1.4

Choon Hian Chan

Business - Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Surrey

1.4
Quality
4.3
Difficulty
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Would Retake
110
Reviews
1.4
Quality
4.3
Difficulty
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1.4
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Would Retake

110

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What Students Say

Midterm class avg: 50%

BUSI1210 - 1.0 rating

Horrible, I'm never taking a TBA class again

BUSI1210 - 1.0 rating
Class Info

Attendance Mandatory

0%

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

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Predicted Grade

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53% confidence
Based on 1 grades
Most common grades:
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A (1)
Grade Distribution
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Based on 3 reported grades
Not_Sure_Yet: 2
A: 1
Rating Trend

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Ratings by Course

BUSI1101

3.0

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BUSI1205

3.0

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1110

2.5

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1210

2.0

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BUS1215

2.0

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BUS

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BUSI

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ORGANIZBEHAV

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OB

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BUSI1215OB

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Reviews (110)
3.0
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BUSI1210
Jul 9, 2002

No Comments

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1210
Jul 15, 2002

does not do much interaction, spends all the class reading the overhead notes

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BUSI1215
Jul 29, 2002

No Comments

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3.0
BUSI1210
Aug 3, 2002

somewhat hard to understand, know his subject

2.0
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BUS1210
Aug 14, 2002

do not understand, where go wrong? need esl before teach. must go now comeag

3.0
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BUSI1101
Sep 24, 2002

needs to get a better grasp of english

2.0
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BUSI1100
Dec 12, 2002

Easy class, but hard to understand, somtimes unfair, notes go too fast

3.0
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BUSI1110
Jan 16, 2003

tough teacher, but very comprehensive, not too hard of a marker

3.0
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BUSI1205
Feb 19, 2003

No Comments

2.0
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BUS1215
Feb 22, 2003

No Comments

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1110
Mar 10, 2003

Has high expectations, but is fair. Follow his instructions and you'll have no problems.

2.0
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BUS
Apr 5, 2003

No Comments

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4.0
BUS1110
Apr 17, 2003

He's VERY VERY specific...midterm and final consisted of lots of writing...too much to remember for the exams

4.0
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BUSI1110
Apr 26, 2003

I think he is the easiet business instructor at Kwantlen. Also, he makes eveything specific.

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BUSI1210
Mar 26, 2004

No Comments

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1210
Grade: A
Apr 3, 2004

hard to understand....

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5.0
BUSI1210
Apr 13, 2004

You can never understand what he is talking about. To score high in his exams, you'll have to memorize the whole textbook.....

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BUSI1L110
Apr 22, 2004

So hard, you can't understand what he is saying. Hard marker on his tests but if you can memorize the textbook then you're good to go.

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BUSI1215
Jul 18, 2004

Forget about this course. Chan think he teach well but in fact is not. Work load is not reasonble. Ansd, you need to do the definition in the exam.

2.0
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BUSI1215
Jul 19, 2004

worst prof ever, doesn't know how to express himself..creating more questions when asked and absolutely NOT helpful at all

3.0
3.0
BUSI1215
Jul 22, 2004

No Comments

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5.0
BUS
Jul 30, 2004

Bad instructor, boring lecture, and crasy exam consist of this course? You would be really brave if you choose his couses again.

2.0
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BUS1215
Jul 30, 2004

i got a 86% in his bus1215 course. you'll do fine in his course if u are good at memorizing, which i am, luckily. This midterms consist of questions straight from the textbook, its like a high school course.. no thinking required, just memorizing

1.0
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BUSI
Aug 8, 2004

His accent sucks. He repeats himself alot. He looks at you funny. And he's mean. He does'nt teach he just reads off the powerpoints. He doesn't care if people get it or not, as long as hes there to read out his notes. Thats it. All he does is read.

2.0
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BUS1215
Aug 11, 2004

very hard teacher, YES HE DOES LOOK AT YOU FUNNY, tests very hard but if you can memorize the whole chapter, then you should be ok, however tests are really hard and does not teacher or explain very well.

1.0
5.0
BUSI1215
Aug 17, 2004

very hard and explain unclear,I do not like his course, because his teaching skill is old-fashion. Many Asian teachers teach like this ways and make exam supper-hard. the questions in the exam is picky. you have to study very careful.

1.0
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BUSINESS1210
Nov 19, 2004

Exetremely hard prof, its hard to know what to expect for projects and test. Test are very hard as he give picky questions, like you have to give example from the textbook, which you can not provide with your own. Tons of memorzing to do and trust me, its not fun to do that at all.

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BUSI1235
Jan 21, 2005

He can't see very well, so if you want to participate, don't sit at the back of the class! BORING lectures, and takes obscure questions from the text, so you have to know all irrelevant parts of the chapters, not just the important stuff. Difficult to understand b/c of his accent.

2.0
3.0
BUSINESS1110
Feb 21, 2005

when u watch him read its soo funny! he's pretty unclear cuz of his strong accent.

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BUSI2490
Mar 7, 2005

Chan is such an idiot. He gives the class two useless lessons on five chapters then gives an exam on it the 3rd week. He barely even went through the chapters, so the class is basically going to have to self teach to do good on the exam. DONT EVER CHOOSE CHAN AS UR TEACHER if u have other options.

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BUSI1110
Mar 17, 2005

hard prof. i'm takin his class now and am thinking of dropping the course tomorrow since it's the last day to drop courses. class started out w/ 30 students, now only 10 left. so u can do the math...

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BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2005

chan is NOT a responsible teacher, he even tells us dont email him for any kind of questions

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BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2005

No Comments

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5.0
BUSI1110
Apr 5, 2005

He do not have enough knowledge on what he's teaching, and he just read the slides from his powerpoint. He is also unfair in giving grades specially on projects.

3.0
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BUSI2490
Apr 26, 2005

BUSI 2490 is very useful.

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BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2005

Where did he learn English? How can a man who can't speak, read, or write in English well teach a course? He rushes through chapters and expects you to know everything that he taught. He is the biggest moron I've ever met in my entire life!

2.0
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BUSI1215
Jul 22, 2005

He wasted my time and my money

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1110
Jul 25, 2005

he is so boring.i wasted my money on this course.

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BUSINESS
Grade: Not_Sure_Yet
Jul 27, 2005

he's sucks..... lots of chinese ascents

2.0
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BUSI1215
Jul 28, 2005

Unequivocally the worst teacher I have ever encountered. He is totally disinterested in his students, makes absolutely no effort in his teaching (just reviews the same powerpoint slides that are on his website), refuses to be held accountable for any issues his students might have. Utterly, utterly awful. Avoid this class!

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ORGANIZBEHAV
Aug 12, 2005

I don't say these things easily-but do yourself a favour; Stay far, far, far away from this class...you can work your heart out & regardless of how bright you are, may be lucky to exit with a 'C'. I don't know where he found the Textbook, but they make a good couple. Bad, bad doggie!

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OB
Aug 12, 2005

the worst teacher I have ever seen. very unfair. he is a guy you can barely understand in a rational way. keep away from him.

1.0
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BUSI1215
Aug 21, 2005

Insanely hard... I was at the top of the class and I got 71%. He has poor English skills and is a very difficult marker... do not take this if you want to get above a B.

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BUS1110
Aug 22, 2005

Avoid at all costs

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5.0
OB
Nov 15, 2005

this prof gave worst class in the history...the class is boring and midterms are meaningless..keep away from this prof

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BUSI1100
Mar 23, 2006

Chan can't teach, he goes too fast, doesn't speak english too good and his test are the hardest, DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS!

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BUSI1110
Mar 30, 2006

The worst teacher I have never seen! He talks a lot but useless at all, and he gives you super hard tests which you have to memorize the whole textbook. He is so cheap that he even doesn't want you to take one more piece of paper from him. How can he be a prof? He got very severe problems with his thoughts and behaviour.

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BUSI2490
Apr 7, 2006

DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT take this teacher. He makes the course WAY harder than it is. He CANNOT speak English well enough to save his life, which baffles me because he has been teaching in Canada for over 10 yrs. Your GPA will ultimately drop because his expectations are UNCLEAR. He treats it like a 4th yr class. Good Luck! You'll need it if u take

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BUSI1215OB
Jul 18, 2006

This is the biggest moron ever! I thought he should be easy, but I guess I should have listened to you guys. Gives out useless lectures, expect you to know everything, and his tests are basically taken out from the book. Does not know how to teach. BEWARE!

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BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2006

Extremley hard to understand

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5.0
BUSI1215
Sep 4, 2006

No Comments

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BUSI1215
Nov 2, 2006

one word ..... RETARD!!!! stay away. should have hired a bag of dirt instead of this dumbass. WOW what a waste

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BUSI1215
Nov 7, 2006

Don't take him, he can be your worst nightmare!!!!I took him during 06 summer, and ended up dropping it because he is bloody annoying. Poor spoken english and strong cantonese accent, but he trys very hard.

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BUSI1100
Nov 21, 2006

Very bad!!!If you wanna fail business,you can choose his class.The test is very hard,lots questions.And he give you a very low mark on the presentation.Too bad!!!

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BUSI1110
Feb 6, 2007

He is a horrible teacher! Maybe speak some English, especially if you have been teaching for 13 years! Or just learn the basic CANADIAN words for your classes! I would NEVER recommend this teacher to ANYONE, and I know MANY people who who say the same!

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BUSI1110
Feb 6, 2007

NEVER TAKE A BUSINESS COURSE if he is teaching it. He has a very think accent and you will not be able to understand. I had to drop his class not because of it's difficulty but simply because he is unbeleivably unclear. Get Out of this class asap

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BUSISECT
Feb 28, 2007

marks were docked of for saying "male & female" in the midterm instead of the textbook term "masculinity & femininity" =_____=" about 90% of the midterm wasn't covered in the class discussions... he's always wanting people to be more "lively" & encouraging participation, but talks too much to have students participate :P

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BUSI2490
Feb 28, 2007

i should not have registered his class, unless this is a MANDARIN class. only advise is, the only instructor in this class, is your textbook.

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BUSI2490
Mar 10, 2007

Chan marked a student wrong on a midterm bcaus the student worded the theory differently from the textbook... i'm usually a B student, but my last midterm mark was 50%... he asks details rather than for understanding... he goes through some PPT sides over & over again... while other slides he takes about half a second & skips it... don't take him..

1.0
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BUSI2490
Apr 19, 2007

No Comments

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5.0
BUSI1210
May 14, 2007

This Prof Sucks. His English is horrible. Don't take him. GPA reducer.

1.0
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BUSI1215
Jul 5, 2007

No Comments

2.0
5.0
BUSI210
Aug 1, 2007

No Comments

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BUSI1215
Aug 12, 2007

he is the worst teacher ever. boring lecture, unclear explanation, and always give u that stupid look. if u are gonna take his class, be ready to read the whole text book page by page word by word, cuz he will ask every single thing thats on it. the effort i put into this class = the effor i put into all my other 4 classes.

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BUSI1100
Sep 3, 2007

He is the worse teacher I've ever taken with. I was not suppose to have him for my Busi1100 but somehow they changed the prof at the end. He is really bad at explaining theories. He basically just read off over head. His exams are so dumb! You have to know every single word in the text book and examples given.

2.0
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BUSI1110
Feb 25, 2008

he doesn't give time for students to copy down notes on the power point presentation and just blast through it himself. he doesn't care if we didn't finish copying or not. explanations were not clear at all. his way of teaching does not in any way make students interested.

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BUSI2490
Apr 18, 2008

Hes soo bad we want to file a complaint to the dean

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BUSI2490
Apr 20, 2008

If you know anyone who might or is taking this class, warn them! I wish someone had warned me. This is by far the worst teacher at Kwantlen. He is an unfair marker. His lectures are hard to understand and he does not want to communicate with the students..as in he wont discuss your marks etc. DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER!

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BUSI1215
May 2, 2008

One word: Horrible. He's hard to understand, he contradicts himself, and he's not helpful at all. Save yourself the pain and don't take his class.

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BUSI1215
Jun 27, 2008

He is a terrible instructor. Also his speaking is really really poor. I can't understand. Half of students drop his calss before mid-term. Remember, don't take his class.

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BUSI1215
Jul 19, 2008

Chan's thick accent makes him hard to understand.His lectures are so boring u just falling asleep. his tests are super hard and long.requires u to know every little detail from the textbook.he also loves to see conflict in groups and loves to emphasized the idea of kicking group members out.as smart as u are,this class will definetly lower your GPA

1.0
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BUSI1215
Jul 25, 2008

No matter how smart u are or how hard u study, u are dead since u register his courses. See how many ppl rate him, See how low his rate is. Do u get what i mean? (P.S. let pray for students who are still in his terrible class)

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BUSI1110
Aug 9, 2008

PLZ dont ruin ur life by taking him. Expects more than he himself knows.HARD EXAMS, HARD MARKER......OMG what not :(:(:(:(:(:(

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BUSI1215
Aug 13, 2008

What is the point of making it so hard? I hate u!!!!!!!!

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BUSIS10
Aug 31, 2008

Please Dont take this Prof. He is very terrible instructor. I Dont think that he should be allowed to continue teaching. He does also mark you on the Personal Scale! and most likely you are to fall on his bad side if you do anything he doesn't like. Trust me there are many things he wont like about you. Such as "you think you are smart"

1.0
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BUSI1215
Sep 3, 2008

DONT TAKE THIS INSRUCTOR HE IS HORRIBLE I MADE THAT A HUGE MISTAKE SO PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT HIS CLASS HIS EXAMS ARE HARD AND HE MARKS TOUGH AND U WNT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HIM N NEITHER DO HE SO BETTER AVOID THE RISK.

4.0
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BUSI1215
Sep 7, 2008

You are on your own in this course. Maybe because there was only two people doing the case study, my final grade was a little bit higher than average.It will be a tough course for those considering Busi 1215 as a entry level course.

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BUSI1215
Sep 14, 2008

This guy is horrible, arrogant & nasty. Almost same as Le Roi Smith, Brad Sacho, Ho Yee Low, etc. If you don't wanna degrade yourself, stay away from him as his personality will be even worst than Le Roi Smith in Marketing!!!

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BUSI1110
Oct 29, 2008

This guy is TOO Serious, horrible, arrogant and MEAN. If you take this guy, he will LOWER your GPA FOREVER!!! In addition, he is EXTREMELY HARD MARKER like Brad Sacho. TAKE Business courses with OTHER INSTRUCTORS to avoid courses.

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BUSI1215
Nov 19, 2008

No Comments

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BUIS1215
Jan 23, 2009

Can anyone tell me why this guy is still teaching? His education background means nothing at all, Fire him, Kwantlen.

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BUSI1210
Feb 5, 2009

Worst teacher ever. Heavy accent and quiet, can't understand a word. Picks every little detail out of the text and puts it on his tests. Boring as hell. Assigns a HUG group case project that is impossible to do when you have other courses, or even have to study for this one. A joke that he's allowed to teach.

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BUSI1210
Mar 8, 2009

NEVER TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM!!! Horrible teacher. He should never be allowed to teach anyone. His english is so bad that you spend all class trying to figure out what words he is using and don't ever understand what the concept is that he is trying to teach.

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BUSI2424
Mar 23, 2009

This is the worst teacher I have ever had at Kwantlen. Not interested in helping students learn at all, he was mad that more people didnt fail he test because they were "saved" by multiple choice. Do not take the instuctor you will regret it

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BUSI1215
Mar 29, 2009

This proffessor is the worst proffessor that I have ever had at kwantlen, his class was terrible. He has the thickest accent I have ever heard, and more then half of the class fails his midterms. If you have a choice in the matter, and a course has two different teachers, do yourself a favour and don't take the course that this guy is teaching.

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BUSI1210
Jul 22, 2009

do not take him! worst teacher ever. can't understand his class, boring as hell. assign BIG group project, n i can't believe he has a one-CORRECT answer for a management project! if urs is not the same as what he has in mind, he will fail your project which worth 25% of ur mark.

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BUS1210
Jan 20, 2010

Kill me now. Worst teacher ever! Useless, lectures, hard to understand, and boring as hell! If you want to memorize the text book, take this class. It's your only hope to succeed in his class

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BUSI1215
Apr 7, 2010

Prof. Chan is a barely comprehensible teacher with a major barrier when it comes to language. He also has a tendency to forget he is teaching an entry level class.

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BUSI1210
Apr 24, 2010

Do not take this class. Cannot warn you enough, instructor cannot even speak proper English. And failed our entire class on final project. He does not even follow his own guidelines.

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BUSI1215
Apr 26, 2010

Goodbye, GPA.

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BUSI1215
May 27, 2010

You would think being able to speak english would be a requirement at any respectable Western Canadian Uni. Such was not the case for Hian-Chan, he can hardly string basic words together, and fails to understand the concept of teaching a 1st year class. His attempt to make an easy class as hard as possible is impressive, and he often succeeds

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BUSI1110
Jun 15, 2010

He doesn't speak English clearly so you really need to pay attention to understand what he's saying. Luckily he just repeats the text and his powerpoint slides. He has really high expectations for a first year course. With enough work it seems easy enough to get a reasonable grade.

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BUS1210
Aug 12, 2010

HE IS THE WORST TEACHER !!!!! NEVER TAKE HIS COURSE. IM TAKING IT RIGHT NOW N I JUST GOT MY FINAL PROJECT BACK, 4 GROUPS 3 FAILED !!!! MIDTERMS HARD HARD HARD, UNLESS U MEMO THE TXTBOOK. MOST USELESS TEACHER EVER !!! DOESNT EVEN HAVE OFFICE HOURS, DOESNT HELP IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE.

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BUSI1210
Nov 25, 2010

Horrible, I'm never taking a TBA class again! 3 out of 4 groups failed the project, maybe it was from lack of understanding or not doing it right. But how were we supposed to know? He didn't communicate anything, and walked away when we asked questions. Took this class last spring: D taking it now with David Williams: A Go with David, he's awesome.

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BUSI120
Mar 31, 2011

ABSOLUTELY THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. Not only one of my classes where ruined by this joke, but two of them. Teaches directly from text book due to the fact that he knows absolutely nothing about what he teaches. Hearing his lectures are more like off topic rants that leave the student more confused than before he started

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BUSI2490
Apr 6, 2011

I was afraid of this class because I took one with him before and was dreading it. He's suprisingly got much better. To me it seems like he may be tougher with first year courses to whip people into shape. He was actually decent and fair this time around.

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BUSIBUSI
Apr 7, 2011

he tries teaches good in the class. bit hard to understand due to Chinese accent. he will kill you in the project. very hard marker.

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BUSI1210
Jul 18, 2012

Too demanding on essay. Hard to understand when discussing.

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BUSI1210
Aug 1, 2012

Awful teacher. Extremely high expectations, no guidance as how to fullfil random criteria for those expectations, terrible lessons.

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BUSI1110
Sep 12, 2012

Avoid at all costs. Class and marking is random, quality is terrible. Not a good prof.

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BUSI1210
Mar 15, 2013

Very high accent, no guidelines and expects alot. 1 of the WORST TEACHER!

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BUSI1210
Apr 12, 2013

Most people would consider fluent English to be a requirement for a professor. He might be very knowledgeable, however he lacks the ability to communicate that knowledge to his students. Thus, full review of the textbook becomes inevitable to pass his exams. Midterm class avg: 50%. Highest mark on group projects: 67%. Avoid Dr. Chan at all costs.

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BUSI1210
May 6, 2013

Strong accent. Expects a lot on group report and not very helpful when you ask for help, he even tries to confuse you just so you wouldn't get too much information from him. Be super familiar with all the details in the textbook if you want to ace his exams.

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BUSI1110
Aug 8, 2013

I won't recommend this prof to anyone. He has zero passion in teaching classes. Very old materials used, ppt hasn't been updated for years. never review quiz or mid terms (if you don't review, how can we learn from mistakes? Just look at the rate of attendance at every single class, it is embarrassing.

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BUSI1210
Grade: Not_Sure_Yet
Aug 20, 2013

This teacher is a failure in teaching management. He doesn't even apply the stuff he teaches in his way of teaching. He doesn't understand whatever we ask, and I'm always lost in the middle wondering what he's teaching. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is not even considered during his teaching. He thinks only students are wrong and he is always right.

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BUSI1210
Aug 28, 2013

Despite being hard to please and strongly accented, he does not seem to be too bad. In my view, he answers questions that needs to be answered assuming they are clear and cracks jokes even though nobody gets them.

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BUSI1215
Sep 1, 2013

He's extremely difficult when it comes to marking especially on case study questions. He never gave the proper direction or clarification especially when it comes to the Group project. He may as well not help because it even furthers the confusion. His accent is also hard to understand that he has to repeats his words countless times.

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BUSI2210
Feb 26, 2014

His lectures are OK. I understood his accent probably because I was an ESL teacher. His tests are from the lecture. As for the group project - he gave little to no guidance. He got angry at everyone from the class and said he was giving everyone a C- even though none of us deserved it. WHAT A HARD PROJECT!

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BUSI1110
Aug 12, 2015

Don't recommend. 1 group presentation, 1 individual presentation, 2 multiple choice testes, 1 midterm and final. He makes students do presentations on the textbook chapters so he doesn't have to teach it to the class, classes are mostly taken up by presentations. Usually goes off topic, class is overall not hard just boring

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BUSI1110
Aug 19, 2015

This class is a joke, the concepts are great, but in no way is this class taught well. There are spelling mistakes on outlines, he uses an older version of the textbook so the final exam outline is inconsistent with our textbooks. I can say that everything I learned from this class I had to teach myself, and I reiterate everything.

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