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Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/11/2022	The sweetest most caring professor I've ever had. The class material itself isn't the most interesting and classes can feel long, but the class overall is not bad at all. Attendance is taken though. There are two case studies(one individual and one with a group you can choose) a final project and paper, and a final exam. All were not difficult and Zhang is extremely responsive to email if you ever need help or have questions. No textbook needed for this class and if you ever need to miss class just send her an email and you'll be excused.
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/28/2020	This professor was the sweetest, most caring professor I have had. Course content is easy to follow, and the professor always ensures extra practice with the class as a whole if it appears as though the class is not fully understanding the content.
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Anonymous 12/19/2020	Take her for this class. Not only is she a great professor but the kindest one I’ve ever had at UMD. Class is very manageable and would highly recommend
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2016	She is a really caring professor. The material is really straightforward, and the exams are fairly easy. She actually allows you up to 4 multiple choice questions where you can choose an answer and then back it up with your own reasoning, and you can either earn full or partial credit. DON'T NEED THE BOOK AT ALL. Her powerpoint slides tell you what you need for your exam. In fact, all the information you need in the study guide can be found on her slides.
Janet Wagner BMGT353 Expecting a C+ neveragain 12/21/2012	I have never been more unimpressed by a professor. Janet Wagner is the epitome of someone that you don't want as a teacher and I wish I took all these previous reviews seriously before thinking I was going to be ok. Sure, I looked at the grade breakdown on OurUMD and believed I would easily fall within the A or B range. However, although I put considerable effort forth in this course and went to talk to her multiple times about different concepts outside of class, I surprisingly found myself in the 1% C range. First, there is no room for error in this course. Honestly, you need to do everything absolutely the way she wants it done or there's no chance of getting an appropriate grade. For example, towards the beginning of the semester, we had a group presentation (and was the second group to go, so we had a good idea of what to expect) where we followed the syllabus and met with her beforehand to make sure what we were doing was correct. After we presented, she basically told us that we did everything wrong in front of the entire class. Not only did we actually do everything right (which we found out after we met with her after class), but she disrespected us in front of everyone and still only received a B+ on a perfect presentation. This woman has no moral compass and believes that everything in her head is right. Second, DON'T BUY THE BOOK. On multiple occasions, only AFTER the first test, she said that she mainly relies on everything in her slides. On the first exam I took, there is a definition section where you define vocabulary words that she gives you. Seems easy enough, right? So I used the definitions given in the book and to my surprise, I get pretty much the entire section wrong (8 points off my grade on the test). When I went to talk to her after class about it, she said, even though I checked and it was nowhere on the review sheet or anywhere else, that she expected us to use her definitions in the slides and that she had mentioned it ONE TIME in class. I argued about why the book is required although we use her concepts instead and she didn't have an answer for me except, "Tough luck, you won't be getting any credit back on this test and you should consider sitting closer to the front of the class." I've never been more disrespected in my college career and, looking back, those points would've earned me an appropriate B in the class. Lastly, class participation. If you don't participate multiple times in every single class, you won't get full credit. Not only did I attend every class except for two (that were excused), but I participated every now and again and ended up with a lowly 70/100. For a second, I thought she was out to get me until I heard that everyone else in the class finished with poor class participation grades. I couldn't tell you what goes through her head during the grading process, but it's definitely not rational. To be honest, I'm not sure what Janet's deal is, but I believe she is drastically overpaid, a terrible professor and I can't believe she earned a Ph.D. Whatever you do, do not take a class with her.
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/19/2012	For some reason, marketing classes bore me out of my mind. To put it frankly, over 90% of the material taught in marketing classes are common sense. I have no clue why this is even a major. This class was no different. Typical boring book and lectures that conveys common sense material packaged together with vocabulary words that aren't used by every day people to make it seem like a subject worth learning. Meh. I only took the class because the textbook was so cheap, but didn't open it once throughout the entire semester and still got an A. The only thing about the class that I would say was positive was that the professor was enthusiastic.
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/29/2011	other reviews are spot on. great teacher, actually learns all her students' names. tries to make the class fun, reacts to student feedback, kinda boring lecture though. Don't bother buying the book.
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting a B kballsler 12/14/2011	Awesome professor. Loves to chat and chat, and chat some more. But she does make things easy so that anyone could pass. In addition she gets flustered when you look at her so don't be alarmed if she turns beet red or starts to blabber about nonsense. Choose her 5/5 times over any other professor.
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2010	Zhang is AMAZING. She is by far one of the best professors I've had in my college career. She's smart, she knows her stuff, she's INCREDIBLY nice, and she tries so hard to make class fun and engaging; she really values student input from the bottom of her heart, and she tries to reach out to students in a very personal way. The class itself is extremely easy. There's only 1 midterm exam, 3 Field Studies, a semester long group project, and the Final. The Midterm was very easy; I just reviewed the lecture notes and got an A+ on it. The field studies are really simple and you basically get credit just for doing them! All they consist of is 2-3 double spaced pages about some retail topic. She even says you don't need to worry about making the writing that great. The group project isn't bad at all; it's just a paper and a presentation. As long as you get a good group of people, you should be able to do it very easily. Plus you choose your topic and ours was really interesting, so I had fun doing it. Finally, the final isn't bad either. You learn a lot from this class about retail concepts and I loved the material. I thought Zhang was very understanding and approachable, and she can explain any concept with ease! If you take 353, TAKE IT WITH ZHANG!!
Jie Zhang BMGT353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2010	Professor Zhang is extremely nice. The only problem is that she LOVES to talk, which makes lectures boring. if she didnt take attendance, class would be pointless. DO NOT BUY THE BOOK. literally nothing from the book is on the exams or discussed in class. im not sure why we have one. you just have to buy a small case packet for $10. the class isnt hard, it isnt exciting, but the teacher really wants you to do well. its basically two tests and one big project with 3 little projects graded 100% if you do them.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/11/2022

The sweetest most caring professor I've ever had. The class material itself isn't the most interesting and classes can feel long, but the class overall is not bad at all. Attendance is taken though. There are two case studies(one individual and one with a group you can choose) a final project and paper, and a final exam. All were not difficult and Zhang is extremely responsive to email if you ever need help or have questions. No textbook needed for this class and if you ever need to miss class just send her an email and you'll be excused.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/28/2020

This professor was the sweetest, most caring professor I have had. Course content is easy to follow, and the professor always ensures extra practice with the class as a whole if it appears as though the class is not fully understanding the content.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Anonymous
12/19/2020

Take her for this class. Not only is she a great professor but the kindest one I’ve ever had at UMD. Class is very manageable and would highly recommend

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/18/2016

She is a really caring professor. The material is really straightforward, and the exams are fairly easy. She actually allows you up to 4 multiple choice questions where you can choose an answer and then back it up with your own reasoning, and you can either earn full or partial credit. DON'T NEED THE BOOK AT ALL. Her powerpoint slides tell you what you need for your exam. In fact, all the information you need in the study guide can be found on her slides.

Janet Wagner
BMGT353

Expecting a C+
neveragain
12/21/2012

I have never been more unimpressed by a professor. Janet Wagner is the epitome of someone that you don't want as a teacher and I wish I took all these previous reviews seriously before thinking I was going to be ok. Sure, I looked at the grade breakdown on OurUMD and believed I would easily fall within the A or B range. However, although I put considerable effort forth in this course and went to talk to her multiple times about different concepts outside of class, I surprisingly found myself in the 1% C range. First, there is no room for error in this course. Honestly, you need to do everything absolutely the way she wants it done or there's no chance of getting an appropriate grade. For example, towards the beginning of the semester, we had a group presentation (and was the second group to go, so we had a good idea of what to expect) where we followed the syllabus and met with her beforehand to make sure what we were doing was correct. After we presented, she basically told us that we did everything wrong in front of the entire class. Not only did we actually do everything right (which we found out after we met with her after class), but she disrespected us in front of everyone and still only received a B+ on a perfect presentation. This woman has no moral compass and believes that everything in her head is right. Second, DON'T BUY THE BOOK. On multiple occasions, only AFTER the first test, she said that she mainly relies on everything in her slides. On the first exam I took, there is a definition section where you define vocabulary words that she gives you. Seems easy enough, right? So I used the definitions given in the book and to my surprise, I get pretty much the entire section wrong (8 points off my grade on the test). When I went to talk to her after class about it, she said, even though I checked and it was nowhere on the review sheet or anywhere else, that she expected us to use her definitions in the slides and that she had mentioned it ONE TIME in class. I argued about why the book is required although we use her concepts instead and she didn't have an answer for me except, "Tough luck, you won't be getting any credit back on this test and you should consider sitting closer to the front of the class." I've never been more disrespected in my college career and, looking back, those points would've earned me an appropriate B in the class. Lastly, class participation. If you don't participate multiple times in every single class, you won't get full credit. Not only did I attend every class except for two (that were excused), but I participated every now and again and ended up with a lowly 70/100. For a second, I thought she was out to get me until I heard that everyone else in the class finished with poor class participation grades. I couldn't tell you what goes through her head during the grading process, but it's definitely not rational. To be honest, I'm not sure what Janet's deal is, but I believe she is drastically overpaid, a terrible professor and I can't believe she earned a Ph.D. Whatever you do, do not take a class with her.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
02/19/2012

For some reason, marketing classes bore me out of my mind. To put it frankly, over 90% of the material taught in marketing classes are common sense. I have no clue why this is even a major. This class was no different. Typical boring book and lectures that conveys common sense material packaged together with vocabulary words that aren't used by every day people to make it seem like a subject worth learning. Meh. I only took the class because the textbook was so cheap, but didn't open it once throughout the entire semester and still got an A. The only thing about the class that I would say was positive was that the professor was enthusiastic.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/29/2011

other reviews are spot on. great teacher, actually learns all her students' names. tries to make the class fun, reacts to student feedback, kinda boring lecture though. Don't bother buying the book.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting a B
kballsler
12/14/2011

Awesome professor. Loves to chat and chat, and chat some more. But she does make things easy so that anyone could pass. In addition she gets flustered when you look at her so don't be alarmed if she turns beet red or starts to blabber about nonsense. Choose her 5/5 times over any other professor.

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/16/2010

Zhang is AMAZING. She is by far one of the best professors I've had in my college career. She's smart, she knows her stuff, she's INCREDIBLY nice, and she tries so hard to make class fun and engaging; she really values student input from the bottom of her heart, and she tries to reach out to students in a very personal way. The class itself is extremely easy. There's only 1 midterm exam, 3 Field Studies, a semester long group project, and the Final. The Midterm was very easy; I just reviewed the lecture notes and got an A+ on it. The field studies are really simple and you basically get credit just for doing them! All they consist of is 2-3 double spaced pages about some retail topic. She even says you don't need to worry about making the writing that great. The group project isn't bad at all; it's just a paper and a presentation. As long as you get a good group of people, you should be able to do it very easily. Plus you choose your topic and ours was really interesting, so I had fun doing it. Finally, the final isn't bad either. You learn a lot from this class about retail concepts and I loved the material. I thought Zhang was very understanding and approachable, and she can explain any concept with ease! If you take 353, TAKE IT WITH ZHANG!!

Jie Zhang
BMGT353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/16/2010

Professor Zhang is extremely nice. The only problem is that she LOVES to talk, which makes lectures boring. if she didnt take attendance, class would be pointless. DO NOT BUY THE BOOK. literally nothing from the book is on the exams or discussed in class. im not sure why we have one. you just have to buy a small case packet for $10. the class isnt hard, it isnt exciting, but the teacher really wants you to do well. its basically two tests and one big project with 3 little projects graded 100% if you do them.

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