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at first i hate anything that deals with law or anything with legal issues, but kelsey made the lectures quite interesting, kinda soft tho so its hard to listen. tho my class is very small so perhaps easier for the class participation. assignments r easy except watch out for quizzes (open book btw) and the midterm / final paper
He's still pretty new to SCAD but he really does a good job. Although there is alot of reading and it can be quite dry, he makes the lectures pretty interesting. There's alot of writing (which I did not expect) but it was easy writing. He is willing to help in any way possible and is very understanding.
Try not to get overwhelmed with all the work. There are a lot of assignments, but they're mostly small and only take some effort to power through. The class is heavily discussion based; everyone participates. He's very easy to get along with and super helpful.
He was very helpful and kept himself open for communication on Blackboard IM for online students and held weekly help sessions. His personality is a little dry and at times difficult. He often made comments during help sessions that made some students feel like their questions were stupid. He tends to prod your brain rather than answer a question.
This dude has yet to figure out that you can be a good professor and professional while not being arrogant, rude, and inconsiderate.
Very intimidating professor at first, but warms up and helps out students. A LOT OF WORK! I was giving 6 submissions a week for this class. Be prepared for sleepless nights and lots of struggle to get a decent grade.
No tests or quizzes, however, a LOT of homework. I learned a lot in this class, and he's a very great professor who truly cares about his students. He wants you to get the most out of the class, however, it's up to you to do so. He gives you what you need to be successful. He's an astounding teacher and I would take his class again!
No tests or quizzes, however, a LOT of homework. I learned a lot in this class, and he's a very great professor who truly cares about his students. He wants you to get the most out of the class, however, it's up to you to do so. He gives you what you need to be successful. He's an astounding teacher and I would take his class again!
Professor Kelsey is one of my favorite lecture professors I have had at SCAD. I'm usually very shy but he makes everyone feel comfortable to participate in class discussions. He is very engaging. I have learned a lot! There is a LOT of homework but it is doable if you manage your time well.
I truly enjoyed Professor Kelseys Business class. The course is dependent on the textbook so get ready to read! relevant to the class. He is very attentive as well as passionate about what he teaches. The class is indeed lecture heavy, and your participation within said lectures will reflect upon your grade of professionalism. would recommend!
Prof Kelsey is very specific in the way you do things but if you just keep a list of the things he wants then you are golden. Read his syllabus there are a lot of his wants in there. If you just take the time to be mindful of those his class is not bad. I don't know what other people are talking about saying he is not a great teacher.
Read the syllabus and follow it, don't be intimidating look at it as the key to your success. He is picky but its all in the syllabus. Quiz every week, take multiple times for 100. Several papers but nothing bad. Disc. posts, some are hidden until you post. He is fair, quick to respond, and always helpful.
Professor Kelsey is definitely intimidating at first, but he is not. There is definitely a lot of work in this class, but it is manageable.
Professor Kelsey is incredibly dry and devoid of any personality. Kelsey gave assignments via Blackboard posting, but these postings were often pages long, full of unnecessary detail that more often confused than it did clarify. These also often contradicted what was in the unit. Incredibly strict grading criteria and hard to read instruction.
Professor Kelsey is a business professor at an art school but thinks he's teaching Law at Harvard. Made us read a 10-page policy paper. There are 3 tests, 3 readings, and 2 responses due EVERY WEEK. I understand being strict and not giving the easy A but this was beyond ridiculous. I had more work in this class than in both my major classes.
I attended 16/20 classes and he marked me for 15/20 classes. I had like no life because of this class, like this class gave me so much homework more than my major classes. Every week there is 3 tests, and a lot to do. Would not recommend this class.
His requirement is confusing. No grade for late work.
Breakdown of the class: Mintap quizzes (can retake to get a 100/ answers on Quizlet), eight short essays, and the final project. Thats literally it. Hes the type of professor who gives you every single thing to succeed, and if you pay attention and follow his instructions, youll do amazing. He seems intimidating at first but is a nice guy.
Professor Kelsey is a good professor. Lectures were impactful and encouraged student discussion in a safe and constructive environment. However, don't let the word "design" fool you in the course description. This class has an emphasis on learning economic trends, and provides little to prepare students for making impactful business decisions.
6 case studies, mindtap quizzes every week, & you have to pre record 2 presentations and listen to yourself in class. He is horrible at explaining anything and is very much condescending and arrogant. His grading does not make sense. I got major anxiety in this class. If you have to take him, i'm very sorry.
Professor Kelsey is a good professor. He makes time for his students and does his best to answer any questions you may have. The workload is a bit much, having 4 quizzes a week paired with a weekly case study is a lot, as well as including a final project (that you don't get to work on in class). Cool guy but the workload is a bit too hefty.
I quite liked Professor Kelsey. He does have heavy lectures, so take good notes. There is a lot of homework due by the end of the week, and a huge project due at the end of the quarter, so time management is key. Participation is important and be prepared for group projects and presentations. He grades fair, but make sure to put effort in the work.
Professor Kelsey was alright to me at first, I enjoyed the class til he started to almost get really arrogant in emails. Coming from me, I wasn't going to let someone talk to me like that so I gave the same energy back to which he would come back with "I think you misunderstood the situation". Stay away from this professor!
I don't understand why he has us buy a $65 website & subscribe to news outlets to take tests/quizzes when SCAD provides a FREE platform (blackboard) He also requires you to pay for premium Grammerly & for all 6 case studies. How one can teach BUSI but make you pay more for the course than the materials I had to buy for an art kit. Don't recommend.
He does not communicate very much with emails. In fact most of my emails went unanswered, and forgetting to submit a submissions post to discussions docked my grade from a B to a D. He made us subscribe to a bunch of different services to take our tests when we could've just used blackboard. In fact, I ended up dropping the class.
He's a good professor who makes you work. He's always on time and organized and expects you to be too. His class is not a breeze, but I have learned so much, and all the assignments have improved my writing, speaking, and analysis skills. You will get A LOT from his class if you put in the effort. His class is expensive though which isn't so hot.
I have heard a lot about this professor going into the quarter and I was scared to death. However, P Kelsey really surprised me and I had no issue with how he proceeded with things, however, his course IS EXPENSIVE. 65 dollars for the BUSN, 30/40 dollars on a coursepack for the reading materials for the case studies, and then Grammarly plus.
Despite what I've seen others say, I didn't really have a bad experience with Prof. Kelsey! He's very passionate about the topics we talk about, the rubic is extremely clear for assignments, and he's easy to reach other to when it comes to emails. BUT this class is very expensive with the amount of textbooks and programs needed so beware that!
im so serious. if you read a review saying this prof is good, they are for sure lying. classes are so boring I almost threw up once cus I couldn't stand sitting there any longer. he reminds me of a bug, like in a bad way also u work on the final the whole quarter, its horrible. take this class with ANYONE else I swear. ALSO IGNORES EMAILS LOL
I've had a heavy workload before, but the workload in this class was ridiculous! I'm not sure Prof. Kelsey realizes that his students have other classes besides his. I probably had about 10 hours of work in this class alone per week. He also makes his students pay for useless subscriptions and comes across as very condescending.
honestly not a bad class. I took this course my first quarter at scad and it was not insanely difficult. There is a lot of online quizzes and case study work to do outside of class, but as long as you follow his instructions you can receive an A in this class. He is pretty approachable and nice, as I didn't have any issues asking him questions.
I had this professor for BUSI I and II. In both classes, they are heavy lectures, and they do have similar workloads, except for the final. There is no absolute or midterm in his BUSI II, only in his BUSI I. He is very passionate about his lectures and always makes them exciting and involve current events. He also responds to emails fast too.
Professor Kelseys BUSI110 course is very work heavy and assigns work that takes so much time, and most of my weekends during the quarter. His grading is very specific, but he does make sure to get around to every student. I would say be prepared for the amount of work because it is a lot; also, the lectures can be hard to sit through sometimes.
Unfortunately he was very contradicting and did not make a lot of sense. For my final project I received a C- with comments saying I completely disregarded the instructions for the assignment yet he also commented that I had great research. Very confusing for me as a student
I had to drop this class since I did not understand ONE thing this guy was talking about. He was extremely condescending and expected me to have the knowledge already on multiple things such as stocks, bonds, inflation, and many more business buzzwords. Thought this was an entry-level class but boy was I wrong. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR
Makes you purchase a text book and multiple case studies for the class, which ended up being an extra $110. Extremely lecture heavy, easy grader, if you do what he asks. Ask extremely vague open ended questions that you wont know the answer to even after he explains it. I won't be taking a class with him again.
First day he told all of us that even though it's a 100 level class, he's still going to treat it like a senior level class and if we weren't ready for that then we need to leave. Lectures last the entire class even though all of our assignments were from online documents and we had to pay for like 5 different subscriptions for the class.
I don't mind taking a class that's challenging than others but the workload in this class is barely managable and I didn't procrastinate once. Plus I have 2 other classes. He gives you six case studies, 50 question mindtap quizzes, wall street journal quizzes, and a time-consuming final project. Barely learned anything to be completely honest.
Prof Kelsey lays out everything to succeed, the course material is a bit on the pricey side but I kept using Grammarly because I found it as a useful resource. Other subscriptions I canceled after the course. There were weekly case studies which are straight forward essays which he grades super light on just meet word count and use Grammarly.
Wow, I truly have not had a professor like this guy. I normally do pretty well here and I have loved almost all my professors, but this level 1 business class is going to ruin my gpa. he requries you read 2 chapters, with quizzes, 3 wsj articles, with quizzes, and about 17 pages of case study research with very long questions. 20 hour workload
I feel like I am speaking to a robot when I speak to Patrick Kelsey, he is very hard to work with when it comes to getting help. He is not the understanding type of professor. He requires you pay stupid amounts for subsriptions, and pdfs (instead of just posting on blackboard), and insane amount of workload for this class.
So much work and I still do not feel like Ive gained much knowledge on business and I definitely don't feel confident enough to take the next level business class. Beyond frustrated with this course.
the amount of money you have to spend on the materials is ridiculous. Over $150 on case studies, a textbook, and a course, a WSJ subscription, etcetera. Idk who his man thinks he is. get ready for 6 quizzes a week and an absurdly amount of case studies with vague questions and the most useless feedback ever.
You spend so much time in this class doing his extensive weekly assignments, half of which is busy work. But Patrick Kelsey on the other hand doesn't even do his grading himself. He uses AI to evaluate and type up the least helpful responses and notes.
I went in with an open mind, trying to look past the reviews, but was shocked. His condescending attitude led me to hate class discussions and fear feedback. The cost of this class combined with poor lectures and an unnecessarily heavy workload made it unbearable. Looking past the negatives, he was easily accessible out of class and somewhat kind.
Professor Kelsey doesn't play around. I thought the class would be easy, and I was so wrong. He is knowledgeable in his field, and his lectures are accurate to the business world. He helped me improve so much. Put in the work, and you'll get the grade you want.
He kept a camera facing the door so if you were too late, he'd mark you absent.
There are things to like and dislike about Professor Kelsey. As for dislikes, he gives too much work and is extremely lecture-heavy. He also has this sarcastic condescending attitude that is not fun. As for the likes though, he is willing to work with students who are struggling with understanding the material or that have accessibility issues.
I don't know why SCAD still has this man here when it's obvious that he's doing a poor job. He is arrogant,insensitive & full of his dang self. It's as if he deliberately tried to make our quater a living hell and he lucky that I don't wanna get expelled cause I would have told him about himself. This word limit isn't enough for me to say it all.
Really interesting prof, changed the course load this quarter so it's much less work - one quiz and case study per week, very manageable. He's super knowledgeable. Very sarcastic and tries to be funny, not a rude guy. Makes everything easy to understand and does want you to succeed. If you want to do well you totally can.
Professor Kelsey is extremely difficult to work with. He is condescending and arrogant, and constantly talks over or mocks students during lectures. His grading is highly inconsistent and he offers little explanation to the grade given. He does not explain assignments well and many people in my class including me didn't understand the final at all.
So many people dropped his class. He had a camera pointed at the door so if you were late past 15 minutes by a second, he'd mark you absent.
Not a fit for SCAD.
Try to avoid this class. Kelsey is rude when you respond to his questions, super lecture heavy classes, exhausting case studies. If you get your work done and turn it in on time you'll do fine, actual class is just unenjoyable.
i thought he was pretty okay for a while but hes not very understanding an eventually made me cry in front of my entire class.
Professor Kelsey had some issues with presenting clear grading standards as well as coming off a bit defensive when mentioning online reviews in class. While there some positives, like an investment challenge that encouraged students to participate outside of class, I ultimately wouldn't recommend Professor Kelsey to any student in the future.
Kelsey never fails to fail everyone when it comes to actually delivering compelling content. Whether it's his pointless rants about how great he is and how he is better than your average joe, I think his smile is what scared me the most. Don't take this class, please, for your own good, I beg you. I'm being so fr like straight up, bro. Bro plz.
Worst professor I've had at SCAD. Used AI to grade students papers instead of reading them himself. Our entire class has a Discord server just figuring out how to deal with him. Worst SCAD experience ever.
I had to take Professor Kelsey for several classes. He does not explain things well, grades on an unclear scale, and actually is not outstanding in his field. He has very little patience or empathy working with students with disabilities despite university and legal requirements. He is arrogant and also expects you to pay a lot of extra$ for texts
I would not recommend Professor Kelsey. I was going to be a business minor, but after this class, I don't feel confident that I can take the next level of courses and succeed. If you are neurodivergent, this professor will be the bane of your existence. I am currently in tears over one of the case studies he assigned. I feel so defeated.
As a person he's an approachable guy, as a professor sucks. Ask him a simple question about something, and I swear he responds to you in a riddle. He super weird and particular about grading the case studies, but lenient about everything else? Also the last project is hell, it's so much work. Prepare for him to drop a project on u without warning.
He would continuously mix me up with the two other east asian students in the class, we all looked nothing alike. The additional materials (textbook, case studies) are ridiculously expensive, and just feel like busy work with no real value. Take literally anyone else for business if you can
Complains about students giving bad reviews. He's often sarcastic and I had a hard time understanding whether he was being serious or not. Getting any sort of feedback from him on assignments is difficult. He is clearly knowledgable and knows what he's talking about, at least.
His lectures may seem monotone but he's kind of sassy. There was a lot of information covered in every class but he presented the info in a way that made it engaging. There was a lot of work weekly and a final project. It can be overwhelming but if you can find a balance and work hard. You can pass this class!
I'm going to be honest, I'm a little bitter to this class because I did so well throughout the quarter but completely bombed the final. Did not think it was fair how much weight it had on my overall grade. I wish the class was not only lectures each time but I did enjoy engaging each time. Just pay attention and do the work and you should be fine.
I forgot to say this in my last review but majority of the reviews here are very dramatic and not actually true. The class is really not that bad. You just have to be on top of your work and do not get lazy. It's not that hard. The class is not rocket science
He's overall a nice guy and cares about the success of his students. There is a lot of homework (quizzes/case studies) and a quarter-long project. Most classes are lectures. He's very strict about technology during class, so be careful of that because it goes into your final grade. The work wasn't always difficult, just a bit monotonous.
I enjoyed this class until the final project. While he did explain that there would be a work heavy final project I felt like we were not at all prepared for this. We went from lectures with little content and small homework assignments that gave me little knowledge, to this giant beast of a final. I felt like I was thrown off the deep end.
Lazy and disengaged, this class felt entirely automated. Most of it was run by subscription services he made us buy, relying on their quizzes and lessons to teach and grade us in his place. When he had to grade us, he used AI. When he had to teach us, he gave monotone lectures. 4,000 + 500 a month of subscriptions just for the class to teach itself
Overall not an awful teacher, very single minded though. He usually dances around meaningful criticism to business practices, and doesn't speak to much outside of the textbooks. He's overall a pretty unimaginative and bland professor. His coursework is fine, just copy and paste things from the textbook and you'll be alright, nothing special.
This professor made me want to rip my hair out every lecture. He often doesn't make sense, and it felt more like a political science class than an economics class. Just don't take him.
Patrick Kelsey is without a doubt one of the worst profs at scad. Not only did I learn nothing in the course, but his attitude is rude and hostile. The work environment he creates is one almost impossible to learn in, and he does not help his students at all. If you really wanna learn about business, DO NOT take him. And beware of the final project
He isn't as terrible as reviews say. It's a very dull class and I find more enjoyment learning from the textbook then the lectures. Lectures are mainly discussions about business rather then explanations of business concepts. Make sure to stay on top of the final project and not procrastinate like me. It's a lot of work to do in a week
Not a bad guy. Kind of sassy (can be fun). My main issue is how the course is structured. Quizzes require a good deal of reading. Case studies must be LONG and perfect grammar-wise. He's a super harsh grader. Overall feels like too much for one 10-week course. I like lectures, but these made my head swim. The final is a monster and super confusing.
Professor Kelsey has high expectations because he knows his students have room to learn and grow. Never outrageous. He's also a genius lecturer (if you listen openly). Just be sure to stay on your work!
Professor Kelsey is a ridiculously hard grader to a fault. He cares very little about what you're actually writing and more about grammar. When I asked how I could improve my writing his only feedback was to use grammarly. The final project was a big expectation for a freshman level class. He is combative and boring in his classroom.
He's actually pretty great, unlike most other comments make him seem. I took his Business 110 class as a freshman. We had 2 weekly open-book quizzes, and four total "Case Studies". He can grade a little harshly on those, but if you can write at a 12th grade level you'll be fine. We had one project, the final. Put in real effort and you'll be fine.
Don't listen to the bad reviews. His lectures are actually interesting if you participate. The quarter long project which has now been updated can seem overwhelming but don't worry it's easier than it seems. Stay on track and don't procrastinate and you'll be fine. I actually learned a lot in this class and would recommend him
Not bad. Communication is a big thing to learn in his class; if you have an issue or question with how he grades, just ask or email. Some things are fun or interesting (discussions, candy, peers, documentary), some things are annoying (reading, project, some lectures). But he's accommodating as long as there's communication and accountability.
Honestly don't listen to the other reviews. If you put minimum effort, you'd probably still pass his class; it's very easy, if you pay attention and interact in his class. I barely write reviews, but all these 1-star reviews are crazy, and it's probably made by people who don't put in effort to understand the class.
Yes the classes were heavy on lectures and quizzes on the textbook for homework, but honestly, I enjoyed how down to earth and humorous he was about the topics he taught. He was very good at connecting his students to the present world with his lessons and lectures, making me more engaged and interested in the sometimes boring topics.
Bad teacher. Absolutely do not take. Horrible grader. Never gave useful feedback and gave dry and insufferable lectures. Also incredibly tough on attendance. I once had to convince him to let me leave just a few minutes early so that I could go to a funeral.
Professor Kelsey is a very sweet guy, but has no idea how to teach an interesting class. His lectures are mind-numbingly boring, and the homework quizzes did nothing but waste time. His final project was very confusing, and I had to hope that I was doing everything right. You are not going to learn a thing. Do not take this class.
Yes, the lectures are very dry and uninteresting. But to me, this class isn't very challenging as long as you don't procrastinate and show him you're willing to put in the effort. He gives CRAZY amounts of extra credit and the whole quarter to work on the final project, so just don't do anything. Also, I liked his brand of sarcasm personally.
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Online Classes
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Attendance Mandatory
92%
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