James Green

This professor has taught: ENES140, ENES210, ENES460, ENES461, ENES462, ENES464, ENES465, ENES466, ENES471, ENES662, ENES663, ENES664, ENES666, ENES667, RDEV688P

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James Green Expecting an F Anonymous 02/14/2024	such great teacher he give extra credit if you go to his office hour
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/13/2024	This may be the class for you depending on what you are looking to get from it. If I had to rate James Green as a professor and on his teaching abilities I would give him a 1/5. If you are genuinely interested in this topic then this may not be the class for you. You really do not learn anything throughout this semester. However, this class is perfect for you if you are looking for a GPA boost, easy Gen Ed, or a low time commitment 3 credit class. I am giving this a 5/5 because this is what I was looking for. Throughout the semester there is a very low time requirement. Outside of class you maybe spend 30 min a week (MAX) on work. (And the class is 50 min a week.) There is a $35 textbook you need and a 5 point quiz each week. These quizzes say to read the textbook, required readings, and the videos, however, this tends to be the same information 3 different ways. If you can use control F on the textbook you are fine. They are open note and open book as well so this is what he recommended to do. The end does require a fair amount of work because of the term project. You have around a week to work with your group to complete 4000 words and a wireframe. As long as your team equally contributes you'll be fine. Overall, if you want a free A and a GPA boost then I highly recommend this class. Just make sure to do all assignments since there are not many and each has a heavy weight on your grade.
James Green Anonymous 01/31/2024	nice!
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/29/2024	I got an A but this class was kinda tricky because there's 5 point quizzes that make up almost all of your grade besides the term project. DO NOT wait until the last minute to do the term project, it took me about 4 hours and I turned it in late which was super stressful but I still got a 100%. This did help keep my GPA up, and I never really had to do work for this class throughout the semester other than Sunday nights when I'd read the chapter and do the quiz.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/06/2024	Even though I did get an A+ the class was difficult, like it was not an easy A like everyone else said it was and for a while it was my lowest grade. I spent hours to make sure I did good on the quizzes and even then I rarely got a 5/5, but that's just me. He definitely made it more difficult so don't rely on control F because that will not help you. The only reason I got an A+ was because the last assignment was worth a lot of points and I got a 100 but I was really relying on that. So if you're taking this class for the easy A like I did, beware that it is not as easy as it seems and actually a lot of work.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/01/2024	If you get the textbook and do the work and preparation, it's a free A, not really too hard. You don't learn anything though.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/25/2023	Even though I got an A+, this class felt frustratingly difficult compared to what I've heard from prior years. Not only that, the textbook and lecture videos were often unclear, there's no good way of connecting with him, and worst of all: this class is a complete scam. The things James is trying to teach in his $35 textbook lowkey sound like bad advice in a lot of ways. Take this course, but keep in mind that it's not a cakewalk and James can be a pain in the ass sometimes.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	Not giving the GOAT 5 stars is an insult. This man is the father I never had. Everything that needs to be said has been said.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/22/2023	If you’re deciding between 140 and 210 just take 210. Even though 140 is fully online, 210 meets once a week for 50 minutes and all you do is answer different questions in a google doc with your group members then turn it in at the end of class. The project is very easy because those questions you are answering every week pretty much give you what you need for the final project. The weekly quizzes for 210 are also much easier than the quizzes for 140.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2023	I think this class was a great experience for me, but it should not be taken for any other reason other than a free A. Quizzes, weekly activities, and evals were easy 100%s and the final 4000 word paper was definitely just graded on word count/completion.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2023	The real entrepreneur here is James Green himself. He made over $185,000 in 2022 and still makes you pay $35 for an ebook he wrote. Easy class tho.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A FozzyBear1 12/20/2023	I took Enes140 during the Fall 23 semester. It’s still $35 for a free A
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2023	Free A+, use ChatGPT for the quizzes which are basically weekly. Only need to spend 5 min a week. The final is just an essay which you can do in 2-3 hours easily. You have to pay $35 for the textbook, but this class is essentially a free 3 credit DSSP for 5 min a week.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ homework420 12/19/2023	Obviously pretty easy class. Before the quizzes make sure you have watched all of the videos as most if not all the questions are asked from there.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/18/2023	pay $30 for the textbook and show up to class once a week for a free A+
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2023	All the other reviews are right, buy the textbook, do the work and you should be good. I will add that the weekly quizzes can kinda be tricky!! and they are worth a lot of your grade so be careful. There's info on them from the textbook AND what he says in the lectures, but the lectures have a transcript you can search(command-F) through. Easy class and the more annoying part is the final which is just answering 10 questions. As long as you are within the word limit for everything you are good.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/17/2023	I absolutely hated this class. It's honestly one of the biggest mistakes I could've made in terms of course selection. Perhaps the other professor teaching this is better but James Green could not give one crap about his students. Honestly with 35 dollars a student (for the textbook) this guy has secured a fortune for himself. Everything is online, and before you think you can control F everything, the quizzes are different from what you'll find in the readings. So if you mess up a few quizzes your grade is screwed since they account for half of your grade (each quiz is out of 5...do the math). Do not take this class unless you're going to take the quizzes in groups or have the answers from someone. I can't say how much I hated this class.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2023	One of the best and easiest gen eds. You spend $35 and put in an two hours of the week in easy work to get an A. Take this class if you need one of the requirements.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/14/2023	Quizzes were the bulk of the grade, and nothing in the quizzes had anything to do with the book that he makes you buy that he wrote himself. He figured out that people were taking this course because it was easy and he purposely made it harder. Take a different course if you want an easy elective. Stressing over quizzes is so stupid.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ respectmyopinions 12/12/2023	Course is insanely easy so take it if you want free credits with a GPA boost, but don't take if you want to learn anything.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/12/2023	As a teacher he sucks. Puts in zero effort and just profits off his book that you’re required to buy (only $35 tho). But in return you’re paying for 30 minute commitment a week max, no class, and a fairly easy final project. If you need an easy A with little commitment this is the class.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/10/2023	Course: Pretty easy. I spent around 30 minutes a week on this course due to small quizzes each week. Take the quizzes seriously however because it is 5 questions, 5 points, and there are only 100 total normal points in this course, so every question wrong is 1% down in your grade. As long as you can CTRL F the textbook/video transcripts, ChatGPT (sometimes unreliable), or do quizzes with a partner (what I did), you will be fine. The Term project at the end is pretty easy, a bit long. I was able to just grind and complete the whole thing in 2 1/2 hours. You have to buy his textbook otherwise you can't do the class ($35). Assignment breakdown: - Evaluations (10), 10%, as long as you complete them in the textbook, you get the points. They're basically surveys. Screenshot your results to save them for the Term Project later on. - Quizzes (9), 45% - Term Project: Preliminary Phases (3), 6%, a few sentences at max for 3 parts. Easy. - Term Project: Final Phase (1), 39%, just grind it and you can complete it easily, doesn't take long. - OPTIONAL Peer Review of Project (1), +1%, just 4 write up questions about someone else's project. What me and my roommate did was just write our peer review for our own projects in each other's voices to save us time. Professor: The ONLY thing good about him is that his class is online and asynchronous. He does NOT care for you, he does NOT care about your education, he does NOT care about your grade. If you email him, he will take at least a week to respond if it's just a question about the course, besides that, you will ghost you. Very unprofessional. Only reason why I would take him again is because I did not have to interact with him and the course was easy.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/07/2023	May or may not be the goat prof at UMD. Not sure if he's the worst or best professor ever. Pay 35$ for online book for an A in return. You can use chatgpt for almost all the quizzes. 10 mind of work per week with a 10 question, 1800-2200 written final paper.
James Green ENES461 Anonymous 12/05/2023	Sure this was an easy A, but good god if you take this class do not leave the final assignment to the very last second. It's more or less a 10 page paper at the end that will take hours so do not bank on this class being an entirely low-effort easy elective
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Renso 12/05/2023	You only come to class once a week. Time flies very fast in it by working with your team mates. You make a product with a group of people for the whole semester. Quizzes are heavy but very easy if you read. You don't really have to thoroughly read the book to pass the quizzes. Ez A.
James Green ENES140 Anonymous 12/02/2023	this guy is terrible and doesn't care about his students. stay away. makes you pay money for a useless textbook and quizzes are nothing like what you read about in the book. this guy honestly sucks. from me to you, take a different class. this guy is a bad professor. would never recommend
James Green Anonymous 12/02/2023	don't know why people think this guy is good. I read the textbook before quizzes and the material on the quiz isn't in the textbook, so Im pretty much just winging it on the quizzes. I emailed him and it took him forever to get back to me and it was a lazy response to my concern, and he's just scamming you by making you pay $35 for a useless textbook. Don't recommend this guy at all because he doesn't have the students in his best interest of mind. I understand this course is supposed to be set up for someone to kinda teach themselves, but he offers no help in getting you to succeed. take another course to satisfy your credits because you don't want this guy as your "professor".
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/27/2023	da goat
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 09/10/2023	Bro got his degree from Hustlers University
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 07/19/2023	Like all ENES classes, this was an easy A full of the one-of-a-kind James Green lecture videos...
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/04/2023	Free A+ this class is somehow even easier than ENES140. Take it for credit. James Green doesn't really do anything and just teaches the class to require everyone to but the textbook. Feels wrong to give him anything higher than a 1 star but I honestly respect the hustle. He's making BANK and I really don't care.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/01/2023	Easy to keep up with the work and projects, objectives for the course were well laid out
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2023	Real talk you only take this class when you need to fill up three credits on your schedule it's fully online no lecture and you only gotta write about your hypothetical business and answer a five question quiz based of the current textbook chapter. It's an easy A but it also costs 35$
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/19/2023	$35 for a free A? Hell yeah! The only thing I learnt from this course is that James Green is the real entrepreneur here.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/17/2023	I don't know what y'all expected, you knew this course was purely a GPA booster when you signed up for it. If you didn't, then that's on y'all. But this course does exactly what it's intended to do, do the work, get an A. Nothing to complain about here
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2023	The class is for 50 minutes once a week. You are basically paying this dude 40 bucks for an easy A in the class. He is a true entrepreneur. He makes you buy some ebook which is required for the class and it counts as like 25% of your grade. You just buy the book and you get the full points for that part. Its so easy.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/17/2023	Should be a free A+, trolled a little bit and missed a week but the class is incredibly easy (5 minutes of reading/answering quizzes every week). Be wary of the final project and start a couple days early.
James Green ENES140 Anonymous 05/16/2023	Easy A for a gen-ed, what more could you ask for?
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/16/2023	Freest A of all time but bro doesn't do jack, just sells you his textbook. Take if you need gened/credit. Class takes around 5 mins commitment per week.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/16/2023	Only took this course because it fulfills the SCIS requirement. Easy A, but you still need to put in minimal effort. Also you pay $35 for a textbook you don't need.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/12/2023	It's probably the most useless course you'll take. You learn absolutely nothing. His textbooks are nothing burgers. If you wanna learn the contents of the course, it'll take you 10 minutes on youtube watching some entrepreneurship video. If you want an A this is the course for you. Beware, if you have a semi developed sense of ethics, you will be uncomfortable taking part in his scam of a course.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/11/2023	Not a free A. Its a 35$ A.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/11/2023	Free A, just control F on the textbook and you get a 100. Dont learn anything, GOAT
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/10/2023	Free A but hes annoying with the last essay
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/05/2023	Nothing is really taught just very long winded passages in his 35 dollar textbook(that you buy) about common sense business practices.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/02/2023	Free A+, one of the most GOATED professors I've ever had! You learn so much.😃
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/01/2023	He is the worst professor I have ever had.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/01/2023	He is the best professor I have ever had.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/30/2023	He is the best professor I have ever had.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/28/2023	A+ for 35$ and virtually no work, what more can you ask for?
James Green Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/28/2023	Easy A
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/21/2023	This class is useless but a free A. He purposely tries to make it more difficult than it is. I would not recommend this course even tho it is fairly easy.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/19/2023	Professor does not teach, STAY AWAY. he makes you buy his book and it is not relevant to what the quizzes are on. he is a crook and is making endless money for no reason and does not deserve to be teaching this course. you walk away learning absolutely nothing. 0/10 do not take.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/29/2023	Terrible professor, class is a literal scam you learn nothing and he makes you pay for a $35 book that serves you no good. stay away at all costs and try to take a different class if you can.
James Green ENES460 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/28/2023	I took ENES460 online over the winter session. This course is mainly common sense and by the end, I was no longer watching any of the videos. I was just completing the assignments. You do not need his book to succeed. The assignments are very condensed in the winter session, so plan ahead because you have to conduct a lot of interviews. The feedback he provided didn't feel personalized.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/24/2023	I don't understand why people hate on James. Free 3 credit A for at most 30 minutes of work per week. Love this man.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/24/2023	Do you learn stuff? Yes...but it is super basic stuff you can learn off google or a motivational video. Besides that, you pay $30 for an A. You could put in 1 hr of work every other week and get an A in this course. The people reviewing bombing him are probably mad they did not learn anything (understandable) or are salty they got bad grade because they have an IQ deficiency
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ wmy78b 01/23/2023	Easy A and it won't waste your time.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/12/2023	Grading through the course is through weekly quizzes, product assessment, in-class activities, final project write-up, and individual analysis of final project write-up. For the weekly quizzes you can find the answers in the lecture videos and book this takes about 30 minutes max. The product assessments are a short questionnaire about your product they take 2 minutes max. The in-class activities never take more than 30 minutes max. Finally the final project write-up and individual analysis make sure you do every part required of these and hit the word count and you'll get an A. Overall this class is super straightforward and you'll never spend more than 90 minutes a week on it and get an A.
James Green Expecting an A+ Naruto 01/02/2023	He is not really a teacher, but more of an NPC. You are paying money for an easy A, with little to no work. Careful on that quiz though make sure you actually read the content.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/25/2022	You're paying the guy 30 bucks for an A, are you kidding me. I'm taking this deal any day of the week. Me 🤝 James Green
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/24/2022	What can I say, my boy is the GOAT. Homie gets paid for the books and gets a salary on top of it. Easy quizzes, easy final just don’t do it last minute. Homie prints money off our innovations and ideas, he is the entrepreneur we read about.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/24/2022	I remember I saw someone said this class is a kindergarten class. Yes, it is. ~10 minutes for a quiz and sometimes an evaluation every week. The final essay can be done within a few days, remember to satisfy the word count requirement, then it's a free A+. Mr. Green looks pretty cool in his recording lectures, if you have time, I'd recommend watching them before taking the quizzes. Otherwise, I feel like I didn't learn anything much in this class basically because it's not my interest. A perfect class to fill 120 credits requirement.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/23/2022	Quizzes are a hassle given how the answers are irritating to find on the venture book source. One point deduction on a quiz can greatly reduce your grade. The other assignments that are on the venture book is easy as you just answer the questions in any way and get free points. The final assignment was a pain since you need several cited sources and ensure that you answer each question in the range of 180 to 220 words, otherwise, you get a zero for that question. Regardless, as long as you have cited sources applied to the question and fill in the other assignment requirements for said question, you can get full points on the quiz. Moreover, it is best to do the quiz a few days before the due date/deadline because it takes like half a day to complete. Ultimately, this course is an easy A for everyone, but you are definitely not gonna learn anything useful.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2022	Take this class for what it is, an easy A. If you have a busy schedule, 210 is a great opportunity to catch a break and an A. The textbook is expensive and useless but it's the price of admission that lets the whole machine go round. Use quizlet for the weekly quizzes and don't do any of the reading (they are literally never relevant). Lastly, take the class with friends are form a good relationship with competent group members because taking care of the group project is actually the only important thing in this class. Overall, I spent about 30 minutes of critical thinking on this class this semester and got away with everything I needed.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2022	This class is poetic. All of his pre-recorded "lessons" (common sense packaged into power-points that he reads directly, recorded 8 years ago) teach you how to become an entrepreneur. A $30 "e-book" (those same power-points copy-pasted onto a site he owns as an LLC (https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_md/W16090763) - he likely has near-zero expenses) is required for the hundreds of students that take his courses with this material each semester. You do the math. And not a single drop of sweat from James Green's bald head. That's passive income baby. At some point you'll realize the real lesson is that you just got swindled by the one true entrepreneur: James Green. THIS is his business and you're just a customer. Welcome to the real world. Accepting what's happened, you turn a grin to your new friend, late-stage capitalism, and realize that this is more than just hustling students. He's really offering you a deal under the table: pay tuition for the course, give him his $30, and for 5 hours of total work you get an A for 3 credits! And what's that? You can do it again?? In ENES461: Advanced Entrepreneurial™ Opportunity Analysis™ in Technology Ventures™ for another easy 3 credits??? Sign. Me. Up. James Green! You madman! Thank you for all the credits. It's been a pleasure doing business with you. 5/5 stars.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2022	Quizzes are kinda annoying cuz each question is like 1% of your grade or miss but it should still be a free A.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/12/2022	Typical james green class, easy, feel like part of a money landering scheme.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2022	Easy A so if you want to take an elective that doesn't require that much work then go ahead and take this class. What sucks is how you have to buy the textbook though...
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/25/2022	lmfao thank you master james for the free A in this course. It's somehow easier than enes210. Free GPA boost very helpful for a premed like me.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/29/2022	Bro if u want an A take this class, sure you wont get anything out of it but its still worth it
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A wmy78b 08/27/2022	You can at least get an A- if you do all the work. But I want to point out that an A/A+ is not guaranteed because the quiz questions are not clear to find. You can make 5 mistakes at most in the whole semester if you want an A. Each mistake in the quiz takes 1 point off from your total grade, which is terrifying. The final project/paper is fine and everyone can get 100/100.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 07/25/2022	Take this class ASAP! The easiest A I have ever gotten throughout my entire life. You really won't learn anything. The entire class is graded based on weekly activities that are based on the lectures which are very easy and there are weekly quizzes out of 4 points every week which are also a walk in the park no cap. The only part of the class that I actually had a hard time with was the final. It was a lot of work and took a couple days to complete but it wasn't too bad considering that I spent under 10 minutes a week for this class. Definitely take this class if you want the easy A but just be prepared to learn nothing. Also, James Green is a great guy and is really smart and knows his stuff very well.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/30/2022	People don't like him because you don't really learn anything in this class, but for someone who took this class purely for the gen ed credit, it was great. Minimum amount of effort was needed for the class. Lectures were both in person and pre recorded so you could choose if you wanted to go into class or not. The pre recorded lectures were usually only 20 minutes long, the weekly assignments took 20 minutes max for more research focused ones, weekly quizzes are a big part of your grade but they're open book and the answers are almost always in the textbook. Plus class was only once a week and there are no exams of any kind. The only real downside is the final paper which is expected to be 3k - 4k words with 10 citations. As long as you start early it's really not even that bad, you use the weekly assignments for most of the answers and then to reach the word count you just talk about random stuff. Mine was around 3.5k words and I got a 100 and ended with like a 98% in the class. He was also very responsive to emails (would reply within 24 hours) and is very helpful in person if you're ever really struggling (I went to lecture in person in the beginning of the semester). Would definitely recommend if you're looking to fulfill a gen ed, but of you actually want to learn something, choose a different class.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/28/2022	Everyone complains about not learning anything but honestly the only reason anyone takes this class is for the easy A, which is exactly what it is. I fulfilled a few GenEd credits without putting any work so I’m not gonna complain
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/25/2022	Easy A class but you don't learn anything.
James Green ENES210 Anonymous 05/19/2022	These classes exist solely for James Green to make a profit off of selling his textbook, so if you take 210 or 140 to actually learn any of the material, you will quickly be disappointed. His online lectures are pre-recorded, and his (mandatory) textbook is often copied word for word onto assignments. That being said, the class is an easy A that requires little to no effort aside from the final project.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/19/2022	i mean it's just a free A which is why i give it 2 stars instead of 1. i can't say I learned anything at all in the class. it's pretty much a way for Green to scam a living. you're forced to pay $30 to access his textbook which you need to get assignments and such. assignments are all a joke though. take it if you need the gened and want a free A. if you want to learn anything at all, stay far away
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/18/2022	People like to sh*t on this class, but everyone knows what they’re expect when they sign up, you buy a 20 dollar book, take a weekly quiz thats straight from the textbook, answer weekly questions about a potential product you are creating, and you’re basically done. for the final you put all your weekly assignments together and add filler, get 3k words and you get an A
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/18/2022	Easy A 3 credit class? Only need to spend ~10 minutes a week on the class? The essay at the end is a joke?(As long as you meet their word requirement and have something semi relevant) I came into the class having 0 expectations besides getting an A so I am satisfied.
James Green ENES140 Anonymous 05/18/2022	do the work. easy A. good luck and thank you, Professor Green!
James Green ENES210 Anonymous 04/13/2022	Not very accommodating and hard to reach. He makes it difficult to seek help and is quite rude and arrogant in general. This is definitely an easy class just because there isn't much work and not much material that is tough to understand. But I wouldn't take it if you're the type that likes to reach out to professors or engage with TAs to do well in school
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/11/2022	I took this as an easy elective, and it was, but I learned absolutely nothing in this class. I'm amazed that James Green gets paid to teach at this school because he literally does nothing. I assume he made all the content for this course years ago and all he has to do is upload an ELMs page with it every semester. Not only does he get paid for doing nothing, but he requires you to buy his textbook to answer his reading quizzes and do the evaluations. The final project is the only thing he has to "grade", but there is no way he reads everything due to the amount of kids in the course. Still, it was an insanely easy class. I would put in a maximum of 30 minutes of work every week for this class. You can finish an evaluation in a less than a minute by clicking through it. The reading quizzes were a bit tricker than everyone says they are. You can CTRL-F most of the answers, but there are some questions and are a bit tricky. I think I got like an 89% average on them and that was with not even reading the book, however. The final project is like 45% of your grade and I basically would just say random things from his textbook and I got a 100 on it. You have to write 2000 words, and it can take a little time, but it's not difficult. While James Green is barely a teacher and I learned nothing from this class, it was so easy. I'm even taking ENES210 next semester because I heard it was of similar difficulty and I needed to get my last DSSP credit.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/26/2021	Yes, this class is still not very useful, pretty boring, but it is easy to get an A. Just make sure to actually try on the quizzes, and weekly activities, because they do actually sometimes grade the weekly activities, and don't put off the final project until the last day. I think everyone in the class got an A on the final project as long as they did all the questions. It's supposed to be 4,000 words which is kinda a pain, but I only give this class this high of a rating because of how little the workload was.
James Green ENES210 Anonymous 12/01/2021	Although the class is online, it is not a zoom lecture. Instead, he broadcasts himself speaking and does not give you an opportunity to ask him questions. He is only available through email and offers no office hours. Although the class itself is straightforward, as someone who likes to ask questions and has needed help over the semester I did not feel like I was given many options to ask for help other than email. The weekly assignment is based on the textbook (which he wrote and makes you pay for), which he then re-iterates in videos you have to watch before class, and then again in the broadcast lectures. I took this as a gen-ed and to learn more about business and entrepreneurship and I honestly don't know if it was worth it for the stress caused by not being able to get appropriate help.
James Green ENES210 Anonymous 10/21/2021	James V. Green is potentially the most hands-off professor that I have ever encountered at my time at this university. All of his lectures are pre-recorded, and, from what I have heard, have been reused for several semesters now. He makes a lot of money off of students buying his textbook that you have to buy for the class, and most of his assignments are extremely surface-level and do not teach you about the real nuance and strategy development skills behind entrepreneurship and other related skills that the course description claims to offer. In essence, he tells you that, in order to have a successful startup, you need a good idea, good people, and good strategy with little to no competition in your area. This, as mentioned earlier, is extremely surface level, and does not even begin to dive into the depth marketing and management skills needed to successfully run a startup company. His course claims that being the first and most innovative product design will lend you the most successful opportunity. This, however, is clearly not the case, as many product launches, including Apple's iPhone, were launched with preexisting technology but took advantage of other factors and markets to take over larger portions of market share. His class will NOT lend andy real skills that you can use later on. However, if you are looking for an easy three-credit gen ed, then you might want to consider taking it, as it is very low time commitment and all of his quizzes are easily ctrl+f-able (from his his textbook).
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A- Anonymous 07/24/2021	The grading in his courses make little sense. The material is just a repackaged crap udemy course. He can be arbitrarily tough on one assignment and then laughably incompetent on others. For example, assignments that asked about partners, distribution channels, exits, I had personal experience with my startup (Acquired for 2 mil by Bitesquad - sorry I gotta flex) that I drew on and really tried.... I got like 50%. In contrast, on the final assignment doing the whole write up of like 10 paragraphs, I wrote 1 paragraph and copy and pasted it 10 times and got 100%. The entire minor is an exercise in bs
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/23/2021	Took this and ENES461, easy As in both but they are genuine scam courses. I learned essentially nothing from them and you pay $27 for the textbook he wrote for each course, they are not the same textbook. Basically take them if you want an online grade booster, this is all the class is useful for.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/12/2021	This guy is a literal joke. I don't understand why UMD keeps this clown around. The only thing he is good for is scamming students to buy his stupid text book. The dude probably makes six figures just by having thousands of students a semester buy his book that costs $30. It's a pretty easy course, but the only assignment that is going to require effort is the final. I wouldn't push that off for the last minute, as its kinda long and takes some effort. Oh and for 461, its the same as 210 but the final project is independent.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/12/2021	Material is pretty boring but the class it self is easy. Just read the given chapter with the quiz and your good. The final is also very easy. Just wrote enough for the word count basically.
James Green ENES460 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/11/2021	Class is a joke but it's an easy A. The whole class revolves around a group project so make sure you choose good partners. My parents did very little work and I had to carry the load.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/15/2020	He makes you buy his textbook that he written for $25 and you must buy this book as all the quizzes are based on it and the online simulations. The class itself is fairly easy with just simulations, weekly quizzes/assignments, and the final group project. You have to design an MVP with a group and go through the steps to build a startup around the product. You'll work on it slowly throughout the semester through the weekly assignments. If you have a good group, you'll be fine and it'll be easy. If you get a slacking group, you'll have a lot of work to do.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/10/2020	The other reviews are somewhat reflective of the truth. He runs the course on autopilot, with the synchronous lectures being pre-recorded videos. Yes...The SYNCHRONOUS lectures are pre-recorded. Which means you're stuck watching a ~20 minute video at a specific time of the day, and can't watch it back later. The average work week is around 1-2hrs of work (including watching module videos, reading, and note taking). There is a quiz each week, and 4 simulations. This semester, he dropped the simulation grades and just went off of completion (I.E., you do it, you get 100%). The core of the grade comes from weekly group activities, which take around ~5 minutes per team member (4 of them). These weekly activities lead up to the final project, which is a 4,000 word writeup and summary of your theoretical startup company product/service. If you get inactive teammembers, you're stuck covering for them. At the end of the semester, you do a final independent writeup of the team project, where you can list the members who did contribute or did NOT contribute to the project. He will then ask for a Google Docs link where he can see who did what, and substantiate your claims. My understanding is that their independent grade is docked accordingly. As a whole, I don't mind him and I would take him again.
James Green ENES140 Anonymous 09/02/2020	Actively makes you buy his $28 textbook that he wrote, you must have an online official copy cause he grades off it and course is now 5+ hours a week of hollow readings and videos that teach you nothing
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A+ StardustGogeta 08/15/2020	Professor Green seems to be a nice man who is very sympathetic to the concerns of his students and can help you with any questions you have during the course. Unfortunately, the course itself is not very informative, and a good proportion of the students in the class have trouble with even the most basic topics, severely worsening the experience in a heavily group project-based course.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/29/2020	See other comments. This class is a joke. So much subjectivity in the quizzes, it shocks me. So little class work that each question on the quizzes and simulations cost roughly 1% of your final grade. Just shocking
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2020	This man does not know how to communicate with people. When I, a student, asked for HELP with content, he referred me back to the content he already posted (which I had already read, bc otherwise I wouldn't be asking for help). He was horrible with helping me with our final group project when some of my team members were not responding to our final project. I literally sent the dean of the engineering school an email about this man. Never got anything back lol but I figured maybe during this crazy time we'd see some leniency. Oh and also, he makes you buy HIS book as the textbook for the class. It was a waste of $25
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/08/2020	The other comments hit the nail on the head. He sells his own textbook, which is literally useless then spews useless crap in lecture videos that he recorded 5 years ago.
James Green Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/22/2019	If you are not interested in business, do not have any business background knowledge, and are looking for a class that does not require any brainpower whatsoever, do not take this class. However, if you have a background in business, this class is a breeze. It reviews very basic business topics and you read 1-2 chapters which totals to 6 pages each week. If you take notes on the chapters you don't even need to look at any of the extra readings or even his lectures to take the quizzes. The simulations can be a bit difficult, however the final INDIVIDUAL project was very manageable and easy to get almost 100% on. He also offers an optional extra credit opportunity at the end which was helpful. Never had to interact with the professor, but his grading was very fair and straightforward. People who are complaining probably didn't put any work in or missed his deadlines and expected to get a 95%. Finally, it being all online was super nice, you just have to allocate 2 hours a week for this class and you will be set.
James Green ENES461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2019	Take the class you learn a lot! Not time consuming at all.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/12/2019	Class is no longer an easy A. Textbook is a scam, teaches nothing and is $25. Expect to have to read everything and watch all the videos (a lot) if you want to do well on the quizzes and get an A.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/10/2019	Class is no longer an easy A. You must do readings to do well on quizzes. He wrote the book for the class and charges you $30 for it, making it seem as though the class is just a front for his book. I'd say if you're in need of an online class, this is ok but treat it like a class you go to lecture to and don't slack on it or else you won't do as well. My grade could have been far worse than it will be.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/04/2019	Your whole grade depends on these 5 point quizzes and 2 point "simulations" that are all impossible to 100% on so you end up getting 4/5 or less on each one, bringing your grade drastically down. I do the readings and use them while I take each quiz, but he words the questions so specifically that it's impossible to do well. NOT as easy as it looks
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/25/2019	Easy at first, but the group project requires a lot of work and the final was hard. The videos are ridiculously long and are not helpful.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/23/2019	This class is far from an easy A anymore. Oof. I particularly had a problem with the videos because it felt like he was just trying to fill up time. I wish he just got to the point. The quizzes were also unfair. Especially for the modules that talked about entrepreneurship in action. If he at least gave us a video outlining the things we should have taken note of it would have been fair, but the quizzes essentially evaluate our analysis which is subjective. I barely know Professor Green, but the class was pretty hard.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/19/2019	No words to describe this class. I took ENES140 is get an easy A, but it literally became the HARDEST class I took this semester. James Green is an extremely rude person who never responds to any email sent to him. This guy wants you to buy a textbook for $30 which is a big SCAM. The textbook never helps you with any of the quizzes and simulation that take place for they cover outside detail that is never found in the textbook and CTRL F is completely useless now. I beg you, DO NOT TAKE THIS GENED CLASS. It is not an easy A like it used to be and it will screw you up unless you're up for a challenge.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/11/2019	This guy is a fucking idiot. Some dude last semester basically told him the whole class copied so he made it way harder. Still not that hard of a class, but now the quizzes average are below 80%. He makes you buy this useless online textbook that you need for 12% of your grade. He's a scam and an absolute fuckhead.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/01/2019	This guy is an absolute scumbag. Not only is it a class just so thousands of students buy his trash 30$ textbook, but the class isn't even the easy A it's supposed to be anymore. You could learn more about being an entrepreneur from Shark Tank then this absolute joke. Even if you wanted to learn things in this class, it's not like the quiz grades are shown to you, so you can learn from your mistakes. This guys is a waste of life and it's a massive disappointment that UMD allows this guy to teach at a school. The money I spent on the textbook for this class would've been better being spent on a random textbook, because at least with the random textbook I could beat James Green over the head for being a garbage human being. Congratulations Maryland, you've managed to outdo yourself with this hiring.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/08/2019	Everyone is coerced into buying his fake textbook because that counts for 10% of your grade. Finished his class with an A last semester and learned nothing. The course is a joke.
James Green ENES140 Anonymous 12/12/2018	This has probably been said before, but this man is running a scam. It's shameful. He sells tons of books every semester and turns a huge profit. What's worse is that there's nothing really to learn in this class. The only subject matter he is qualified to teach is con artistry.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/23/2018	So, everyone mostly takes this class because of its reputation of being an easy A. It is honestly still an easy A, but way harder than it’s been in past semesters. The word count for the analyses are 200 now. And we have a final group project now worth 18% of our grade which isn’t hard, but I’d rather just have an individual final project rather than meet up with people. I didn’t learn much while taking this class though. There’s no feedback on any of the written assignments besides the final project. Which is weird because how am I supposed to learn from my mistakes? And it felt like some grades were just assigned randomly. Overall, if you want an easy A, take this class. Just remember you actually have to try now because they’re skimming the analyses. But, if you want to learn, I wouldn’t recommend it.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/11/2018	Ayy lmao. The signature class of your boy James Green king of meme classes. Pay $27 extra dollars (for the book code you have to buy) to take a class that is a guaranteed A/A- if you do all the work and aren't braindead. Some assignment are randomly graded on a curve, since he knows a lot of people wont contest a B and hes tryna pull his average down a bit so that the class looks like less of a free A. If you actually do the work, appeal all your random grades and you'll do well.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/03/2018	This class has been changed a lot from past years, DO NOT TRUST the reviews from previous semesters. The class is pretty simple, and you basically have to do a weekly online quiz and a writing. The writing is not solely off of words last last years, but there are actual TA's that check your writing. That being said, the material is pretty easy and just basic business stuff. The course has been changed, but it's still the easiest A on UMD campus.
James Green ENES140 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/26/2018	I personally signed up for his class for the easy A. There are weekly quizzes that can be found in the readings and the final project is a simple essay. You can't simply write nonsense in the essay, but as long as it makes sense and is coherent, you will get a good grade. I put little to no work in this class and I easily received an A.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 01/02/2018	The online course is a complete scam. Green does not teach. You "watch" videos and "read" slides and then submit assignments that are clearly graded by word count, not content. This course is an easy A for everybody (I missed out on an A- by .1%), and it honestly devalues the GPA here. This course should not be taught. Green requires everybody spends $30 on his own online textbook that is completely unnecessary. If you need a GPA booster, take the course. It will most likely help. But understand Green is profiting off your need for a high GPA by selling useless textbooks and not teaching at all. Do not email him either about grades, because it is automated and he does not care.
James Green ENES140 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 03/29/2016	This guy thinks he is the smartest person in the world and everyone else is wrong. He changed an ELMS assignment 3 days before it was due, and when I emailed him about it I started receiving C's when I had previously been getting A+'s. He is not a good teacher and ignores student concerns. This class is online and it took me 4 emails to make contact asking what the syllabus was since it was never posted.
James Green ENES464 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 03/27/2015	This guy thinks he's much smarter than he is. He didn't upload the course correctly to elms so everyone had to do the first assignment without having proper content from video lectures and not until the day of the assignment 2 did he actually postpone the due date. Thank you for nothing.He never took responsibility by apologizing for it or anything.His lecture videos are at least 3 years old. He makes me feel like UMD is a for profit college.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/24/2014	Although the class was graded rather easy, i found it to be one of the most awful classes i have ever taken. Green gives pop quizzes to make sure you come to class, but you do not actually learn anything by going. The quizzes are only to lure you in so you have to listen to him ramble about cars and his achievements. Do NOT take a class of his.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A fcpogoda 01/15/2014	Dr. Green is an amazing individual. He is a bit abrasive early on, but his ENES course is extremely fair and incredibly informative. He is very experienced and knows what he is talking about. He provides several in-class activities that replicate real-world, entrepreneurial presentation-like settings. There are only 3 main essays and one final project, so it's definitely not the most time-demanding course. If you do the readings (never more than 30 pages) you'll truly appreciate everything he and the course have to offer. Definitely take one of his courses if you cannot or don't want to take ENES210.
James Green ENES460 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/20/2013	He never responds to emails. Or if you ask something he doesn't want to answer too, he just wont respond. I had to make up 3 different fake emails just to talk to him. unbelievable. Get your act together man, what kind of unprofessional teacher are you.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/30/2012	Wow, for such an easy class, I was given a ton of stress. He's got a really weird grading policy. He takes attendance by random quizzes here and there (usually every couple weeks, then near end of semester its highly unpredictable, like 3 back to back quizzes). The quizzes are easy as long as you get a general idea of the reading. However, if you mess up on one of them, it will bite you in the end. This was honestly a bs class and I really didn't learn much at all. For example, the book we studied half the time they had a disclaimer that they need more information before they could draw a better conclusion. The first essay was straight up dumb, They wanted 3 pages for 18 points, so that each paragraph was literally 4-5 lines and had not much substance at all. The later essays are much better though. The group presentations/project wasn't bad as long as you have a decent team. Participation does matter, although I having trouble seeing how I got my grade when there are 80 people in the class. If you have some issues with the grading on your quiz, don't hesitate to talk to the instructor, the TA's get a lot of stuff wrong. He offers a 2% curve on the final presentation if you fill out the end of semester class survey
James Green ENES460 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/11/2010	The course was so poorly depicted in the syllabus that I had to schedule a meeting with the professor on campus. Also, his grading was just simply unfair. For one assignment, there were 3 criteria outlined by the syllabus, when I got my grade back I was shocked that it was as low as it was. Turns out that the rubric that he sent me had over 30 criteria listed on it! How is that fair? And no, even after I questioned him about this, he refused to change my grade or allow for any make up work. I asked him why he couldn't have just sent everyone the rubric and he said "well, it's a senior class". I'm still not entirely sure why that makes a difference. He also said that, based on the semester, he grades more leniently or more difficultly. I know someone, a guy on the football team, who took this class in a winter session and he got A's on every single assignment without putting forth any real effort. I, who am in the Honors school, have had to dedicate huge amounts of time to these papers, and only have 1 A paper. What really gets me is that the syllabus never changed! How can you grade two semesters so differently when the syllabus doesn't change at all? The class should have been better planned. We had about two weeks to complete the first, smallest assignment and then about a week for each successive assignment. Then the very last, most important, hardest assignment came around and he gave us 4 days! Why couldn't the assignments have been spread out better to avoid us having to write 20 pages and plan 30 minute presentation in 4 days? Lastly, the professor had a discussion board on ELMS that he liked to use for questions, because this way there wouldn't be repeats. I thought this was a good idea until I asked a question myself. With our final project due in less than 2 days it took our professor about a day and a half to answer one of these questions. (The question wasn't mine but I had the same question). It just seems to me like he didn't care about his students needs at all. I originally took this class because I read some reviews about this professor and heard he was a great guy. Well, he seemed nice while I watched him on our video lectures, but he was a real disappointment in person.
James Green ENES210 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/10/2009	This class was def. a great laid back class. Take this with a hard scheudle if you want a breather! Grade consists of 3 main essays, which are easy to get an A on if you follow his instructions, and one big final group project(35% of your grade). Not much homework, except for reading assignments. Pretty much guarneteed an A if you do your essays and project
James Green Expecting an A champ123 12/10/2007	Good teacher. Had him for Freshman Connection. Don't need to show up for lectures but he takes attendance. Make sure you participate because thats a part of your grade. Overall he teaches well. All his lecture notes are on slides posted online. His papers are easy too as long as you write exactly what he's looking for. And usually he'll say what he's looking for on the paper. And what he's looking for is on the slides. So it makes it really easy. The TAs graded the papers. I did well on all of them. Interesting class. Easy A. Oh and he'll give pop quizzes off of the chapter you had to read. But he only have it twice. And he gave extra credit on the second quiz. He's easy, but he's very serious. You kind of don't need a textbook, but you might need it for quizzes.