Emery Trahan is a Finance professor at Northeastern University rated 3.85/5 by 98 students, with 4.3/5 difficulty (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Emery Trahan professor reviews and ratings: 3.85/5 from 98 student reviews at Northeastern. TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Assigns reading of a certain complexity, and then teaches it in a 10X more complex way than the book. If you already know the material, he knows his stuff, and can challenge you. If you're learning it for the first time, just read the book and learn it on your own. He seems to get bored with the basics, so he just doesn't spend time on them.620828 2013-02-16 10:59:37 +0000 UTC
Professor Trahan was one of the best professors I had.FIN403 2008-08-13 10:44:37 +0000 UTC
Best professor i have ever had!! Hard but fair!FIN0000 2008-04-22 12:37:53 +0000 UTC
Hard but fair. Part of the reason why the class was hard for me was because it was so boring. Try not to take this class for over an hour period. Corporate finance was hard enough already. Genuinely nice guy but strict about certain things such as attendance and homework.FINU301 2008-02-20 16:41:17 +0000 UTC
Excellent professor. Not an easy class but have the utmost respect for this man.FIN301 2007-11-08 21:19:29 +0000 UTC
This 7 week summer semester was intense - with team or solo assignments every session. There was a point half-way through the semester where I was overwhelmed with it. Quality of the students were good. The textbook & teaching were excellent - but be prepared to do a lot of work on excel. I've got a much better grasp of financial Valuations now.FING216 2007-06-22 09:06:32 +0000 UTC
Awful class. I hated the professor- went to see him for help (which I didn't get) and he started picking on me in class knowing that I was having a difficult time... Probably the worst class I've taken at NUFINU310 2006-09-05 15:37:03 +0000 UTC
extremely hard grader, knows his stuff. if you're not looking to work for a good grade then he isnt the prof for you. the class was more difficult then usual, but fair.CORPORATE 2005-12-16 00:38:18 +0000 UTC
IHATE HIMFINANCE 2005-09-07 12:04:15 +0000 UTC
Very fair teacher. Very willing to help. If you are interested in finance I would highly recomend the class.FINU301 2007-04-12 13:18:45 +0000 UTC
Ridiculously hard graderFINU310 2003-10-17 11:19:29 +0000 UTC
Good teacher.....very hard grader. Lots of HWCORPORATE 2003-11-05 20:56:12 +0000 UTC
Eh, pretty hard teacher. And by hard, I mean it's because I don't want to do anything. I switched into business for a reason you know?!FINANCE 2004-04-22 19:29:34 +0000 UTC
Very bad and hard profFINU301 2006-11-06 10:13:50 +0000 UTC
Emery Trahan has an average rating of 3.85/5 from 98 student reviews.
Emery Trahan's classes have a difficulty rating of 4.3/5 based on student reviews.
Emery Trahan has taught FINA4410, FINA6216 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.