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MKT325 - 2.0 ratingClass Info
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Reviews (105)
The course is boring and demeanding, but he makes it fun - funny guy
you need to do work, but he is so funny
Don't drink in his class -- he's so funny you could choke. He had our class laughing so hard one day, he had to dismiss early. COURSE - hard, good, fair, study hard, learn alot, book & notes. Get used to PwrPntPres.
Funny boy
He is great, funniest professor here! Class was not too bad, it was always fun!
Fun guy. Do your cases and pick a good group in the beginning of the semester. The actual material is kind of hard and confusing, but he makes the class fun and tries to get you to understand.
the class is all B.S. work; cases are easy but a pain in the butt. tests are hard, but curved and everyone gets an A or B.
tests are hard
his long lectures have almost nothing to do with what is on the test. its really hard to grasp all the info for the tests (there are about 7 chpts on each test.. at least 20 pages each). hes funny, but the tests are hard.
I agree "his long lectures have almost nothing to do with what is on the test" but the tests aren't all that hard ... and yes he likes it if you laugh at his jokes and some are funny ... but god help you if you if he is your advisor
Phillips is the man. Mkt Tech is the easiest class (take it as your free MKT elective). You do 3 or 4 group papers which he barely reads. Final paper and presentation at the end. B was prob the lowest grade given. He gives you McDonalds too! Take this class hes hilarious. Oh yeh...you spend about 4 class days worth on funny internet websites ha
Very good professor. Hard to keep up if you skip a lot of class, so don't. Study a lot for tests and be prepared for quizzes. You should do fine. I got an A-.
Phillips is a great guy, he is understanding and if he likes you then you have nothing to worry about. Tests are hard, but you don't always have to go to class because the tests are based on the book and attendence doesn't really affect your grade.
Too bad marketing majors have to take him, because you won't know anything about marketing research when he's through with you, but you'll know more than you wanted to about Star Trek. Wastes entire class periods making fun of students...a complete waste of time and money. Tests aren't hard...but a lot of busy work.
Although his test content has nothing to do with his lectures on star trek or the mail order bride industry you are forced to learn how to put together a research project which dosn't make this class a complete waist of time. I had a few paid research jobs after this class which turned out pretty good because of this class. All in all not so bad
TONS of BUSY WORK....class is a waste of time! You will come out of the class learning about Star Treck and the Mail-order bride industry.
you learn absolutely nothing. All busy work, he does not read anything you hand in. He picks favorites and his grading makes no sense. He never hands anything back so you don't know your grade until he post them.
terrible teacher, you will learn nothing. It sucks that he is the only teacher for this class. Don't bother doing any work, he grades nothing, hands nothing back and picks favorites. Tries to be the "cool" teacher but ends up wasting your time. avoid if possible
Jason Phillips is by far the worst professor I have ever met! I can't believe his attitude towards students...its just uncomfortable, questionable even! I would eat my arm before taking another Phillips class!
You will not learn much, and he thinks we have all the free time in the world to write 10+ page papers which he doesnt grade until the end, (which no way is possible) therefore this class is a waste of time. he's a cool guy, but needs to get realistic.
Never had a problem with me but I caught him making fun of a couple kids in front of class lol awkward. Tries to be the funny cool guy, and is at times. Lots of work involved! My papers were about 30 pages. Forgets u have other classes. Felt more like a research class than a market research class at times. Star Trek mailorder brides and bugs!
I had classes with Dr. Phillips my junior and senior years. I felt frustrated with his style of teaching and the fact our papers were about history. However, over the last fews years after graduation, I can recall more from his class than any other one I took. It's amazing how effective relating 2 very different topics is in learning.
Interesting instructor. He has a very different teaching method (random at times) and assignments that have you thinking differently when giving a report. Loves to assign 30+ page papers and joke around. Didn't learn much in this class other than history from student reports.
Great professor, he jokes around, makes everone involved. Easy to learn from him.
The coolest teacher ever? Jokes around a lot - the kind of teacher that makes the class pay more attention. He's also very patient.
Really liked him as a teacher! Had him in Business, Marketing and management here in Norway!
"Dr P" -- what a tool. Worst professor in the business program for me so far. He probably writes most of his good reviews on this site! He relates everything to himself and while toting a gallon jug of "tea" in one hand and a Big Gulp in the other, real professional.
He stopped lecturing halfway through the semester, and instead had the class work in groups for a project. However he still had exams on the material that he was not teaching us. When he does lecture, he is good, and provides real world examples. His exams are a hybrid between it and his lectures. Nice guy though.
Jason is by far the best teacher ever!!!!! His class is hard, but he makes up for it by joking around and being patient. I had him in both Business and Marketing in Norway, and I would take another class with him any day.
Good.
Awesome Professor.
Still recovering from his corny jokes and useless comments. he teaches you nothing you can't learn from reading the chapters. good thing the other professors in the major are suposedly way better than phillips or I would get out of marketing now. looking forward to diggins advertisng class in the fall. phillips should go back to Norway.
He does not teach. Like another person said, not even half way through the semester, he stopped teaching and started showing us a documentary about Star Wars for a project that he added mid semster. Almost every class he would tell us about his study tour group. He was always asking us if we wanted to sign up for a trip. I would not recommend him
He was a terrible teacher. Seemed like a nice guy but the class was completely self taught. There was no point in coming to class. The powerpoints had nothing to do with the material we were tested on and he gave up on them half way through the semester. If you have to take him, just read the chapters and make your own study guide.
If i could i would go over 350 characters. Unprofessional, lazy, and completely off topic. Tests are brutal because you learn nothing in class and ?s are worded horribly. Rarely shows for class either. stay away because you wont learn a thing and he will make no impact on your future. he def writes his own reviews on here as well. horrible
He's a nice guy. His class can be a bit meandering but he does teach his slides. He wants to get to know his students but not everyone is into that. You have to actually read the book and read it well. Actually participate, discuss and ask questions, and you will get a good participation grade. It's not hard. Lot of crybabies in the class semester.
There is no point in paying for this class, He provides no service of education to students at all. He expects you to buy a $100 book and basically teach the material to yourself the test is made by the authors of the book and class time is used to go over powerpoint slides that have nothing to do with the test. DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!
If you are Marketing Major, do yourself a favor and avoid taking this "professor's" class. Every time a professor in the higher level MKT classes says "you should have had this in 325" I have no idea what they are talking about. His teaching style is terrible. And nothing is his fault if the whole class does poorly, its the students. AVOID AVOID
WCU MKT Dept. should be ashamed that this is their #1 professor for 325. How on earth they give Phillips four straight semesters to teach huge lectures consisting of 85 student is mind boggling. You think you get a steal by paying less for your education by attending a public state school, however this professor is proof that logic is false
Stay away at all costs. Do not take. Terrible professor. You will learn nothing the book doesnt say. I don't think he knows what teaching is. His tests are hard. Avoid at all costs. After having 26 professors, him being one he ranks as the worst out of the 26. Terrible
Forferdelig! Suger! Phillips has the same teaching reputation in Moss as in West Chester. Hei kompis, a beard does not make you a Viking as you would like us to believe.
Phillips has the same teaching reputation in Moss as in West Chester. he is no Viking either as he would like us to believe.
Love him! He's a really nice and interesting guy. Took his Marketing class in Norway, which was actually really hard!
Very nice and funny professor, not a great teacher. His lectures are pointless. Hardly ever has class. Tests are challenging because of the way the questions are worded. If you want to do well in the class, READ THE TEXTBOOK. Every test question is from the text, be sure to thoroughly read chapters. Easy HW. Don't bother studyingPowerPoints
Chapter summary homework due each week. All he does is read his powerpoints in class. Tests are impossible with how the questions are worded. Nice guy and awful professor. Would advise taking someone else...
Phillips is a nice guy but HORRENDOUS professor.The tests were impossible to do well on , the class test average was around a 70 every time. Three out of 120 people got As as their final grade. Do not take!!!
Our final grades are way less than we earned and he knows it. P should get an âFâ We all gotta unite and APPEAL. The 2013/2014 catalog has the Academic Policies and Procedures online. We have 20 class days not counting the summer to APPEAL but better WE ALL APPEAL NOW. Policy says the "written APPEAL should be sent to the instructor"
HIS GRADES ARE JUST LIKE HIS EXAMS AND TEACHING â HORRIBLE! APPEAL NOW!
Jason was the worst professor ever. He joked around and barely taught me anything. He gave the worst exams when he did show up for class. I may as well just have read the text on my own like with an online course for what he was worth.
I received one of the few A-'s only because I taught myself from the text. I found an instructor profile of him Googling the American College of Norway website. Such BS! It says "he has received a number of student-sponsored awards naming him an outstanding teacher and faculty member." Here he goes again writing his only good evaluations HIMSELF!
worst teacher ever. Im an A student and got a C- in his class... dont ever take. hes just awful and will not teach you a thing
DR P IS THE MOST POORLY PREPARED PROFESSOR I HAD SO FAR AT WCU. HE HAS NO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AND SO MINDLESSLY READS THE TEXT'S POWER POINTS. HE GIVES THE TRICKIEST EXAMS ABOUT THE MOST MINOR POINTS FROM THE TEXT CHAPTERS. HE MAKES YOU ATTEND AS YOU COULD JUST STAY IN YOUR APT, MEMORIZE THE TEXT, AND SCORE AN A- GRADE AS I DID.
He is terrible, you learn absolutely nothing. I recommend not taking him for any classes. The fact hes teaching a section of International Marketing is next Spring, is a terrible idea and I cannot believe West Chester is allowing it. His lectures are pointless, he's not a professor, he's a guy who stands in front of a class and talks nonsense
Dr. P. is simply not cut out to be a teacher. He provides pointless lectures that cover little to nothing to do with the test material. The tests are all multiple choice and ask extremely specific questions from the text. His lectures have nothing to do with the exams. In my third year here at WCU, he is hands down the worst professor I've had.
Jason Phillips will ramble and talk about practically everything except for the material covered on the exams. Nice guy, with a strange sense of humor who seems to enjoy teaching. However, he cannot teach and really makes students unmotivated to put in effort in his class.
"Dr." P thoroughly enjoys talking about every topic but what the exams will cover. He will cross the line and waste time with certain topics he talks about. Even dropped the "r" word in a class this semester. He also brings up his study abroad programs and how he went to Penn State at least twice a class. I have no idea how he is tenured.
Even if I sat through class and took thorough notes on what was being said, I never did well on the exams. Exam content relies heavily on relating the content of the homework to what was kind of touched on in class. Dr. P did see that I had been to class regularly and completed every HW so he did bump my grade to help me.
Every review I've read is claiming that Dr. P is such a horrible professor. However, I can honestly say that if you do the work and build a relationship with him in class, there is no reason that you wouldn't like him. I am taking another one of his classes next semester and couldn't be more excited.
His assignments are very unstructured. Syllabus has a few sentences for each assignment with not much detail. Although if you ask him, he will give you more guidance. Overall, he is very nice and helpful. He will extend dead lines if the class asks.
Class is a waste of time and he's condescending. will dock points for a laptop/phone if its seen. All you do is watch movies in the class, never teaches. Typically wouldn't complain about a movie based class but when there are a ton of other things that you could be doing its a waste. Pop quizzes for attendance. Movies are unrelated to class topic
Terrible teacher!! Attendance is basically mandatory, because if he sees a lot of students are absent he'll give out a pop quiz. Doesn't post grades or assignments to the universities website, but instead makes you join a secret Facebook page. Professor is also very sarcastic and condescending. Didn't learn anything in this class.
I had Dr. Phillips for International MKT and MKT in the media. Both classes he was incredibly unfair, favored the students that went abroad with him, did not give guidelines for any projects (worth 50% of ur grade) then graded them harshly and unfairly. Unable to talk to him because he cannot be reasonable. I would not take him if you dont have to
Phillips never gave any guidelines for anything in this class but expected you to go above and beyond. He claimed he didnt expect much, but you have to read 3 books all at the same time, and are expected to attend every class, with the constant threat of a pop quiz every day. Dont take him if you do not have to. He is impossible.
I was pretty disappointing in this class mainly because we didn't really learn anything related to marketing. It was essentially a tourism class that centered around discussion and only a couple assignments. Prof Phillips is nice and tries to start discussion, but sometimes comes across a little rude and condescending to students.
I am a senior, and he is by far the worst professor I have ever had. He expects us to go all out for projects he doesn't even explain. Also I cannot count how many times he has gone around the room to get an answer from everybody for the most irrelevant questions, it makes me feel like I am in elementary school. He is extremely rude, would give a 0
Great prifessor; really cares about his students; do the work and youll get a good grade
I've had professor Phillips for two of his special topic marketing classes and did the same Facebook project in both classes. He's really rude and his classes don't make sense at all, but you'll definitely get an A so just stick it out !!
Professor Phillips is the most defensive and unclear professor I've ever had. He is awful at explaining the projects that were our main grades for the semester. The projects are confusing and dumb and he expects you to do more work than he's actually explaining. Ask him a question or give feedback, you'll receive a defensive and rude response.
Rude professor who only teaches you about his tourist business. Dr P cancels class for weeks to go on his trips so you get a break. Only took him because I need the credits to graduate and he was the only professor open. You learn nothing about marketing and he treats you like your in middle school. Bring something to write on, no laptops allowed.
Professor Phillips will not teach anything about Marketing. Youre better off taking any other professor.
Its ridiculous that there can be a whole class where you dont learn anything about Marketing.
This class was a joke. Learned literally nothing. It was hilarious. Easy A tho. He's one of those teachers who might roast you into oblivion, so try not to stick out
25 minute "discussion" about marketing in movies and did not give us any type of directions in order to actually do this project, just tells us to "be creative". We're also not allowed to use our "technology" because apparently we're too addicted to it and then doesn't understand why we don't work on our projects in class. Not sure how he's teachin
The semester is finishing up and I do not remember a single day of learning/lecture. The first part of the semester was Phillips telling us how well traveled he was and that he really understands global cultures. The second half of the semester was us giving presentations to each other while Phillips slurped his large chikfila soda in the back
He is LITERALLY the worst professor ever! I learned nothing the entire semester. He loves talking about his self and the places he's been to. The entire semester other students give presentations about specific countries and thats your overall grade. His grading policy is super confusing and unclear! His class was an ENTIRE WASTE of time!!
This professor is hands down the worst I have had in all of my college career. He teaches you nothing. He gives out a group project or a heavy research project where some people will have two weeks to do and others will have months. He spends the whole semester on presentations from students therefore doing zero teaching himself.
Hardest professor I have taken by far, assigns WAY too much work and expects you to spend over 15 hours for his class, without realizing we have four other classes. Papers due every week sometimes multiple parts. Honestly don't reccommend, stay away.
This professor will assign tons of work for you to complete but won't explain it until after you submit it. He does not meet with students 1 on 1 and if too many students have questions about the course, he recommends you drop the class. Don't expect this professor to provide any assistance with assignments. Assignments are fairly easy.
From the first message he sent us on day one I had a feeling this guy would be difficult. The work itself isn't hard its just very time consuming. Doesn't give feedback until after the assignment is posted. Left feedback on my last assignment saying that other students provided more "lessons learned" and went more into detail. Like cool thanks..?
By far the worst professor I have ever had. Has no respect for his students and talks down to you. We are halfway through the course and he has changed the way we do homework three times. The work itself is purely busywork and takes way longer than it needs to. Tough grader too! Do not take him. Do all you can to avoid taking a class with him.
I would never take this Professor again. He did not teach us one single thing the entire semester, instead he assigned us 3 books to read and write about all three each week. This is in addition to finding 10 tourism websites and analyzing them for a digital marketing class?! Then turning the websites into PDFs.. such a waste of time and money.
Literally the worst professor. Had him last semester online and I do not recommend. Makes you read a book about war and you have to relate each section back to marketing. Easy grader but if you actually interested in marketing good luck. Save yourself some time and money and pick a different professor.
Worst professor I've ever had. Literally doesn't do anything. He provides no lectures and you can't contact him. Makes you read 3 books each week and must write a paper with "lessons learned" from each comparing to marketing. It's busy work and I can honestly say I haven't learned anything of value. Waste of time and money. Avoid at all costs.
Literally had to come back to write a second review because he has now changed our weekly assignments for the 3rd time. We have to read 3 books every week and has now made it mandatory that we have to have a minimum of 5 lessons learned for each book. So I have to come up with 15 lessons learned each week. Complete waste of time and beyond furious.
By far the worst prof Ive had at wcu and its a shame bc its my last semester. Requires us to read a book on war in a marketing strategy and planning class. Never meets, same thing every week, has changed expectations 3 times now, has not taught an ounce of marketing material. Gives no feedback other than good or great. Do not take him!!!!!
One of the worst professors I've ever taken. He has changed the guidelines for the class multiples times which makes the class incredibly confusing and gives little to no feedback. He assigns the same busy work every week with very little instructions. Would highly suggest avoiding him if possible.
He is truly awful. I am taking this class over the summer and he has done absolutely nothing but make this class more difficult than it needs to be. He gives no information about what he wants for each assignment and changes what he wants constantly. getting in contact with him as also extremely difficult because he refuses to answer emails.
Did not teach for first five weeks of semester, and has had maybe 4 out of 15 weeks where he actually covered content. Most assignments/tests are done through Pearson.
busy work class. legit learned nothing and he canceled class every week but still had us to quizes every week. Makes you do movie papers that we have no information on. Luckily quizes were online and you had a week to complete. Not fast with emails, it feels like this class isn't a priority at all to him. Disappointing:/
This guy can shove it! Worst professor I've ever had. Ignored these ratings when I enrolled in this class and I regret it heavily. Had him over the summer and gave the entire class a failing grade for one assignment for not following directions, only there were none. He fails to provide directions and changes the assignment guidelines. Don't Take!
Took online, you're able to go ahead as far as you'd like. Lots of class assignments for each chapter - interactive/fun. There is at least an hour of recorded lecture for each chapter. For an online course it was good - haven't had this professor in person. Professor didn't interact with you much, everything was outlined in D2L or MyLab (Pearson)
he didn't teach anything it was all on Pearson. very easy class to do online but never met the guy
I took his Marketing 250 online during spring. Very easy class, all assignments are available to do on the first day. lectures are posted but whether you decide to pay attention or not you will pass. Every assignment can be found on quizlet or somewhere online. I Knew a lot of people in my class and nobody has a problem with it. TAKE THIS CLASS.
Took his online marketing class and it was easiest class ever. You can find every assignment online. Every assignment is also open so if you wanted to you could complete the course in a week. Take his online class if you can
This guy needs to be fired by WCU. He is the worst professor I have ever had in my life!
Dr. Jason Keith Phillips is simply teaching for a paycheck, he gives 0 care about the students. WCU please remove this man from your University. Barely anyone on RMP has anything good to say about this man.
Took this class online. Instructions were very clear for each assignment. There is a textbook but you don't need it. He provides lecture slides and videos that help all types of learners. There are 4-5 assignments every week and they are not that bad. Good for an online class. Would recommend.
I had Dr. Phillips for online MKT425 course this semester. The work load was very manageable and painless, especially considering it's the capstone for marketing students. I have no complaints and would take him again. However, I have heard complaints from other PROFESSORS (not just students) about Dr. Phillips...
I took this class online and it was easy work but he doesn't use D2L at all he uses MyLab. He also never answers his emails and won't let you redo and retake anything no matter what the situation is. I had trouble with MyLab in the beginning of the year and he was no help basically told me to figure it out myself. Anyways good luck!
Easy online class - assignments are all available from the start. Some lectures, but can easily pass without watching them. Used unstuck study and quizlet to breeze through the course.
Super easy online class, but the amount of work was exhausting at times
Had it online, so never met the guy. It was very straightforward and easy to understand.
The professor was not helpful at all when help was needed. Class overall is fine, lots and lots of reading.
Relies solely on Pearson and half the time the web
I don't know why people are hating on him. All the assignments are posted for the entire semester at the start of the year, so you can grind everything out at once if you want. The assignments are super easy. The only bad thing is that the workload is heavy overall.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
40%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.73 avg changeRatings by Course
MKTFUN
5.0
(1)MKT370
5.0
(1)MKT360AND370
5.0
(1)BUSI101
5.0
(2)BUS101
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
MKT
5.0
MKT321
5.0
MARKETING325
5.0
MAR301
4.0
MARKETINGMGMT
4.0