Professor: Norman Hawker
Department: Business
College: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: BUS6160
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Hawker is a wealth of knowledge. He can go off on tangents but if you are interested in the side knowledge to what he tangents on it can be very interesting. For this particular class most of the grading is based on a group presentation and 2 papers for mid term and final. Not an 'easy' A but participation and effort are what count
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: LAW6040
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I loved Hawker's class. He's really knowledgeable, but if you're not one for in-class conversations (like me), his affinity for topic exhausting discussion can be tough. But no worries, do the homework, show up to class, attempt to participate and you'll be fine!
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: LAW4860
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class was extremely hard. My class had an average score of a D or D- on our midterms (there are two). The tests are impossible, but he curves so most people get a B-BA. I recommend taking this course with a different prof if possible. I learned a lot but wish I could've shown what I learned on tests related to subject matter of the course.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: BUS4500
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Worst Prof Ive had at WMU. Doesn't prepare you at all for test, go in to test blind then receive no feedback on response just get grade.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: LAW4870
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I constantly didn't know what was happening in Hawker's class. Essentially you go to class because he loves to hear his own voice. His slides are useless and he shows a lot of YouTube & movie clips, so make sure you bring your caffeine. The tests are never over what he talks about in class, only over the case examples in the textbook.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: BUS4500
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Not clear about grading or what's on the exams. All learning is done outside class. The actual class period is 10% slides, 20% videos, 70% sitting in awkward silence while students struggle to answer questions that are unanswerable. He is great at teaching ethics, but fails at teaching sustainability (2nd half of class).
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: BUS475
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Stuff he talked about in class was never on the test. The test were super hard everybody did bad. Did a good curve at the end
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: BUS4500
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
DO NOT TAKE for BUS4500!!!! He does not explain grading criteria, he does not prepare you for exams whatsoever, he barely lectures (usually YouTube videos), and he does NOT care if you struggle in the class. He gives 3 exams and you do a last-minute, poorly explained, group project. Oh AND he will mark you wrong but not explain the correct answer.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: BUS475
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I have not learned anything in this class. There was no structure to the class, he never told us what chapter we were on, and never explained the grading system. He doesn't tell you what you did wrong on an assignment and then tells you to study the whole book for an exam. I would not recommend anyone take his class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: LAW3800
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Took Hawker's LAW 3800 class in the Summer . Long lecture that covers only about 20% of material in the book. The rest you need to read and study on your own. This class should've been a hybrid-class. Only 3 items graded: participation, midterm, and final. Grades on a curve. Open book, open notes, open lab-top can be used for midterm/final.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: BUS6160
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is ocean of knowledge
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: BUS6160
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Hawker tries to engage the whole class into discussions about the subject of ethics in business. While this is not always easy due to the various levels of experience and interest in the subject, this makes for an interesting class and a good exchange of opinions. While the assignments are not hard, it is helpful to use his framework.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: LAW3800
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good class, good professor. I took him first thing in the morning in the summer and was usually pretty entertained by his stories. Don't hold off on the quizzes, the book is necessary for those, the final was so long and tediously laid out that I quit really trying but still got an A, I definitely feel more competent in the subject.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: LAW3800
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
On-line quizzes and on-line final exam.Easy to get an A.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: BUS6160
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very easy class! Take if you need a blow off in your schedule. Take home midterm and if you do well on it, no final. Also a group project which is fairly easy.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: LAW3500
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Gives very fun and interestig examples instead of just reading off definiitons. He is a great professor if you have an appreciaiton for realting the content to the real life examples or sitations. WOnderful prfoessor that I highly reccomend and enjoyed.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: LAW3800
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Nice guy, seems like a very easy class. Lecture can be tedious at times. Should be an easy A if you show up and participate.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: LAW3800
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
don't take him in the summer, long class in which he rambles on the whole time not really teaching anything. printing out the slides is pointless because he doesn't use them. he talks all of class. hard to stay concentrated
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: LAW3800
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
hard class to sit through. doesn't teach as much as he gives examples that go on for long you forget what the point was of them. don't take in the summer, 2.5hrs of him talking is brutal.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: BUS6160
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Found the class rather boring. Took forever to get grades. Then received 100% with no real feedback. Seemed a little odd to me.
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