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As of 6:25:19 pm, Monday, March 15, 2010, RamRatings contains a total of 10907 evaluations on 2043 professors with 11 new evaluations in the last week. The following evaluations were recently added to the database.

03/15/2010	Bailey, Travis	CBE 201	Super professor. Definitely one of the top two in the department that I've had so far. Very understanding and flexible. After the first couple of weeks of attempting to read the book, I never touched it again (except to do homework problems). This is because Bailey was able to teach all the material in a fashion that was very easy to follow. I have a hard time following lectures and learning from them-I mostly just read the book. But, with Bailey, I had no problem at all. His homework assignments can be tough, but the office hours are VERY helpful. If you ask a question in there, he really tailors his response to you specifically. He knows all his students very well and knows what kind of answer he should provide so that he doesn't do the homework for you, yet gives you the start you need to finish. The group projects can be a bit laborious..so get a good start early on with them! You don't want to be half way finished the day before it's due and not be able to ask him how to move on. If you do your homework and know how to do the practice tests blindfolded, then you'll be set for real tests.
03/13/2010	Chen, Alexander	STAT 204	Alex teaches this course with powerpoint slides and mostly just points at the equation on screen instead of taking the time to write on the board and identify key points. This is not ideal for any math class. If he does write on the board he likes to erase certain parts of a finished equation to reuse so he doesn't have to write it again... even though you do. When he does write, it is scattered and far from methodical. Do yourself a favor and take Mark Dahlke who is quite the opposite. Alex usually shows up partially prepared and literally reads the slides and abstractly expounds on them using statistics jargon that will probably confuse you. He doesn't teach. He reads slides and likes to show how much he can do in his head...since he rarely brings a calculator. What he does teach is how an equation is derived but you won't need to know that for the test. So good luck figuring out what is what.
03/13/2010	James, Rodney	MATH 141	Rodney James is ok as a person but absolutley garbage as a teacher. He is so unclear when he explains things using six different chalk boards to explain one problem. The online quizes do not help for the tests and make you do more work than you are supposed to. He will give you one example of something that is going to be on the test but then he will put something alot harder on the actual test so then you dont even know what to do. And as far as grading the tests you get no points for trying it you have to have it exactly right. I recieved a B but only because my quiz grades helped and I got help from someone else besides Rodney.
03/12/2010	Mackay, Bruce	FIN 305	He's a great teacher! He is hilarious and if you attend class and listen, the material is very straight forward. He made a very dry subject easier to learn and fun to be in class!
03/12/2010	Courchaine, Jesse	CIS 453	Jesse was the TA of the Advanced Networking and Security class. He was helpful and very informative about network security and eBay bidder research.
03/11/2010	Rickey, Dawn	CHEM 111	Took class freshman year and also worked in her "lab" as a research tech. Most passive aggressive and judgemental person I have ever met. Unable to communicate material in class or in the lab and is not willing to provide extra help. Learned much more from TAs. I attended other chem lectures because hers were so unbearable. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COSTS!
03/10/2010	Sutton, Christina	CO 301	She is a nightmare. What a nag. We NEVER got out early, I do not know what the other post is talking about. Sutton talks and talks and talks. She gives assignment and then nags the whole time so you cannot think she nags so much. And she is the only correct opinion. If it is what she likes it is right. How I ever survived I will never know.
03/10/2010	Sholders, Aaron	BC 351	This class is great. Wish all lecture could be like this
03/10/2010	McQuillen, Michael	HIST 151	To the student review below...welcome to college! This class is no harder than any other lower division class I have taken. In fact, the study guides that are given for test review are ridiculously thorough and only a couple test questions did not come directly from them. I really liked this professor and thought he was pretty engaging.
03/09/2010	Mckita, Richard	PHIL 100	the tests can be difficult but they're easy if you get the main concepts not so much the little details but they're are a few little things you need to pay attention to. i had to get high before every lecture because they were so boring - if you can find some way to stay interested and pay attention and want to read it's not bad.
03/08/2010	Fitzhorn, Patrick	MECH 100	He really got into the topic and got us excited about the program with a lot of insightful comments and analogies. He grades to the .00001% with no extra credit as far as the grading scale goes. The work you do is the grade you get. I should have studied more, but I read the text and did exceptionally well on the exams- All multiple choice and a few freebies. A few homeworks are dropped, but they are a major part of the class, do not wait till the night before or just skip them! They require group collaboration and lots of time and effort, but it is worth it if Mech is for you. Overall, a bit of a challenge, but not too hard.
03/07/2010	Marchiselli, Chani	SPCM 341	An intelligent professor who adds something to the speech department. That being said evaluating contemporary television should have been named feminism 341. yes i'm a male, so to any other males be ready.
03/06/2010	Moody, Gary	MU 117	He is one of the best teacher I have had here at CSU. He was really energetic and funny! It is not so hard to get an "A"
03/04/2010	Marchiselli, Chani	SPCM 496	What you all dont understand is that Chani is just a smart person. Dont fault her for her inteligence. Perhaps people that rate her bad as intimidated by a strong, intelecual, academic women. Her passion is unrivaled in the speech comm department. And if you care about the class and try, she cares about you. She is so fair in grading, and if you dont understand her, TELL HER, dont just bitch behind her back. I have had classmates ask her to restate things, and she even asks students for help to restate ideas sometimes. She is so caring and loves to teach! And she loves her students. her classes dont have major exams, just many little reading quizs, multiple choice, and 2 papers. This makes it possible to listen instead of scramble for notes. I retain so much for her, and am a DIE HARD chani fan!!! If she leaves, which she is thinking of doin Fall 10, csu will suffer a great loss! Love ya Chani, keep being great!
03/03/2010	Gurski, Ed	LSPA 200	Profe Gurski is an excellent teacher for both LSPA 200 and 201. As he has said, he did not start speaking Spanish until he was 40, so he understands the struggles we have in learning the language. He is always willing to go over material we do not understand, and he goes over the test the class before so that we are never surprised. In addition, he is not a strict grader. There are 6 exams, 6 diary entries, 6 vocab quizzes, and 2 speech assignments (which aren't as bad as they sound). Try to go to class everyday otherwise you will lose participation points. Overall Profe Gurski is a great Spanish teacher, and I would highly recommend his 200 and 201 classes.
03/03/2010	McQuillen, Michael	HIST 151	Dr. McQuillen makes this class harder than a 100 level class should be. While he has decently informative powerpoints (which you must copy down to do well) and gives out study guides with questions on them, there are only six grades for the entire semester - 3 tests and 3 two-page papers. He assigns and expects us to read so much, that if you do not, you will not do well. His lectures are rather boring because he speaks in a monotone voice. Overall, to do well in this class means you have to try to stay awake during class, copy down all the notes, and be willing to put the time and effort into reading and studying so that you can get good grades on the 3 tests and 3 writing assignments.
03/03/2010	Zahran, Sammy	SOC 100	Sammy Zahran makes this class intriguing and fun to go to. He has a very animated personality and often makes fun of himself. There are 3 tests, which can be difficult, but he puts his powerpoints on RamCT and gives you a study guide. There are also five short and simple data assignments, as well as a longer paper (which is not that hard to write) based on the book The Tipping Point. Overall, Dr. Zahran makes you want to go to everyday, and I would highly recommend this class.
03/03/2010	Lupo, Jon	SPCM 100	Jon Lupo made me want to go to Communication and Pop Culture class everyday. His class is not so much a lecture, but rather more of a class discussion. There are some short readings to do, and as long as you get the main idea you will be ok. He often shows clips from YouTube, TV shows, and other sources that are fun to watch. There are only two 4 page papers to write (they are easy to do), and a relatively easy final. Overall, I would highly recommend this class.
03/03/2010	Schleiffers, Sandra	CS 100	Basically the teaching assitants suck. They are zero help and one even told me to just use the help menu on one of the assignments. Probably because she didn't know! Take this class, get it over with. This may say bad but DON'T ASK FOR HELP. It's just a waste of time.
03/03/2010	Bond, Craig	ECON 340	Craig seems like a nice guy, but his teaching methods are terrible! His lectures may be clear, and he articulates the material in the lectures well, but the problem is the homeworks are nothing we've talked about in class (or FAR MORE involved than any class discussion). He does not provide in-class examples, so that you may refer back to them when trying to do homework. And, he does not really teach from the book, so the book is not very useful in doing homework or studying for tests (helps with terminology, but absolutely no help when trying to solve problem sets, which is the bulk of the work). Also, he posts a former exam to help you study for exams, but he never posts the answers, so if you're work on the practice test isn't correct (and you have no resources to depend on, other than office hours, which I'll address in a minute) then you end up studying incorrect material, which to me isn't going to reach the objective of the class!! If you go to his office hours, or express that you don't understand, then he will just lecture you about how you are at a "university", and as prerequisites for his class, you should understand how to do all of the work, and then you just feel stupid. I, personally don't learn well in an environment where I am intimidated, especially if it is the instructor who is doing the intimidating! I have never made a C or below in college. I am a junior, but I am afraid I may have to withdraw from Craig's class, luckily I do have a few more semesters that I can make the attempt. I would LOVE LOVE to find out that they assign this course to a different professor!! I am waiting for my first midterm grade (I don't expect it to be very good, but would be thrilled to make a C after grade curves/adjustments) to determine whether I'm going to keep trying this semester, or just withdraw.
03/02/2010	Jones, Brian	PH 121	TAKE HIS CLASS IF YOU CAN! he is amazing :)
03/02/2010	Frasier, Mark	BMS 301	Mark can explain everything well, he is very enthusiastic, and though there is a lot of material he makes it all fairly easy to understand. Ask him questions during lab, he will give you answers and these may turn up on tests! If he says something in class, especially if it is clinically related, write it down even if he doesn't! He looooves clinical examples. Go to every open lab possible. And see him after a test to look over what you got wrong in the lecture portions of the exams (only he and Todd can access them) Good luck!
03/02/2010	Pineiro Nunez, Patricia	LSPA 301	For an oral communication class, she was a great professor. I never had her lecture us on grammatical principles though, so I do not know how she would be for the 100 and 200 levels. But she increased my confidence in speaking and graded oral presentations fairly. Good professor, though not very difficult.
03/02/2010	Von Fischer, Joseph	LIFE 103	Dr. von Fisher is a great teacher. He always makes the class interesting, and quite entertaining. He's passionate about what he teaches and strives to help students understand the material. His tests were straightforward and quite easy if you attended class and did the supplemental readings. Great professor for this course.
03/02/2010	La Belle, Jason	ANTH 140	Dr. LaBelle is enthusiastic about his teachings, he presents the material straight forward. This is a very interesting class, and quite easy. The tests aren't cumulative (not even the final), and he gives you study guides for what will be on the test.
03/01/2010	Bowen, David	CO 300	David is pretty great. He has one of those voices that although monotone, somehow retainable. My only dislike is that he assigns readings, and then has us read them out loud in class. It makes me feel like we are wasting valuable class time (either that or that I am wasting my own time outside of class, which it would be if he didn't quiz over it first thing). The entire scenario of calling on people to read out loud is absolutely agitating. Other than that, he has valuable things to say as far as content and material in the course.
03/01/2010	Kim, Minjeong	JTC 211	I found this course to be uninteresting and, essentially, a waste of time. If you do not intend to use PhotoShop or Dreamweaver in the future, it is four months of unnecessary information and mounds of busywork. Unless this is a required course, do not bother.
03/01/2010	Lenk, Margarita	ACT 350	I took this class last fall and struggled getting a B. I have always been an A student but this class ruined it. I agree with everything in the post directly below. The formula for grades is as follows. A combination of memorizing and sucking up will get you an A. Do one and not the other, you get a B. Do neither... good luck passing the class. Memorizing is essential for passing the tests and sucking up will make her grade your projects easier. It's literally that simple but I for one refused to suck up to such a horrible teacher. Too bad every ACT major has to take her class... decide first if you are willing to be a suck up for a good grade, otherwise take your B and live with it. Good luck in a semester of hell
02/28/2010	Marchiselli, Chani	JTC 342	She acts smarter than she is. Uses a wide vocabulary to show students she s smart. Her class is actually retarded. However I would do her
02/27/2010	Magennis, Ann	ANTH 120	I started the semester thinking that Magennis was a strict and mean professor, so I immediately had a bad impression of her. But after doing moderately well on the exams, I started to go to class less and got confused about the final exam schedule, and just assumed that the final I took in the lab for the class was the final for the entire lecture and lab class grade. I know, I'm an idiot, but the point here is that TWO MONTHS after the final date, Professor Magennis let me come in and make up the final for the class in July. Basically she knew I had messed up and missed the exam and didn't make a huge deal of it. My grade went from a D to a B. From my experience all I can say is appreciate Professor Magennis because she'll be there for you when it really counts.
02/26/2010	Ogden, Brenda	MGT 200	I was in this class my first semester of sophomore year and I have come to the realization that I took this class from the wrong teacher. I do understand from talking to students that took other professors that they all have a hard grading format (minus 3 points for one spelling mistake, 2 points for commas and so on). Knowing that writing is one of my weakest qualities, I was scared and intimidated by the class. For the first assignment, I stated a week in advanced. I had thought it was one of my best writing assignments ever. I had written it with the understanding that we were supposed to be straight forward and to the point. Unfortunately I had received a B- because I didn�t have enough of the �fluff�. For the rest of the assignments I had learned what Ogden was looking for. The exact copy of the example in the book, with of course a couple of word changes. After knowing this fact, I began receiving A�s on everything. For this I regret. Instead of learning the information I needed for my upper level classes, I had learned how to copy the examples for an A. Not being prepared with the information necessary to succeed in other classes is not my only problem with this class. One of the main points of this class was to show a professional businesses environment. We were expected to attend class every day, not be late and to give respect to everyone in class. Although as a student I feel that I had exceeded these expectations, Ogden on the other hand had not. Throughout the class it became obvious that Ogden had her �favorites�. These favorites would include the girl students who were sporty and loved clothes. One day we started 20 minutes late because Ogden was having a conversation with a student about shoes (kill me). These students were never marked down for showing up late, eating in class or reading the paper. If we are all supposed to treat everyone with respect and to follow all the rules, then Ogden should hold herself to the same standards. Another problem I had was the lack of real experience. Most teachers have a tendency to go from high school, to college for their bachelors� degree, than get their masters, to getting their PHD. With all this school, most do not gain a real perspective of the business world. This is completely true of Ogden. She never once showed us something outside the text book. I understand that to make a hire salary in teaching many professors lack this experience, but learning how to deal with real world examples shouldn�t come from just a book. I�m not saying that I hated Ogden, but what I am saying is that this is an important class and I wish I would have taken it from someone else. We as students have an idea that our GPA is the only thing that matters. If we don�t receive an easy A than we are upset and think it�s the professor�s fault. Fortunately, I am not one of those students. I am actually in college to learn. So if you are like me, take this class with another teacher. I have heard great things about Mike and Mrs. Wernimont. Their class may be tougher and you may not like them as people, but in the end you will have come out of the class with a better understanding of the material and enhanced writing skills. If you want an easy A and love shoes then take this class with Ogden.
02/25/2010	Shea, Linda	MU 100	This is the worst teacher I've had yet. I did not learn anything from the class, it was a waste of tuition money and time. There was maybe three classes she showed up on time for and when she doesn't show up at all she sends a ramct message just before class is suppose to start. So you're already on your way and don't get to see that class in canceled. She has a friendly personality but cannot teach anything in a way that people understand, so then gives the answers to the tests. I didn't do the first paper, never bought an i-clicker for attendance and received a 10% on my second paper and still got an A for some reason. This class is a joke
02/25/2010	Switzer, Ralph	BUS 260	WHY HAS NO ONE NOTICED THAT THE STELLA CASES HE TELLS THE CLASS EVERY DAY AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS ARE TOTALLY MADE UP? (not by Switzer, he just seems to have fallen for the same online bs) Just look up stella cases in google and you can see its essentially a conservative propaganda campaign for tort reform... these cases never happened!!!!!!!!!! I think Switzer is a great professor but he needs to know that these Stella cases are NOT REAL and needs to make that clear to his class!
02/24/2010	Whiting, David	HORT 100	Professor Whiting is the most irritating professor I have had so far. He thinks he is the jesus of gardening and has the most egotistical attitude. Im pretty sure he is a pathological liar as well, as some of his stories are completely outrageous. Aside from his personality, the class isin't too difficult. His tests are easy and I-clicker points are handed out very easily. I recommend taking the class if you just need a science/lab credit but think about another professor.
02/24/2010	Smith, Frederick	F 325	Very boring and repetitive. Stumbles with his speech and is incredibly redundant. Knows his material well, but you cannot tell because he does a very poor job expressing it.
02/24/2010	Dalsted, Norman	AREC 202	Norm Is Simply the Best...
02/24/2010	Denniston, Dave	ANEQ 102	Professor Denniston is organized and great at presenting and a pretty nice guy when you don't have a problem. He does give an impression of being a bit full of himself and has a habit of throwing personal questions about himself onto his exams. Not really an issue by itself but when dealing with him outside of class his poor attitude and huge ego did become a problem. He is extremely strict when it comes to make-up accomodations. He demonstrated a hot temper between classes one day when he raised his voice to a female student because her mother had called him after he refused to allow her to make up and exam. Many students were out sick with Swine Flu. There was such an issue with him refusing to make up the missed exam that he finally decided to give the entire class the option to retake that particular exam. The whole thing was just tense and unpleasant.
02/24/2010	Athey, Susan	BUS 100	Professor Athey has a great attitude and is great at presenting. This is a really easy and enjoyable class meant to help students decide on a business concentration. The class is mostly composed of different speakers presenting so I didn't have that much exposure to Professor Athey but she seems very fair and helpful.
02/24/2010	Farnell, Shawn	MATH 141	Professor Farnell was awesome. He was good at explaining and keeping my attention and was very willing and helpful outside of class. I let myself get behind during the first half of the course and I flunked the first two exams. I made a comeback and was able to get high Bs on the remaining two exams which is how I finished the class with a C. The only problem I had in this class was understanding the "why" of it all. Professor Farnell didn't explain this very well but my "Calculus for Dummies" book did! Once you understand the point Calculus is not as scary as it is made out to be.
02/23/2010	James, Rodney	MATH 141	Rodney James is very unclear when it comes to how he lays out his lectures. He jumps back and forth to three different problems at the same time. Taking notes is next to impossible because of how he writes things down on the board. He also takes a long time to get through material so when you have to do mathxl quizes sometimes you have no idea whats goin on because hes behind. He is a cool guy but not a good teacher in my opinion.
02/23/2010	Ryan, Patricia	FIN 471	WATCH OUT FOR THIS WOMAN! I completed a finance/marketing double concentration and never experienced such terrible ethics from a professor. 90% of this class grade is based on group projects with the other 10% coming from professionalism. If you question anything she says or does she will hold it against you and will dock your grade (very very unethical I know). I raised my hand during one of the last days of class and told her that she misrepresented the final project because she had told us it would be easier than all of the earlier projects in the semester. The final project ended up taking twice as long as any of the other projects and all of us were very frustrated by this. I told her that and she got very defensive. My group was very smart and we all worked well together. We got A's or B's on all of our projects. We all receive the same grade being that it is a group project. I had an A after all the projects were completed and expected to get an A in the class but found out otherwise. She gave me a really low grade for professionalism even though I had great attendance and was very courteous in class. The other three people in my group all got A's in the class, I was the only one who got a B. So, if you keep your mouth shut and your head down, it is fine but if you go against her in any way, she will bring that hammer down. WATCH OUT!
02/23/2010	Eykholt, Richard	PH 141	Everybody who can't handle Eykholt's courses are just lazy morons. Great teacher who knows his stuff. College isn't for everyone, maybe some of you should drop out.
02/23/2010	Moore, Scott	POLS 409	Great teacher. He's interested in his field and that shows. I took this course as an undergrad and I'm now a teacher myself at a university. I think these poor ratings in here are due to the nature of having to transition undergrads from what they're used to in high school to a more professional and intellectual experience. Sure, as a teacher you know you need to get Freshmen and Soph's little games and activities to keep them interested. Moore tries that, but he's just such a professional by nature it's a bit of a contrast for kids who are used to a high school experience instead of the professional, meeting-style lectures that you'll have the rest of your lives.
02/22/2010	Johnstone, Jamie	ECON 204	You can tell Jamie really enjoys teaching and I dunno if you can say that about every teacher. He goes through everything really clearly, which is really important if you have to take an econ class. He also has a supple young buttocks which jiggles ever so slightly when he writes on the board. Okay, that last part was unnecessary, but I did enjoy the class.
02/22/2010	Ishii, Wendy	TH 151	Great professor. She has abundant experience and cares deeply about her students. It was a fantastic experience!
02/22/2010	Moore, Scott	POLS 103	Worst teacher I've ever had. Unable to stick on a topic, doesn't teach but tells stories, most test material seems far from what is taught, and tests were written in a way that makes you read it over and over to fill in blanks. Many kids didn't even finish the test because there was a test and essay, not enough time for both. For 103, it feels like a graduate course. Smart man, but doesn't have teaching qualities.
02/22/2010	Moore, Scott	POLS 103	Dr. Moore is a horrible professor. His lectures are bad. he is very scattered, and he doesnt stay on one clear topic, nor does he difine or explain really anything. I am currently in his class right now, and the average for our first exam was a 67%. For a 100 level class. And he just said that we werent good enough, took none of the blame for being a horrible teacher. if your average is that low, you dont have stupid students, you have bad teaching skills. He just doesnt care. Its a 100 level class, im passing 400 classes right now with ease, and im a senior, and this is the first D ive ever gotten on a test. Unfortunately the drop deadline is long passed. I got below the average too. He just sucks. CSU doesnt know how to employ good political science teachers. Im not paying to have a guy give a lecture that is all over the place. I did all the reading, studyed, did everything io possibly could. Hios questions were out of left feild. STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!!!
02/22/2010	Yang, Raymond	HDFS 101	Just a hard professor to learn from.
02/22/2010	Vasquez, Valentino	LSGN 109	Valentino is also my favorite professor in four years at CSU. Not only did he enthusiastically teach us all about sign language and Deaf culture, he genuinely cared about each of us. When I had to go into his office hours to make up a quiz, we ended up chatting for a while about everything from the snow to racquetball, just because he's so nice. It is very hard to do poorly in his class because he is so helpful to all the students and is willing to work with you if you have to miss class once in a while for other events.
02/21/2010	Littrell, Megan	PSY 100	The class isn't the most exciting but you do learn a lot. The exam questions come straight from Megan Littrell's powerpoint slides so you can get an A in the class just by going to every class and doing decently on the assigned papers. I read the book once so I wouldn't say you need to buy it as long as you plan on going to class most everyday. Megan Littrell makes sure you know the information but don't be prepared for a mind blowing class. The grading policy is very clear and the work load isn't bad. Just make sure to do the research studies early on in the semester because there aren't very many at the end and if you can, do extra ones for extra credit...it's an easy way to boost your grade and every point matters in this class.