Professor: Bruce Samuelson
Department: Accounting
College: University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The material itself is easy but the professor makes it so much harder than it has to be. Hes the most boring man ever. His pratice midterm was easy but the real midterm was 10x harder. If more than 1/2 the class fails, then his teaching methods are clearly the problem. I learned everything from the TA & reading the book myself.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He expects way too much out of you for an introductory class. The practice exam was way easier than the midterm. Practice exam had single digits and Midterm had numbers in the 10,000s and 20,000s. Lectures are extremely boring and most of the learning came from TAs. This professor does not know how to teach well. Most difficult class ever.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Don't skip class. Put full effort into midterm and project. Do all the homework which aren't difficult at all and top hat is easy points as well. The final is difficult but he likes to recycle SOME questions from previous papers.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The professor is nice and amusing and if you join his class late is willing to extend the date for hw and quizzes. But, he rambles and always has tech errors. Uses tophat! I learned everything from my discussions and hw! The midterm is exactly like the practice but the final was difficult and had errors. I attended every class but still failed
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor has a problem with hearing so that you have to shout out to ask him a question. His ability to explain things is so poor. Therefore you better to study online rather than going to classes.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This guy does not teach at all!! I am sitting here trying to study for the midterm and it looks completely different from what he does in class. On top of that he doesn't give out the answer sheet until 2 nights before. Thanks Samuelson! If you haven't taken accounting before and this is your first accounting class, good luck!
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: No
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He doesnt care about the students sitting anywhere except the first three rows. I was sitting in the 6th row, I raised my hand for a good 15 mins, he looked at me and ignored me, finally I gave up and did not ask him the question. He does not explain the questions he gives in class or for to hat. He literally just teaches 10% and HW is on 100%.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: No
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I've been raising my hand for the past 10 mins. he looks at me and just ignores me. He does not teach properly. he is not interesting, I hate coming to this class. he does not explain the questions he gives.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Very good professor. He gives you an exact replica of what will be on the midterm so with studying it is passable. He tries to help his students a lot and does make you work for an A, but failing this class is honestly pretty difficult since he does give you a lot of similar material for exams. Overall a good professor just study what he gives you.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: INC
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Halfway through the quarter and I'm now realizing how bad of a teacher he is. He's really old school(which is fine), but doesn't post notes online and doesn't really understand how technology works. Outdated and needs to retire asap. Midterm is pretty hard but you should get 100% on the hw's as he gives 3 attempts.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
TBH get an A on the midterm and you'll get an A in the class even if you fail the final (assuming you try a decent amount for the rest of the assignments). Trust: listening to his lectures and writing down his notes won't help you. Spend time reading the textbook. Lots of self-teaching must be done, but worth when you get the A!
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
My biggest regret was not taking this class at a community college for credit. He doesn't care about his students & he does not teach. Hard to talk get in touch with. Sometimes, he would teach the material after the hw was due. If you have to curve your class so that 85% of the students pass, YOU'RE the one that's doing something wrong, professor.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Honestly, BRUCE is fair in grading. The class is straightforward but the material is hard. Make sure you do the homework as it counts for a lot of the grade. Downside is you will most likely have to learn everything on your own as the lectures are really boring and you have to go to them for tophat points. Midterm and Final are really hard.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: BUS20
- 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 agree with many, Samuelson is very boring, rude and out of touch with what the class wants. The Homework taught me more than his lectures. Thankfully he got rid of the project that many hate, and he gives points for attendance. Midterm was difficult but I was able to get an A. FINAL VERDICT: Stay Away if you're not going to give 110%
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- 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:
Want to take Business 20 with Samuelson? THINK TWICE ABOUT! It is definitely one of the hardest GE course I have EVER taken in my college career. He admitted after midterm that the stuff that he mentions in class and hw he assigns WILL NOT be tested on both midterm and final. MAKE SURE TO GO TO DISCUSSION! YOU WILL BENEFIT IT!
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Can't understand what Professor was teaching during the lectures, he wasn't good at using computer and TopHat. I always have to spend 2 or more hours on homework because I need to learn everything again from the textbook. Mid-term isn't what he actually described to the class, which many of us failed and my TA provided a fake email on the Syllabus
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Heres the whole class layout. Discussion attendance, midterm, project, and hw is a guaranteed 90-100%. The final though, lucky to get a 30%. TAs dont even read the project and the midterm is all memorizing tables. Professor will make you sleep though, so bring a pillow
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Pretty boring lectures, only showed up because of tophat questions (which you can do from home). Idk how but I had an A average in hw, B on midterm, D+ in top hat, C in quizzes, A+ on project, and F on final and I still got an A- in the class. Honestly if you get below a B you have to have not been trying at all.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His grading is straight forward. If you do well on every other assignment and not so well on the final, as it is hard (he covers a lot of the material that is on the exam on the last few weeks, VERY quickly) you can still get an A in the class. The project is not hard, just listen to his instruction and the midterm and is very straight forward!
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: BUS020
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took Bus 20 with him and despite other reviews, his class was easy. I got my first 100 on a midterm and felt like I understood the material. If you decide to skip class and not pay attention, you will probably fail this class. I will admit, the project was difficult but VERY doable if you start early. Overall, a good class.
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