Francis Coan - Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT

Professor: Francis Coan

Department: History

College: Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEO101
• 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:

At first I thought this class was going to be an ok introduction geography. But its not, Be on top of the reading, because if not he will continue on and pass over parts in class. The test don't ever make sense unless you come to class and take very meticulous notes. Beware he does tend to get a bit upset if no one talks or participates in class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I liked Dr. Coan. He knows his stuff and i thought he was very fair. He likes participation and reading is required. After all folks, this is college and that should be a given. Read the material, show up and participate. I love history and he made it interesting!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HISJ201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Come to class, do the reading, participate in discussions and in the group work, and you should be fine. Tests and quizzes aren't that hard if you did the reading, so make sure to do it. He really does know what he's talking about and I learned a lot, but he's definitely not for the faint of heart. Beware: never take out your phone.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Rude. You can study your butt off and you still won't pass with a good grade. Tough grader. He is very smart and expects everyone else to be up to his level. Makes you feel stupid and less than. Hard tricky tests, lots of reading . His study guides do not help. His class has been one of the worse experiences at Tunxis.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HISJ202
• 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:

Definitely, would never recommend this class for anyone. If it had not been required to get my degree, I would have dropped the class. This professor is extremely well educated but he is SUPER boring. Don't take the class if you dislike reading. He also changed the way participation was graded throughout the semester. No electronics allowed!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEO100
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Coan is a tough grader and is not specific about grading criteria. He goes on random tangents throughout class which is really distracting. Nearly everyone in the class was failing at one point and instead of offering extra guidance, he made us all feel stupid. Get ready to use your textbook.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Coan expected us to come to class with questions and be able to answer his questions on the reading even when the reading was difficult to follow or lengthy. When we didn't know what to ask or answer he would be sarcastic and grade harshly on the next test. He graded very tough and our grade was made up of only four tests for the semester

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOJ101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tests are very hard and he's a tough grader. Don't use your cellphone in his classes because he'll ask you to leave the class at the moment. Intro to geography is supposed to be an easy class but not with him as a professor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: J202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Coan is good to you if you show effort. You need to show up to class and you need to read the book. If you don't participate in class, he will likely just skip over the topic and assume nobody cares or wants to learn. HINTS: Come in with questions to ask during class While reading at home, write something down and bring it to class

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

His quizzes are so difficult, and his lectures are so poor. But he is an intelligent teacher. Like this class

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEOJ101
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE! verbally beats people down for not participating and assuming they didn't read the material because of this. Test reviews do not match the tests themselves accurately and saw about 60% of the original students drop out of the class. The material got better as the class went on but Coan's attitude was out of line and inappropriate.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE!!!! I had a 3.8 gpa before I took this class. I wish I dropped the class. Extemely difficult grader. The test do not match the study guide. The questions are worded completely different than text or notes given. Horrible teacher. Extremely boring

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HISJ201
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Coan is very intelligent and definitely knows what hes talking about but he is extremely boring. His tests do not correlate with the study sheets AT ALL. His tests are very difficult. I wish I dropped his class, it brought down my GPA a lot. Almost half the class dropped

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEO101
• 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:

The tests are ridiculous. The review sheets do NOT match the test materials no matter how many times you may study from them. My class average wasin the 60's for every exam. For a 101 class, it was more like a high-level class!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HISJ20105
• 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:

Dr. Coan is very smart, but boy is his class difficult! Class average is a 64! A 64! He is a terribly critical and hard grader, his comments can beat you down. He will often refuse to teach a topic if not enough students participate, and assumes nobody does any work. SO GLAD I WITHDREW! BEWARE!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIS102
• 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:

Professor Coan possesses a near encyclopedic knowledge of his subject matter. The problem is, he expects you to as well. As a history major I was able to keep up for the most part, but even I felt overwhelmed at times with the unnecessary difficulty level of a 102 level class. Class average on tests was consistently below 70. Very harsh grader.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• 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:

Awful class, so boring id rather watch grass grow then take this class... grades based only on test grades. class average for test was low! SO BORING!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIS202
• 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 does not teach much in the class and the test are on everything in the book. Class average was in the low 70's. Don't even think about walking in late or leaving early.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEO100
• 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:

Show up, take notes, and you'll do fine. If you go to class he will have no problem helping you with any questions at all. I hate Geography and I enjoyed his class. I would recommend him to anyone.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEO100
• 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:

He is excellent. You need to go to class and pay attention, but if you do this and read the book a little you'll do a good job. He pays a lot of attention to if you skip and likes people a lot more if you attend regularly. I would definitely recommend him.