Karin Blaski - Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL

Professor: Karin Blaski

Department: Business

College: Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's pretty old school, but open note and book exam's are pretty great.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MGT270
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. B is great and this class is a lot of fun. She really cares about her students and will listen to you about you. I wasn't accepted to the Bachelors Program out of state that I wanted because my GPA was low from earlier years of screwing up. She wrote me a recommendation letter that got me in and I graduated with honors two years later.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BUS279
• 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:

I had her last semester for a MGT class, and she was amazing. For the BUS 279 class, she doesn't know what she's supposed to be teaching. When we asked her to explain a concept, she told us "it's in the book: figure it out from the notes." I'm currently failing my quizzes and HW - I talked to my class and we're all failing in these areas.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MGT270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Going through the airline simulation was such a beneficial experience! The class is divided into teams of 4-6 and the simulation places each team in charge of an airline company. This is a chance-of-a-lifetime learning experience that gives students the chance to test their real-world business skills in a simulated environment. Best class ever!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PCI200
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Blaski give you great feedback on all your work, throughout the semester. She very clearly cares about her subject, class and students. She is one of a kind. Very detailed, organized, sticks to the rubric and schedule, emails if she plans to miss a day, is funny, highly educated, and not condescending! What else could you ask for?

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MGT270
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I've taken mrs blaski for Off115, bus101 & Mgt270 and got As in all of them. She's a great teacher. As far as no details no way. She's run her own business and I've seen students record her class just to keep up with the details. So unless she suddenly got stupid over the summer id say she knows her stuff. Some people are just mean to women.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She isn't very descripive at teaching you get the sense she doesn't know what she is even talking about

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BUS279
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of my favorites at RVC. Respects her students. Loves her job. Dry sense of humor. Let's you have a page of notes for exams and the exam problems missed get a do-over until you reach at least 80%. Homework is all online through My Finance Lab. Time in class to work on problems. Solutions put on the board. Tough but fair. Awesome teacher.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PCI106
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most organized online class I have ever taken. If anything, there's almost too many resources which makes for a lot of reading. Detailed feedback helped me continuously improve. Thought I knew it all going in but really learned a lot along the way, especially more efficient ways to do get the job done. Prof. responds to all questions within hours.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BUS279
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor does not use the book and doesn't do math problems except on her PowerPoint and reads them basically. Does not have enough time to cover the whole chapter in her power pints and expects you to read all of it and figure it out. I would never take this teacher she should not be teaching material that she cannot explain in detail.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MGT270
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof Blaski was by far on of my favorite teachers this semester. Her MGT270 class was a lot of fun. Mock owning an airlines and working with your team to try to make the most money was hilarious. Take home tests. Steady homework so be prepared to do a little work. Lectures are funny and interesting. She has tons of real world experience so ask away

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• 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:

Professor Blaski is a very good teacher. The class will be hard IF you skip classes. Class is mandatory but if you miss a class make sure you get notes from classmates. Tests are easy as long as you study!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PCI228
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Awesome teacher

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• 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:

Prof. Blaski was great. Very focused and helpful. The work was simple and she was very helpful if you needed. Plus she was just an overall nice person.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She tells you right away that the order of importance is what she metions in class, then the outline she gives you and lastly, the book. If you show up and listen to what she says and go by the outline, you'll know everything. She does a "business bowl" right before each test which gives the answer to 30 of the 40 questions. How can you fail?

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PCI106
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Make sure to keep up with the assignments and this class is a very easy class to pass. Their is a lot of work that needs to be done weekly so make sure to account for that.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Blaski is an awesome professor. Her exams can be hard if you do not pay attention in class. She will give you points for being their which can help out your grade. I would highly recommend her for BUS 101

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Shes a good teacher. Class is easy if you pay attention.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You can get by without buying the textbook. 6 exams mostly multiple choice with some fill in the blank. She reviews for them right before every exam. 4 short assignments, make sure you don't forget to do them. 2 reports that are 3-5 pages. Prints out the powerpoints, so you don't even need a notebook, but lectures do get boring. Very easy class!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BUS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Business isn't my thing, but she made it fun and incredibly easy. Anyway, people say her tests are hard but I disagree. Write your own notes/pay attention and you won't even need to study. I've also never seen so much extra credit given out before...do the video ones. The final is only answering questions you're given ahead of time - its an easy A