Olen Greer - Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Professor: Olen Greer

Department: Accounting

College: Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy who gives a lot of extra credit and curves tests. However, the exams are very difficult, there is an insane amount of homework, and it's very hard to pay attention to the lectures, which are mandatory. He gives a lot of extra credit through Cengage that gets added to the homework, but by the end of the semester, it'll hardly affect it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The lectures include participation points and he goes over homework. The exams are about the homework and he generously curves grades. He is extremely helpful. He gets off topic a lot. I recommend the bear claw, GA hours, and meeting with him to get an A. If you put in the work you will do fine. Due dates are important.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Olen Greer is a good guy but lacks teaching ability. The point system for the course is beneficial for the student, but tests are relatively difficult. Greer has boring lectures that ultimately are not that helpful. Managerial Accounting is already difficult, and he does not make it any easier.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is very boring, and not helpful at all. Nobody is lying on here. He is a great guy but he can't teach for anything. His tests are annoying and have topics you never even covered. Homework multiple times a week. Would recommend trying to take another professor. Struggling to get a B.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a very nice man but he really doesn't teach and gets off topic easily. You're pretty much learning on your own. The only thing I found useful about going to class was getting participation points and he goes through the homework. He does offer lots of extra credit which is very helpful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Too much homework without a consistent schedule for it. incredibly boring in class, never stays on topic and doesn't clearly explain information. complains about the book too much. This class would be easier and would save so much time if you took it online.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Grading scale is set up to where if you do horrible/decent on the test and good on everything else you will be fine. Struggled with accounting before but did well in this course. His lectures are kind of boring and can tend to get off track, but showing up is important for answering clicker questions for points.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hes not good. Simple as that. His tests make up 60% of the class points and theyre very hard. Would not recommend.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class content overall is not that bad but can be difficult at times especially since he is not very good at explaining a lot of things. Attendance isn't mandatory but has clicker questions every class that are worth points. He is not a very good lecturer so be prepared to read a lot if you actually want to understand it. Also, lots of homework

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• 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:

Dr Greer is nice but hes just not a very good teacher. In class he either reads off the PowerPoint slides, goes over the homework problems, or tells a story for 20 minutes until he realizes class is almost done. Then he crams for the last 10 minutes. His study guides are useless and his tests are full of difficult questions and gotchas.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• 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 professor reads off his slides. If you don't want to go to class, you do not have to. Although, he does use clickers in a class of 250 students. The homework is online and he allows unlimited attempts. The tests are very difficult and do not have any resemblance to the homework or notes. I do not recommend this horrible professor.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He never clearly talks about everything you need to know during lectures. He skips over majority of content because "we should already know it." Cracks jokes for majority of the time, never stays on topic. Doesn't prepare you for any of the tests whatsoever. DON'T EVER TAKE HIM. You basically have to teach yourself the content.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not as bad as people make it sound. Yes, he's a very boring lecturer. No, he does not give good study guides. Class is mandatory but it'll only help your grade. If you go to most classes and do okay on the clicker questions you'll end up getting quite a bit of ec. HW is time consuming but easy. Just study his ppt online and watch netflix in class

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• 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 strongly recommend that if you see him as your professor you should drop immediately. By far the worst professor I have ever encountered in the 3 years I have been here. He never gives examples on how formulas should be used. You will have better luck taking this class online. His test are also extremely difficult and you'll never be prepared.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely difficult tests that are hard to study for. Pretty sure the average on the last test in my class was a 52% (after the curve.) Do yourself a favor and take a different professor if possible.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

By far the worst professor I have ever had. I tend to not agree with some of the other comments on other teachers, but I have to on this one! He isn't a teacher. You literally have to teach yourself like everyone has said. Is he nice? Yes. Does he have a lot of experience? Yes. Is he the worst when it comes to teaching? ABSOLUTLEY.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are boring and dry. But clicker questions and homework will save your grade. He curves test (by a lot) but tests are pretty tricky if you don't know the material. Go to his office hours if you are struggling because he will help and review the tests as much as possible for the final. Good Luck.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not clear at all, I attended every class and took notes. Got a D in the class, and learned nothing. Please find a different teacher! *Also shows his unsolicited hunting pictures in class on a giant projector*

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is a good person, but he doesn't prepare us for the tests. His lectures will feature a topic heavily that will not even be mentioned on the test. Hard to know what to study. He does give us a break-down of how many Q's come from each chapter but other than that you are on your own. He is easy to get ahold of outside of class if you have Q's

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ACC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Homework may be for a grade, but it will not help you out on exams. Messes up on almost every in class example, then rambles on how the book is wrong and how it really is in the real world. No fun