Rodney Johnson - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professor: Rodney Johnson

Department: Engineering

College: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: TC497
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Horrible professor. Most people already wonder if Technical Communication is actually worth all of the money that you're paying to take it, and Rod really makes that answer clear: no. Bland feedback, teaches from slides, and pretty much one of my least favorite professors at Michigan.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100450
• 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:

Rod is a nice guy, no doubt. BUT, he does not hand back assignments on time... EVER. He gave grades back the DAY BEFORE THE FINAL, TWO MONTHS after we turned them in. So, if you want uncertainty about your grade, take this class! He doesn't really care about his freshman classes and for a tech comm professor, his presentations are dry and boring.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: TECHCOMM497
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, hilarious guy. Don't use an empty questions slide at the end of your presentation or he'll actually hate you (and tell you to your face).

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: TECHCOMM497
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice guy. If you need help on any assignment he is very willing to meet up to give advice. Grades very easily on presentations; basically showing up and doing the work guarantees you an A. He also is knowledgeable about CS and CE despite being a tech comm professor.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A nice guy, but not a great professor. He has to teach some pretty basic subject matter tech-comm wise, but the fact that he does the opposite of pretty much everything he teaches says a lot. I have no idea why he stares at the ceiling while lecturing, it's quite bizarre, especially while lecturing on making eye contact...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: TC497
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Rod Johnson is a boss. Yeah, Technical Communications may not be the hottest subject ever but he sure turns up the heat. He has detailed slides and is extremely helpful with advice when giving feedback. The assignments themselves are clear and they are all announced well ahead of time. Do not take TC497 without this man. Professor of the Year.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Pretty much everything that has been said about this professor is true. The guy is ridiculously boring and seems at times clueless. Things he'll do in class... emphasize eye contact as a trait of a successful presentation yet he consistently looks at the ceiling, argue for histogram usage b/c we are "decedents from africa", horrible analogies

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: TC497
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I don't understand why everyone thinks he's so boring. As someone who usually falls asleep in most of my lectures, I didn't find these "hard to endure". Plus he understands his stuff well, is a good guy, and teaches helpful stuff. People complain too much.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: TC300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are hard to endure. Two weeks in a row he didn't give us feedback on an assignment and had to turn it in without any basic guidelines... His excuse was that he was 'busy' or something.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

As a tech comm professor - wow - WORST PUBLIC SPEAKER EVER. Cannot elaborate on anything and is not willing to be there. Very office space like... umm yeah...

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• 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:

Bottom line, this guy is boring. This is the only class I fell asleep in durring my freshman year. It doesn't help that you already know most of what he's saying anyway. I wish i just had the balls to skip class when i knew he was lecturing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGIN100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Dr. Johnson's lectures can get boring, but he's extremely helpful and encouraging outside of class. He'll go out of his way to ensure that you understand the material.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: TECHCOMM497
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really boring! Has this drony soporiphic class..He should sell tapes of his lectures as an insomnia cure!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Before the midterm he told us we needed to study 2 things--we needed to know stuff and we needed to know how to do stuff...Very subjective and unclear

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he sucks

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rod's a really nice guy, so it's a shame that he's such a bad lecturer. His classes are more effective than a whole bottle of sleeping pills. And his assignments are unbeleivably subjective and vague. If you have a choice, find another class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

boring and he doesn't know how to public speak. He looks above everyone's heads b/c he claims he gets nervous!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are boring as hell; he rambles on and on, is unclear, and contradicts himself frequently. Not once has he returned a paper on time. But above all Rod doesn't have a clue about any of the technical engineering topics, which is rather unfortunate for an ENGINEERING professor.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Man this guy was dull. Never looked at the class. Not a big fan here, specially not because it was a two hour lecture.