This guy is a huge story teller. You do nothing but memorize vocab, you teach yourself. Him giving lectures does nothing for you. He is very adament about people that come in late. But, the material is common sense, so the class is easy. So...bad teacher, easy class

Murdock is a very good teacher but expects you to show up to class. Lectures are very boring but you must sit through all of it. Tests are online & therefore VERY easy. The final on the other hand is NOT online so NOT so easy. Sit in the back if you're planning on using your phone during class because he WILL kick you out if he catches you.

Take the hybrid class for an easy A. He goes back on what he says and throws surprises about the grading system two days before the semester ends.

Overall terrible professor. Very easy class work and the way he grades is too harsh to make up for his lackluster way of teaching.

I contacted him 3 times regarding incorrect grades. Each time, he made excuses and made it out to be my fault (it wasn't). Once, he was very rude and condescending, apparently without looking at my problem and said if I "actually did the assignment" I would have gotten credit. After sending proof, he did not apologize but did correct my grade.

There is very little room for error in this class. You basically have to know the chapters like the back of your hand if you want to get high grades on the quizzes. I've had to read about 3 chapters a week and wait for a quiz to open up in a very short time frame, just so I can answer questions vaguely talked about in the chapters themselves.

IDK where to begin, this class is fully asynchronous so he does not bother to help, and when emailed he copy-pasted the syllabus ?? absolutely no organization, assignments, and quizzes due every 2 days and since there are no tests you have to know each chapter like the back of ur hand (proctored) and they're worth 70% of ur grade. AVOID HIM TRUSTT

Literally the worst professor. I was really looking forward to taking marketing, but he just ruined it for me. Hes boring and 70% of your grade is the quizzes. Half of the questions on the quizzes arent even found in the review or his lectures. All of them are proctored too. If you email him, he isnt much help at all. NEVER TAKE HIM

Quizzes are terrible and hard and unfortunately, they make up 70% of the grade. I have tried studying but feel like the questions are insanely hard even when studying the notes and learnsmart.

Do not take this class if you are taking 15 credits or more. I feel like he thinks that this is the only class students are taking. He LOADS us with assignments and quizzes. It's physically impossible to retain all of the information he gives us unless you spend like 4 hrs a day on it. Also don't even think about cheating bc its all proctored

Rude and unhelpful. If you ask him a question he will just quote the syllabus. I wasn't the only one confused on instructions but he showed no mercy regardless of this being 100% online and in the middle of a pandemic. He said he does not care about your other classes or jobs, there will be no extensions granted because of failure to schedule.

Mr. Murdock might just be one of the worst professors I have ever taken . I have never seen a professor who WANTS his students to fail until now. His quizzes are 70% of your grade and require you to memorize chapters of text. If you start doing well in the class, he intentionally makes the quizzes more difficult so you will struggle. STAY AWAY!!!!!

Murdock might be the most useless professor I've ever had. All the assignments are virtual and there's no daily lecture. Everytime you email him, he acts it's a total inconvenience. There is lecture videos, but they're recorded in 2017 and doesn't even recommend them. This class is slammed with work for no reason, definitely do not recommend.

I have a 4.0 and got a B in this class, if that tells you anything. His lectures are from YEARS ago, his quizzes do not reflect the assignments and lectures and are extremely hard (they're proctored). Don't ask for help because he either talks to you like you are stupid or won't respond at all. Stay away from him.

What ever you do. Do not take him in the summer. There is assignments that takes hours a piece due daily (even Saturday and Sunday.) He may be fine taking during the semester, but in the summer. Do not work or take another class, this Intro class is your new job.

HORRIBLE. rude. I never had a course calendar be this disorganized and all over the place. I do not recommend him, in one of his class announcements he stated, If anyone makes less than a B in this course, its because one of two possibilities: The admissions office made an error in thinking that the student was capable of success in college

THIS IS THE WORST AND RUDEST PROFESSOR AT TXST DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!!! I hope this guy gets fired hes so rude to his students, he makes the quizzes super hard and asks about concepts that are no where to be found in the textbook, he makes his quizzes PROCTORED and have short time limit when one question is a whole paragraph.

I don't recommend taking him!! The way he schedules the test/ quizzes are ridiculous. He does not space out quizzes/tests correctly and remind you they are proctored so we have to memorize the material. I do not enjoy taking his class because he expects us to memorize all of this information in such a short amount of time

All of his lectures are from years ago, super rude, does not care for your schedule or how you are doing in his class. He literally collects a salary and lets the online delivery do the rest.

Absolutely worse professor I've ever had in my college career and that's coming from someone who's about to graduate and has been in school for 6 years (I transferred). I emailed him so many times well in advance just trying to be on top of things but he never cared and just threw me under the bus. He isn't fair or consistent with his grading.

He is the worst professor that I have had at Texas State so far. He does not care about his students, gets annoyed by my emails which he would not get if he just did his job in the first place. He is completely remote and just happy to let his online class run its course. I have a 3.9 GPA so I know how to work hard, and good luck getting an A

He is a HORRIBLE professor. He doesn't communicate with his students and barely responds to emails. He makes us read boring and non-engaging chapters and makes up do proctored quizzes. I don't like his attitude and he really seems like he doesn't want to help his students unless he wants to look good for the dean. RECOMMEND ANYONE ELSE BUT HIM!!

Everything is on McGraw Hill and the rest is graded by his teaching assistant, not him. He is not lenient, he will not respond to your emails if you need clarification on something that is in the syllabus, he will actually deduct points from you if you do this. This is a self taught course so be ready.

ONLINE: Some professors are just here for the paycheck, and some are here for the students to learn. I'm not even sure he's excited about the paycheck. Condescending & terse. Was (somehow) rude in the syllabus, and then essentially called me an idiot via email for asking a question that wasn't covered. As uninvolved as possible. Avoid at all costs.

This man does not care at all about his student. Don't bother asking him for help on anything because if you do and you're not doing extremely well he will be extremely harsh on what he has to say to you. Find yourself a different teacher who actually cares about you. Do not take him!!!

RUN: Work overload! This course is just basically learning from the textbook on your own. You literally will have to read and memorize the chapters if you want to pass the test and quizzes. If he gives out extra credit, DO IT! Whatever points will help you!

It is VERY easy to fall behind since he goes through EVERY chapter in the textbook and has assignments due weekly, on top of the homework due every 3 days. This is my second time taking the course and I'm still struggling to get through it. He doesn't really post any study guides for tests and his lectures are really boring.

DO NOT take Ken! He is rude and unprofessional, he doesn't help you if you email him. Took his summer MKT class it was time consuming and overwhelming. He expects you to know every little detail from his lectures and notes. Quizzes & exams are proctored, be prepared to finish them in little time. Take another prof don't even think about taking him.

This professor blatantly does not care about you, or your odds of success in the class, one of the first assignments posted is basically how well you read the syllabus and some of the questions in there aren't even in the syllabus. If you're hit by a car he said don't contact him, contact the dean, he does not care about his you one bit.

This is the worst professor I have ever had. He does not care about his students in the slightest and lacks basic communication skills. Don't even bother emailing him because you won't get a response and you also run the risk of getting points taken off your final grade. His quizzes contain material found nowhere in the textbook or lectures.

This class is a joke. I did not find any useful tips or information on marketing. I was force fed useless jargon and tested on pointless vocabulary. I learned nothing about marketing.

Terrible, try to avoid if possible!

AWFUL. avoid this class. too much work over subjects that teach you nothing about marketing. He is not even a teacher, all the lectures are pre-recorded from 2018! Thats right, nothing to change this class since COVID! He specifically states NOT TO EMAIL HIM over subjects his TA could help you with or he will LOWER YOUR GRADE. He does not care

This class is worthless, if you take Ken Murdock you are wasting your money! You will see this professor once the first day and never hear from him again while he sits pretty collecting University paychecks while doing 0 work and teaching nothing. Proctored everything and worthless busy work twice a week. This class unnecessarily tanks your GPA

The professor started off the semester by going through a list of his student's complaints and basically said he wasn't going to do anything about it. Great start. The course is not about learning the material, its about cramming as many terms as possible in your brain for the quizzes and tests. This course is fundamentally dysfunctional.

He may be a genius for this, but Murdock has found a way to host a class and do no work at all. Everything is graded automatically, lectures are from 2017, and the TA does all administrative work. The only explanation for how he is able to get away with this must be tenure. If you value education for more than obtaining credits, take anyone else.

This class had lots of homework, reading, and quizzes due during the week, and it could have been more helpful if the professor had uploaded video lectures that covered everything in the chapter and NOT just the main topics for that week.

The class itself isn't all that hard, however there was a bunch of busy work. Like the tests covered 4-6 chapters at a time and were 80 questions. He didn't do anything for students except send passive aggressive emails about how we should be embarrassed of our discussion posts. Take another professor, this one is not good.

This professor is very rude and passive aggressive and lacks any kind of sympathy. He's very egotistical for hosting a class where he does basically nothing. The lectures are old pre-recorded videos and McGrawHill grades your work. The course content itself is not very difficult, but the professor is unpleasant. You're better off with anyone else.

This class would not be nowhere near as bad if he cut out a few needless chapter that really are just a reiteration of another or are totally covered in another course. Packback teaches you nothing at all, you have a few days to take care of an entire chapter, which you will do every chapter in the book. Too fast paced to really learn anything.

DON'T TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! He makes it very clear at the beginning of class to not email him with problems, and that he won't have sympathy. His syllabus was never updated, due dates were confusing and he doesn't care. He uploads material and then has nothing to do with the students. I have a 4.0 and have never had this bad of an experience.

Do not take this professor if you can avoid it. He is so incredibly rude and the assignments are tedious, there is at least three assignments a week which includes a proctored test. Professor Murdock will be mad if you email him, he literally says to not contact him. This had been the worst class and professor I have taken in my four years.

My boyfriend had a extreme medical emergency and I asked Kenneth Murdock can I recieve a incomplete for the course and he said "I am not going to be put in the position of needing to act only after the circumstances have done their damage at the end of the semester. The consequences of your decisions are yours to deal with and not mine to solve."

Insane amount of work and reading every week, the information from the chapter quizzes, smartbook assignments and click and drag is different from each assignment and. focuses on useless vocabulary rather than explaining general concepts of marketing, which is what an INTRO to marketing should be. Overall DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

The class itself was pretty easy, pretty much all through McGraw Hill except for the weekly discussions. Basically the whole class was busy work, an easy A if you stay caught up. The professor is lazy, McGraw Hill generates and grades all of the assignments. Professor will take points off grade for emailing him with "redundant" questions.

If you're a business minor I would avoid this class and take one of the other subjects. He is the only professor that teaches this course. Every quiz and exam is proctored, so you will have to download Proctorio. Quizzes range from 30-50+ questions depending on the chapter and exams are about 80 questions. As many as two chapters due per week.

I already read the awful reviews but this was the only class that fit in my schedule. I would rather have graduated late than take this class. Multiple people tried to report him to no avail. This guy couldn't care less about this course and its quite obvious since his material lacks continuity and clarity. and he docks points for contacting him:))

Every assignment is proctored. 6+ assignments per week. Quizzes are timed and take 40+ minutes to complete. If you reach out to him directly for anything instead of his TA, he takes points off of your overall grade. Material on tests has nothing to do with the textbook. Overall, he's a terrible professor. Just don't do it!

TERRIBLE OMG. SO many assignments every single week, exams were 80-84 questions long FRYING YOUR BRAIN. So many quizzes with proctorio lock down, and the exams were proctored as well. I think of myself as a good student but DANG was this class hard to keep up with please dont take him if possible.

As soon as the semester started, the professor informed us that the material would come at a fast pace and that because there were so many students, we shouldn't bother emailing him. If we emailed him asking questions about something he had previously discussed, he would take points off of our exam grade. Very unaccommodating and do not recommend.

Would not recommend. Takes off points if you try to contact him. The TA takes care of almost everything. Test reviews are not helpful, they have nothing to do with the tests. Also, tests are very long. There are more than 3 assignments including quizzes weekly.

Please choose another professor. This class is a LOT of work. I paid $ to take a class that I was not allowed to contact the professor in and got points taken off because I email him. I honestly don't understand how these policies are allowed at TXST. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. I honestly don't understand how he has a job still.

I completed over 80 assignments for his class alone last semester. Emailed for help and he told me I wasn't putting enough effort into the course so I figured it out on my own. Emailed at the end of semester because grading was wrong and I had to fight to have our extra credit applied to our grades because he claimed it already was. Rude professor.

took this for summer. would not recommend it. there was homework everyday.

highest amount of homework I have ever had for a single class. Do not take unless you are ready to spend 90% of your semester taking quizzes and doing homework for this class.

I have spent the past 10 years of my life in upper education, hands down one of the worst professors. This guy is the literal stereotypical gatekeeper of education& is collecting a check at our own expense, do society a favor and let his seats go empty. I feel cheated out of my money & education, this guy needs a negative star button.

he is not a good professor by any means. you need to get in a rhythm of doing multiple assignments a week. his TA does everything. there is no communication through him so im not sure why he even teaches it. the class is not bad, its proctored but not bad at all. you may as well take it if ur not a marketing major. if not take someone else.

The tests and a few assignments, are proctored, but the site works half the time. When contacting the professor he wouldn't solely get back to you, he'd send an ENTIRE class message saying to figure it out on our own & that he had too many students that somehow conflicted with those of us who had issues & needed help with a site that was required?

I am so disappointed I was looking forward to taking this class because I thought it was going to be fun. I bet you can guess I was wrong. About 4 homework assignments a week 3 of them proctored. Around 80-100 exam questions on each exam. Such a wast of time. Not a single assignment I did was enjoyable or helpful.