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Philip Evers
BMGT472 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/15/2023 |
Evers is an extremely knowledgeable professor in supply chain. I have had him for both 472 and 370. If you want to do well in this class AND understand the reasoning for the equations and lessons, take professor Evers. Honestly this has been one of my favorite supply chain classes, although hardest. Pros of class: - The course is curved (depends on the semester but it is pretty generous) - Light work load when it comes to #of exams and assignments - Easy to get attendance points (you can miss one or two in class case studies, although not recommended) (missing a game day will make it difficult to get full attendance points, but you just need to show up to get the points) - The game days are fun, and the reflection assignments for them are easy - Evers is knowledgeable, teaches in a streamlined way, and is easy to understand - Plenty of resources outside of class to help understand concepts you struggle with (office hours) - No busy work, everything is highly related and important for supply chain careers - Total time spent outside of class is relatively low, especially if you go to every class and take detailed notes - The slides are posted before class, and annotated slides are posted after class - The pace of the class is comfortable, nothing gets rushed and you will have sufficient time to take down notes - An equation sheet will be given before exams, you can annotate these ONLY with the definition of the variables - Syllabus is easy to understand and is true to schedule - Easy to contact Evers and he responds fast - Gives partial credit if you show your work Considerations of class: - attendance required partially for grade, but 100% required to do well in the class - slides are not totally comprehensive, a good portion of important content is taught verbally and through examples - The annotated slides can be hard to read as he writes small, you likely will not understand what the annotations mean if you did not attend class even if you can read them lol - Be prepared to take detailed notes and pay attention 100% of the time. Highlighters and colors help to understand some of the more complex problems but not required to understand. - No study guide or practice problems will be given before the exam - Exams are weighted the most and are the biggest portion of your grade. If you do poorly on one exam, you can still get a good grade, but you will need to do well on the other exam (only 2) and all the assignments. - Exams are moderately difficult and questions can be easy to miss if you don’t know the small details or read the questions closely - His humor is quite dry and although nice he is not warm. He will tell you how it is and sometimes forgets that we are not also experts on the subject and expects you to critically think. He will make dry jokes during case studies when no one can answer the question that he would never hire you lol. I find it funny but I think it can be off putting to others. Do not be intimidated by his demeanor, he is actually very kind and will help you when you need. WARNING: these classes are not simple and you CANNOT coast. I did not do the best in 370, but I am looking to get an A in 472 before the curve and an A+ after the curve. Here is how to do well: - Attend every single class. - Take detailed notes of not only what is on the slides, but the things he says and examples he gives. This is key to understanding overall ideas and doing well on the exam (he will include things spoken about but not on slides & specific examples on exams) - If you are struggling to grasp the ideas or equations, GO TO OFFICE HOURS. He is extremely knowledgeable and will help you understand. - Read the cases before the class and annotate them. Pull out the key data points and information. This will help you understand what equations to use and how to think about these problems. - The exams will be difficult if you do not study sufficiently. I study for about 6-12 hours per exam and it is NECESSARY. You will miss small details that are important to understanding the problems if you don’t study for long enough. - Although you are given some of the equations, memorize them also so you fully understand what they do during the test. Not all equations are included on the equation sheet for exams so study the equations you don’t think will be on there (because they might and usually are also on the exam) - Be proactive with assignments especially if it’s a hard topic for you. Give yourself enough time to go to office hours before the due date. If you do you will get 100% on the case homework which helps boost your grade if you don’t do too well on the exams. - When he gives you practice problems, do them! Try to do them soon after class to solidify your understanding with practice. The course seems scary and takes some work but honestly it’s not that bad. I’d say on average I spend 4 hours on this course a week INCLUDING class times. If you don’t go to class, that time will go up. |
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Philip Evers
BMGT472 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/29/2022 |
Dr. Evers is a fun, knowledgeable guy who is great to work with once you understand his teaching style. You don’t have to do much outside of class, except for two cases and reading an occasional study. However, you have to pay very, very close attention in class, and take thorough notes. Do this, and you’ll be fine. You also have to make sure you understand the math in the course—all of it! Dr. Evers is happy to help outside of class, even though you won’t need to go to office hours if you pay attention. Super fun class, but the exams were a little stressful because there were several questions worth a lot of points. |
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Philip Evers
BMGT472 Expecting a B Anonymous 10/11/2022 |
This course is math heavy and he provides lots of problems but never clearly walks us through how to tackle the problem. He just scribbles really tiny the answer to each part alongside some other data that was calculated but not really explaining throughly how he got the number for each step. Wish he would be more clear about that. Really nice professor tho. |
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Philip Evers
BMGT488A Expecting an A Terpedo38 12/18/2008 |
This is a very enjoyable course if you are interested in the business side of sports. Most of the lectures are made by guest speakers, with Dr. Evers giving 2 or 3 lectures himself. We got to do some pretty cool things like good to the Under Armour distribution center, sit in a suite for a Capitals game and hear from Dr. Debbie Yow. Make sure you take some kind of notes from each lecture because you will need to remember key points for the final, which is 8 short essays from various broad topics addressed by the speakers and Dr. Evers. The other grades are a current event presentation (done with a partner), guest speaker introduction to give class background on the guest speaker and his/her profession (done in a group of 3-4), a case study which is pretty much opinion based so if you do it you will get a good grade and class participation, as long as you go to class and ask questions you will get 100% for class participation. He grades everything generously so you basically just have to do it and you'll be fine. Each assignment is 20% of your grade. The only drawbacks are that the class is 2 hours and 40 minutes long once a week, mine was Tuesday night 7-9:40pm. Also, its not always clear what to take note of during the guest speaker lectures, but if you pay attention you will probably remember enough to do well on the final. |