Professor: Francis Pereira
Department: Business
College: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
BUAD 310 with this prof is doable if you put in the work. He's an understanding guy but a little bit hard to understand sometimes. No need to read the textbook, just go over his slides and study guides. And the practice tests.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: DSO401
- 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:
Might be hard to understand and may be monotonous but lecture slides are thorough and easy to review. Prof Pereira also makes it clear when tests and quizzes are and what will be tested. Homework is long but relatively easy to do if you follow the instructions.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: DSO401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof Pereira is just fine and gets the job done, I don't know why the reviews are so low. Though lectures may be slightly boring, he is straight forward and clear with expectations. Overall would recommend taking this course for an easy A and improvement in Excel skills
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: DSO401
- 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:
I highly recommend this class and feel much more confident about Excel since taking it. I was surprised by how useful Excel is, you can do so much with it! With a math/cs background I found it all relatively straightforward, but I know some business students were very thrown off.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I had a good experience in Professor Pereira's BUAD 310 class. He's very friendly, accessible during his office hours, and obviously cares about his students. He isn't always the best at addressing conceptual questions raised by the class, but his slides and the textbook clear up any misconceptions. First quiz is challenging, tests are pretty easy.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: DSO401
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
DSO 401 is one of the most useful classes at USC and in the business school. Work mostly consists of bi-weekly cases in which you create a business portfolio on excel. Easily manageable up until the last couple cases and the final case, where cases get much harder and you need to dedicate more time to the class. Final case took in total 25 hours.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: DSO401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Right off the bat, this class is HARD. That being said, its one of the most useful courses Ive taken at SC. Ive learned a valuable skill and Ive been able to talk about this case-studies based excel in interviews. I recommend taking it pass fail, but definitely take It.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: DSO401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The whole class is based on copying cases in excel right from the paper. When the class gets hard, it gets hard to keep up and he does nothing to help. The class wasn't very practical. Wouldn't recommend.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
AVOID
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
he is a TA who teaches the discussion sect, which is basically excel. WE BUSNESS STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW THESE FORMULAS FOR OUR FUTURE INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS! if you skip a class,you can make it up with his other classes. an assgnmnt a week that costs 20% of ur grade in total. he wnt tell u the ans during the assignments however he's very approachable.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Heres the deal on 310. Previously this (Discussion) didn't count for anything, now it does. A test and a final in a purely excel formula class that is not interesting at all and absolutely useless. Pereira tried his best, but 8am this class was dead. Its hard to make a boring class entertaining in the morning. He knows excel, but not enjoyable.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Doesn't even try to hide disdain for students. Calls us 'middle management'. If you have him for stats run! Each discussion is a quiz, will not answer questions and grades harshly. The other discussion grps are treated like workshops & your classmates in those will get perfect scores. You will learn nothing and will be disadvantaged in the curve.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: IOM401
- 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: Mandatory
Comment:
Useful class, worth the time. Pereira is a very nice guy and will help you through the process of the various projects if you make an effort to receive that help. Always around during office hours, and is usually most effective at those times.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- 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:
He is super unhelpful. He does not know how to teach. He only reads his slides and expects us to know everything. He makes definitions and concepts harder than they really are. Avoid him! Seriously, listen to me.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: P
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I'm incredibly sorry if you have to take this class. He can't teach. He just reads the definitions of terms off slides all class but never actually teaches you how to solve anything. And then on rare occasions when he tries to teach, he goes back and corrects himself at least 5 times leaving us confused. Get a tutor, it's literally your only hope.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: IOM401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Your grade is strictly based on completing 7 excel cases, quizzes, group work, and a final project & exam . Pereira is very vague when he explains concepts. Puts too much emphasis on formatting. Final case will take about 16-24 hours and is due during study days. Knowledge gained is invaluable, but very time consuming class. You are warned.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Francis is the man. His class is absurdly easy, he only takes your two best quizzes and six best homework. Attendance is absolutely not mandatory, get a good study group to do homework with and you're golden. The average on his tests are really high. Also really helpful if you go in during office hours. Best stats teacher!
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: BUAD310
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Bored to tears. Lectures consist of 90+ slides read verbatim. Makes extremely simple subject matter really difficult. Only good thing is that attendance is mandatory, so there's absolutely no reason to show up. Going to class only confuses you. Read the slides, take the exams.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: IOM401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Class teaches you a lot about Excel. Grade is comprised of 7 case projects, quizzes, final case, and final exam. Case projects are pretty easy because he gives you all of the instructions. Final case took a while because it incorporates everything you learned throughout the semester. Overall an informative and easy class.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: IOM401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class gets tricky fast-it goes from seemingly manageable and easy to difficult and insane. The final project took 16 straight hours of work and was due during reading period. Some of the content is easy, some is hard and finicky. A lot of the time in the class is spent on formatting, which is annoying-literally hours to make it printerfriendly
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