1) Miscommunication and lack of clarity.
2) Unfairness and wrong information
3) Unreasonable expectations and advanced level of difficulty.
PROPOSAL:
Our proposal agreed upon by numerous students is to change the way the class is graded.
Tests: 45%
In Class Games: 35%
Homework: 20%
Through this weighted grading scale, the students that have attended classes and completed the homework will have a grade reflecting their knowledge and effort.
This is a good solution to make up for the injustice faced by students.
Updates
December 14, 2014
The volume of support for this petition has secured us a meeting with the department head later this week. I am currently finalizing a formal document that outlines our proposed grading adjustments to present during this session.
17 Comments
The fact that 70% of our grade came from our performance on two very difficult tests made the chance for success slim, especially since we were misled about the structure of the final and given limited support to study for them.
I have never in my entire academic career failed a class. I agree with the lack of consistency we had in our class. You know it is a problem when majority of the class found out weekly practice problems were being posted up after the midterms. I have attended all classes and stayed after school for guidance. i have never worked so hard for a class and no results to show for it.
I completely agree with this! Not fair at all with final and midterm. Told us it would include multiple choice and there was none. Especially since we this is a prerequisite for other business classes.
I agree with this petition. I would like to also add that the Sample Questions Proffesor Bejan gave to us had multiple typos and errors that she only notified us of the night before the exam.
I do not agree with the proposal, but I think that something needs to be done with this course. Bejan was clearly unfair and did not listen to student feedback regarding the midterm. The final was excruciatingly hard and students that don't pass the class aren't allowed to retake it. I will not be forced to drop out of my major because of one test. Either do not count the final, or allow all students to retake the course.
I agree that this class was far too difficult and confusingly taught. I didn't learn much because of Bejan's confusing teaching style and unreasonable expectations. Felt like I spent more time battling her and her badly implemented methods than actually learning the material.
This class is ridiculous, I've never been in a class this bad. I studied till 4-5am few weeks before the exam, and i FAILED, i just can't believe it. I did all the sample questions and practice on Myeconlab, but i guess that didn't bring me a pass. This class is full of misleading and the teacher always refuse to show us how to do problems i would say. If you just randomly look into a problem or two in whether the sample questions or the midterm, many steps are skipped. Also the teacher lied about there will be MC questions as well. And so much more to tell. But Overall comment: VERY BAD CLASS!
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1) Miscommunication and lack of clarity.
2) Unfairness and wrong information
3) Unreasonable expectations and advanced level of difficulty.
PROPOSAL:
Our proposal agreed upon by numerous students is to change the way the class is graded.
Tests: 45%
In Class Games: 35%
Homework: 20%
Through this weighted grading scale, the students that have attended classes and completed the homework will have a grade reflecting their knowledge and effort.
This is a good solution to make up for the injustice faced by students.
Updates
December 14, 2014
The volume of support for this petition has secured us a meeting with the department head later this week. I am currently finalizing a formal document that outlines our proposed grading adjustments to present during this session.
17 Comments
I didn't pay tuition to teach myself a course where the professor blames students for all mistakes, then punishes us for asking questions. Also, fake ratemyprofessor reviews? That destroys all of Dr. Bejan's trust and credibility
The fact that 70% of our grade came from our performance on two very difficult tests made the chance for success slim, especially since we were misled about the structure of the final and given limited support to study for them.
I have never in my entire academic career failed a class. I agree with the lack of consistency we had in our class. You know it is a problem when majority of the class found out weekly practice problems were being posted up after the midterms. I have attended all classes and stayed after school for guidance. i have never worked so hard for a class and no results to show for it.
I completely agree with this! Not fair at all with final and midterm. Told us it would include multiple choice and there was none. Especially since we this is a prerequisite for other business classes.
I agree with this petition. I would like to also add that the Sample Questions Proffesor Bejan gave to us had multiple typos and errors that she only notified us of the night before the exam.
I do not agree with the proposal, but I think that something needs to be done with this course. Bejan was clearly unfair and did not listen to student feedback regarding the midterm. The final was excruciatingly hard and students that don't pass the class aren't allowed to retake it. I will not be forced to drop out of my major because of one test. Either do not count the final, or allow all students to retake the course.
I agree that this class was far too difficult and confusingly taught. I didn't learn much because of Bejan's confusing teaching style and unreasonable expectations. Felt like I spent more time battling her and her badly implemented methods than actually learning the material.
This class is ridiculous, I've never been in a class this bad. I studied till 4-5am few weeks before the exam, and i FAILED, i just can't believe it. I did all the sample questions and practice on Myeconlab, but i guess that didn't bring me a pass. This class is full of misleading and the teacher always refuse to show us how to do problems i would say. If you just randomly look into a problem or two in whether the sample questions or the midterm, many steps are skipped. Also the teacher lied about there will be MC questions as well. And so much more to tell. But Overall comment: VERY BAD CLASS!
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I didn't pay tuition to teach myself a course where the professor blames students for all mistakes, then punishes us for asking questions. Also, fake ratemyprofessor reviews? That destroys all of Dr. Bejan's trust and credibility