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Reviews (204)
Good professor.
Excellent professor.
One of the best.
He makes a difficult subject easy.
He makes his classes very interesting.
One of the best profs at Edinboro. He makes everything easy, even when it is really difficult.
This guy walks on water. He is awesome. (Be ready to work though.)
One heck of a professor. One of the best around.
You need higher ratings! Dr. Rounds is incredible. I give him a 10.
I agree with the last rater. You need higher ratings for Dr. Rounds. I give 10+.
I agree with the other ratings: He's very helpful and very clear. I think he is very hard though.
I think he is very helpful and clear and because of this, he ends up being easy. Will bend over backwards to help you.
I think he is the best advisor at Edinboro. Follow his advice and graduate in four years!
Entertaining. Funny. Interesting. You'll have to work hard. Be ready for high expectations.
Superb professor. (Was hotter last year, but he still sizzles.)
I don't like him anymore but he is still an excellent professor. (He used to be more lenient about attendance policy.)
Is he sick? He looks ill.
Professor Rounds always looks so healthy and hot! Is he a body builder?
All around great guy. Excellent teacher. One warning: He does expect your best. And, he will make you feel guilty otherwise.
Great professor. Greater person. He is very forthright and honest. If you earn an F, you'll get it. If you earn an A, you'll get that too. He deals in facts and not opinions. Don't act (or be) stupid and you should do fine.
Rounds is to difficult, this isn't harverd. He is wiling to help, but that might be part of the problem. if you askem for help, be prepaired to do extra work and show it to him! He'll call you to follow up! Be prepared as I warned you.
I agree with the last rater. Rounds is to hard. His attendance policy causes lots of problems for me. If you can't go to every class don't take him. To be fair, he follows the university policy but doubles how many classes you can miss without an excuse.
He is a good teacher, but sometimes comes off as an idiot.
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great teacher
Tests are hard and on-line. Nice teacher makes class interesting but tests come from readings. Make it to every class and read, will do fine.
Great professor. Loved his sense of humor. Gives short, online quizzes only and no tests! Real easy for smart people. If you're stupid, you are toast.
who in their right mind has been rating rounds as hot??? Are you all high?
Cool professor. Hard, but helpful. He is really hot too. Great eye candy.
Tests are hard, must read book and understand vocab words. Nice guy, but does not follow book in lectures, you have too.
Nice guy. Knows what he's talking about and tests aren't hard.
A very incompetent teacher. I don't know how he rcieved a degree in anything. He must have found his degree in a cracker jax box!
Tests are hard, no more on-line tests. Info for tests come from book not lectures.
Dr. Rounds was refreshing after taking Drs. Fisher. Between the two Dr. Fishers, each having zero experience it was nice to listen to Dr. Rounds.
Rounds is a totaly ass. If you don't wear short skirts,let you **** hangout, and don't hand on every word and on him at the bar he will give you a bad grade. The man is stuck on himself more than flies on crap. I will never take a class from him again
Unqualified for what he is doing. A monkey could do his job.
He was ok, IMO he doesn't much care for OSD students.
Pretty good. Not the best, but good. Easily side tracked. Test pretty hard.
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His summer classes are great!Awesome person, funny too! :)
He skips around on material...read the book before you take the test...constantly talks about Country Fair and Sheetz, I would take him for any course because I think he is HOT! "If youre not gonna do the work, drop the course"
To the last rater: What are you talking about? I don't think I've ever heard Dr. Rounds talk about Country Fair or Sheetz? He does not "regurgitate" the book. So you'll need to read. If you don't read, you'll maybe pull a C+ if you're lu
DENIED ME FROM TAKING THE FINAL!!!! He is in complete self-denial. Didn't follow University policies at all!!!!!
Hard class. MUST read book. If you don't read, you'll fail the tests. I've warned you. Dr. Rounds will fail anyone and everyone if necessary. Don't screw with this guy. You won't like his bite. You get what you deserve. Don't forget that! Freaking read!
WARNING!! DENIED ME FROM TAKING THE FINAL!!!! Very *hard* class to begin with, then I had to settle the final issue with him, and he was in complete self-denial. Ratings left for "good" reason!!
I didnt like him very much. He's kind of strange and the first day of class when he walked up to the front of the room I really believed he was a confused student or something because he doesnt look like a professor at all.
Worst prof. ever! A total waste of time/money. Unprofessional, rude, disrespectful to students. He's LAZY: lectures are all BS; material is self-taught. Don't question him; he's a retaliator. Too bad he's tenured!!
do not take him. you will eventually regret it when you see your final grade....
You get what you earn. Dr. Rounds is very fair. All grading is objective, with no subjectivity. Can be a problem if you try to get a higher grade by being the teacher's pet. He won't fall for it. He does bring Krispy Kreme donuts to class sometimes.
Awesome professor! One of the best. He expectes your best. You get grade you earn. Overly objective. Don't expect a break. Follows EUP attendance policy-MUST attend class. Work or drop. No teacher pets. Don't expect mercy if you say something stupid or that you can't back up with hard evidence.
I think this guy has a hidden agenda sometimes...proceed with caution!!
An extreme left basketcase. If you take the time to get to know him outside of class, you'll eventually regret your time spent in doing so.
Has extremist theories that he uses in class. The course work is much harder than a level 300 class should be. Beware.
If you want an EASY "A", dont take him. He is a good teacher. He is smart and we respect each other opion. A good quote to remeber is that, statistics are important. what they reveal is interesting, what they conceal are vital. Dont listen to hallway gossip about this man, they have no idea!!
Caution: he will pull random maneuvers in class that make you totally confused. Ok guy to deal with, but acts too rigid out of class for some reason. Tests are IMPOSSIBLE!!
He is great in class, and has students make test questions. His classroom lectures seem like they are based on stand-up comedy. Test review comes straight from the test. One-on-One he is kind of an A-hole though, overall he is a great teacher
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If you need help for anything don't ask him, because he won't give you any. The class isnt hard, but he is extremely moody.
If you don't want to do YOUR work, then don't take his class. He knows our con games. He is very friendly and helpful. You MUST do your work. He demands it or your grade will reflect YOUR failure. He often talks about individual responsibilities, which upsets stupid or just lazy students.
Very unhelpful professor!
Just another crazy liberal...
Awesome Professor! Hot too! He is VERY helpful. However, if you are an idiot, he will hold your feet to the fire. That is why many dumb and lazy students (take your pick) don't like him. He is very insightful and knows our techniques of manipulating professors on this campus. He won't have ANY of it. Don't even try. He'll shut you down immediately.
Best professor the school has. It wasn't Harvard that offered him a job. I found out it was Princeton. Yale wanted him a few years ago. And Stanford a few years before that. He is that good of a professor. Can be too difficult for us Edinboro students though.
Great class & even greater professor. Hottest Edinboro professor. Doc cares about student's succeeding. I think he should be teacher of the year for the next 30 years! In fact, Dr. Rounds isn't just good, he's GREAT! Just act like an adult or he'll "regulate" you for sure (Outlaw Motorcycle Club term for "put you in your place".) Awesome man.
Excellent professor. One of the best. I would take again. Might be best professor Edinboro has. I don't understand the negative comments. Probably just people who failed. Dr. Rounds does fail people, particularly those who don't do their work or those who can't do the work. Only fair, isn't it? You are in college now. Figure it out.
the guy can be a real jerk and his tests are very difficult. No room in his class for students who are parents... he will give you a very hard time if your kid is sick and you miss class.
Exceptional professor in every way. Will be hard if you don't or won't or can't read the book. Do your work and you'll be fine. You will get the grade you earn that is for sure. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Sizzling hot. Absolutly sizzling hot.
Perhaps the best professor Edinboro University has. He expects a lot from students. Maybe to much from the slower students who then get angry because they are incapable of college level work.
One of the finest examples of a hard-working, caring professor. He is an excellent professor in every way. I recommend that you be prepared to work as he demands that you do a lot of work.
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One of the professors that cares about students.
Excellent professor. One of the professors that cares about student success. He will help you with anything.
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Awesome teacher. Anyone who rates him low is obviously upset about something as Dr. Rounds may be the BEST teacher Edinboro University has! His lectures are interesting, he captivates students, making us think, and he doesn't just expect us to memorize and parrot back the book. Interesting classes. Never boring. One of the best!
Dis is da Godfadder speakin'. Dr. Rounds is da best. He'sa good fella, manner of speakin'. He'll do ya right. You'll do alright by him. Study yer book and attend da classes and you will pass wit da good grade. Awesome professor.
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He is very unhelpful!
Excellent professor. Maybe the best professor I've ever had! One of the most interesting and smartest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.
Excellent professor.
a complete disgrace....one of the worst professors at edinboro!!
I did not like his attitude during the whole semester and he singles people out who aren't doing good in class. This guy is full of himself and never lets up on his many stories. His tests are next to impossible also!! I will never take him again!!
Interesting course and professor. Only complaint is that he is rather indecisive when it comes to determining exam dates. His lectures are cool and supplement the book very well. So long as you study, keep up with the reading material, and keep on top of the exam review you'll do very well. I'll never see Home Improvement the same again.
The best professor period. Very hard, but you'll learn a lot. Must do your work or you'll fail.
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I didnt learn much, and his attitude didnt help either. We watched a lot of videos and then had tests on them. Thats it. He is also very self-centered and loves to brag about himself which is very boring...go somewhere else
Very poor professor, he was more interested in hearing himself talk then teach the class. He will play favoritism. Don't ask a question if you don’t think he knows the answer, he will be offended.
Organized crime is the best class with the hottest professor Edinboro offers. I love this class and this professor is a must have.
Best professor the department has. He makes it interesting, keeps it real and you'll actually use what he teaches. I know. I have a job because of him and am succeeding because of what he taught me. Dr. Rounds is just an awesome professor and incredible person. Take him. Be prepared to work.
Rounds is a really good guy and prof. I don't study and I don't read and I get B's and C's. Think what you could do in his class if you apply yourself. He has helped me get a good internship and a great job. He is clear, and very helpful. Also I think he is really good looking, but I guess a great personality makes a person even more attractive.
I think that Dr. Rounds is one of the best professors we have at Edinboro. His classes can be hard, but only if you refuse to do what he tells you to do to succeed. He will help in any way if you are willing to first help yourself. It is just his teaching style and philosophy and you have to accept it or don't take him. He will not enable idiocy!
Dr. Rounds is so self absorbed. He singles people out all the time in class for no good reason. He tells these dumb stories about himself and his brother from Cherry tree. If i wanted to know about him I would actually like him as a human being. He is a waste of space at edinboro university. His class is a complete JOKE. He deserves NO RESPECT.
DR. ROUND'S GOOD. TAKE HIM.
Dr. Rounds cares about every single one of his students. Some people as stated below do not like his teaching style. However it is one of the best I have ever witnessed and experienced. Dr. Rounds teaches on a level most professors never reach, he teaches to his classes as a person such teach which is a fellow Human take him if you get the chance.
Not a good Professor. You dont really learn a lol from him. He talks about his life too much to really even teach the class. Pray for another prof to teach his classes so you can learn something.
Good professor that works really hard to provide lectures that are relevant and interesting. I've taken him for four different class and would take him for more if he taught more classes. Dr. Rounds seems to be more suited to a better college than Edinboro University as he seems to be head and shoulders above many other faculty.
This professor is my favorite professir even though I didn't do as well as I should have. All my fault though as I don't test well. Super interesting lectures all semester long. I will take for all the classes that I can. Best professor I think. Really cares about student success. Won't give you anything but will help you if you help self first.
Dr. Rounds was my favorite professor at the Boro when I was there. I didn't finish my degree and came back and he is still my favorite. There are easier teachers in his dept. but he is by far the best. I highly recomend him for any class. His online classes are really good to. I took CRIM 200 with him and it was easy.
Difficult, but excellent.
MUST read. Intresting lectors but arent from tha book! I dont read very well (tested at 4 grade level last year) + I a difficult time readin tha book. I wish he yousd power point of chapters so we didnt half to read. lots of other proffesors in department do and they are great otherthan dat he is good proffesor. Great if he didnt make us read book.
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His lectures dont follow what you are given on the test. He gets sidetracked about football and his past experiences. Talked about restroom urinals for an entire class. To pass the tests go to class, skim the book and place stickey notes on each page so you can refer to the pages and do the study guide book. Tests are online.
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My favorite professor at Edinboro University. Be warned: Some of the ratings here are from students that he failed for various reasons. Judge for yourself. Profesor Rounds is difficult, but very interesting. I like his classes a lot. The workload is more than other Criminal justice teachers which pretty much sucks, but at least he is excellent.
Best class I ever had in college. Professor Rounds don't read from the book and that make the tests difficult more but he is interesting professor. I found him be to very hot. I attractive him.
Dr. Rounds is one of the best teachers I have had for any of my Criminal Justice classes. He is more than willing to help you. He is a very easy going teacher. Yes you have to read for his class and his test tend to be difficult but if you go to class every day, take good notes and read the book you will be fine.
1 of the best prof we have at EUP. Uses lectures & power points 2 teach class. Sometimes goes online 2 illustrate something or look something up right during class 2 find out the correct statistic or answer 2 some question that comes out of left field. Very willing 2 go that extra mile 4 his students.
Excellent professor but realli hard for edinboro university
Dr. Rounds is hard if you don't read the chapters. I didn't the first test and bombed it. Luckily everyone else did and he curved it. After that I read through the chapters ONE time and got a 91 and 80 on my next 2 tests. Hes not hard like everyone says you just cant sit there and do nothing and need to pay attention in class. Interesting class!
Fun professor that tells interesting organised crime stories. He is good eye candy to.
I took professor Round online class and it was a good class. Professor Round was very helpful. He was always available to me by email or phone. Professor Round is a great professor. I learned a lot and it was a fun class. I met him a few times in person and he is super good looking and he was very funny to.
Hard.
Professor Round's class is intresting. I think he is good teacher.
rounds is worthless. he doesn't teach, he just tell stories. The only wa y to pass his classes are to cheat during online tests, or read the book on your own. only take rounds if you're not serious about your college degree
Completely horrible professor. He doesn't teach just tries to tell funny stories that are stupid that nobody cares about. Only way to do decent on the test is just read the book, notes are useless.
Professor Rounds is good teacher. I like him as do all the students that I talk to. I only have one question with RMP: Why do you allow unhappy students to rate the same professor over and over? It is obvious the two ratings below mine are from the same person. The one doesn't even make sense when he says "have to cheat but easiest professor." Huh?
There is a lot of work but there is'nt a lot of it.
Makes classes interesting but he never lets us go early. Most criminal justice professors cancel lots of classes and lets us out early but not professor rounds. That sucks but he still one of best professors we got at edinboro.
To dam hard.
Professor Round is full of useful infomration. He is way to hard for a 500 level course. He thinks it is a graduate class that he teaches at night.
Best professor the history department has working for it. He talks about criminal justice a lot though.
One word: Awesome...his intro to policing class made me want to actually get up in the morning so I could attend. Hes humerous and knows his material. Gets along great with his students.
Best professor that department has as I takin them all and he can be very hard but that is good since I learn so much from him.
Hot professor, but I just heard he died over the weekend in a really bad car accident. He was chasing after a **** driver who had hit him and a wheel came off his car and then he went airborne.
Is this true? Dr. Rounds is my favorite profesor. Hes the best teacher edinboro university has and this is a shame. He really cared for students. He loved touching them. There lives. There careers. There educations. Maybe greatest teacher edinbor univ ever had. I'm so sad right now. This is terrible. I hope it isn't true.
I think it is ture. I call his office and he aint call me back. I here couple professors die over the Christmas holiday an I think Professor Round won of them.
When will you people get a brain? (Learn to spell too!) First, I saw Rounds last week and he is not dead. lol (He is hotter than ever though!) Second, don't you think they'd change his office door? Look at his office door! It is the way it was last year and it says he'll be back next year! My God! He isn't dead & thank God he's coming back soon!
Rounds has been on sabbatical for the last year. hes not dead. I saw him the other day. Hes a great professor and extremely interesting
Good teacher
He's ok...gets off topic ALOT! But the class could CLEARLY be Independent Study. Not trying to hurt feelings, but class is pretty much boring...lecture starts out ok, but like I said b4 can't stay on track of lecture.
Very organized professor I think that's what other rater thinks.
READ THE BOOK! Lecture is a complete waste of time when it comes to test time. Tests are from the test bank, containing sentences straight from the book. Attendance was not really required until everybody realized this is basically an independent study course & quit attending. He has a great personality, but if you want to past the tests READ!!
Everything is from book. All tests are from lecture. Don't bother buying book.
To the last rater: Is your post a joke? If you can't spell, write a coherent sentence, or read a college textbook, then how did you get into college? No wonder you have trouble with Rounds. He expects you to have minimal skills of a college student. Clearly, you don't have the writing skills or logic skills of a fifth grader. ULTIMATE FAIL.
Easiest class, IF you read. Book is necessary because tests are from test bank & lecture is wasted time (when it comes to testing)!! Don't be fooled by his attendance policy-- it does matter even though he instructs otherwise. Go to class to sign in, read the book, Easy A. Tests are from the test bank.
He tells you what he wants you to know. Follows the chapter outlines and objectives that appear at the beginning of each chapter in the textbook. Couldn't be plainer than daylight.
All he ever talks about is his objectives for the chapter and the course. I'm tired of hearing about objectives. Funny thing is that the tests revolves around his objectives so that did make it easie on tests.
My favorite teacher at Edinboro. He teaches straight forward with what he wants you to know. Do your work and you'll do fine. Don't do your work (that is reading the book) and you'll do poorly.
Lectures are interesting I like them. Could raters on here talk more about his classroom policies and not so much about hating him? I take that to mean you failed the course which is probably your own fault. So far he's been nothing but forthright on what's required of us. He tests my class on the material he assigns us. Makes sense to me.
Exxcellent professor. He can be demandin at times witch will (as he says) only make me better. But I have better things to due than 25 page research paper with 15 mandastory "academic resources". Its a stupid requirment and I donut understand why he counts riting so much of mi grade. Steal I think he is good teacher.
He good teacher but woodn't give me help when I was in jail.
Dr. Rounds is a good teacher. He has really big syllabus and if you just follow it you will do good in his courses. He shows you exactly how to pass his classes and if you do the work like a good college student then you'll mostly have easy time passing.
Doc Rounds is a great professor. This teacher truly cares about how well we do. I'm not saying it will be easy. It isn't. He will work you to the bone, but he'll work himself to the bone for you too. Treat him with respect and he will treat you the same way. Screw with him and you're toast. Burnt. Crisphy.
Difficult class. But professor is helpful for me when I write my paper.
Be polite and respectful in class or he'll eat you alive. Don't say stupid things either and do your work. Tests are open book but forget passing unless you actually read beforehand because they are timed. He also gives essay tests on the lectures. These aren't difficult but no cutting and pasting or he'll fail you for plagiarism. Great professor.
Very straightforward professor tells us exactly what we need to know for tests. One of the best at edinboro. He expects to much some times but, he is usually reasonabel.
This professor is liberal but can be very conservative. I'm confused by his views he doesn't seem to believe strongly in liberal or conservative but
Professor is terrible hard. Have to actually read book for his class. I hate that. He give two kind of test a reading test and a lecture test. Make double amount of work for class. I love his class material so much interesting. Too hard for Edinboro University. Guy no's a lot about many thing.
Tough, but fair course and professor.
I can't believe he teaches at Edinboro! I'm so lucky to have someone who has done so much in his career. He's very humble to. He won't talk about his background very much unless you really ask him. This guy is the go to professor for advising. He knows everything.
This teacher does not know how to teach this class. He talks about apps on his Iphone and nothing he speaks of is related to anything in the book. There is no way to study for the class and even though tests are open book it does not help as much. Never take him if you can avoid it. he is an AWFUL TEACHER!!!!!!!
Dr. Rounds taught a great online CRIM 500 course. He graded things very quickly, usually within a week. It looks likes my classmates, who don't deserve to pass the course anyway since all they do is complain and hand in work late, are now realizing they aren't going to pass. Lol
My favorite professor. His lectures aren't just copied from the book, but are his original material. (I know as I read the book and never missed a class.) Don't get me wrong because his lectures are the similar to material in the book but he adds to it. So you have to read the book and attend lectures or you'll probably fail some tests.
He failed me agin. But stupid. I take he courses agin. He gotta pass me soon or later.
Exceptional online class! I really like how professor is up front with all material. Everything is straight forward. Fun assignments and discussions. I liked his audio lectures. I had him for a regular class and he was one of the best there too.
Incredibly well organized online course and straight forward about expectations. Informative lectures. All about performance and no BS.
Very hard to follow.
Easy to follow. He likes to use PowerPoint slides and talk about the slide. Doc Rounds can be hard if you don't do the work required. Good guy though.
The course is online on the first day of the class. Other than discussion you complete course at own rate. Good professor an I really like the online movies.
This professor provides the essential material by lecturing from power points directly linked to the required textbook. He can go on tangents to keep lecture interesting otherwise everyone would fall asleep. Very straight forward material. You will get out of it exactly what you put into it.
Terrific online course very simple work to get an easy A. He is difficult. I got an easy A on all quizzes.
This professor will babble endlessly about google, iphones, handshake and anything else not related to the subject and berate you for wasting time, although wasting time seems to be his specialty, his in class discussions are unrelated to the book. however, because he is so lazy, the class is an easy grade, just don't expect to learn a thing.
Good course.
This isn't harverd class is to damm hard.
I got 750 on my SAT test and could only manage a B in this course. I was told with my high school grades and a 750 SAT I could do anything. Guess it an't true.
Took him for Policing and will hopefully never have to take again! His lectures didn't help me for the online exams at all. He gets off topic a lot and rushes to get through the material at the end. Pretty sure the tests come right from the book, so it's ridiculously hard and unrelated to what was discussed in class. Be familiar with the book.
Terrific professor and thanks for those open book quizes. He truly wants us to ace the course.
Knows his stuff. Wish I could have more classes with him.
He knows everything.
Interesting lectured that is to interesting.
This professor is da bomb. Lol Seriously he has the entire course available to complete at your own pace but within specific dates. Everything is clearly communicated in his extensive course syllabus. His syllabus spells out everything. Expect to earn grade based on your effort put into threaded discussions. Don't wait until the last minute.
A great teacher who knows that intro classes are usually boring, so he tries his best to make it a fun and entertaining class while also teaching you everything there is to know about criminal justice at an introductory and easy to understand level.
Amazing professor. He teaches us in interesting ways. If you pay attention you can learn. Don't talk to your friends during class.
Amazing lectures that contain many interesting stories to help understand the topic. Other than an easy A what more can we ask for? Sure, Mr. Rounds makes us work for our grades, but he's fair. If you're a lazy slug don't expect to pass.
He rambles and you wont really learn anything in class or from him. I have had him for a couple classes and strongly recommend you taking another professor if possible. Online classes with him are better because you don't have to spend time in class with him, and you have to read just as much.
Send an email at 1am get a response by 2. He is very open to talking about your strengths/weaknesses. He asked about my major and had pointers on how to succeed and reaching out for help. Very approachable. I would take any other courses he offers. Intro class is just reading and assessments. You have all the material at the start but deadlines
I took an online class by Dr Rounds over the summer. I really like how you read a chapter then take a test. Also, he drops the 2 lowest test scores and also gives extra credit. Great class and Professor.
Ah Dr Rounds! There is nothing bad I can say about him. This is the second time I have taken him and will take him again in the spring. I love the 'read a chapter take a quiz' set up that he has for his online class. He responds quickly to emails and is very helpful. I would highly recommend taking him.
I think his class is good. Great professor. Understanding. I learned new ways to think critically.
This is my 3rd time taking Dr. Rounds, because he is my favorite professor. This class was online and it was a module. You work through each chapter then answer questions/short essay at the end. The review section in the module are where the questions for the tests come from. Lots of extra credit. You'll learn a lot in this fun and easy class.
Going to class is pointless as he just rambles. We didnt receive our syllabus until the second week of classes which is ridiculous. Havent learned anything in any of his classes, he is a super lazy professor and a worse advisor.
While, he does ramble a lot during class and gets off topic most of the time he still teaches well. He provides us with a lot of information to complete the course work that is provided for us. He drops the lowest two grades which is nice for students who miss an assignment or a lab. He is also quick at responding to emails.
The course was graded on a total of 6 things. 3 were discussion posts where the requirements made no sense and didnt have a grading rubric given. Hes very hands off and just lets you move through the work and then grades it all at the end suddenly. Misunderstood the discussion requirements? Oh well youve already done them all by the time you know
I never took Dr. Rounds before but I will definitely take again. Professor Rounds provided us detailed syllabus that he expects us to read. As he told me "You're in college. It's real life. Read. Ask questions." So I did and I understood. Grading was very clear so if you can read the assignments then you should get good grades.
Really good professor. The group work stinks but it is helpful to prepare study sheets and break up the work. I don't think Dr. Rounds sleeps. He answered my email at like 4 in the morning.
"You're an adult. Act like it!" Doctor Rounds says this a lot! He expects students act like adults. If you do that, and submit your work on time, you'll pass. Otherwise, he has little mercy for lazy students. Be respectful or expect consequences. I heard he sued a student in small claims court for telling lies about him and he won!
Don't take Intro to Forensics if Dr. Rounds is teaching. He couldn't even bother to try. If you want a blow off class that is a general waste of time. Then take it. Easy credits. Just read the book and give a summary. I learned nearly nothing. Dr. Rounds as a person is nice enough and personable. He just did not care about this classes' success.
Dr. Rounds has a lot of enthusiasm and shows it by writing a lot of comments on our assignment's. I much preferred reading specific comments to seeing another impersonal rubric giving me points for doing what a monkey can do. Great senior seminar.
Caring professor. Probably the best professor at Penn West University.
This is a review of Dr. Rounds for advising or what he calls mentoring. He will be honest even if it isn't something you want to hear, but need to. Dr. Rounds steered me away from policing due personal issues and recommended law school. I'm in law school right now and it is the best thing I've ever done! Thank you Dr. Rounds!
Dr. Rounds excels in his online courses. By far he is head and shoulders above other faculty. May have the most organized courses of anyone. I highly recommend. Follow the schedule and don't expect breaks. Easy course to complete if your stay up on the weekly assignments.
We disagree a lot about my work but he was right when I checked with others. This teacher cares enough to tell me I was rong. I've matored lot.
He's ok professor but to hard. Professor Round expects to much. He's stupid hard. To much work. I guess he's really good teacher but out of touch with student busy schedules. I need time to work, date, do activities. Who has time for all his work during our final semester? I want to graduate and this is supposed to be an easy course.
Rounds is an entertaining professor but always with a purpose in each lecture. Need to read book before class or you may not understand what he's talking about. Some classmates are lost because Dr. Rounds will assume you've read the material. He even comes out and says you had better read the readings before lecture or you'll be lost.
Professor Rounds runs a pretty straightforward online class. While lectures can be hit-or-miss, the reading-quiz format works well if you stay on top of it. Unstuck AI was a big help for exam prep. Overall, a manageable course if you put in the effort.
Dr. Rounds has a lot of work in our course. And he says think outside the box a lot. He told me I'm a good thinker but I could do better on his chapter quizzes.
Don't expect any leniency from Rounds. I was very sick for weeks and had no help whatsoever and was told that I should have been given negative points for assignments I missed. There were few assignments so everything was weighted heavily and one of the exams was removed towards the end. Basically 3 exams and 3 huge projects.
Easiest class I ever took. Basically no assignments, other than Pearson Rebel, and one debate! Dr.Rounds is nice enough, but this is definitely more of a blow off class. If this is your actual major I would choice someone else, since most of the content comes from the textbook & Dr.Rounds is pretty hands-off.
Dr. Rounds doesn't go over the book. Sure his lectures are on the topics in the book, but I had to actually read before class as he expected us to discuss the assigned readings. A lot of work for three credits I learned a lot. Best professor but he is hard.
Doc Rounds is my favorite professor. He worked us hard but it was all worth it. Some of his advice helped me get my dream job.
Made me think. Required readings. Truly the GOAT.
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