total pain in the butt not very nice or friendly

boring !!

The worst teacher I ever had.

This guys is an ****. Please, save your money and time. Hes about the weirdest soul in mdc. Dont even bother.

If jazz was a person he wuld f*** it. He is a freak about jazz.. wen he plays somethin' for the class he puts his head down and goes into a trance. If u interupt or make a sound while music is playing BE PREPARED!! either ur listening to jazz or he's using his mouth to make the beats. bottom line, dont take the class, unless u REALLY love jazz.

ewwww he is a bad teacherrrrr so boringggg

WORSE TEACHER EVER !!!!!!!!

What a waste of time. You can tell this is a wannabe musician. Gets mad when students ask questions and doesnt know how to answer. Fakes his way thorough course lessons. Pick someone in the jazz department if you want a competent teacher. I am currently in his class?booooooooooring!!

I AM DEDICATING MORE HOURS TO THIS CLASS THAN I DID IN CALCULUS 2 TO GET A B GRADE. Copious reading and writing (sentence for every paragraph in the book, seriously). No clear syllabus, everything is in the air. Conveniently gives quizzes in the first 5 min while people are late so he can give Fs. Assumes undying dedication and passion to music.

dysgraphia is certain, quizzes every class, no phones to take picture of board even though class is 50 minutes long, doesn't explain content and rude.

Hes an awesome guy and very caring for his students but not the best teacher, she talks a lot doesnt let you take pictures of anything when hes not talking hes playing music though its a music class but most of the time its literally JUST music. The testing is very messy hand written and sometimes have nothing to do with what he taught sorry

Dont take this professor. He is very unorganized, doesnt ever specify when the next quiz is going to be or whats going to be on it. Said we were going to have quiz on one thing and gives it on another. Makes his mind as he goes, rambles a lot. If you miss class with a real excuse he doesnt care, wont let you make it up. Handwriting is a mess.

HORRIBLE STAY AWAY

Worst class Ive ever taken, he doesnt teach. He plays music the whole class and then tests you on nothing. He makes the class super uncomfortable and is super strict about technology. I normally never feel this way about the class but the professor was terrible.

This man is impossible, literally you have to assume whats gonna be on the quizzes and tests, he has bad handwriting and messy in general. If you dont have to take this class, dont. The notes he wrote on the board literally make no sense.

Very unorganized, he didn't set up a good system so he had each student email him each assignment so his email is probably flooded and won't find your assignments. We also never got to see our final grades since he never added them yesterday knowing today his class ended and would be removed from blackboard today. also doesn't reply to emails :)

Extremely unorganized. He constantly lectured about topics that were not related to music. Goes off on many tangents and does not explain assignments very well. Makes you email him every assignment and can get very confusing. Online connection is terrible and glitches the entire class. Would not take again.

If you need help he wont be there for you. He wont answer your emails. And he wont be in his office if you need assistance.

At times, he will get fed up with the class and become super disrespectful when students are literally trying to answer his answer. If you like knowing your grade, he doesn't post them, he only sends you emails. To get a response from him is a mission and his test are in the most confusing format imaginable. Even with all his random notes :/

Honestly just stay away everything has to be handwritten and send through email by sending him a portrait photo including his tests

I took him online and he's not ready for it. He's very unorganized, never answers emails and makes us handwrite all our assignments and email it to him, and every exam is handwritten too, you have to email it to him only giving you a time period of 10 mins max to do it. He's not understanding but is an easy grader. Wouldn't recommend this class.

just do yourself a favor and don't take his humanities class.

Always at least 5 mins late. Everyday he has an technical error from bad WIFI to computer dying. He gets off topic and shows us videos that are irrelevant. He is not understanding and gets attitudes with students. ALL assignments are handwritten and sent in by email for each question, even on the test which is time consuming. Worst Professor EVER.

Right off the bat I knew this was gonna be a tough class and dropped it. He is very lecture-heavy, his presentations are bare-bones, and he requires all of his assignments to be handwritten on a sheet of paper and the photo you send MUST be portrait. Dropped after the second class & couldn't be happier with my choice. Rip to anyone who stayed, tho

The professor was very discouraging and had demeaning comments . I studied hard for his exams. I had much difficulty going by his reviews to study and yet does not go above to help students .

terrible, always gets an attitude and speaks over students. is a mess and his test and quizzes are a joke, he teaches us absolutely nothing and then gives us a test on anything he can pull out his as. do yourself a favor and dont sign up for his class.

His "cheating" policies create a hostile environment for all of his students. The format/method/style of submission requirements are frustrating and unclear.

The worst professor I've ever had. Took his class online and his method of teaching is counterproductive and nonsensical. His lectures are impossible to follow and he just rambles off topic and has zero resources outside a few shoddy diagrams. His hw is a joke and everything is done through email, including tests. Just a big, messy headache.

His humanities course is a sham, unorganized and unprepared the professor abuses the privilege to show YouTube videos in class. All work must be handwritten, and everything is submitted through email. Then he has the gall to claim that he trades in ideas when, at best, he's a middleman between online videos and old movies, and me.

TLDR; I HIGHLY recommend not taking this course. The main issue is the professor, his lectures are a complete mess he will jump from topic to topic. Then watch an hour-long movie and ask specific question about its content. So you're punished for paying during the chaotic parts but you can't justify not paying attention because he might quiz you.

Is all over the place. He over complicates everything more than he should. He will have assignments and quizzes submitted one by one via email, have a ton of issues because (DUH?!) he's having 60+ kids send him quiz questions one by one. Will wait until an assignment is finished to tell you that *blank* should have been included in the homework.

Honestly, just do yourself a favor and don't take his class. Rude attitude. All he does is show us people singing on youtube and just rambles on about nothing. The homework and tests are handwritten and you have to submit everything one by one through EMAIL. Also, takes FOREVER to grade. This class is just a big headache. Don't recommend at all.

Professor Brubeck is unaccommodating to people unfamiliar with material in his class. He's very bad at explaining new concepts, which becomes a big problem for a subject like music theory. He derides anyone who doesn't perform absolutely perfectly. He gives vague, and unclear instructions, but will snap at people for asking clarifying questions.

Don't take this professor he will make your life harder than it should be. There's no real structure to how the class is set up the material he teaches is just arbitrary and futile. He'll base the tests off of irrelevant videos he shares and he'll randomly call on people to send them their notes that isn't even a part of the class grade

Don't choose him or you'll regret it. You've been warned. -Work must be submitted in portrait mode and 1 page per email -Will make you go to a concert -Here and there lectures -He sometimes tells some to submit their notes within a few minutes -Takes forever to grade -Makes you buy a book for just 2 chapters to only use at the end of the term

MDC needs to do better, that's all I have to say.

HORRIBLE!!!!!!

The worst humanities professor in all of MDC.

Extremely horrible. He rambles on about the most random stuff and doesn't even have a clear grade structure. Honestly coming from a straight A student, he's the only professor I have ever taken that has been difficult yet still managed to fail his class. Side note: He will fail you if you don't give him your notes which aren't even part of grades.

DO NOT TAKE HIM! His negligence to his non honor students is insane. They way he teaches makes no sense. Absolutely no organization! Can't stay on one topic at a time. You will eventually give up on note taking. ALWAYS 15-20 MIN LATE AND WILL HOLD YOU AFTER CLASS FOR ABOUT THAT TIME! If you have another class or work good luck. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

DO NOT TAKE BRUBECK'S CLASS!!! He is the worst professor, i'm lucky i even passed his class.He is all over the place, disorganized and has no structure. His grading is confusing, he doesn't use canvas everything is by email,& takes forever to respond to emails.Your grade is based off of 4 tests. Its overall a nightmare so dont take this class

Its hard to understand what he's ever saying. He's very hard to keep up with because everything is through email and he sends it in weird format. He's very random to say the least but he seems sweet.

No structure when it comes to teaching. Nothing he says makes a lot of sense. Jumps for topic to topic , very difficult to understand. Ending up dropping his course. Do not recommend to anyone.

I took this professor in 2022. Difficulty would had been a 2 but it deserves a 4 thanks to the obligation of going to a concert or else, an in person test. You have to take photos in portrait mode on a phone and purchase a ~$100+ book for only 1 chapter almost at the end of the term. very disorganised professor.

He's very disorganized, giving random papers and videos to study. On test day, you won't know what's covered due to the scattered material. He jumps topics, making you feel lost. He makes the class hard to pass with no electronics, no multiple-choice tests, and random handwritten quizzes. On test days, he's paranoid about cheating.

This has to be the worst professor I have ever had in my life. He has no organization so he is teaching whatever comes to his head right in that moment. He has 0 structure not only for himself but his students which makes this class 100 times harder than it needs to be. He will assign hw the night before your class due the next day.

Do not take this profesor at all. For the love of god, just don't. As a student, you should expect an organization in his class. No he's all over the place and is very disorganized. His grading criteria is awful. Does not makes sense and is the worst thing ever. Never uses Canva so you can't stay on top of your grades. Worst thing ever.

Horrible class. Totally disorganized, teaches random stuff, assigns HW last minute, sends wrong or no resources, and emails at midnight. Loses papers, gets grades wrong, won't touch Canvas, and flips out over electronics. Could be easy, but he makes it a mess. Avoid at all costs.

THE WORST PROFESSOR I HAVE EVER HAD. HE IS THE MOST ORGANIZED PERSON IN THE WORLD. SENDS YOU OTHER STUDENTS GRADES AND IS SO UNHELPFUL. IF I COULD GIVE HIM ANYTHING BELOW AN AWFUL RATING, I 100% WOULD.

If you want to maintain a good GPA, it's best not to take him at all.

He's not a good professor at all. If you are planning on taking his class with 0 knowing of music theory, then you are screwed. He DOES NOT teach at all and writes things on the board expecting you to know it and do it. I had to teach myself music theory because of that and thankfully Brenda and Professor Thomas helped a lot!

Although he is respectful and clearly cares for the material, he makes the class a whole lot harder it needs to be. He is very disorganized through his lectures (jumping from topic to topic/playing videos out of context), and surprises the class with pop quizzes. There are only a few tests you are graded on (25% each). I wouldn't recommend him.

Don't take this teacher! There's no textbook or curriculum whatsoever... he just shows Youtube videos and gives quizzes on them, except the quizzes will have things we never learned (he will still grade it). He's also extremely unorganized and WILL lose your homework and tests, and then make it your problem by giving you a poor grade

I don't do rmp but this class was so horrendous I had to say something. Honestly he is a nice man, BUT I have NEVER been so confused about a class in my entire life. The only reason I passed was pure context clues, I felt like I was going in blind every single class. He's very unorganized and a late grader, Upside is he's not a harsh grader at all.

If Rate My Professor would give me a bigger character limit I would write a negative dissertation for this professor. His class is a very frustrating experience. He is the most disorganized professor that I have seen in my life by far. He would lose students quizzes and homework. He is allergic to electronics, thus he never uses Canvas. Avoid him.

He is NOT a good professor at all. I took him in Spring of this year, and everyone I mean everyone failed his class. We all had to retake the class again. He does not teach whatsoever, so I had to teach myself or ask Brenda for help.