Subhankar Dhar - San Jose State University

Professor: Subhankar Dhar

Department: TBD

College: San Jose State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BUS112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dhar expresses expertise of and passion for the subject in his lectures. This keeps the material fresh and interesting. He explains the principles in real-world terms. Thus, if you follow his examples and do the work, you will leave with valuable knowledge to apply within a business career. The homework is quite manageable, as are the exams.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BUS112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

All he does is read from the slides. WORD FOR WORD. He may be knowledgeable about the topic but that does not make him a good teacher. He is easy though, just teach yourself. No one shows up. 2 midterms, 1 cumulative final. 4 assignments. All assignments are online. He isn't a bad guy just soooo bad at teaching.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BUS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He does not teach anything! Everything is off of textbook slides. The whole class is based off of 3 exams worth 25% each and 25% for a couple homework assignments. The study guide is not helpful whatsoever as it is just a huge list of words of topics within the textbook. Avoid!!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BUS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He reads word for word off slides. No explanations. Not even his slides, its from the publisher. Doesn't seem like he knows the material but he is just winging it. I can honestly read the textbook and probably learn more than wasting time in class

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BUS118W
• 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:

He is literally the WORST professor in the MIS department. No one shows up for class because all he does is read off of his slides through the entire semester. He is incredibly rude and inconsiderate and puts in no effort to help those who actually need help. I'm part of the few that show up for class and I have learned absolutely NOTHING.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BUS243
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A friendly and harmless professor. Few homework and always more than 2 weeks for homework so that you don't need to worry about time. If you go through all exercise in the textbook, you can get a high score in the exam. Do not think about the project too difficult, just meet his basic requirements and pay attention to formatting.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You have no choice but to take this class since he's the only one who teaches it. Tests are irrelevant to the subject he teaches and the exam questions can come at you without you ever hearing those terms before. He teaches like a robot would and it is very hard to pay attention since he's monotonous. He does record the lectures though.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Uses a test databank for all answers, so if you memorize answers you fine. If your actually trying to learn something then expect to be tested on subjected that werent covered in class. NO need for book. 4 easy hws and 1 easy group project, easy grader. Exams will kill you cuz the test databank. Smart guy, answers questions when asked, kinda funny.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BUS115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Assignments and exams are straight forward. Expect to read and memorize a lot. He allows a cheat sheet on the exam. There will also be a group project and presentation required.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BUS4111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

There is a lot of information and context within this course, and if you show up to listen to lectures or atleast go through his powerpoints and read the book, you should be fine. If you take this class, remember to memorize the acronyms for each term as well. You will find that handy.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You do not need to show up honestly. He will post his lecture recordings online that you can listen to while sleeping at home. A little bit hard to understand, but as long as you read through the power points on your own and memorize terminologies, then you should do very well in the class. Not to much homework Flash cards help

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BUS188
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Dhar was accommodating for BUS 188 of Summer 2015. He was an easy instructor compared to others taken in the regular semesters. His lectures are simple to listen to and he always repeat things for clarification. But you can easily miss some info as well. Also, I was expected learn more about Microsoft Access, but Salesforce was useful.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BUS188
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are not exhilarating by any means, but if you know the fundamentals of computes in terms of basic software and hardware knowledge (do you know what RAM is, what SQL is, what is in a computer), then this class is a breeze. Most of the test things are terminologies and concepts so pay attention!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Yes he's boring--but what a lot of MIS students forget is that certain subjects are boring in itself. Professor Dhar teaches the fundamentals of Networking well, I just think no one actually pays attention to notice. The only problem is that his tests revolve around acronyms. So as long as you memorize all 100+ definitions, you should be good.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very mediocre professor... class was beyond dull and he gives off an irritated & impatient vibe. Not enjoyable whatsoever. At least the tests weren't too hard...

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• 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:

I volunteered an answer during his dry lecture and he embarassed me because him the exact verbatim answer he was looking for, I was just trying participate. I asked a question, and and he seemed like I was bothering him. Very anti-social and I swear he wants his students to fail! Worst professor I've ever had.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy class if have the materials** Teacher is a profess anesthesiologist, he puts people to sleep for a living. 2 tests 1 final, all mult choice. Small group project about 3 mini hw's that nobody can ever get perfect 10/10's on. Also Dhar dosn't seem to like students and occasionally displays some attitude.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BUS188
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Cool guy, but a major snooze fest. Literally reads each pp slide word for word. Class involves lectures, case study analysis, and lab assignments. Easy A as long as you do all the work. His tests are pretty straight forward.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dhar is very knowledgeable. This course is a very watered-down version of networking. The exams were not that hard. The assignments are given 3 weeks before they are due and are not hard. Go to lecture, pay attention, and study in a group and you will do fine. He is not teaching in fall 2010.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BUS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I would recommend taking someone else but he's the only person teaching this class. This class should be renamed to "Mastering Acronyms&Memorization" cause that's all he teaches. Don't bother coming to class just memorizes those Acronyms & you'll get an A for sure. How can you build/maintain a network by learning Acronyms it's absurd.