, which I think just gets curved. Final is hard but gets curved.

Horrible professor. Course itself is extremely difficult as there is a lot to know, but there are far better and more reasonable professors teaching this course. Where do I even start, although her slides were decent and had all the detailed info we needed, her lectures were extremely bland and she tries to force the engagement by name picking random students on the spot who learned the material for the first time, which in my opinion wasted teaching time which was why the class was behind schedule and she sped run through a lot of topics towards the end. Grades were made up of midterm, group project, and final. All exams were closed notes and to say the exams were difficult is an understatement. The midterm was beyond anything I've ever seen and a class mean also reflected that with a 48/100 which is unheard of for a management class. She gave us no prior guidance or practice for the exam, the textbook practice questions were no help. She gave us the project two weeks later than what was stated on syllabus and that coincided with Thanksgiving break and finals studying after and she still expected us to spend 20-25 hours on it as a group collaborating (no separating the work). Things on the project were not even tested in the final so it wasn't even useful in using it to study. She recommended we go into office hours if we needed help, but it was not useful as she couldn't even tell us anything about our project. The final was slightly better than the midterm but still extremely hard and required memorization of the materials learned in class (7 chapters). Although she did give a list of topics to study for, I wish she would've given us some practice problems or even a past midterm like most other professors to prepare us better for final. Also, be warned that during the three hour final, and yes you will need those three hours, she does not let anyone exit the hall and use the restroom so if you have a small bladder, do not take this class. Overall, Berges was one of the worst and unprofessional professors I've ever had.

I love the material in the class itself, when you really apply yourself it is not that difficult, but regardless this class is difficult. Its 1-2 ch of reading a week, but you have to memorize a lot of info for the midterm and final. Take time and start studying from week 1. Everyone did pretty bad on the midterm, it was unnecessarily long, difficult, and just unexpected. Took the final today, did not have time to finish either the final nor the midterm. Extra credit if you show up to class and do the examples. She's an okay lecturer, if you can take Woo, do that. If she's your only option, you'll survive but it'll be a bit difficult.

Go to class to get some extra credit opportunities. She is a qualified lecturer on the subject but makes some unreasonable decisions regarding exams. Overall, she is a pretty strict grader based on the predicted curve she said she would give.

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The class is hard and you have to really keep on top of things each week. Each week there was a quiz covering the material taught that week and sometimes it consisted of two lectures. The quizzes are pretty tricky and there is a time limit, but it's not too much of a scramble to get your answers in. The group project was also incredibly time consuming as we blindly navigated a tax software and filed a tax return for an individual who has various expenses and deductions involving situations that we learned in class. The final was not terrible because we had more time and we were allowed some notes to use. The professor's office hours were extremely useful and she is a great mentor, giving advice to students about internships and careers in Tax.

Overall, I recommend attending lecture and taking good notes. I did not use the textbook, but I know the class would have been much easier if I did some of the practice problems she assigned. Working with your group for the project is vital and you will be screwed if you try and solo it.

I liked her, we talked a lot about life and career shiz but she def is hard. Theres a weekly quiz thats hard af, review the online notes and practice the problems and u should be okay. Theirs lots of EC so maek sure to capitilize on it all. Final and project are def really fkin hard, so really put a lot of time for this class. Cool thing tho is that u get cheatsheet on final.