http://www.CourseReviews.comCourseReviews.com - University of Minnesota - Crookstonen-usCopyright 1997-2008 CourseReviews.comFri, 22 Aug 2008 04:58 ESThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssdylan.feed@coursereviews.com (CourseReviews.com)dylan.webmaster@dylangreene.com (Dylan Greene) hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review23099/if-you-tough-it-out-you-will-recive-a-decent-grade-for-the-work-that-you-have-donehe was a really great teacher when i had him. we had alot of papers due but still he applyed it to a real world situation. our final project was a comprehensive paper the was basically 7 smaller 1500- 2500 word papers that were due every 2 weeks. i was gone for aprox a week and a half and missed the start of these projects so i ended up being 5 papers behind i went and spoke to him and he offered me a deal that if i got 1 in by the due date for review he would allow me to submit a completed work and give me a grade my paper ended up being 26 pages and i recived a b- on the papernoemail@coursereviews.com (hunter)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review23099/if-you-tough-it-out-you-will-recive-a-decent-grade-for-the-work-that-you-have-done#comments2003-01-29T12:17:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review23099/if-you-tough-it-out-you-will-recive-a-decent-grade-for-the-work-that-you-have-donehttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review16610/STAY-AWAY-FROM-ECONThis is the worst class I have ever taken in my college career. I am a solid B student, and this class is a shame to the university. His tests are next to impossible, there is no possible way to study for them. 80% of the students in my class failed the first test, the rest got D's, and one person got a C. JUST ONE! His curve is ridiculous....every question is worth 4 points, only 20 questions.......so if you get four wrong you're pretty much screwed. He also provides false information in his lectures. He stated one day that women will always be less than men in society and that is why men make more money per hour on average....I wanted to bitch slap him! He has a very poor attitude and if UMC is smart, they will get rid of him.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review16610/STAY-AWAY-FROM-ECON#comments2002-05-16T23:45:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review16610/STAY-AWAY-FROM-ECONhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review15273/She-is-a-good-teachershe is a good teacher but needs to be more varied in tone and more understanding toward students she is also a good user of experimentsnoemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review15273/She-is-a-good-teacher#comments2002-03-31T22:04:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review15273/She-is-a-good-teacherhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review15272/she-is-a-waste-of-time-i-could-have-learned-more-from-just-reading-a-computer-magthis teacher has no respect for the students she doesnt teach at all. she just says do what the book says and you wont have a problem well the book is old and has no use here. she shouldnt be at any place of higher learning she should be teaching at a grade school somewhere that isn't having to deal with adults. she also doesnt teach some basic web page designnoemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review15272/she-is-a-waste-of-time-i-could-have-learned-more-from-just-reading-a-computer-mag#comments2002-03-31T21:56:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review15272/she-is-a-waste-of-time-i-could-have-learned-more-from-just-reading-a-computer-maghttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13472/Good-Professor-Boring-ClassSue Brorson is a very good professor. It's just a shame that her subject matter is so dull! She has a good lecture style, decent in-class projects, and she's available outside of class quite often. I don't like her exams much. They're mostly true/false and multiple choice, and half of the time, you're wondering if the question is so clearly obvious, or if you're missing something. I missed quite a bit of class periods, which probably hurt my grade. It was just so dull.noemail@coursereviews.com (tybstar)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13472/Good-Professor-Boring-Class#comments2001-12-16T21:52:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13472/Good-Professor-Boring-Classhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13471/Enroll-if-you-canDoug Knowlton is quite a good professor. I don't think he teaches many classes, but if you have the change to get into his Psych class, go for it. His lectures are really engaging and they really manage to hold your attention, unlike some other (almost all other?) courses at UMC. His homework basically consists of a question he asks at the beginning of class, and expects an email reply by the end. It's basically an attendance check. He usually replies with some useful feedback, too. His exams are stunningly easy. At least, they were for me. Other people apparently had problems with them, which boggles my mind. I got a 100% on my first one. If you've even just skimmed the chapters, you'll do well. noemail@coursereviews.com (tybstar)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13471/Enroll-if-you-can#comments2001-12-16T21:43:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13471/Enroll-if-you-canhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13470/He-wont-be-here-next-year-HurrahAvoid Don Medal like inhalation anthrax. He shouldn't be an instructor. The class, HTML/XML, was supposed to be an introduction to HTML and XML, obviously. But what was it really? A Javascript "class". We spent about 2 weeks on HTML, learned some basics, and then moved onto Javascript. The last week, we did some VBScript. His lectures usually consist of him giving us a task out of the book, and wandering around the room, helping the cute coeds and ignoring those who might have a slight clue. I never got a single project back with a grade. There were no tests. Just a couple of really STUPID projects. Usually he sent them by email, expecting them the next week. One project description, a Javascript order form (you'd never use Javascript to write an order form, but that's beside the point..) was changed the day before it was due, causing a few students to have to completely rework it. To summarize: I have no clue what grade I'm getting in this class. I learned nothing. The class was nothing like the description, and he kept calling Javascript "Java". If I get less than an A, I am demanding a refund. noemail@coursereviews.com (tybstar)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13470/He-wont-be-here-next-year-Hurrah#comments2001-12-16T21:30:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13470/He-wont-be-here-next-year-Hurrahhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13468/OrganizedBill Peterson is as close to the "Classic College Professor" image you'll find at UMC. He is incredibly organized, which is quite nice. I've taken two classes from him: Statistics, and Survey of Calculus. He uses a combination of a computerized homework system, some Excel computer assignments, and fairly good exams to grade you. The computer homework system is fairly nice because it doesn't require you to be on the LAN to use it, but it's fairly anal about having the exact right number format, and it doesn't give you any feedback as to what you did wrong. His exams are fairly straightforward, but I usually ended up feeling like I did better than I actually did, for some reason. He lets you have a few sheets of notes on the exams, for formulas and other hints. Very nice. After every exam, he sends you, via email, a very detailed summary of your current progress, missing work, etc. It's really nice. If all professors here were as organized as Bill Peterson, the school would be a better place. His lecture style is rather dull, to understate. He talks really fast, too. I ended up not going to a single Stats lecture after my first exam, and I'm still pulling a B. As an example of his organization, I finally showed up for lecture the day after the 5th test. I hadn't gotten any of my tests back on paper yet, but he had all of them, as well as all of my homework and Excel assignments with him in a nice ordered stack. Impressive.noemail@coursereviews.com (tybstar)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13468/Organized#comments2001-12-16T21:22:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13468/Organizedhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13465/Has-potentialMartin Lundell is a new teacher at UMC, and really knows his stuff. He doesn't quite have the teaching skills to get his knowledge across to the students. He speaks really quickly and in a low tone of voice, but if you can hear and make out the words, he's pretty easily understood. The worst part about the class was WebCT. It's an online homework/test/etc system, and it really sucks. It is incredibly slow and hard to navigate. His assignments are good--he takes them from his textbooks. But the tests are on WebCT, and if you can get the pages to load within 15 minutes, you're lucky. He also expects you to do the assignments, submit them to WebCT, and then hand him a printed copy as well. Pick one or the other, please! To summarize: Give Martin Lundell a few more semesters to work on his teaching skills, and he'll be a great, challenging professor. But only if he drops the dependence on WebCT.noemail@coursereviews.com (tybstar)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13465/Has-potential#comments2001-12-16T21:13:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review13465/Has-potentialhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review11971/An-excellent-teacherPaul Holm is a good teacher. I had him for a summer course for Chemistry and even though I was the only male in a class of females (the other males dropped out - couldn't hack it), he did a good job of teaching.noemail@coursereviews.com (Bryce Wagner)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review11971/An-excellent-teacher#comments2001-09-04T14:30:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review11971/An-excellent-teacherhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review9481/And-Now-for-something-completly-differentSedie is A jerk, but I was shocked to discover that many people haven't been doing well in his class, i'm a solid 3.00 student and I found his class fine, I really didn't do any work in it and I got a B-, One point is that Sedie has a terrible attitude teaching he will be fired because of it. But I did think his test were fine i'm not sure how people did so poorly, his lecture style was fine if you listined you could understand it. I just love it when those 4.00 students do poorly because a teacher bases the grades of TESTS because they really measure what you know!noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review9481/And-Now-for-something-completly-different#comments2001-01-28T19:42:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review9481/And-Now-for-something-completly-differenthttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8709/If-he-cant-teach-me-who-can-he-teachThis instructor seems to think that !!!MAJOR!!! reconstructive knee surgery and rehab from that injury are not a good enough reason to miss class. He has continually failed to work with me even though he was and has been informed of my situation. When I went to him asking what i had missed he blew me off. When I informed him THREE WEEKS ahead of time that I was going in for surgery (and asked what if anything I would need/could do to stay current in class) he choose to wait until 48 hours before I went under the knife to inform me that "you are responcable for getting your stuff in on time" no help, no suggestions, no attepmt to work with me even though I had clearly tried to work with him. On top of this he insistes that the method we use is MUCH more important than getting the correct answer, which is understandable to an extent but to fail a student on one of the hour exams because a problem wasn't done by the method you prefer(even though the answer was correct) is in my veiw unforgiveable- this may have contributed to the fact that the class average on tests was somewhere in the mid-50's.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8709/If-he-cant-teach-me-who-can-he-teach#comments2000-12-09T01:39:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8709/If-he-cant-teach-me-who-can-he-teachhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8708/YOU-WILL-NOT-LIKE-ME-BECAUSE-I-AM-HARD-BUT-YOU-WILL-LEARN-I-AM-HARD-BUT-I-AM-FAIRthis professor may not be a very good prof for writing in my proffesion but he EXECELS in teaching writing and english in general, in fact he is the only prof who choose to remain at umc who ACTUALLY teachs anything. will you have to work hard? YES will he tech you? YES will he put up with any of your bullshit? HELL NO he may be hard but he is VERY FAIRnoemail@coursereviews.com (james baker)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8708/YOU-WILL-NOT-LIKE-ME-BECAUSE-I-AM-HARD-BUT-YOU-WILL-LEARN-I-AM-HARD-BUT-I-AM-FAIR#comments2000-12-09T01:33:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8708/YOU-WILL-NOT-LIKE-ME-BECAUSE-I-AM-HARD-BUT-YOU-WILL-LEARN-I-AM-HARD-BUT-I-AM-FAIRhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8611/She-really-is-greatTwyla is a great teacher! She's friendly, helpful, and available outside of class. Her public speaking skills are excellent. What more do you pathetic buttheads want?? Pick up a book, learn a little!!! This is unreal!!noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8611/She-really-is-great#comments2000-12-04T19:32:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8611/She-really-is-greathttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8588/An-Indian-Mr-RogersThis guy won't last more than a year here. I talked to the head of Academic Assistance and was told that 80% of his students hold a D or lower. This makes you think what role the teacher holds in these numbers. He doesn't understand we are laughing AT him, he does not help us understand the subject (even those of us who would want to truly understand are hopeless) in preparation for any exams, homework is worthless as it doesn't pertain to anything on the exams...3 exams, which means if you fuck up on one, you're screwed and the possibility of doing well on one is poor at best. The exams are set at a level too high for the preparation we are given. Period. He once said, "Enjoy Microeconomics and you will enjoy it", in response to a confused student's desperate plea for help. I hate the class, I won't enjoy it, I am taking it because it is a GEN ED!!! He is like an Indian Mr. Rogers. I would like to deck the skinny bastard just to see how far he would fly.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8588/An-Indian-Mr-Rogers#comments2000-12-01T13:05:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8588/An-Indian-Mr-Rogershttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8587/Good-timesGreat-oldiesGeorge is okay. His lectures are a little different sometimes, but they're bearable. I think someone must have leaked the word that this class is super easy, because this semester it was brimming with UMC's athletic superstars...OKAY you got me....the football players. The tests suck because the first half is all matching music your dead great granparent's uncle wouldn't have ever listened to. Watch out for the Japanese Kabuki. It's a fun class for a whopping three credits. No over-exertion or painful projects administered. Like the heading says "Good times...great oldies" noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8587/Good-timesGreat-oldies#comments2000-12-01T12:50:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8587/Good-timesGreat-oldieshttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8586/Good-EnoughSue is a nice enough lady, and it seems that her entire family either works or attends school here. I didn't mind going to class, and I judge that on how many times I attend the class throughout the semester. Her tests are hard and cover 5 or 6 chapters at a time. I haven't received higher than a C on any one of them. Her homework is easy because there were only a few assignments in the beginning. Management issues are dry and boring(even for business majors such as myself) and I don't always see the point in it. Of course it's a required class for almost all of the majors on campus so you have to take it anyway!noemail@coursereviews.com (nobody)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8586/Good-Enough#comments2000-12-01T12:47:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8586/Good-Enoughhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8585/You-have-to-take-it-rightSue's a nice lady, but her class seems kind of boring and pointless. Especially for INM majors. However, like most pointless classes, this is a required class for a lot of different majors. It seems to me that Sue shouldn't have to teach this class because she always seems so busy with other projects and committees. Even though she is super busy - she always finds time to fit her classes into schedule (yippee). Conclusion: Sue's nice, the projects suck, the class is easy, the tests are hard, the material is monotonous, the class is required. noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8585/You-have-to-take-it-right#comments2000-12-01T12:34:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8585/You-have-to-take-it-righthttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8584/Bills-a-good-guyBill is a fair guy. His tests aren't too hard if you know what's going on...and he lets you do the homework at your own pace. His downfall is his lecture method. Although he rated in the top percentile with his speaking abilities - it is merely because he has the ability to speak faster than an auctioneer. When he gets rollin - get out of his way because he's into all this math stuff and you'll be left behind like the mathematical snail that you are. All in all his class is pretty easy if you take the time to figure out what is going on although it may require you to put the "Do Not Disturb" sign on your icq for about 40 minutes as he does not make you disconnect from the network...ever. noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8584/Bills-a-good-guy#comments2000-12-01T12:17:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8584/Bills-a-good-guyhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8583/Snatch-this-one-upMr. Thomasson's classes are great because he's a super nice guy who doesn't expect you to do too much homework. In Philosophy you will have two projects and a final paper (nothing too difficult.) He tells some interesting stories in his lectures in class (although in the morning it's hard to stay awake no matter how interesting the lectures may be) He makes fun of how UMC is extra-curricular U which is SOOO true but I don't think he ever really offends in anyone. In conclusion....he's a great guy....great teacher....interesting class! noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8583/Snatch-this-one-up#comments2000-12-01T11:02:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8583/Snatch-this-one-uphttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8582/A-great-teacher-for-the-new-millenniumI took this class over a ago, but in speaking with current students, it seems the high quality of this course and instructor have not changed. Robbie McGurran's style of teaching is perfect for this type of class. She serves as a facilitator and a coach in many ways. She presents the information needed, works collaboratively with the students, and allows a certain level of self-directed learning to occur. She doesn't spoon feed, but makes the students do the work in order to allow the learning process to occur. She often leads the group in discussion and "group" discovery, meaning she lets the students' discussions provide the solutions to the problem rather than simply providing the answer right away. I have to say she is an excellent, excellent, excellent instructor and person.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8582/A-great-teacher-for-the-new-millennium#comments2000-12-01T10:02:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u1230/review8582/A-great-teacher-for-the-new-millennium