Dan Gardiner - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Dan Gardiner

Department: Business

College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMM465
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is absolutely terrible as a professor. He will lescture you on not rambling in your answers as he begins to ramble-on-end about low quality of student work. Definitely talks about his family a lot :s. Not the best lecturer either - as he has no method of motivating students.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMM465
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Best Prof I have ever had in UBC! He is also a very nice person! He really cares about students in his class and knows them by name! Very passionate about his class! Too bad he is retiring...(

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMM465
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Easily one of the worst profs ever. Arrogant, condescending, hypocritical - makes irrelevant and inappropriate remarks every class. Abbreviates everything (especially not well-known terms or unnecessary words), right down to referring himself in 3rd person as "DFG". Low class averages. Creates an atmosphere of competition amongst students. Avoid.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awesome Professor, great mentor/friend, easy going! Took his course this summer and I loved it. He has an interesting teaching style, rather than making you go by the book, he makes you think outside the box. I admit, his course is tough, however if you pay attention, participate, and attend his classes, you will do great!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awesome Professor, great mentor/friend, easy going! Interesting teaching style, rather than making you go by the book, he makes you think. I admit, his course is tough, however if you pay attention, participate, and attend his classes, you will do great!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• 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: N/A

Comment:

He is very biased and mean!Worst instructor ever seen in Sauder!Makes me hate marketing. So regret that I registed in his class!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMM0
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

avoid

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dan is an excellent professor. He challenges students to think critically and see the big picture. His old school approach rewards hard work. This being said, it is hard to get a good grade in his class. I highly recommend Dan's course as he provides great insight into marketing, business and life.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Decent prof but expects you to put everything you have into the course which is basically impossible while taking a full course load. His course pack is a waste of time and is comprised of mostly ads he found interesting...

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMM365
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Average for midterm was 53. Average for project was 55. Avoid the professor he is pretty biased towards young asians. That being said, if you are a young asian girl, take his class, you'll do great. If you do get stuck with him: going to class will only make matters worse. KNOW the textbook inside and out, and you can get as high as a 70.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMM365
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Not passionate about teaching and students' learning. Teaches statistics quickly and poorly. Needs to improve on teaching and communicating the subject to students. Reluctant to help students learn and achieve - very demotivating. Asked to go to his office hours for help once but was turned down.He told me that only going to his class is useless.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Has good intentions by forcing students to think;however, goes about it in a ridiculous manner- rambles about how marketing and frameworks are important and will always answer a question with "well why do you think it is?". Not a good spokesman for marketing for an intro course. Perhaps more suited for 300 and 400 level courses.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MKT296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dan is one of the best professors at Sauder. Forces students to think which shocks most, quite refreshing from the typical teacher. No regurgitation, do not expect to memorize the text and pass. Use frameworks.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's tough and subjective; no doubt. That being said, he focuses on APPLICATION and IMPLEMENTATION. He wants tangible, realistic answers to questions. People complain a lot about Dan's difficulty, but that's because he simulates the real world and real business. You can learn from this guy if you spend some time figuring out marketing.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMM296
• 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: N/A

Comment:

This prof is ridiculous. Doesn't teach a damn thing. Just goes on rambling and rambling about stuff without backing it up with concrete and detailed examples. Super subjective lame ass prof who is such an irony to the concept of "marketing," given his super bad rep and teaching. Lol my fail for taking him.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMM365
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dan is bipolar. You either love him, because you've sucked up and become one of his "favs" and he goes out of his way to help you; or you haven't sucked up, and he treats you like a failure before you even try. he's definitely knows his stuff, but uses short-hand for everything, so unless you go to all of the lectures, you'll be completely lost.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMM365
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dan is by far the best prof at the Sauder School of Business!!! He is very passionate about marketing and his students. If you want to do well in this class go over your class notes multiple times and then go and ask dan questions in his office hours, if you have them. There are no stupid questions - this class is difficult!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMM365
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

probably the worst teacher I have ever had! I have never felt so dumb...he makes stuff way harder then it needs to be, and holy crap can you learn how to print!!!..nobody can read your writing, I spend half the class trying to figure out whats on the board and not learning...dont take this man!!!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FINAN001N
• 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:

Having taken two courses from him over 20 years ago, I see from the comments that he remained unchanged over the years. Pompous, favortisim, self adulation, and in general distaste for those he is supposed to serve.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMM365
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

So much more brutal than for 296. Feels like a lost semester