Gary David - Bentley University, Waltham, MA

Professor: Gary David

Department: Sociology

College: Bentley University, Waltham, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SO298
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is an amazing guy. He is very passionate about his job and makes it fun and entertaining. No major major homework except some readings and papers. There is no final just a group presentation paper on an industry and how to improve it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SO285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor David is the definition of an amazing professor. His lectures are fun and easy going. He brings in his own experiences and shows the class cool things. We had to write 2 8-10 page papers and one 4 page paper. It was straightforward and open ended.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SO298
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is an amazing professor. Super funny and has a great sense of humor which he brings into class lectures. Has very in depth class discussions and class was only a few papers.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SO289
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Took a winter class with him, his teaching styles makes taking a class from 9-5 as good as it's going to get. Very funny and engaging. Journal due the first day of class which wasn't hard and two papers due two weeks after class which are pretty fun to write about. Was a bit unclear on directions because he wanted you to have freedom. Recomended.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ID299
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Did not like Professor David's class at all. First, ID 299 is not a requirement, an AS elective so you could take way more interesting classes than his. Lets you use laptops to "take" notes, hard to not get distracted. Lectures are boring and off-topic. Did not learn anything significant.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ID299
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The last rating gets it right. Nice guy, good class, no tests or anything of the sort, and lectures are unpredictable, but nevertheless fun and engaging. Prof. David is absolutely brilliant, though; sure, you can tell he's liberal, which may seem heretical at a business school, but everyone benefits from facts every now and again.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ID299
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor David wasn't bad. You don't have to read at all and he goes off topic a lot in class. No tests, no midterm, no final. Just 5 papers and one 8-10 page research paper due at the end of the semester. You are able to choose your topic which is nice. He is relaxed but isn't exactly clear how assignments will be graded or what he is looking for

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SO263
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

really cool teacher, not a lot of work for this class, only a few papers, but if you are a bad writer, this class ends up being much harder than it should be. also, with such few grades, participation is very important, and every class is just class discussions.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC264
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

honestly this teacher is the man. i am taking a minor is soc. b/c of this guy. Unlike other soc. classes there is a good amount of work, but classes are really interesting. be ready to talk and do a good amount of papers

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

be ready to participate. A wonderful engaging professor. He took real life and current events as the situations the class would examine. 5 papers, basically on topics of your choice. We spent time analyzing youtube videos as much as reading from the text and watching presentations. awesome prof. I really learned alot.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC264
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very interesting professor. A very discussion based class- participation counts for 15% of grade. Class time isn't really pertinent to assignments, but worth going to. This particular class had an embedded service learning component. I'd take him again.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Be liberal, if not fake it and get and get a good grade. This guy does have an agenda.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOCIOLOGY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Follow his political agenda and you will get a good grade? Yes, be liberal.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is really a polysci class called Sociology of Globalization, or current events and how horrible Bush is. He has tenure, so that's clearly how he's able to talk about whatever he wants, regardless if it has anything to do with sociology. Make sure on writing assignemtns you use a liberal bias, or else you'll get a bad grade. Easy class, I guess

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Lots of papers, but no tests. This guy loves to push his political agenda, but his passion keeps the class interesting.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

tough grader...good class tho

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Class is a little bit boring, but there is no final! Grade is based upon class participation and journals/final paper. If you pay attention the least bit you will do fine in the class. Research paper takes a while, but the topic is open, so its not that bad. Overall, the class is pretty good. Do not take early in the day however.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

not a bad class, mostly discussion and videos. pretty laid back prof. 6 papers throughout the semester and a final research paper. all papers are pretty open ended and you have to choose the specific topic.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He's def a good guy, easy to get off topic so it's a nice class. Lots of movies and discussion, I def suggest this class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very good teacher, Class is fun and can be interesting. you have to buy lots of book but you dont really need to do the readings. you will not mind going to this class.