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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting a W Anonymous 12/05/2024 |
Probably one of the worst professors I’ve encountered at UMD. Most students in the class are frustrated with his teaching style. The workload is overwhelming, and the time spent on this class feels excessive for what you get out of it. He doesn’t actually teach or provide meaningful guidance, leaving students to figure everything out on their own. Attending class feels pointless, and the assignments, like the reflections, seem like a complete waste of time. If you can avoid taking his class, I strongly recommend you do. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/15/2024 |
Very nice professor! |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT422 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/13/2024 |
He's a nice guy, but a horrible professor. I learned nothing. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/01/2024 |
Probably the most boring professor I've had in the business school. The dude assigns like 20 homework assignments throughout the semester, and over 30 classwork assignments over the semester. Most students do not attend his lecture after the first few weeks because it turns into a snooze fest. Most of his teachings are time fillers and are not in the same format as the midterms or finals. He is pretty disorganized and randomly adds or removes assignments throughout. Only reason he gets 2 stars is because you basically get to choose your own grade in the course if you complete all of the 50 assignments. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT422 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/17/2024 |
I've now had McNamee for both 311 and 422, and he is one of the great delights of the institution. You definitely have to resist the urge to not pay attention, but class is actually very enjoyable when you get to do the spreadsheet exercises (even though they are tricky he will show you how to do it). Extremely kind and loves to tell jokes that usually aren't that funny but it makes me laugh anyways because it fits his personality so well. It's a medium workload, just do it before it's due and you'll get a nice grade for the class |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/19/2023 |
Great guy, very generous and understanding. His teaching style can border on boring at times, but it's much better to pay attention so you have an idea of how to do the in class practice problems. Definitely does not have a typical accounting teaching style, but if you apply yourself, you will learn, if you're just looking to coast by for a grade, you can but thats at your educational cost. Im looking forward to having him again for 422!! |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2023 |
He is very kind and really wants to make his class as stress free as possible. He also focuses on us actually learning how to apply skills. His class has no number grades and instead grades everything based on completion. He allows you to retry assignments that did not meet his expectations and is always open to questions. He tries to keep class lighthearted and funny. On the last day of class he bought the whole class scratch offs. His class structure is always being improved and takes student feedback very seriously. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/15/2023 |
Do you get to pick your grade? Yes Will you learn anything? Probably not Just because the class is an easy A doesn't make him a good professor. He does not do a good job of teaching. The structure of the class changes every week and the work he assigns is not helpful at all. The lectures are even worse. He is all over the place and teaches whatever comes to his mind. There were so many times he would have us do practice problems and he wouldn't be able to get the correct answer. His classes are disorganized and I would not recommend if you actually care about learning. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT422 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/26/2023 |
Had him for 311 and 422, he is a top 3 professors at the business school, easy grading, very nice, and he has alot of experience in the accounting world |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2022 |
He's a very nice guy and his lectures can be informative. He also has some good experiences from the business world and good stories to tell. But he can often be a bit scattered when it comes to lecturing. It seemed like he wouldn't really know the material prior to coming to class and often had answers that didn't match the answers provided by McGraw-Hill. I'm sure he knows his stuff but it would look better if he knew how to work through the problems to get the correct answer for each lecture. Additionally, he seemed to change his methods many times throughout the semester. We started with a weekly self reflection and then that wasn't working so we tried a Google sheets plan, which he stopped asking for after a month or so. I think Professor McNamee would benefit from a structured course planned ahead of time and to stick with it. Finally, he used a new approach to the class this semester called "ungrading" where all of the assignments are not graded and there are no exams and whatnot. The only thing is you get a final grade at the end of the semester based on the amount of effort he believes you've put into the course. This is evidenced by your effort on the midterm and final "self-assessment", how many assignments you completed, how often you came to class, etc. This creates a low stakes environment that is focused on learning, which I enjoyed. Each of us submitted the grade we believe we deserved (I assume most of us said we deserved A's), and he kept 65% of them, increased 13% and decreased 18% (4% was TBD at the time of writing). I would take a course with Professor McNamee again because he's a nice guy and I think as he teaches more and more he will become less scattered and develop a solid framework for his classes. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/04/2022 |
Probably the worst professor I have ever had. |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Anonymous 02/23/2022 |
If you want to learn, look elsewhere |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Anonymous 10/28/2021 |
Same review as the one star. He ended up being amazing. Was understood about the exam and did his absolute best to right his mistake. Very understanding teacher who is passionate about Accounting. Would definitely recommend |
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Patrick McNamee
BMGT311 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/26/2021 |
He's new to UMD in the fall of 2021, so I don't think he understands the cadence of teaching here yet. Really smart guy but not a good professor. tries to teach accounting without the use of journal entries/t accounts?? basically taught the whole course to myself |
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Patrick McNamee
Anonymous 10/07/2021 |
Good luck. Not understanding at all. The average grade on the first exam was a 71%, with 46% of the class getting a D or F after the curve. He was not understanding at all and put the great majority of the blame on students. If he's the only professor you can take, get a tutor and start praying. |