Thomas Lauer - Oakland University

Professor: Thomas Lauer

Department: TBD

College: Oakland University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MIS524
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

show up to class, participate, you shall pass!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MIS643
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Course consists of two shorter individual papers, a final research paper and presentation, 3 sets of group discussion questions, 3 online group forums, a take home midterm exam, and a course journal with content from everything you learned in the course. Great professor and great class. Pay attention, come to class, and do your work.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MIS643
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Thomas Lauer brought a fresh, new perspective on the topic of Intellectual Property. Prior to the course, I would have not viewed IP as government granted monopoly. Furthermore, IP seemed like a great thing as you do not hear much arguments against it in everyday life. Lauer challenged the norm and brought a new way of thinking.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MIS625
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Class has online discussions of class threads alongside in class discussions with your group (4 in class sets of discussion questions and 3 online forums), 2 individual papers and 2 group papers with presentations, midterm online exam, course journal consisting of everything you learned and interesting topics. Work hard and participate!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MIS625
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Thomas Lauer is well versed in IT planning and strategy topics and does a great job presenting them to the class. He instills thought provoking questions which really make students think and wonder. He is a great guy and presents material well. Take this course you will not be disappointed. Come to class, pay attention, and participate.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MIS641
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great guy! Make sure you participate in class discussion and know the material (be prepared and discuss and you will do fine). Dont wait until the journal is due to start it (it is a lot of work to put together). Has funny stories to lighten the mood and presents great material. Open book notes digital notes for half the midterm.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MIS641
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

3 individual papers and 2 group papers, 6 sets of discussion questions that go into your journal, 3 group online forum posts, journal encompassing the topics discussed in the course, and a midterm. Tom is a great guy and has great insight and stories. Start the journal right away and progress through it as the semester goes on and you will be fine.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MIS641
• 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:

150-200 pages of reading due PER class. Exams were quite easy, but subject matter is boring. Not sure why we have to take TWO MIS classes for an MBA. Good prof, just way too much reading for people who have JOBS.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MIS641
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I found the subject matter very boring and mostly common sense. I did not like the class at all, but I got a good grade.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MIS641
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Take it Easy in this class , make sure you attend class and participate in class and that it. I didn't read any book and I managed to get a really good grade. HE is really Good professor the best in OU.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MIS350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

take this class with some friends, joke around with prof during class, and you are golden. ill admit, there is a lot of work to do and the exams can be rough. but he curves generous and is pretty down to earth. he knows that anyone in 350 is there because they have to be to graduate. good way to approach it.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MIS650
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

High academic ego. Not really useful helping students. Cut off from real life and typical ivory tower man

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MGT625
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Only take a class with this professor if you have no life. The amount of work he assigns is completely unreasonable for a student with a full time job. Lectures are dry and long, and he is vague when answering questions.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MIS625
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Tons of knowledge, sometimes drift off to other irrelevant subjects. Lectures are long, though he tries to incorporate group work as well as individual assignments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MIS524
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

What an awful teacher! I had to take him for more than one class just because no one else was teaching it. He is so lazy and unhelpful!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MIS640
• 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:

Most lazy prof. ever seen.....doesn't know what hes teaching , i think he should retire....he has really slipped in last 2-3 yrs.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MIS524
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy. Homework isn't very time consuming so if you are busy it will help. Lectures can be a bit dry but if you study the presentations tests are a snap.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MIS640
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great in curriculum development, most of us learned a great deal on Info Sys Security. Group assignments and readings are meaningful, activity level is high, midterm and final were reasonable. Tricky grading system helps you. Recommended.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MIS641
• 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:

Not too bad. Hardly any homework, 2 group papers and 2 individual papers. Half of exam 1 was open book and the final exam is take home. I recommend him.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MIS316
• 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:

Lauer's pretty easy... he reads from his slides. The tests weren't too bad, but he did not explain his projects at all. He answered questions with questions. Take him anyway, though.