Lois Olson - San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Professor: Lois Olson

Department: Marketing

College: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't take her unless it's last resort. Tests are all based off of her lectures and her lectures are messy. She talks about the same examples: McDonald's, Coke, etc. every single class. A lot of her stuff is opinion based too. The tests are almost funny because of how hard they are.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her exams are beyond this world and mostly from lectures. Lectures are all over the place, but enjoyable at times. Her curves are huge, but i recommend doing the experiment extra credit just for assurance you'll pass the class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do yourself a favor and don't take this class. Her lectures are not organized, and it doesn't help that she uses Prezi. She doesn't correlate her lectures with the textbook, and her exams are extremely difficult.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Here's the thing, yes, she does curves a lot which is I guess beneficial to her students but the thing is her lectures are all over the place. Then she expects us to know the stuff she was talking from her lecture. Her test questions are confusing and doesn't correlate to what she says on her lectures and sometimes on the book.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly a very hard class. She lectures all over the place and uses examples but you dont understand where shes going with them. Makes a lot of jokes during class that are very culturally insensitive. She thinks she knows things about countries just cause she visits them and is pretty racist. She curves a lot for the exams so that saves you

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Entertaining to listen to, but her Prezis are all over the place & hard to follow. LearnSmarts and online quizzes for each chapter, and 3 exams total (no cumulative final). She does offer EC. Her exams are hard but have a ridiculous curve. Would def recommend reading the textbook to understand terms and definitions.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It is only week 5 and I lowkey hate that I've drank more coke in these weeks than the entire year. She talks so much about unhealthy foods/companies that I end up truly craving them.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was very hard class. The material is not hard but she makes it difficult. her tests are very hard and is based on her lecture, nothing from the textbook. The textbook is useless. you would not learn anything ! her lecture is heavy and very boring and she is not even funny. Take another class and you will thank me! bc they are much easier!!!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If this class was based off the textbook alone I'm sure all of the students would do great. However she likes to create her tests based off of her lectures which lead to dumb questions that barely make sense. Her class is sort of entertaining but i would recommend going to the classes and taking notes to study for exams.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Difficulty is not exaggerated here. She does have huge curves- but her exams are very hard and heavily based off her lectures. I attended every class and still averaged C- on her exams without the curve. I did much better in my MIS courses than I did in this class which was not expected.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Yes, the exams are hard. BUT HER CURVE THO. You can pass this class given her generous test curves, assignment points, and the extra credit. However, will you come out having learned useful and insightful marketing concepts? Probably not.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MARKETING370
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Honestly all you have to is go to A+ to do well on the exams. Also do the LS, the quizzes (found on quizlet), and do the 4% extra credit (you just take 2 surveys), super easy points! Her lectures are very entertaining but you don't have to show up to do well . Her exam curves are insane, i got a 61%, 78%, & 78% & ended up with a B+

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I stopped attending class after a few weeks. Her lectures are entertaining, but waking up at 8 AM is a no for me. I got low A's and high B's on her exams just by reading the book before exams. Keep up with the hw and take advantage of the extra credit, not a lot of instructors offer EC. Easiest BA class I've taken. Difficulty is exaggerated on here

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Olsen is in the top 3 of my professors of all time. She truly is great. People like to harp on the fact that her exams are hard, but theyre incredibly curved so Im to sure what people have to complain about! She is so knowledgable and funny, and she truly makes the course so enjoyable! You'll seriously regret it if you don't take her!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Incredible professor and person. Took this class 3 semesters ago and its still something that I rave about and miss a lot. Tests are hard, but only if you dont go to class. Youll regret not taking Olsons course. Seriously. Shes amazing

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed going to Olson's class. Her lectures are very interesting and engaging. Make sure to pay attention to lectures because a lot of the exam comes from them. Tests were very hard but she curves it generously. Just stay on track with the work and you'll do fine!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Olson is known for these things: Very hard tests (which she curves) Gives extra credit, and has lots of easy homework Her lectures are entertaining and you actually learn things from them, she also includes random things from her lectures on the tests. Be ready to actually study and be ready for her sneaky questions on test

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's extremely knowledgeable about the business/marketing world and gives excellent examples you'll remember. The EC barely got me an A so do it. I'm sure you always hear people say her tests are difficult--they are but they're so curved, a 36/50 is sometimes an A. If you want to learn a ton, take this class. I was actually sad when it ended haha

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Yes, her exams are extremely difficult, BUT she curves like crazy. This class is SO worth it. I absolutely adored this class, and I was excited for it each day. I know we all want to get an easy A, but this is a class that is just fun and leaves you talking about it at home. An A you have to work for, but the content couldn't be taught any better.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BA370
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Olson is a fine teacher. She's lively in class but at times the material is repetitive and boring. She uses prezi instead of powerpoint, which is hard to follow along to. I stopped going to class after a month which dropped my grade a bit. Tests are difficult but A+ goes over all of the material if you can afford that. Not horrible but not great