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William McClenahan BMGT380H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/21/2013	Professor McClenahan is one of the BEST professors at the Smith School, if not the University of Maryland as a whole. He really knows the material well and explains it to the students in an interesting, engaging way. You will be expected to do a relatively heavy amount of reading each week (including cases, which are the important part). I don't know about the other professors for B-Law, but in his class you will learn. 3 exams (including final, not cumulative) and an optional paper that could bring down the weight from each exam. If you give an honest effort on the paper, you will get an A, and God forbid learn something too. DO NOT GET INTIMIDATED ON DAY ONE! He WILL scare you. But he gets comfortable with the class over time and will crack funny jokes and make the class enjoyable. Take this class with McClenahan.
William McClenahan BMGT380H Expecting an A Anonymous 05/23/2012	There will be people that give you horror stories of Professor McClenahan which had me worried going into the class. However, his teaching style is extremely effective. Most classes are case review. You are expected to read before class but not everyone does. You do get a better participation grade if you volunteer to go over cases or he will cold call at times. Classes go back surprisingly quickly since the discussions are quite engaging. Most of the class is based on 3 exams. You can do an optional paper to lower the value of each exam. Do the paper since it's basically an automatic A if you submit it by the review deadline before the final deadline. The exams are 50% multiple choice, 50% 2 essays. The multiple choice are a bit tricky while the essays really depend on your ability to understand the law and how it applies. Most of the essay questions are similar to cases in class and he expects you to make arguments for certain sides. Also make a good cheat sheet but don't feel the need to make a full paper at 4 pt font. That is completely unnecessary since 95% of it, you won't even use since he expects you be understand how arguments are made based on law, not what the law says.
William McClenahan BMGT380H Anonymous 07/16/2010	The first few classes I felt very intimidated, but I really enjoyed this class. He starts to be funny at the end of the semester. Most of class he spends going over cases, so its kind of interesting. If you read the chapter and cases before class you will learn a lot, so try to read. Class was hard to follow when I hadn't read. Try to particpiate as much as possble, so at least read the cases and understand some of them really well before class. People generally volunteered in my class, so he only randomly called on people twice. The class is 3 exams worth 30% each and participation worth 10%. Exams are 15ish multiple choice and 2 essays. Exams are graded strictly, but he does curve, and you get a cheat sheet. Having a cheat sheet means you have to apply the concepts instead of just remember them.
William McClenahan BMGT380H pookie 06/12/2009	Hard class. Lots of reading and you have to read ahead of time. Do at least 3-5 case debriefs if you want to get full participation. Exams are extremely difficult with 10-15 MC and 2 essays. Grades essays EXTREMELY strictly. I knew a lot of 4.0 honors students who got 0's on one of more of the essays. He'll even give out 2/3 out of 7 points...usually the average for the exams will be around 20/30. Basically you need a 76/100 to get an A including 10 pts particupation averaging to a 22/30 per exam. Final is brutal. However, he does know what he's talking about and you do learn a lot due to the forced reading. If you're a bad writer avoid this at all costs because you will suffer. The grade distribution on our umd 70+% A's is definitely outdated...my honors class definintely had less than 50% A's with a few C's...you have been warned
William McClenahan BMGT380H Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2007	He's tough, but good. Take the reading seriously. On exams, you actually have to think, not just regurgitate information.