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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Elective 1:41 pm, Jun 12, 2013 Report Evaluation |
To put it frankly... this guy doesn't know shit about fuck. He lectures the entire quarter about things that relate to Ag Policy but not Ag Policy itself. Instead of doing useful things like seeing how policy is made and analyzing the farm bill, we just focus on the equimarginal principle and externalities. He will give you a test and ask you to define a term. You can put "His" definition on there verbatim and he will dock you off for not explaining it. If you explain, you will most assuredly lose points as it is not the explanation he wanted to see. Do not take this class if you don't have to as you will finish it wondering why you chose a class to get a C in and still didnt learn shit. Waste of Time. | |
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AGB 310 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 8:27 pm, May 9, 2013 Report Evaluation |
He is the worst teacher I have ever had... His grading was ridiculously unfair and not only that, I literally do not see what the point of this class was... we talked about the same concept the entire quarter. The class is mostly group work which he assigns a week or less in advance. He never responds to emails.. when asked to explain what I did wrong on a test question he replied, look online. He asked us in the end of the quarter, how would you like to see things graded? (isn't that the teachers job) because we didn't do half of the stuff he said we were going to. Oh p.s. everyone in my group got a C in the class while one student got an A. And we were all "supposed" to receive the same grades. | |
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AGB 212 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:52 pm, Apr 28, 2013 Report Evaluation |
MacDougall is a nice guy if you're smart. If not, I recommend taking someone else because if you're not naturally inclined to understand economics then he will not give two shits about your grade. Also, there is absolutely NO agriculture aspects of the class. NONE. NOT ONE. This guy probably doesn't even know what a cow looks like. He constantly talks shit about Fresno State being inferior to CP but in reality he isn't even qualified to teach there. Or any Ag College as far as I'm concerned. | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Elective 12:27 pm, Apr 9, 2013 Report Evaluation |
worse teacher of m entire academic career. possibly the most incompetent/stupidest human ive ever met. i hate this guy i hope he gets fired..he definitely doesnt deserve a job in education | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 10:59 am, Mar 22, 2013 Report Evaluation |
"Mr. MacDougall, what you just said is the most insanely idiotic thing I have ever heard. At no point in your incoherent rambling response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. We are all now dumber for having had listened to it. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul!!" This quote basically sums up how I felt everyday that I walked out of MacDougall's class. The previous comment nailed it on the head. MacDougall teaches with the most biased opinion. He is a self proclaimed "flaming communist". He's very good at avoiding answering student's questions. It's so weird how he becomes "sick" and cancels office hours whenever he passes back a midterm or a quiz that he just knows he just boned us on... Therefore, he doesn't answer questions for at least a week. This tree-hugging son of a bitch should not be teaching at Cal Poly. End of story. | |
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AGB 312 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:27 am, Mar 22, 2013 Report Evaluation |
I gave MacDougall the benefit of the doubt before this quarter started because I was interested in policy. Neal MacDougall is by far the worst teacher that I've had in any level of education. I'm convinced that he knows nothing about Ag Policy (the name of the class) so he just teaches about externalities. He will talk about one topic all quarter long!!! He grades completely arbitrarily and he tests material that he doesn't explain in class. His tests consisted of a couple questions about externalities and a couple micro econ questions that he never went over in class. I counted three days in the entire quarter where he lectured over real material, and the rest were him rambling on about the same examples for externalities and preparing for another group project. I tried debating one of his points in class and he just got frustrated and couldn't hold a real argument, so he just started yelling at me and making up false credentials about how smart he was and how I knew nothing, he acts like a child when he is under pressure. He doesn't lecture well, he doesn't test easy, he doesn't grade easy, he doesn't give you any useful knowledge for the future, you won't be happy with your grade, and he isn't a pleasant person to be around. If you want to take a class where you will learn nothing from your teacher, you are required to do a lot of projects, and you will receive a poor grade without an objective explanation, then go ahead and take MacDougall. I would consider dropping my major before taking another class from MacDougall, he is actually that bad of a teacher. | |
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AGB 212 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 3:59 pm, Mar 20, 2013 Report Evaluation |
Professor MacDougall is a kind man who seems to overall want to help and better his students, however some of his learning techniques could be refined. His methods for lecture and note taking are sometimes scattered and confusing (especially on a more difficult subject matter). If taking this class I would recommend forming study groups early on because you will find it necessary to teach/learn most of the material on your own. Do not procrastinate, it will haunt you. | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 12:19 pm, Mar 19, 2013 Report Evaluation |
This class is not at all what it seems. It should be titled Externalities and not Agricultural Policy. The entire class is focused on one single concept and if you don't understand it you you will receive a poor grade. His grading is extremely weird so you have to constantly email him or go to office hours to understand any of it. Honestly, the class could be very helpful however it seemed like everyone thought that it was a waste of time. | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 11:09 am, Mar 13, 2013 Report Evaluation |
this class was my far the most disappointing class i've ever taken in my academic career and is such a sad reflection of what our educational system has become. first of all, professor macdougall is by far the worst lecturer known to mankind and his inability to present the material is pathetic--i dont even know how this guy has a job. this is an ag policy class-one that most agb students could find really helpful. however throughout the quarter we didnt learn anything that had to do with ag policies, but rather reviewed microeconomics. all the tests/homeworks/in class stuff is graded extremely subjective so unless your this guys teachers pet, youre shit out of luck. this class was set up like a kindergarten class. it was so frustrating to sit through his lectures when he looks and talks to you like youre a child. he's without a doubt the LAZIEST teacher i've ever come across--part of his test was to have us come up with a lesson plan..which im sure hell use next quarter since he doesnt have a clue what the f hes talking about when he lectures. honestly, ive never written a poor polyrating before because i always give my teachers the benefit of the doubt, but macdougall was such a disappointment and a waste of my time and education, that i strongly advise other students to avoid taking him, so you can spend your money on a real education. | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:41 pm, Dec 11, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Definitely should have payed closer attentions to all of these reviews. This guys is terrible. This is a "POLICY" class yet we went over very few topics regarding "POLICY". Make sure to take 212 right before enrolling in this class because that will be essential for success. Actually, you will probably get the same grade because they are pretty much the same. He makes the most condensing remarks to students in class and doesn't directly answer any questions. | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 11:39 pm, Nov 29, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Definitely should have listened to the reviews before i signed up to take a class with this guy. We spent the entire quarter learning economics and never opened the book. He is a total jerk in class and this was by far the most frustrating class i have ever taken. This was a Policy class but yet didnt learn one policy. He is also very liberal which can get annoying. Oh ya, he dresses like he works at bestbuy. | |
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AGB 312 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 5:42 pm, Oct 20, 2012 Report Evaluation |
This course is so disappointing that I feel obligated to write a review during the middle of the quarter. Cons: 1. Extremely subjective grading 2. Turns what should be a "Ag-Policy" course into a concentrated Econ course based on his beliefs, opinions and definitions of what supply and demand is. 3. Refuses to end class early (keeps you doing busy work till the end) 4. Passes out assignments after class, not before, causing students to be late for other commitments. 5. Even though a textbook is required for the course, we have not covered one topic from it (which he even admitted during the 5th week). 6. Absolutely NO structure to lesson plans. We have covered 3 things in the past 5 weeks 1. Supply and Demand 2. Elasticity 3. A little bit about Prop 37 (which he is passionately Pro) In 5 weeks we have briefly talked about ONE Ag policy. I was very interested in this course because it directly applies to what my career choice is, sadly if the course continues in this fashion I will consider this a complete waste of time and waste of my money. I have never witnessed a course where most look visibly frustrated and agitated during class. Will do everything possible to avoid this professor in the future. | |
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AGB 212 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:13 am, Mar 21, 2012 Report Evaluation |
i was actually kinda surprised by all of the negative comments below. I really didn't know what to expect when I took this class but i thought he was a pretty good teacher and a really nice guy. If you miss any assignments he always let me turn them in later and didnt even take points off. I got Cs on both midterms but got a B in the class. If you just do the hw, you get an A for 15% of your grade. We also had 30% for group projects, 20% for final reflection, two 10% midterms and the rest quizzes. the quizzes and midterms are hard but if you do everything else you will get at least a B. | |
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AGB 212 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 5:16 pm, Mar 11, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Prof. MacDougall was an average teacher, but fails to effectively lecture on the concepts. He spends the whole quarter lecturing on only a few concepts, and expects you to be able to interpret and explain every concept. His tests are not cumulative; however, over 40% of our grade was determined from assignments during dead week and finals week. He likes to use groups a lot during class as well as projects outside of class. Overall, I found the class very tedious and too focused on an understanding of only a few concepts. | |
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AGB 212 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:47 pm, Dec 27, 2011 Report Evaluation |
Do not take this class unless you enjoy not knowing your grade until dead week, enjoy being lectured everyday on things that do not relate back to what will be tested on, and like going into office hours for homework help only for him to turn you away and tell you to figure it out and leave his office. He is a flaky professor, unprofessional, and ruined me for 313. I would have taken any other professor even at worse times just to not have MacDougall. This guy is A DOUCHE. DON"T TAKE HIS CLASS> | |
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AGB 212 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:03 pm, Dec 19, 2011 Report Evaluation |
MacDougall is the worst professor I’ve ever had the misfortune to have. He is unorganized, apathetic about student’s success, and unreliable. I learned absolutely nothing in this joke of a class. He never gave us a syllabus nor did he update us on our grades. Office hours were completely useless and uncomfortable. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. | |
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AGB 212 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:33 pm, Dec 6, 2011 Report Evaluation |
He makes you tell stories for pretty much everything and if it's wrong, he doesn't say why. He's a better teacher for AGB 212 than Jay Noel, but still not great! DON'T TAKE HIM! | |
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AGB 460 Senior Grade Earned: F Required (Major) 12:56 pm, Dec 14, 2010 Report Evaluation |
This is the first class i have ever failed in my entire life. There are so many different ways to do senior project that i recommend doing it any other way then this guy. He has no understanding that the students are on there last leg and trying to graduate. I got an F in this class and put in a good amount of time into a paper awaiting hopefully a C- or at least a D- which is still passing and allowing me to be done next quarter. I did all the work in his class and had a B on in class work, but it did not matter cause the Paper grade is all that counts and it was an F, an 11.5/20 or a 57.5 percent. I don\'t know what this guys problem is, or why he enjoys failing a good amount of the class, but i hope he likes the amount of tuition that is being wasted on every F he hands out. The job security must be nice. Thanks for a great big huge waste of ten weeks and a terrible thanksgiving due to me trying to meet your impossible format instead of just saying screw it and having fun with my family instead of stressing the whole time. | |
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AGB 313 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:36 pm, Nov 30, 2010 Report Evaluation |
Wow, all the low ratings are kind of mind boggling. MacDougall is probably my favorite AGB professor I\'ve had so far and one of the best professors I\'ve had at Poly. Not only does MacDougall explain the material very well, but he practically forces you to understand it. He emphasizes interpretations, which may get a little annoying but it really helps with understanding the material outside of the mathematics. There\'s 3 midterms, and optional final, one easy homework assignment a week, and one quiz a week. Not only is Macdougall extremely approachable, but he\'s also quite understanding and forgiving. He gave me a chance to make up a homework that I totally screwed up on. Not sure why this class has such a bad rap among AGB students; if you are at all comfortable with basic calculus and algebra you should be totally fine in this class. | |
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AGB 315 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: N/A Elective 6:16 pm, Feb 17, 2010 Report Evaluation |
This was one of the worst taught classes I have taken at Cal Poly. On top of the countless readings, one of which is his own dissertation, who asks you to read their own dissertation? You are asked to write 500 word papers about these readings that sum them up in order for you to use them later on to write another essay comparing two of the dumb ass papers. He claimed that my papers had to much fluff in them and that I needed to not quote as much, well some of the stupid fucking papers are entirely fluff. By the way he didn\'t tell us this until we had finished and turned in five of them. One of the papers would stat a fact and repeat that fact over and over. How are you supposed to write 500 words without fluff if the whole paper is fluff. Oh and do not ask him a question and expect a straight forward answer. I asked how long our final essays had to be and the answer was, \"shorter than longer.\" than I asked what is short he changed the subject!!!!!!!! DON\'T TAKE THIS CLASS, for the love of god | |
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AGB 318 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 9:59 am, Feb 17, 2010 Report Evaluation |
Yes there is plenty of reason to bach on this d-bag, he\'s the worst professor I\'ve ever had at poly. I think he was picked on as a kid and has never been able to get over it, so he takes it out on students that he feels intimidated by. I wish I could punch this little guy in the mouth. As for the class, I took him while in Valladolid, Spain and he knew nothing about the course. If you plan on studying abroad, take ALL of your classes with different teachers because you will have a much better experience. | |
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AGB 313 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 7:08 pm, Jun 7, 2009 Report Evaluation |
Honestly no need to bash the guy, all i have to say is DO NOT take him. The midterms are worded completely differently than the way you learn the material in class. I as well as many other classmates had no clue what he was asking when it came to tests because the wording is absolutely ridiculous. If you want to pass his class, you better plan on not only attending every class but being completely 100% focused and attentive during every lecture. I will never take another class with MacDougall, good luck! | |
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AGB 315 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:15 pm, Apr 3, 2008 Report Evaluation |
Professor MacDougall is very smart, always prepared, honest, up to date on issues, and is also a nice guy. My thinking has been challenged in his classes, and I have learned more in them than any other AGB courses. His classes are writing and reading comprehension intensive and are interesting because he can merge concepts with actual situations and always has current topics to look at. My writing improved a lot and because we covered such current and interesting issues, I have been able to use my research for papers in other classes. He uses blackboard extensively, lets students know exactly what is due on what dates, and has well defined assignments far in advance. I highly recommend him for any class he teaches because he will undoubtedly put all his effort into making it an opportunity for you to learn a lot! | |
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AGB 460 Senior Grade Earned: F Required (Major) 6:35 pm, Mar 27, 2007 Report Evaluation |
Dont ever take him. Hes a bastard. Unless you are super liberal you do not want this little man. | |
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AGB 460 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: F Required (Major) 1:26 pm, Feb 28, 2007 Report Evaluation |
without a doubt, the worst professor I've taken in my college career. This guy is such a prick, he failed over half of my senior project class. The world would be a better place if this guy took a very long walk off a short pier. Avoid MacDoughall at all costs even if you have to take senior project with another major. AVOIDAVOIDAVOIDAVOIDAVOID.....i can't tell you how much this guy absolutly licks ass | |
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AGB 313 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:52 pm, Nov 12, 2006 Report Evaluation |
The most helpful thing I can say about Dr. MacDougall is go to his office hours early in the quarter, and engrain your name into his head. He treats the people who show they care about his class very well, and he calms all the nerves you may have about the class. It's been a while since I took this class, but if he still has a teacher assistant, I recommend showing all your work to them before you turn it in. The tests are pretty easy if you have the homework down. | |
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AGB 313 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:28 pm, Jun 9, 2006 Report Evaluation |
Many people complain about MacDougal...there complaints are unwarranted. He is a good teacher and provides students with the tools necessary to succeed in his class. If you do poorly it is because you neglected your responsibilities as a student. | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 10:37 pm, Apr 27, 2006 Report Evaluation |
MacDougall is a tough teacher for 313, although has strong teaching skills. Possessing a Ph.D, He is very technical and stresses interpretations of calculus and mathematical concepts in the economic sector. My best advice: take him if you REALLY want to learn Economic Analysis, and you'd better attend all his classes if you want to attain a good grade. I missed two the whole quarter and was almost screwed. | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:20 pm, Jun 14, 2005 Report Evaluation |
This is a hard class, but if you attend all class sessions and try your best you will do fine with Macdougall. He is very thorough and willing to help those who need it. I am really not sure why he has such poor recommendations but I thought he was great! Give him a chance! | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:26 am, Jun 2, 2005 Report Evaluation |
I honestly don't know how some people have nice things to say about this terrible teacher. Maybe I had a different Neal MacDougall, because this asshole was god awful. It has nothing to do with him being hard. I will try to avoid insulting him on a personal level, but he is easily the worst teacher I have ever had! | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:30 pm, Apr 12, 2005 Report Evaluation |
MacDougall is an excellent teacher and I would take him again in a second. I can honestly say I actually learned something in his class and even one year later-it stuck! Yea, his class is a lot of work, but as long as you keep up with the class and make sure you understand everything you do on the homeworks, I don't see why anyone would have so much trouble with his class. He's very approachable and very smart. If you want to learn something, you should take him. | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:14 pm, Mar 16, 2005 Report Evaluation |
This class is not difficult. The people giving MacDougall bad reviews are the students that expect to sit in lecture and soak up all the information without lifting a finger. If you perform like this, you will fail in most of the classes you take. You are not in high school anymore, you have to study and prepare. MacDougall is one of the best professors I have had at Cal Poly. He knows what he's talking about, and if willing to help you out if you do not understand. Keys to this class: 1)skim the book ahead of time. Seriously, a lot of the information could be confusing so even just looking at it for 5 minutes will help a lot. 2) before the midterms, write down all the equations that you need to know. there are not that many but they are straightforeward, and it you get them all differentiated you will do fine. 3) you get credit if you try the homework, so at least try to do some. 4) a lot of the quizzes come from the homeworks, which answers are posted on blackboard, so review them before the quizzes. 5) final is optional, so work hard in the beginning and you will do great. I highly recommend this professor, its an easy A if you apply yourself. | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 10:37 am, Feb 16, 2005 Report Evaluation |
Contrary to some of Macdeezy's reviews he is an excellent 313 teacher, Kenny Boyd and Alexis Valerio really enjoy coming to your class at 9:30 MWF. Hope all of you take Macdeezy for 313 you will learn a lot more from this professor than all the others po cho! | |
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AGB 460 Senior Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 1:02 am, Feb 1, 2005 Report Evaluation |
Contrary to what you may have heard, Neal MacDougall is not the devil. This skinny little pencil-neck bitch doesn't have what it takes to be the dark overlord. He's shitty enough at trying to teach so there is no way he would be able to handle ruling over hell. Anyway, here's what you need to know if you are dumb enough to take this guy's class. MacDouchebag consistently shows up late for class, usually five to ten minutes on average. The first two to three weeks are a complete waste of your fucking time so don't bother showing up until around the fourth week. For your first draft of your senior project, I would recommend doing as half-ass a job as possible because no matter how good you may think it is, MacDouchebag will think it is crap. Just so you know, he will provide you with lots of comments about how terrible your work is but he will not give you any advice about how you can make it better. For the final draft, you will need to focus on making MacDouchebag happy. This class is not about writing a good senior project, its about fixing nit-picky bullshit so that MacDouchebag will pass you. Along the way there will be lame assignments and quizzes, again, a waste of your fucking time. By the way MacDouchebag, I know you are going to take the time to read this evaluation since you care so much about what your students think about you. I hope you take some of this criticism under consideration and stop being a dick. Please take this course with another instructor. Fuck this asshole. | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:01 pm, Sep 29, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Prof. MacDougal is a great teacher. The class is very challenging, but MacDougall presents the material very clearly and relates it to the real world. He is organized and pretty easy going when you get to know him. I read all the horror stories about him on this website, but I made myself stay in the class to see if they were right. I found that I do not agree with those stories. The main thing that I appreciated was the fact that he will spend more time in class than planned going over a problem that students are having trouble understanding. He won't just fly through stuff and expect you to learn it by yourself. You do have to work hard and study like crazy to do well in this class, but if you take MacDougall, you will learn a lot. | |
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AGB 460 Graduate Student Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 12:10 am, Sep 22, 2004 Report Evaluation |
MacDougall is not Cal Poly quality...I would not recommend taking him! He maybe very organized-but that is the only thing he has going for him. He is a horrid instructor for senior project. AVIOD HIM for Senior Project--he does get you organized, but is inconsistant in evaluating the written project. | |
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AGB 460 Senior Grade Earned: F Required (Major) 2:30 pm, Sep 21, 2004 Report Evaluation |
I had pointdexter for 460 and had to repeat it the following quarter. I worked my ass off and it skrewed all my other classes up in the process. He makes you write about six papers which are usually irrelavent to your topic. There was absolutly no time to work on the actual project until the last two weeks. I took it with another teacher, turned in the same copy and got a B on the paper that Mcfagle failed me on. He wants ten year so bad that he screws students over in the process. He's got big time little man complex and he can finnaly take it out through teaching. He may know the information decently, but he cant teach or grade it worth crap. Maybe he just needs to get laid! | |
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AGB 313 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:57 pm, Aug 4, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Professoe MacDougall is by far the best professor I have had at this school. I like his class so much I even asked him to be my advisor. Although he is hard, and you have to come to class to get a good grade, he is by all means a fair grader. He is always willing to help outside of class. Unlike some teachers, he ALWAYS shows up to his office hours. I highly reccomend going to these, they help tremendously! To get to the point, if you want an easy A, take easy A Avey. But if you want an awesome teacher who knows his stuff, take MacDougall. | |
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AGB 213 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 3:20 pm, Jul 31, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Prof MacDougal was the worst teacher ever!!! Not only was he hard, but he made you do work that wasn't even relevant to any of the topics. He thinks that he is a hard ass, but he know's that evereyone hates him. He picks on you in class... YES he makes you answer infront of everyone and if you don't know the answer he makes you feel stupid. If you try to ask him a question he won't answer you because he never knows the answer. BASICALLY HE SUCKS AND YOU HAVE TO BE ON HARD DRUGS TO TAKE HIM!!!!!!!! | |
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AGB 213 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:44 pm, Nov 13, 2003 Report Evaluation |
Overall a very good teacher. If you dont show up to letcures you'll be in trouble but if you show up and pay atention you should have no problem. Very helpfull when answering questions. He is not as bad as some people think. | |
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AGB 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 10:14 pm, Aug 7, 2003 Report Evaluation |
TOUGH teacher but effective. Willing to help, I really learned a lot from him. If your looking to really learn AG Econ, and are up for the challenge, I reccomend him. Don't expect to walk through his course. | |
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AGB 213 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 12:08 pm, Jun 9, 2003 Report Evaluation |
Dr. MacDougall is a professor who knows his stuff but doesn't know how to convey it well. He expects all students to walk into the class and pick up the math in a matter of about a week. If you can't pass the "Math Proficiency Exam" (which I luckily did) he drops your grade a full letter at the end of the term. Instead of ensuring that the understanding of the economic principals is solid in everyone's mind, he challenges you with not only the principals but also ridiculously hard math. His examples in class all use nice, round numbers and exponents, which gives a false feeling of comprehension because the HW and tests are nothing like that. His grading methods are questionable so be on the lookout for errors. Homeworks take about 2-4 hours each (only one per week though) and are only worth 5%. Overall, MacDougall isn't too bad in lecture but the tests, homework, and grading scale is from hell. | |
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AGB 213 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 4:13 pm, Jun 7, 2003 Report Evaluation |
I didn't expect this class to be as difficult as it was. The more I studied the worse my grade got. He makes it extremely hard to understand the concepts because of his extremely hard math. If you are good at math then go for it. If your so-so at all, don't take it. I had friends w/ other teachers for this course and they when they saw the ridiculous pressure for math they just laughed. Other teachers are more about learning the concepts and making the math easy. You get so worried about how to do the math that you lose sight of what to do. I taught eventually learned what everything meant, but because I could not do the math I got a C minus. I understood all the material too, that's the sad thing. Good Luck, take if you are good at math. Otherwise search for a professor who is about learning the econ. | |
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AGB 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:49 pm, Jan 6, 2003 Report Evaluation |
You couldn't pay me to take another class from this guy. At the beginning of the quarter I thought that although his class would be hard he would be a fair teacher -- not so. There was information on the tests that was not adequately presented in class. More than half the class failed every test including the final which was by far the hardest test I've ever taken. I earned an A in this class but I worked my butt off for it learning most of the information myself. This is a really hard class without having to deal with MacDougall | |
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AGB 213 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 7:44 pm, Dec 9, 2002 Report Evaluation |
Wow, I think MacDougall is getting a bum rep simply because he's making poeple think. Wow imagine that, you actually have to attend class and study to earn a decent grade. Although some aspects of this class were rather difficult, Neil ALWAYS had time to help out people who were struggling and he was also very helpful durring his office hours. So by all means take another teacher for an easier grade but if you want a teacher who knows his material and you actually want to give your last few brain cells a run for their money take MacDougall. | |
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AGB 212 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 11:17 pm, Oct 8, 2002 Report Evaluation |
Okay...This guy does know his stuff, but he doesn't care if you get it from his teaching methods. The homework load is nothing outrageous, and his tests are somewhat fair. My major problem with this guy is the way he deals with students away from class. I was borderline A to B going into the final, so I tried to get in touch with him about my grade. I emailed him (which he said was the best way to reach him) to find out when would be a good time to go to his office to talk about my grade. This guy had the audacity to tell me that he was too busy grading papers to meet with me and to just do my best. Not a bad teacher, but not a good guy by any means. Turn and run. I never have, nor ever will say anything nice about this guy. | |
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AG 213 Junior Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 2:24 pm, Apr 4, 2002 Report Evaluation |
Do not take neil. He is the devil. his lectures suck, his tests suck. He wont fail you but you can do much better with someone else. ANYONE ELSE!!!! | |
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AGB 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 5:20 pm, Mar 6, 2002 Report Evaluation |
Dr. MacDougall is not a bad person, but he is awful at teaching economics. He seems to teach everything backwards. He will teach you a formula and not tell you why its important or what it is for, until a week later. I would not advise taking his class unless you are will to pay for a tutor from them the very beginning. If you have a hard time in math he is not the teacher to take. | |
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AGB 460 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 11:24 pm, Feb 25, 2002 Report Evaluation |
MacDoug is not a professor for everyone. He does not play around and cuts staight to the point. For this class I have moved ahead and got really going on my senior project. I took him so that procrastination would not be an option and I will have almost my whole project done by the end of the quarter. He has been helpful as well as firm, but it has worked for me. | |
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AGB 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: F Required (Major) 11:14 am, Dec 17, 2001 Report Evaluation |
If you are really good at math, this class won't be anything special. His biggest flaw is that he doesn't give partial credit when you make one small mistake on a problem and it doesn't help matters that on there are only three or four problems on the whole test. I had a good understanding of the material and still managed to fail. The grades on our first test ranged from a zero (there were three zeroes and you can't get a zero if you don't take the first test) to a 105%. The class average was in the fifties. The second test wasn't much better than the first. Prof. Macdougall knows the material, and as far as lecture goes I have had worse teachers. The thing that is terrible about his class are the tests. My advice to anyone planning on taking this class is, unless you got an a in Math 118, stay away from MacDougal. | |
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AGB 213 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 10:08 pm, Dec 11, 2001 Report Evaluation |
HE SUCKS!! By far, he is the worst teacher I have ever had and he is a real pain the ass- DON'T TAKE HIM!!!!! I think he presents fairly understandable material in a very poor fashion. I worked my butt of and I still got a C!!!!!! Its a ridiculous class and MacDougall makes it 100 times harder- DO NOT TAKE HIM | |
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AGB 213 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:48 pm, Nov 28, 2001 Report Evaluation |
Okay okay- DO NOT, BY ANY MEANS, TAKE THIS TEACHER!!!!! I have heard the MacDougall used to be a kick back teacher, but now that he's gotten some years of experience at Poly, he's turned into a real dick. He doesn't present the information well at all. Although he knows it very well, he is an overall horrible teacher!! I am warning you, take someone else like Thompson for this class- Macdougall is awful. I really had to work at this class. My other classes struggled because of the effort I had to make in order to get a decent grade. I'm really not sure what these kids on this web site are talking about. Maybe they had the old, hip Macdougall. All I know, is the guy that I had sucks. And don't event think that you can waltz into his office hours and make buddy buddy with him. He acts as though you are wasting his time and he quickly hurries you out. I know that I will never take another class with this ass again. Good luck with 213, its challenging, but it doesn't have to be impossible. Get a good teacher. AVOID MACDOUGALL!!!!! | |
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AGB 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 3:11 pm, Nov 8, 2001 Report Evaluation |
Professor MacDougall's class is EXTREMELY difficult. He doesn't present the class information well and his tests are impossible. If you decide to take Professor MacDougall's class don't plan on having an easy quarter. His class will take up the majority of your time and thus leaving you with a very small amount of time to study for your other classes. For me, Professor MacDougall's class had an extremely bad affect on my other classes. My advice to you is to take anyother instructor you can. Good Luck. | |
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AGB 212 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 8:42 pm, Aug 1, 2001 Report Evaluation |
Prof. MacDougall keeps you interested during lectures by including the class in discussions. However, even if you have a superior understanding of the course material, it is not necessarily going to be reflected in the grade you receive. My class had a midterm AVERAGE of 52%, with a high of 86%, and he refused to curve. | |
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AGB 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 8:59 pm, Jan 7, 2001 Report Evaluation |
MacDougall lectures in a logical, easy-to-follow manner, and explains the material well. His tests and quizzes are not easy, but if you attend class regularly and do the homework, you will do well. He is very helpful when answering questions, and gives lots of class time to work on homework. | |
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