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Business

Don Kalescky

BUS290 · BUS120 · BUS204 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
58.33%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you click with him; be cautious for stats-heavy sections.

Best fit · Effort For RewardNice but unevenDisorganized lecturesCourse-dependentFunny and personalSelf-teach risk
  • Personality is widely liked; teaching organization is polarizing
  • BUS290 communications is often easy and beloved; BUS204 stats draws harsh criticism
  • Homework and tests

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

64/100

Many A grades and easy quizzes in some courses, but stats and .

One brief online review; most easy-A versus hard-stats nuance comes from in-person comments.

Is the course easy?

Standard

46/100

light for communications, tougher and .

In-person reviews show the course split; the online review is moderate.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

while others do not, especially when work lives on MyStatLab.

Attendance rules appear only in in-person comments; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

; love his personality but and stats delivery.

Online is positive; in-person recommendation is strongly course-dependent.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

Often full-credit assignments and open online quizzes, but criteria can feel misleading and .

Format shift

; in-person reports both easy quizzes and .

Workload

Moderate

55/100

and few tests; others add lots of , and online labs.

Format shift

In-person workload varies by BUS290 versus BUS204; online mentions reading and participation.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Warm, funny, and caring, but frequent complaints about off-topic or .

Format shift

In-person contains both glowing and scathing teaching comments; online is mild positive.

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Mix of and quizzes, occasional group work, and course finals.

Format shift

In-person BUS204 is more test and online-lab heavy; BUS290 has fewer tests.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

many love his humor and care in BUS290, while BUS204 students often report disorganized lectures and self-teaching.

Main concern

Lectures may not match tests and .

What students said

“One of . You get to know him on a personal level and he treats you like a friend.”
BUS290
“Lectures were completely separate from homework and .”
BUS204

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

One online BUS120 review says expectations and .

Main concern

Single online review is too .

What students said

“It was clear what was expected and , of course except the quizzes.”
BUS120

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Many assessments are online quizzes or strict closed exams.

Online quizzesOpen book optionsUnlimited attempts on MyStatLabFew in-class tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

with multiple attempts; some courses have few in-class tests.

Online open bookUnlimited MyStatLab attemptsFew in-class tests
“Tests/Quizzes and and are not that hard at all (open book).”
BUS204
“He had it set so we had unlimited chances for both.”
BUS204

Online

Online review notes clear expectations and as the exception.

Clear criteriaFull credit assignmentsQuizzes
“ , of course except the quizzes.”
BUS120

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Great guy but if .”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews, highlighting personality versus organization and course split. Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Personality Liked

85/100

“ . Definitely not an overload of work, make an effort and you can easily get an A.”

⚠️ Organization Issues

30/100

“his lack of organization made the class a nightmare.”

📊 Course Depends

52/100

“I love this professor, my second class with him being business communications.”

📚 Self Teach Risk

35/100

“I ended up googling and teaching myself everything.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • treats you like a friend
  • Lectures are boring with him just boringly going on for an hour
  • intellectual lounge

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • make an effort and you can easily get an A
  • open book

Theme 3

🧩 About Organization

  • and tests

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen reviews with detailed positive and negative clusters across multiple business courses form a consistent polarizing picture.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 54
3 out of 51
2 out of 55
1 out of 51

Course coverage

BUS2049 reviews
BUS1204 reviews
BUS2903 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 2 · A 6 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2