Aaron Nsakanda - Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Aaron Nsakanda

Department: Business

College: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Aaron I feel did the best he could when teaching this boring topic. The 3 hour lectures felt like 6 hours. The assignments and midterm were easy, but the final was difficult because everyone does well on the assignments. Overall, he was just an average prof... nice guy though.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Final exam was just ridiculous and took my grade from a B+ to a C+. He expected students to answer pretty much every question from all the practice problem series throughout the course + describe several concepts and lists. It was basically an exam designed to take 4 hours but we only had 3.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Easy assignment, easy mid term, hard final. For those who make him sound like he cant speak english, please relax, his English is just fine. You can understand him just fine if you pay attention. Although I wish the final was a bit less stressful

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very nice guy but extremely boring and slides are all over the place. Fairly easy course.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I enjoyed this course. This professor made sure every student in class understood the processes for the more complex tasks. If you attend class, do the assignments 100% (don't split up with group members) and know everything on the slides, then his exams are more than fair. The slides won't make sense if you miss classes. Good prof!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Expect to participate, and fieldtrips to DCs as well as extracurriculars, like joining a student association or a team for case competitions, etc.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BUSI
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Guy runs on African time (20-45 mins late) for every class. He's a nice enough guy if you speak with him during office hours or after class just don't expect him to be very helpful. Avoid if possible.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He truly cares about his students and wants them to succeed. He can be a little hard to understand the first few weeks but once you get the hang of his accent it isn't a problem. His lectures tend to be long and repetitive and he ends up getting behind and not covering the material. Show up to class and you are almost guaranteed a good mark.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3309
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One of the worst profs I have ever had. He knows his stuff but cannot teach at all. He is a researcher, not a teacher. If he is reading this, I would like to tell him to please reconsider teaching as it is definitely not his forte.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3308
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Absolutely horrible, really unclear instructions, boring lectures, sparse slides. Will avoid in the future.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I followed the course in 2011 and I loved it! The professor is dedicated and I really enjoyed his class, even if the course is really difficult, you have to pay attention and not for dummies! Great professor, high knowledge in the field.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His class was extremely boring and hard to pay attention to. It's true that the material is dry, but he doesn't help the situation. He was hard to understand and his teaching wasn't the greatest. The assignments had some tricks in it, but the midterm/ exam was straight forward for the most part.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

terrible and doesn't even attempt to teach

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Guy canot even say "G" and "J" right. Guy always runs the African standard time( 10-20 mins late for every single class). Guy brings Carleton down hard!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3308
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Had a 3 hour lecture and 2 hour tutorial..he lectured for 5 hours a week and we were still behind schedule. 3 assignments + midterm + final project + take home exam + final exam. Difficult to understand what was going on.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very hard to understand. Made a very simple course the most difficult concepts for me to understand

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He was great!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BUSI3308
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His marking is really easy, as long as you attend in every single class, and understand all the material in his note. No need for text book for any of his course( include 2300)because his exams are directly from his notes. Very helpful prof if you have questions for him. You are lucky if you can get into his classes,lol

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good guy. It takes some effort to get used to his horrifying accent but, for sure, that's not lethal. Overall the course is pretty easy if you're Ok with numbers. The exams are average and his grading is fair. Ignore the textbook (I didn't buy one), go to class instead- you might be better off this way.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BUSI2300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I don't understand the negative reviews, this guy is good. No surprises in his final exams (unless you skipped class). Any sort of "tricks" he may pull on the final are hinted well in advance. Go to class and you'll do well.