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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/06/2024 |
Professor Jefferson is the best! I took both a tax class and an ethics class with him, and it was absolutely wonderful. He promotes a tremendous amount of growth and learning among his students and creates an inclusive environment where everyone feels comfortable, valued, and capable. Beyond just teaching the material, he prepares you to act professionally and succeed in real-world scenarios. I only wish UMD had more professors like him—so inspiring and knowledgeable! |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/05/2024 |
Very nice and interesting professor. Class participation is a big commitment, but Jefferson makes the class enjoyable. The majority of the class is taught by students in presentations, in two large group projects. He is generally generous in grading participation and presentations. Outside of the participation and Group Projects, there are 8 multiple-choice quizzes that will chip away at your grade, however he does drop the lowest two quizzes. Overall great professor, and seems to be very personable and someone who you can talk to and ask for guidance |
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Brian Jefferson
BUAC762 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/03/2024 |
I loved this Tax class with Professor Jefferson. I think that he made learning fun while connecting the dots with real-life situations. I enjoyed his spitfire questions which enabled us to solidify the course material.I think he cared for the students and he wanted to ensure we understood the why behind the material. His class is a must-take if you can! |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2024 |
411 is a unique class in the accounting program, most classes is taught by a new group of students instead of the professor himself, so you get what your classmates and you put into it. That being said it was very fun, engaging, and the student groups all did a very fine. It was one of my favorite classes. Prof Jefferson was great of you asked questions and I loved the format, but if you are reading this review for one of his other classes, I do not think 411 reviews would be helpful due to the very different formats. |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2024 |
Professor Jefferson is great. The class is set up with 2 major presentations, a paper, an elevator pitch, and chapter quizzes where the lowest two get dropped. The presentations are definitely intimidating at first but once you get over the first one it gets a lot better. Jefferson creates a welcoming environment for the students to feel comfortable in speaking in front of everyone. I recommend you take him for 411 and for 323 he's great! |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/13/2024 |
Overall, I really liked this class. There are 2 presentations, 1 group paper, and 9 quizzes. Aside from the presentations, there isn't much work you have to do outside of class. You do have to show up and participate basically class to get a good participation grade. We also had to do a short 3 minute individual presentation (or you could do 6 minutes with someone else). He creates a positive environment where presenting and participating isn't bad. After every presentation, everyone is super supportive and gives very positive feedback. You could give a horrible presentation and he'll still find things to point out that you did super well. One thing I didn't like is that he's not very clear on what he wants from the presentations and grades them kind of low. Thankfully, we had extra credit and he drops the lowest 2 quizzes (he changed it to 3 at the end of the semester because he liked how we participated throughout the semester). |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT323 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/07/2024 |
Highly recommend taking it with Jefferson ESPECIALLY if you dislike tax. He makes the content very engaging and offers many opportunities to succeed whether through practice, extra credit, and additional review. He is an extremely personable and witty guy who makes boring topics interesting. He has been my favorite professor so far! |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT323 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/07/2024 |
He is such an awesome professor and he knows the material really well. He is very engaging and is very helpful with difficult materials. It is a lot of concepts and topics, but he really helps make the course load manageable. |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2024 |
Professor Jefferson is a great professor and he is very understanding of his students. There are two large presentations but other than those two weeks there is no homework on a weekly basis. The class is pretty interesting and there is a lot of open discussion about ethical topics and current events. Overall, highly recommend taking Jefferson for any class that he teaches. |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2024 |
Professor Jefferson is a very good professor because he cares about your development as an individual. The class is structured so that you really have to get comfortable with public speaking. Would recommend to everyone!! |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT323 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/22/2023 |
Amazing professor who cares about his student |
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Brian Jefferson
BMGT411 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/20/2023 |
Most of this class is fairly hands off by design by Professor Jefferson. Most of the class is watching presentations for the chapters (each team prepares two presentations per semester). As far as I know, the other sections not taught by him operate on the same structure. Professor Jefferson is very kind and understanding and willing to work with you if you need additional help. Very important you go to class as there is a participation grade. |