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Anderson, Bing

Cumulative GPA: 2.81/4.00 with 21 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.67
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.62

Business Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:39 pm, Apr 27, 2010		I heard something that I didn\'t take to heart until after the quarter ended. At first the class isn\'t bad, but after the midterm it get ridiculous... You probably cover 50 long and complex equations and he expects you to memorize all of them with no cheat sheet. It\'s insane. His justification is that everyone should understand how the equations are derived and hence it should be easy. I had an A going into the final. I studied like crazy. I got a 15/32 on the final, and sadly that was higher than what other members of my study group received. This is more of a cramming class, than a learning class.

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 4:55 pm, Mar 16, 2010		Bing is a really nice, funny guy who always has a big goofy smile on his face and thinks it\'s funny that he\'s really smart and you\'re really not. Not the greatest teacher, and he often has a hard time explaining things to the class. However, if you go and talk to him individually he is pretty helpful. Tests are difficult, and E. none of the above is a possible answer for every question and it ends up being the right answer for quite a few.

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 8:53 pm, Feb 1, 2010		Bing does not teach this class in a way that will help you after you graduate. He teaches in a route way so you only learn how to do the calculations. He teaches very little intuition behind the calculations especially in the second half of the class. I don\'t know why your reading this because if your a finance concentration he is really your only option for 439. Enjoy.

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:29 pm, Jun 19, 2009		Bing is a good teacher. If you actively try to participate and study periodically you should have no problem. The tests are hard but they are curved. He is very helpful in office hours and knows his stuff.

BUS 439 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 1:23 pm, Feb 17, 2009		Bings a nice guy...everything is pretty straight forward. Just study and do the hw and you will be fine.

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:21 am, Jan 1, 2009		Professor Bing is a great teacher. He won a TEACHING AWARD from Cal Poly.

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:23 am, Dec 22, 2008		Professor Bing, as many reviews below me will concur is not so great at conveying the material to his students. He is a very nice guy and wants to help you as much as he can, not to mention he is incredibly smart but he is not a great person to convey the material. To summarize everything I will list the pros and cons of this class. Pros: he is very nice and has lots of office hours before midterms and finals, the first part of the course is alright and relatively able to keep up with the material if you are good at math, and there is a huge curve at the very end. Cons: The second half of the class (after the first midterm) prepare to be totally confused and make sure you read the text thoroughly to understand the material, the final is very hard and you will fail no matter how much you study (still study though), if you are in a very smart class it will be harder for you to get a good grade because the curve is sorta messed up. Good luck as this class is unavoidable because Bing is the only guy that teaches it but don't stress too much if you work hard you will get a B, if you are really smart and the rest of your class isn't you will get an A.

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:21 pm, Jul 26, 2008		To all you Business students who never have anything good to say welcome to this P.O.S web site devoted to individuals such as yourself desiring a place to bitch about how hard your education is. Why the f..... did you come here in the first place, expecting to bone a bunch of hot chicks, party, drink tons of beer and smoke a few joints before class? Some advice to you, quit copying the solution manuals and turning it in as homework that you should have done on your own. Try to actually LEARN the material since that is what COLLEGE is supposed to be right? Or is it drunken stupors partying downtown in this faggot ass conservative hypocrisy so called upscale American town? Run by three jack ass never graduated from college idiots riding the real-estate boom and convincing everyone not to vote for the market place to secure his own interests. Anyway point being, you're obviously a bunch of spoiled self-centered mama's boys who still need to have mommy come over and change your dippers and tell you to do your homework, wash behind your ears, and grow the f.... up!!!! But since mommy and daddy have nothing but trouble of their own they send your ass off to college, pay the f...ing bills for you, and hope to god you graduate so you will quit sucking every last dime from their bank account. But hey you're going to be a big Know it all businessmen soon right? You'll be so damn cocky having a degree from CalPoly that you don't deserve since all you did was bitch about how hard your classes were. That won't matter then cause by then you'll be telling everyone how smart you were in school and claiming that every class was easy, mean while your company is being sued because guess what....yep you f.....ed up my friend. You forgot to check that deal and well the f...ing thing just collapsed. Opps must have been your subordinates fault....those f....ing idiots never get it right. Good luck people quit complaining that the teachers are making it too hard, and do your own damn homework for a change!

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:41 am, Mar 28, 2008		The only thing I didn;t like about his class was that his tests were all scantrons and he doesn't know how to word his questions. Given the fact that the midterm was out of 20 points and the final out of 30 points, it seems ridiculous that you lose even one point even though you have the right answer because Bing does not know how to word either his questions or his answers. Other than that, his tests tend to be very difficult but he has a very generous grading curve. He says he doesn't use cutoffs for the curve but just looks at the grades to make sure the curve is 'fair.'

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:44 am, Feb 15, 2008		It is true that Bing is not best at teaching but compare him to most of the finance teachers at Cal Poly, I have to say he is a lot better. His first test was really hard because he didn't really teach us anything but it really forced the students to review the prerequisite that they will need for the class. This second midterm was not hard at all, if you studied his powerpoint slide, reviewed the homework, you should be fine. The final was kind of a surprise but there was a few questions from the previous midterm. If you actually pay attention in class and understand what he tried to emphasize, you will be fine. The participation is 10% but 7% was on attendance, only 3% are really participation. To the person who posted the comment below, you probably didn't like him because he gave you a B- but I think you deserve it. A 7/15 on the first test was below the average (average was 8.3). A 17/25 on the second test was not a high score (average was 17.5). And a 13/30 on the final is the average. I bet everyone in the class turned in their homework and got close to perfect score. So it seems like you still get a B-, that means Bing curved the average to a B-. Wow, what a generous curve. From almost an F, to a B- ????????? What are you complaining about?

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:07 pm, Feb 12, 2008		Prof Anderson is a very smart guy and knows what he's talking about, only problem is his wacky grading system.

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:53 pm, Dec 21, 2007		Bing is an extremely intelligent guy who really knows his stuff but cannot relate that information on to his students. The class was basically a huge gut check do to the low scores you will undoubtedly receive on all of his tests. I actually got perfect scores on most homework assignments and on the three tests I received a 7 out of 15, 17 out of 25 (a high score on that test), and a 13 out of 30 on the final (which was actually the class average). With his odd curve that works out to a B-. I think he does a ranking system. It is not that he doesn't know what he is talking about, it is just that he doesn't reciprocate the info well onto his students. He also gives you almost no problems to help you study for the test and tells you to just understand the slides, which are from the author of the text book which you only cover about a third of. Maybe this guy gets better, but I say avoid him unless there is no other choice.

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:49 am, Dec 20, 2007		As a finance student this was by far the most demoralizing class ever. Bing sucks, bing sucks a lot! He is smart and nice but most of his students can teach the material better than he can. You wont get a bad grade, he curves a lot... But the finance department needs to re-evaluate making him the sole instructor of this class because he sucks at teaching

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:25 pm, Dec 17, 2007		Bing is an incredibly intelligent guy. It is dumbfounding why he is teaching with his PHD from Stanford rather than making millions in finance. The tests are extremely hard, but his generous curving policy makes up for it. He basically says that he'll at least pass you if you show up to class, do your homework, and participate. Overall, I recommend him as a teacher.

BUS 439 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:35 pm, Dec 11, 2007		Anderson is a good lecturer and explains the problems and student's questions well, but I personally REALLY didn't like his grading system and tests. One MAJOR PROBLEM I had with this class is that he DOES NOT allow an equation sheet of any kind so you basically have to memorizes a billion equations for the tests instead of spending that time to learn the material and theory behind solving the problems, etc. Participation is 10% and is just a bonus for those stupid people who love to talk in class and penalizes everyone else. Midterm 1 is 15% and was on the second day of class and was on all past material and pre-reqs which basically punishes you for not remembering material you took 2 years ago. He doesn't assign very many problems in the homework which is hard for people like me who need to do a bunch of examples before I absorb the material. The second midterm was okay, but he even admits that he likes to put "tricks" in his exams, but for the most part the exam problems were similar to the ones we did in class and in the book. Tables, graphs were copied from the book and he would ask you questions on them. The final is what I thought was completely misleading. He said it would be "heavily weighted on the newly learned material" however, 12 out of 30 of the questions were from the first midterm. The average in our class was 13 out of 30 which shows that people were completely caught off guard. I just think it's retarded to test people twice on the same material and just barely on the new material learned especially when professors explicitly tell you that they will test mostly on the new material, but I know most professors love to pull that crap on the final. The only good thing is that there is a huge curve at the end of the course which is why I got a B- and not like a D if it wasn't curved.

BUS 439 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:54 am, Dec 8, 2007		Two midterms 15% and 25%, and a final 35%. Participation 10%. Homework 10%. Reading Research Papers 5%. I have not taken a class this horrible in all my time at Poly. Bing is an intelligent guy, but I don't think he was made for teaching. Just take a look at the grade breakup. The first Midterm is on the second day of class and is worth 15% of your grade. I still don't understand why we were tested before we ever learned anything in class. I know it was based on things that we are already supposed to know, but its just awful that its done considering that he is the only person teaching it the entire year. What is a student supposed to do if he screws up on it? Retake all his prereqs? What is even worse is that we spent the first half of the quarter going over present value and the valuation of bonds. Why test us on the second day of class, then spend half the quarter teaching something that you already tested us on? It was a setup for failure for many people. The lectures are dry, but that isn't the problem. The problem is that he has trouble communicating the concepts of what we're learning. He pretty much reads off his power point slides. I realized half way that things were much clearer when I spent time reading the book. His lectures just killed my interest. The book is very good but is very dense with information once you get a few chapters into it. If you don't understand the first read through, don't give up. Just keep going over it again and again. I didn't get some things until the third try. There are only about five practice problems per chapter, not much for a "learn by doing" kind of school. The participation points is a waste of time because people rarely knew the answers, and the worst part is that he rewards mediocrity. Its OK to give points when people are wrong when they made an effort, but people were seriously making sh*t up. If you want participation points, just blurt out a number and your sure to rack up the points regardless of how off you are.

BUS 433 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 11:05 am, Aug 17, 2005		I received an A in this class--but I definately worked for it. Han is obviously intelligent and very well educated professor. His midterms and projects tie very well into what we are learning in class. Expectations are clear and grading is very fair. He has a fat curve at the end (doesn't factor in the genius who aces the test, etc.). This guy is super funny and cheerful; always willing to help at random times, like at 1am the night before our crazy project was due. My best advice: DO the project for yourself, even if someone in your group does all the work for it. If you understand the concepts in the project, you will get a good grade on the final. Keep up on the reading and review the slides before class...it makes a HUGE difference. TAKE BING!

BUS 433 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 9:10 am, Aug 10, 2005		433 is a tough class which covers a LOT of material in a short period of time. Han is very attentive to the students' needs and is always willing to help answer questions during and after class hours. If you are looking for another class that will help you bullshit and schmooze your way through college..take someone else. Like most things in life--you get back from this class what you put in, i.e. not studying = not a good grade. I am no genius, but I did get an a with a fair amount of effort. Do the reading BEFORE the class meeting to get the most out of the discussions that take place in class, this way the material will be more familiar and you can actually participate in the discussion (learn by doing, etc.). If this is done, a mere 3-4 hours reviewing the slides before the midterm will be enough. If you don't keep up on the reading, however, be prepared for a stressful finals week because nearly ALL material covered during the quarter will be on the final. He has a charming personality and he's really funny! He is a fair professor...chances are you will get the grade you deserve.

BUS 433 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:00 am, Jun 27, 2005		Bing is a nice guy who really wants to help students. This is a really complex subject matter and you really got to put some time in to understand what's going on. He assigns a case, homework, has a midterm (ALL off power point notes) and a crazy-hard final (like essays and derive a formula we use... so hard). He's helpful in office hours and I know for a fact he curved the class, but how much I don't know. I don't know who else is a great instrucotr for 433 but Bing is pretty cool and if you care about learning the material and are willing to do a bit of outside work it's not a big deal to take him.

BUS 433 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:17 pm, Dec 16, 2004		Han is a great guy but his teaching style is difficult to follow for finance. His lecture is all powerpoint and finance is not a powerpoint kind of class. I was dissapointed in that I did not learn as much about International Finance as I wanted to, mainly because of the style of learning. He has one midterm, a project and a final. The tests were all off of the powerpoints - the project was the only real learning tool in the class but it was still not enough. If you are looking for an overview of International, you will get it with Han, but if you really want to understand it and know the material, consider finding out more first...

BUS 433 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:42 am, Nov 23, 2004		Bing is tight. Your grade is based on a midterm, a final, a group paper and participation, all of which are fairly easy. He also uses a microphone in class which is pretty cool.

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