Robert Katz - Tulsa Community College

Professor: Robert Katz

Department: TBD

College: Tulsa Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HUMN2113
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take if you can avoid this professor. His online class requires discussion weekly (no big deal), and you must post at least twice, and both posts cannot be under 24 hours of each other. However, his grading criteria is not clear, he has too high of expectations on his grading, and he requires too many essays with too high of expectations.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HUMANITIES2113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class is straight forward. Weekly discussion participation required. 3-4 essays plus one 6pg research paper. High expectations on grade criteria. Does not grade in a timely manner. Last day of semester and still have not recieved any grades for completed work since 4th week of school.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUM2113
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The textbook used was an atrocity of an eText which led to an absurd amount of reading each week in order to provide the information needed. Weekly discussions are required and the criteria, "significant contributions," is not what i would classify as clear instruction.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUMANITIES2113
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I just took his online course for humanities. The class was outlined every week with 2 discussion posts and an essay. The last essay was actually a research project. This class was pretty simple with the workload. He grades tough on his essays. He takes quite a bit to grade papers so you won't be sure if you are passing until the end of the course

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HUM1
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took Prof. Katz for Honors Hum. If you don't show up, you will not pass. Lectures are key to understanding the assignments and he also grades participation. Don't take him if you're looking for a throw away class

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HUM2113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fell asleep almost every class, but it was alright. Not a lot of assignment, but thats not a good thing with this class. All assignments are papers and hes a hard grader.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HUM1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Probably the worst class Ive ever taken with the most boring professor Ive ever taken. I never understand a thing when Im in his classes, and 99% of the lectures are boring and just him going on random tangents that dont have anything to do with what were needing to know. I dreaded being in class every day. Do not take this class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MUSC1113
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Paying attention to the lectures is very important in the class since almost anything he says is going to be on the listening tests verbatim. Papers and tests are your main grades in this class, so keep up with the lectures. The book isn't necessary despite what he says, since you can listen to the pieces he assigns on sites like Youtube.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MUSC1153
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

American popular music is a good choice for humanities. Easy class if you pay attention. PowerPoints are all available. Textbook was marginally used. Grades are based on 4 exams (60%), 2 papers (35% ) and quizzes(do the math). Showing up keeps you aware of upcoming tests, but won't save your grade if you bomb them. Nothing to sweat if you keep up.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HUMN2113
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The instructor, expects students to turn in work on time. He does not grade until have way through the semester. You won't know if you are passing or progressing. His excuses are life. I turn in my paper on time, so I expect my paper to be graded on time. We turned in 4 projects and took him 3 months to grade and his grading is not efficient at all

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MUSIC1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Thought this was gonna be an easy A. It was not. The only assignments you do are quizzes, test and papers. If you do bad on a test its almost impossible to get your grade up cause there is not homework to fall back on. The class wouldnt be that back if it was interesting, but I end up falling asleep every time....

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MUSC1153
• 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:

This is the second course I have taken with Dr. Katz and I don't think hes a bad professor but he does grade things critically. As long as you study his power points and make flash cards over them you'll do just fine. Mostly everything he covers can be found in his power points. There are some quizzes as well; he'll always tell you ahead of time.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MUSC2133
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I have never had to work so hard in my life to earn an A. His tests are extremely difficult and require hours of studying . Unfortunately, there are not many points in this class, so every little assignment matters. Although I learned a lot and really respected him, I probably would not take another course with him.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HUM2113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor may well be a good professor in the class room, but I took his class online. You have to earn your grade like any other college class, and he is a tough grader. It's almost the end of the semester and I am still waiting on grades back from 9 things, so I have no clue if I am passing or failing the class. I woldn't take him again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HUM1
• 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:

Robert Katz is an amazing professor. He was always accessible by emails and gave great feedback. I definitely improved in my writing taking this class. He's snarky but in a funny way. If you get the chance to take his class, do it!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MUS1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Unless you have a real interest and understand musical terms do not take this class. The way he grades papers and comments he leaves are pretty rude and unhelpful Lectures are long and drag.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MUSIC1113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The best professor at TCC hands down. Not hard, not test heavy its awesome

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MUSIC1113
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He teaches strictly via lecture. Challenging him will simply irritate him. His tests are designed to reduce internal clues so don't rely on deduction - you must know the material. Attendance, though not mandatory, is incentivized with pop-quizzes. Personally, his class bored me and his attitude angered me. The proud beware.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HUM1
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is very self-righteous.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HUMN2113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Katz is a very smart and interesting teacher. He goes off on a lot of interesting bunny trails, but he failed to get through all of the course material. He's willing to work with you if you put forth the effort to get help. There's a lot of required readings you'll have to do. If you don't read them, you will fail all of the pop quizzes.