Brian Graham - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Brian Graham

Department: Operations Management

College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Explained things well and clearly but I never found him exceptional in any way. His lectures were moderately engaging and he did seem to respect his students.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Absolute beauty. Brian Graham is the man. Take his class, great prof and a genuinely caring instructor.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Brian's the definition of a beauty - he makes learning excel interesting and ridiculously easy.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COM290
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Brian is the best prof in First Year Sauder. He invented COMM 290 and definitely knows what he's talking about, inside and out. I wish he was my dad.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Explained concepts well and exams, while challenging, were pretty easy.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is just great, super smart and sassy. His lectures were helpful and very clear. The exams were a bit harder than our expectations though.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I'd say brian is a risk to take. you can either do quite well or fail misrably. 100 people failed in a class of 550 students who were taking brian but the average was still 71. so average does not clearly represent what people can expect to get.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

slides on connect have literally nothing to look at. force you to go to class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall decent professor, though he tries very hard to be funny and hip. The end result is a misguided parody of what the previous generations think the next generation is like. Clear explanations, and though the material is boring, he presents it in a fun way. The way he tries to shame students into shape is ineffective and a waste of time.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Is a tad condescending in lectures sometimes, but also cracks a lot of jokes to lighten it up. I'd take him again for sure.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• 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:

Brian is a great professor. His sense of humor may offend the more conservative minds but hey, you're a 18-20 year old person and in this day and age you need to have a sense of humor. Well spoken and much better than the alternative 290 prof, take him if possible.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 290
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher, clear lectures. Messed up the first online exam and that resulted in a very low midterm average (60%) but some of the blame is on people who didn't take the course seriously.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

So perhaps you'll either love or hate him, but I found Brian to be a very organized and effective teacher. Class notes were great, and his explanations were crystal clear. Helpful in office hours. His exams were fair. Go to classes; exam questions can be from his lectures. In the end, average was 71 across sections, within the Sauder's guidelines.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Exams will kill your GPA no matter how hard you study. Take this course with a different professor because you won't learn much in his class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Avoid this professor if you can for various reasons.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Arrogant is one word to describe him-he literally degrades/condescends students in class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not a recommended prof. Even if you don't attend class you can still do well since the lecture notes posted online are super easy to understand and the lectures themselves are sort of useless. The final on the other hand was far from easy and many questions were unfair.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Brian GRAHAM is very good at explaining topics in class but he does not provide proper notes and is not very approachable outside of class. His lectures are quite entertaining and he makes everything look easy in class, had a hard time catching up on my own. Midterm was ok with studying but could not finish in time, Final was hard

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don't recommend this professor, get a different professor if you have an option. Class average was way too low for my section (64%)- hmm maybe this reflects his teaching or the exams itself were too difficult. Either way, that is way to low of an average.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMM290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not approachable but tries to be. Boring course yet he puts an effort to make it interesting. Exams weren't predictable despite the practice we got through assignments.