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“This is a class to take if you are a marketing major”
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This is a class to take if you are a marketing major. Capone gets you shadow and internships with marketing agencies in san diego. He made class fun even if you are not a marketing major
This is a class to take if you are a marketing major. He goes into detail, even more then the book. This will make you prepared for other marketing course. The class is not easy and you need to study to get an A in the class. He also gives student opportunity to do internships.
a good and helpful instructor with entertaining, interesting lectures
Great professor! Lots of real world experience. Would def choose him again.
Capone was an excellent teacher. My first marketing class and he made me think I had finally chosen the right career path. Interesting class. Useful lectures and assignments. Hardly any homework. One long term, group project...just make sure your team communicates! Overall great professor. I would take him again!
Capone is the best Marketing professor on campus. If you have to take 370 take his class!! And if you are a marketing major he gets you in the field of marketing. TAKE CAPONE!! YOU WONT REGRET IT!!
Capone is the best marketing professor on Campus!! If you have to take 370 take it with Capone. I would take his class all over again. You wont regret taking him
I liked the prof and his creative way to teach the things , I started to get interest in the lectures when he explained the answers of the mid term in the class . that was so easy to understand .. wow..and gives u opportunity to see the practical business world and relate with theories...Awesome professor by nature as well.Planned Grading system.
Very good professor, concepts were explained through real world examples, making the lectures more interesting and practical.
this professor knows what he is talking about, gives good real world advice. the midterms are based on knowledge quality not quantity. i highly recommend him! the class is not a waste of time or based on bull****. wat u take out of this is ur choice.
Such a nice man! Really does extra work to make the class understand the stuff. He really goes above and beyond...we even had a Q & A session before and after tests to make sure we all knew the questions asked. A+++ for sure!
good teacher, very helpful
i crashed capone's class until the day adjustments were due and im very happy i stuck with it. he is an awesome professor and really knows mktg. he has wonderful insight and real world examples. he is there to help you with the class and makes it interesting. the semester group project was fun and helps to understand the class i recomend taking him
He is a great prof. So funny and always includes his real-world experience in the lectures. I am grateful to him for teaching me how interesting marketing can be. I'll take any class he teaches
great instructor
Capone is a good guy. He's funny, helpful and wants his students to do well. Also, he always informed us of opportunities on how to get involved in the world of marketing. He gave me a B, I give him an A.
He is a wonderful professor, made teaching more interactive and intresting.Always took care that each student understood everything he taught. Would certainly take advanced classes with Prof Capone
Easy class, a little difficult to understand what you're supposed to learn, but it all works out in the end.
Great professor all around! Highly relevant material and mid terms/final. Provides marketing job shadow program and utilizes his 17 years of professional experience to better teach. Overall, excellent choice!
awesome all around! fun class, always interesting REAL LIFE marketing info..he's super nice and open to all questions and concerns you have..he always replies to emials and even gives you his personal number!! my favorite class last sem!
Capone is a great teacher. Lessons are easy, and you basically don't even have to touch the book. Just go to lectures and take good note, and show that your interested. 2 Take home tests, and 1 final in class exam. 1 presentation, and some homework. Great teacher, very helpful, a must take for MKT370!
Prof. Capone was my favorite teacher, the class was really interesting and helpful!
Great Teaching Skills(Fun and Knowledge Both). Very thorough in his marketing skills and Knowledge
Great class. Gives a lot of good real life examples. Kept me interested with information about his own projects he was working on. Sometimes he isn't perfectly clear, but all you need to do is go ask him. Super nice guy. Take home Tests, a few easy HW's, and a quick presentation at the end. It's a must take.
great professor. i highly reccomend him. i hate marketing, and i still enjoyed his class
It was an enriching experience. The professor makes the class fun while you learn. I recommend this class to students interested in marketing.
Class was fun. I hated marketing but he made real life connections. Just pay attention and follow his lectures and you'll do fine. Test can be a bit tricky, but only if you don't pay any attention...Awesome class, i definetly would take him again if i was a marketing major.
Best teacher ever! I say it was an easy class because everybody got an A or a B... but that is because he really makes sure you understand the material before he moves on without you. I LEARNED SO MUCH in this class, applicable to real world situations even! Teacher takes his personal time to match students for job shadowing opportunities. good guy
Nice guy but hated his class. Lecures boring but has pop attendence points so you have to go. Final project ridiculously hard. Only good thing about class is you dont have to buy book. Looking forward 2 this class but was my least favorite @ SDSU. Took based on laid back rating here and sorry I did. He's a wolf in sheeps clothing. Watch out!
awsome teacher! Really laid back and interesting. A real marketer, has his own agency and will give you a truthful and honest advice.
The break down: The final is a nightmare. The class projects are pretty straight forward if he gives you a template to follow. The lectures are pretty boring. He is a nice guy that will help you with an internship opportunity. I didn't enjoy the class but it wasn't the worst thing in the world. Bonus points for not having to buy the book.
Very easy. Show up for the beginning of class for attendance checks. Take home group mid-term. Did the project the night before, graded on length and critical comments. Final wasn't bad, he answers questions about it at the end. Cheat off the people crammed in around you.
Very helpful and nice. Midterm is take home paper, which is very relevant to real world. You can learn a lot from it, if you don't understand it you can always talk to him about it. He always responds back to emails and any questions. He can also help you to get intern. If I did OK in the class, you can do it too.
Nice guy, fair grader, and an excellent teacher. Don't bother wasting your time with garbage like Olson; take Capone and actually learn a thing or two. He likes teaching and he'll work with you to get a passing grade. Couple homework assignments, a midterm and final, and attendance checks. Very doable and rewarding class. Take him!
Class was ok, not as good as his rating! 5 hw's pretty simple, 5 attendence quizzes so u gotta show up. do not buy the book!! in class midterm was so bad most of us had to do a makeup, but then ended up with a high score. final is hard, no way to study for it, i think the avg was low 60's. if u show up everyday its a easy B
Capone has a lot of real world experience. However his teaching style (tons of slides) does not match up with his testing style. Tests were impossible to study for and although he says reading the book is mandatory- he doesn't test on it. Don't take him if you want to be tested on what you learn in class. I got an A but didn't learn a lot.
Caps is a pretty good professor. From what I've heard, he's a lot better than the other marketing professor (Olsen). Caps knows his stuff and his class is extremely manageable. Just go to class and you will do well.
He's a great teacher and really knows his stuff. I'm a marketing major and after this class, i knew i was for sure what i wanted to major in. The only thing is he's a little unorganized. But from what i've heard about the other teachers, he's probably your best bet. BTW, he does read what's on rate my professor about him haha! He told a student tha
BTW Capone's final exam is a collection of 30 recent articles from the WSJ that you analyze from a marketing perspective. You can't study for his exams by memorizing lists or vocabulary. You have to really know the material. Or you could cheat - his classes are huge and packed full.
This was my best class/teacher this semester! Capone presents the material in a clear manner and uses relevant examples from today's world making his lectures very straightforward. He has 2 tests which are not to be taken lightly, but if you study well and go to class, you'll pass! He's also very helpful if you ask! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
Great Professor! Lectures are interesting & relevant to today's growing markets. Slides are great but a lot to print. However DO NOT BUY/READ THE BOOK! It is no help!
Great Professor! Lectures are interesting & relevant to today's industry. Slides are great but a lot to print. Highly recommended! Midterm, Final & 5 assignments. However DO NOT BUY/READ THE BOOK! It is no help!
Capone is my favorite teacher ever! He made me want to become a marketer. I never used the book but make sure to go to class everyday. It is not the kind of subject you can cram for. His tests are practical so if you don't go and understand the concepts you won't do well. Recommended to everyone!
This guy is a jerk! You will not know if you are coming or going all semester, and his skills with blackboard are horrendous. I hear he is the easiest out of all the marketing professors, but that is the only thing he has going for him. He doesnt respond to emails, and he has way too many students, more than he can handle. Wolf in sheeps clothes
I thought marketing was interesting until taking this guy! I got and A and it Can be an easy class if you know what he wants! but he is just so unclear.
This class sucked. He gave us a lot of extra credit but it seems like he changes up his whole class every semester. Last semester we had a written midterm a few take home assignments and an insane final. This semester I heard its different. class was doable but miserable to sit through. some of his stories are interesting but dont take it at night!
Capone is a good teacher, his assignments and quizzes are difficult but if you study his slides and notes you can still get a decent grade. He is pretty reasonable and willing to help. Very down to earth guy and often entertaining. He really knows his stuff and seems to be an accomplished marketer.
Capone is a helpful and knowledgable professor in marketing. It was a fun learning experience in the class and all assignments are pretty fair. If you want to go with a marketing career, start with Professor Capone is your best bet.
Capone is an excellent teacher who really cares about his students. He uses real life examples from his career as assignments in class. Extra credit opportunities are offered throughout the semester. I would highly recommend taking Capone.
This class is entertaining which makes it easier to pay attention. The material is not easy, but Capone is willing to help students. He responds to questions over the internet and even sends out FAQ emails if a couple of students are asking the same thing about an assignment. Way better than Olsen!
This class is very interesting. The teacher has real world experience which makes it easy to relate to. Take advantage of his office hours or just call him, it is very helpful. Better than Olson and Stamful.
Mr. Capone is an awesome professor. Through his experiences in his own marketing business, he was able to use great examples to help us learn. The class was pretty easy. I attended only 4 classes and will hopefully pull out a B with the final. TAKE THIS CLASS! you will not regret it
I truly enjoyed being in his class and feeling part of the discussion rather than being talked at. The assignments are fun but do require work on the students' part. Attendance isn't mandatory but missing a class means missing a good amount of material. He is very helpful and understanding. I hope to have another class with him in the future.
Very useful class with real-world application
Great content if you ever want to have anything to do with marketing a product or service in the future. Very fair & passionate about his work and he makes it interesting with real life applications.
Super nice guy.
Based on the easiness that students have rated him, Capone raised up the ante and made the class super hard. Highest grade for "normal" students is a B and you must do the optional class project in order to get an A. Instructions on homework and midterm are very ambiguous. Don't know what happened this semester but he made the class extremely hard.
Terrible teacher. Unclear on assignments. I'll be lucky to get a C in the class. Take a different teacher.
Ok...Great teacher.Explains things pretty clearly,however quizzes and midterm/final extremely hard.Questions require more than 1 answer, so select all the correct answers to get full pts.Many questions are gray and made it difficult to answer correctly.Heard he was the better MKTG Prof...and he is, but good luck! Not easy to earn an A, for sure!
As of fall '09 you cannot get an A unless you do an optional semester project. HW quizzes, online midterm, and online final were all ridiculous. The way he asks questions is really ambiguous and answers always seem debatable. Didn't use the text at all. Did all the work, but still got my worst grade to date. Beware.
Professor Capone is the best teacher in Marketing.
Professor Capone is by far one of the best professors I have had at SDSU. His class is by no means an easy A but if you find yourself a good group of people to work with you are sure to do well. I was not doing so hot at first and then started to working with other class mates and my grade skyrocketed. The thing to know is that Professor Capone do
Super hard and very practical, felt like a grad level course, but Capone is very helpful. He expects us to act like professionals, has templates and examples for everything, even for emailing him. He's weird about etiquette. If you don't like something, he listens. We got him to change his final. Just wish his class was much smaller and jerk-free.
The only way to get an A is write a full marketing plan, but this course was an easy B. Just 12 short assignments and 2 killer exams. Everything multiple choice, online, group effort. Questions are confusing on purpose (Capone's on a critical thinking trip), but lectures are interesting and answers are in the notes or on Google.
This was a great class. It is not the easy a, but very interesting and valuable. Capone is still in the industry and will help you if you ask. One of the best classes I have taken at sdsu. And he likes cars, which is legit.
It has a been a great learning experience to have someone in his caliber to teach and manage a class in great numbers. Professor Capone maybe the only professor at SDSU that actually applies real life scenarios with subject material which is rare.
Don't buy the book. Got an A in the class and the only way I got that is by working with other people on everything: hw, tests, and projects. Be prepared for ambiguity on hw and test questions. But also know that he really cares about his students and is always willing to help. Make sure that your marketing project is super aesthetically pleasing.
heard he was a great prof and thats why i took him. i go to every lecture and take intense notes, but the only way you will get an A in this class unless you are a marketing whiz is if you get a group together and do everything together. hw requires you to reason out loud with others in order to fully understand what he is asking. OFFICE HOURS!!!!!
there are a lot of positive things for capone, please dont listen to them. unless you loveee marketing, PLEASE dont take him. this is the only entry level class required you to break down a full marketing plan on the midterm and final. i promise you, you will regret taking him! his teaching style has completely changed and is extremely difficult..
Definitely do not buy the book. He is very helpful if you are willing to ask and is very interested in the subject. I really enjoyed this class despite the fact that the midterm and homework were difficult.
Nice guy but the course set up is terrible. Does not follow a book, uses terms that are not used in the book that is assigned so you are unable to use for a referance. Lecture notes are not clear and difficult to read. Find a good study group to get thru it, assignments are tough. Beware he is being forced to change his format due to complaints.
Soooo helpful! He really cares about your learning. Interesting class. One of my favorite classes at State. Take him! Really interesting, but be prepared to APPLY concepts to real life marketing plans. Loved capone! Take him!
Capone is a great guy. He gives you so many chances to get a good grade in his class its unbelievable. If you have anything lower than a C you must have forgotten to take the exam. You don't need the book. Assignments are tough, but if you get into a group you can help each other out. Tests are not easy but trust me, you have every chance for an A
Amazing professor! he really wants you to succeed and gives you every opportunity to. His next class might be harder after us because some **** ratted on him and our class saying there was too much cheating on our online quizzed. So format for the upcoming semesters will change. You will not find another professor like him! take HIIM!!!!!
He gives great lectures but this teacher is terrible at explaining homework. There is no way to do well on the homework because you have to think like him and you are constantly overthinking. You will go over the homework in class and he will find a ton of mistakes and says he will fix them but he doesn't. It's really frustrating.
A great professor who can teach you a lot.
Knows a lot of information on Marketing. Class is not hard but not easy. Try working in groups for the homework and make sure you check your answers after because he marked a lot wrong that were right. Took the final with a partner and got an F on it but still got a B in the class.
Capone changes his class style every semester so reading these won't give you any idea as to what you will be doing. Homework is unbelievably unclear and ambiguous. He says that he is open to hearing out students about their explanations to homework problems but gets defensive when someone does. He knows his stuff when it comes to marketing though.
don't take this class unless you want to punish yourself. Capone is shifty and unclear. The questions on the homework are flawed and illogical. He says he will fix mistakes on the homework, but he doesn't. Very very frustrating.
This is the most practical course I took at State. Even though I work in finance, I'm using everything Capone teaches about marketing strategy to make business decisions. He knows his stuff and makes everything sound easy, even though it's not. His homework is really tough but he's the only professor I've had who wants to help.
Great prof. Give a lot of info and real world experience! Lectures All come with practical examples and interesting to learn. You will definitely learn all needed basic marketing skill from him! Only one final and BB assignments. Work with group definitely will have an A, Prof will help you even with any question from the assign.
Solid professor. He's smart and entertaining during his lectures. The homework can be tricky but he gives out attendance points to balance it out. I didn't like him at first due to the homework and him being a bit unorganized but he became my favorite professor by the end of the semester.
Capone is a marketing wiz, but the course is very unorganized. His lectures make sense, but the slides aren't very helpful. He forced himself to use the book to reference some cases, other than that it's useless. The homework is difficult because you need to train yourself to think like him. Expect some initial low scores.
Don't let the smiley face fool you. Homework is ridiculous and you need to do it with a group to do well. The subject matter seems easy but you must think like him to answer questions correctly. There's a project which is dumb. No midterms. A open note final. You need to go to class because his slides don't make sense unless you include his example
By far the best professor for this subject. He was a little unorganized at times but I was able to follow him well. He knows a lot about business and marketing. Cares about the students and is available when needed.
Totally helpful class!He really tries to be close to the reality! It is not an easy class, but when you attend and study regularly you will get an A or B, plus you will gain knowledge in the field of Marketing! I can strongly recommend this professor!
This teacher knows a lot and he brings in real life problems. But the homework is ridiculous. I wish he prepared us more for them!
If you can think like him you will do very well in this class if not then I wish you luck. His homework quizzes are ridiculously confusing. He acts like he is willing to help you at all costs. I made several appoitments to meet with him at his "office hours" but he never showed up.
Refuses to meet with students. Falls into that 85% of self absorbed, elitist, self centered professors that love to hear themselves talk while they read from a power point. The first day he said he runs the class professionally like a job, but I have never been to a job where you can't communicate with people.
Probably one of the worst teachers I have ever had in my life. His lectures are purely subjective, so if you don't think at his level of experience or have his same opinion your in trouble.
You need a large group to get anywhere near a decent grade on his HW. Gather up some friends and work together! HW is multiple choice, multiple answer, and you never know how many answers... As long as you have a group you will do fine! No chance if you're on your own, you will probably fail miserably. Cappone is a cool guy, lectures are cool.
Very poor communication skills, his highly unclear with what he wants or where you are in the class. Misuses blackboard, somethings count, others don't. Really goes out of the way to have students assume, not know, whats going on. Will send out email about something and then won't do it or won't follow up. I would avoid.
Without my group I never would have passed this class on my own. On the homework and final you can have multiple answers but you don't know if there is supposed to be 1-5. I'm so thankful I passed.
I do not recommend at all. He's a mktg genius but his teaching method is horrible. You MUST do hw in a group to even pass but he never tells you what you get wrong so you don't know what to study. You don't need to get the book. TAKE ANOTHER PROFESSOR.
I liked the class but the final is REALLY hard. The assignments are not hard if you do them in a group and the paper is really easy. He is a good teacher, but doesnt really prepare you for the final. But, overall if you pay attention you will get an A or B in the class
Prof. Capone taught an excellent instructor led course that gave me a chance to work with a local business to build a Salesforce Customer Relationship Management system. I gained real world hands on experience. Prof Capone helped me improve my resume with technical experience and helped me get accepted into grad school and increased my job offers.
Most amazing teacher ever. He is guest professor at PPU in Hebron. We learn from him more about business and marketing than in 2 years. Many good examples help us understand. We laugh at some reviews from lazy American students. To succeed in business, you have to think like a business person. Capone make us think like a global business person.
Very Good teacher and very smart! If you pay attention in class, you'll get an Easy A!
Very Good teacher and very smart! If you pay attention in class, you'll get an Easy A!
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