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BUS350 - 2.0 rating“never available for office hours b/c he was too busy "consulting", a little full of himself”
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4.1
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4.0
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It was a great class. He was very engaging and encouraging. Very friendly and helpful at office hours. The only thing is that you may have studied a lot and know everything, but his tests are so hard, you still may not do well. However, he is very fair and will also give extra credit to help everyone's bad grades.
good teacher. never available for office hours b/c he was too busy "consulting", a little full of himself
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This guy knows his stuff. Probably one of the smartest prof. in the school. His class was HARD but he is fair.
Walton was a total jerk in the class. Nobody liked his style of teaching. Made the learning experience very confusing and frustrating. Doesn't have a very good education and doesn't really do much research!!!
Prof. Walton is by far my favorite professor in the B-School. Not only is he insanely smart, but he is an amazing contact to have later in the school. He is NOT an easy teacher, but extremely fair in his grading (didn't have enought time for a test - so gave everyone 100 bc a student suggested it). Knows tons of people in the business world!!
By far the best professor I've had at Emory. Hard but fair, and he actually takes a vested interest in his students.
Awesome prof! by far my fav! He was really interested in the students' work and questions etc. Great person to keep in touch with. Kind of funny.
Friendly teacher, but I got slaughtered on the exams. Wasn't perfectly clear during class lectures. I thought I didn't do too bad with the curves, but in the end his class killed my gpa
Walton's class is very difficult. He is an enthusiastic teacher and is usually available if you need help, but the manner in which he presents the material is disorganized and hard to follow.
You can tell he is genuinely interested in his students understanding of the subject matter and the class is pretty interesting. That being said, his lectures are quite hard to follow since he draws arrows spewing off in every direction. The tests are straightforward but the projects SUCK SO MUCH. Was expecting to get a higher grade than what I got
BEST CLASS EVER. Professor Walton is awesome. The best teacher at the business school if not one of the best.
smart head, great teacher
He is an INCREDIBLE professor! His tests are fair if you just study the learning objectives. It is not an easy A, but you will learn a LOT from him. He's always willing to help you if you don't understand and goes out of his way to make sure you do. Best professor ever!
Great guy, great professor- hands down, one of the best at Emory. Tests and projects may be hard, but take this class for him. Just by listening to what he has to say, you can gain a lot of insight into the complex world of business decision making. And believe it or not, he makes it interesting.
Best professor I've had at Emory so far, and gonna be one of the best I'll ever have. Makes the mandatory pre-req so enjoyable, and ACTUALLY cares about his students well-being. I'll remember this class for a long time to come. Love professor walton
Show up to class, pay attention and go to office HIS office hours if there is something that you are unclear about. The exam material is exactly what is covered in class. TA office hours weren't worth it. He's also a really cool guy once you get to know him; definitely go to his office hours whenever you can.
Tests are regurgitations of in class auditory lectures.
Not a great professor. Exams don't match study material at all. Style of teaching is annoying. Don't take if you want a good grade. Take if you want to pretend you're learning a lot about business, though he doesn't really give you anything more useful than common knowledge or basics.
First test did not match study materials.
Walton makes class interesting with many real-life scenarios and business cases, but most of reading and teaching is done online or with the book. Midterm and finals were difficult as only real grades. Group projects very helpful with bringing up grades. Go to TA office hours.
Steve Walton is a really good professor. He makes sure that you understand the concepts in class. He won't mind repeating the concepts twice. He is really motivating and interesting to talk to. Did not really need the textbook, class notes and slides should be good enough. However, he is not too clear about the requirements for the excel project
Professor Walton is a nice guy. You have to attend class though, as any class you miss he marks you down for. Do well on the excel projects because they can help boost your grade, although the exams aren't the hardest thing ever. The stuff you learn is super helpful, but you certainly have to work hard for a good grade.
Walton used a lot of business scenarios in class to make it more realistic and interesting. He also makes sure everyone understands a topic before moving on, which is so important and helpful. In my opinion, the scoring for the midterm and excel projects were somewhat arbitrary, but overall it was a great class and it wasnt too difficult to do well
Amazing professor and easy content but grading criteria/ direction for both midterm and excel are very vague. If he was more clear, I could have gotten A/A- but will probably B+ because of his vagueness and lack of direction.
This man is terrible at teaching. While he is a nice person, he's a terrible professor. His grading on projects is completely arbitrary and erratic, and the way he carried out the course was absolutely ridiculous. There was no structure to his class whatsoever, and he would change huge things at the last minute. Tests were easy, projects were hard
The worst professor I have met in b school. Shows no interest in his students. Reply my long email with only two words, ignoring my questions. Dont know what he is talking about especially when he is trying to compare Starbucks with Ferrari. You have to speak every time. Take other professors for 351, never take Walton. (I dont know about his 350)
Professor Walton is highly knowledgeable in regards to statistics and business in general. He often shares information on interesting projects he is working on, however he does not teach the material well for the exams. In class lectures did not prepare us sufficiently period.
Just... no. This man does NOT know how to teach this class (351, I don't know how his 350 is). His explanations have no clarity whatsoever and are all over the place, the class is super disorganized and keeps getting interrupted for weeks in a row with guest speakers, and grading criteria is very arbitrary. His advice is always "just answer the q"
Such a boring class. I have no idea what I've learned from his ISOM351. A bunch of useless concepts.
He's a subpar teacher and worse person. Lacks simple understanding to help a student out. I wish he understood my situation more before being so quick to judge. When you get to know him outside the classroom, you might begin to like him a lot less.
Would NOT recommend this professor, especially to anyone who wants to concentrate in ISOM. Even doing my best to learn the material (and receiving good scores), I don't know what any of it MEANS. The prof is unhelpful and often makes errors but puts the penalty of those mistakes on helpless students. Stay away unless you want to coast on the curve.
Wow. What an experience. I literally have no idea what I have learned in this class. The best moment in this class was when the professor made simple math errors multiple times right before a math-based quiz. Stay away from this class!
Explains concepts well and keeps things engaging. Great guy.
really caring and accommodating in regards to COVID-19 and online class related issues. make sure to check grading by the TA's (easy to get points back on assignments). make sure you have a good group for the assignments and don't slack on the quizzes
I had the complete misfortune of having Prof. Walton this semester. I have no idea what I ended up taking away from this class. Unnecessary terminology is used for simple concepts. Quizzes are vague. Group projects can make or break you. Walton, in short, doesn't teach. Stay away from him!
Definitely one of those professors that you either love or really dislike. He's passionate, knowledgeable, and really cares for his students. But my biggest issue was the lack of class structure and incredibly vague grading. Quizzes also didn't reflect the level of content covered. Not a bad professor by any means but there were frustrating moments
1 of my fav professors. I've never seen someone care more about students. He values student feedback & is always trying to improve the class. Grade is based on midterm/final (each 25), paper (20), problem sets (15). The material is interesting, but there is a lot, so do not procrastinate. Take good notes, and use various class resources. Good luck
I have never in my life disliked a professor more. In my 4 years at Emory I have not had the want or drive to write a review for a professor. Walton is such a bad professor that I had to let all of you know to avoid him at all costs. By far the worst professor in my entire academic career and arguably one of the worst humans I have met in my life.
Initially, Walton seems like this nice guy who really cares about his students. Then you realize that he has no clue how to teach. The TAs design every single class material, and he just covers the stuff he finds interesting instead of the material that is actually useful to learn. Tests are absurdly hard even though the material seems easy.
idk why people think he's terrible. he cares a lot about his students, but just know that for his class, you will have to memorize the slides. On the tests, just regurgitate what he says on the slides and you'll be ok. He makes it so that you can constantly give feedback on the class and provides a lot of study materials. Just memorize those!
Very considerate & understanding with his students. Tries to make classes interactive (super helpful in learning the concepts). I honestly loved his teaching style. Go to class as much as possible because he breaks down the concepts well. Tests are challenging--he really pays attention to specific wording so you have to know the material well.
He's overall a nice person who gives days off for mental health. He tries to help students feel less stressed, but, he's a really harsh grader and if you don't word things the exact way he wants/know the information verbatim instead of understanding concepts, you won't do well; opposing what he's promoting. I'd recommend taking someone else.
Such a great professor!! He really cares about his students and that everyone is tracking with the content. The pace of the course is pretty fast but it's really useful material and he explains it really well. I think if you put in the work and explain yourself succinctly on the exams, you'll be fine. Def one of my fav professors so far!!
Walton is overall a nice dude but the grading on his exams is very unclear. If you don't write exactly what he wants in the way he says it, he will take off seemingly arbitrary point amounts. If he offers regrades, DO IT. He cancelled our final which was awesome. Overall, he's a good guy who cares, but his grading is tough.
Don't get me wrong, Walton is a nice professor who cares about his students. However, the lecture style is horrible and could kill you. The midterm is insanely difficult because you do not get any practice questions for it. The review guides posted by the TAs could be inconsistent and misleading sometimes. ISOM 351 is harder than people think.
Take Professor Walton for ISOM 351!! He's so nice and just wants everyone to learn. Your entire grade is technically decided by 5 quizzes and a final but he cancelled one quiz, made the final optional, and lets you drop your lowest quiz. The class is interesting and I enjoyed the content. This is the best grade I've ever gotten in a bschool class.
quizzes require you to memorize LITERALLY everything word-for-word or you might easily lose points. short answer questions were graded really harshly because he wants you to talk about things that the question doesn't even ask and that he didn't even teach in class. on the day of the final we have to take a quiz condensed into 2 units and the final
Walton is a really great guy and truly cares about his students -- he wants you to succeed beyond all else. With that being said, his midterm was tough and his grading criteria is harsh, with the average on his midterms being around 70% and he admits the average on his final exams are around the same.
Professor Walton is a very nice guy and seems to genuinely care about his students. However, his course structure is poor. We had a midterm the day after Thanksgiving break, which is harsh considering the break is meant to distress before finals and spend time with family. Additionally, we have his final before finals week begins! TOO MUCH STRESS..
Tests are made very confusing. Class is more of how much you can memorize the slides for the tests. Also had a test day after Thanksgiving break and final the week after. He is good at lecturing but is very messy. Tests also do not reflect this. Tests are also graded by TAs in sometimes subjective manner.
He's a friendly professor and easy to get ahold of outside of class. However, his exams don't reflect what he teaches in class. He moved a unit quiz to the day we got back from thanksgiving break and we had a cumulative final a week after. His TAs grade everything and they grade harshly. However, they hold a ton of office hours if you need help
The TA quality for this semester was mostly subpar, with mistakes in the study guides and even the exams. Walton's nice but don't let that fool you. His tests are graded harshly, and missing even one multiple-choice question can cost you 7% on a test. Regurgitate everything mentioned in every lecture on the free response and you should be fine
The tests are made annoyingly hard and difficult. Missing one question on a test is the difference between an A and an A- in the class. You learn absolutely nothing except to memorize the slides the day before the test. Lastly, the TAs grade very strictly and seem to have no clear criteria. They just take off an arbitrary number of points
Walton's class is extremely disorganized. The TA's do most of the grading and they are doing a very poor job, as I've had to submit multiple regrade requests because of mistakes they've made, essentially forcing me to grade my own test once I have it back, so make sure you recheck everything because the initial grades can't be trusted.
Steve Walton has no clear grading criteria and requires technical terms for his quizzes. The questions on the quiz are very confusing and the mcqs have a high weightage where one wrong mcq will lead to a 5-point deduction.
Prof. Walton is an incredibly caring professor, though can be disorganized with his slides/lectures. ISOM 351 relatively easy if you pay attention in class and take good notes. Everything ties back to the big picture!!
Walton is nice and extremely energetic in class. However, the content is not useful and his tests are terrible. They only test your ability to differentiate between buzz words not any actual knowledge of the content. I can't see the content of this class being helpful in any future career and as nice as Walton is, I would suggest another teacher.
A good lecturer that cares about his students but grades very tough. Doesn't give a good outline for what he expects should be on the quizzes. The material is simple and you may think you did well on a quiz even if you failed it.
Good person and a bad professor. His tests do not test what he teaches. His classes are engaging and informative, yet his exams do not reflect this. Also, stop making your multiple-choice questions so tricky. Exams aren't meant to trick students; you aren't the joker...
All over the place professor. Has little to no structure, running back and forth. Tricky teacher to do well in. Very test heavy professor.
Course material itself was self-explanatory, but Walton was extremely tricky with his test questions. His MC were worth a lot of points so getting 1 wrong would be around a 10% deduction from the test grade.
I enjoyed the content of the class, but found his class so hard to do well in. He needs to restructure his grading distribution for his tests. The majority of your grade will come from these tests and he leaves zero room for error. You need to have photographic memory and word-for-word write the exact vocab on the test.
Like many others have mentioned, I appreciate the content and the professor as a person, but his approach to quizzes and question-making is frustrating. His multiple-choice questions are unnecessarily tricky, seemingly designed to confuse students and lead to mistakes. I strongly advise against taking his class.
One of the worst professor I have ever had at b school. Not accessible outside of class. He has so many versions of the quiz that even himself messes up the answer key. When I approach him, I always get the answer not available. I'm truly frustrated at this point that I have to come up here to write a comment for him. Do no take him!
Teacher barely teaches. Made maybe a fourth of the classes asynchronous or cancelled but expected us to still know the material for tests without mentioning them to us in class. Tests are tricky, requires you to memorize everything verbatim off the slides. When the class averages are in the 70s he should be questioning himself.
The content is interesting and helpful, but Walton makes this class horrible. He is disorganized, his TAs grade things incorrectly, the keys to tests are incorrect, and he will last minute cancel classes or post asynchronous work to do.
He claims he cares about his students, wants us to relax on breaks, understands the stress that comes with being a student, yet schedules a test the Monday we get back from Thanksgiving break and a cumulative final a week after that.
All the flaws of this course and Professor Walton have already been pointed out by everyone else and they are absolutely correct. Do not take ISOM 351 with Walton if you are able to take someone else
Walton's class is extremely disorganized. He cancels classes last minute but uploads heavy asynchronous work with minimal explanation. He's hard to talk to outside of class, hedges around questions and doesn't give direct answers, and his grading is extremely unclear. If you don't memorize everything he says verbatim, you will not get a good grade.
Walton is pretty petty of a professor and spent last class being "open to taking questions" but was just flat out rude to students who had very valid questions with constructive criticism of the course.
Don't take his class. He doesn't care about his students, despite his first lecture claiming that he understands because he has kids. He's incredibly unclear and sets unrealistic expectations. He doesn't support you and is downright rude to students. The 'big picture' he talks about is just a lie - all talk with no real substance behind it.
DO NOT take Walton for ISOM 351. He's a great guy, super sweet and caring, but honestly just an awful professor. You'll do terribly on the quizzes unless you can recite definitions WORD FOR WORD. There's no emphasis on understanding big concepts, it's unessicarily confusing, and it's impossible to do well. Take someone else!
Ik Steve isnt everyone's cup of tea, but his lectures and compassion made him one of my favorite teachers this sem. TBH his grading criteria is arbitrary, but there is a lot of room for points back. The course is organized, but the tests seem to emphasize memorization rather than understanding. If he made the test rubric clearer, it would be great.
Though Professor Walton claims that he's not trying to trick us with the wording on exams, I often spent more time deciphering the question wordings instead of actually focusing on the concepts learned. Tests were confusing and poorly spaced (one right after Thanksgiving and the final a week after). Lowest is dropped, but still would not recommend
The least considerate professor I have ever had. His grading criteria for his tests were unclear regardless of how much of the material you understood, and he never made himself available. He gave very few examples to practice from and always looked to add tricks to exams. Does not care about students. I have never regretted taking a professor more
Great person, really nice and helpful. Though this class wont be of any use to you. None of what you learn will be used in real life and his tests are purely made to throw you off You'll get elementary school level questions wrong because they're written to try to trick you. Trust me, it is a waste of time, you're better off taking another class
Professor Walton was unorganized and unresponsive. If I'd known half the course would be asynchronous, I would've taken it with the other professor. I understand personal issues come up, but the burden shouldn't be placed on the students. The quizzes were easy because I memorized the content, but there was nothing to actually learn and apply.
He says not to memorize the content but it's the only way to do well on the quizzes. Unexpectedly ended with an A- and received no explanation even after I emailed him. I enjoyed his course more than most but got extremely frustrated with the lack of help and care from him after he claims to understand students.
I am so confused why steve has such bad ratings. He is my fav prof i've had for any business class. He has great slides/materials and gives good lectures. Everything on tests is literally straight from his slides it's just a matter of memorizing/ understanding it...if you put in the work you will do well , he's a great teacher and such a nice guy.
Walton was easy, but quizzes are entirely memorization and spitting out info from slides word for word which was difficult. TA's grading on applications sometimes misaligned w/ rubrics. Guidelines would ask to identify one objective, but TAs expected two objectives and more in-depth analysis which were hard to do within word limits.
Steve is a good guy and a good teacher. His classes are very interesting and he always connects it to the real world. The variation in the grading done by the TAs for group assignments is crazy. The class was stressful because of the curve - but thats a part of the B school. He was considerate and made the final optional. Quizzes are confusing!
Walton is massively underrated at Emory. His lectures and assignments are overall very helpful and interesting. He has 4 quizzes and a final, however you can drop 1 quiz meaning you are given a lot of leeway. His quizzes can get pretty specific, however if you pay attention in class and take notes, studying for these isn't that difficult.
Walton very clearly lays out what is going to be on the test in the slides, all you have to do is know those points and you will do great. I don't think the class was curved or maybe it was only curved if it would help the class. He is super kind and understanding and tries to connect with all of his students.
Tough class but great guy
Good guy. Good lectures. Pay attention in class and spend a few hours memorizing the study guide front and back and u should be good for the tests.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
64%
Textbook Required
23%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.21 avg changeRatings by Course
BUSDSCI
5.0
(2)DESCI
4.5
(2)DSCI
4.5
(2)BUS350
4.1
(14)ISOM350
4.0
(4)Difficulty by Course
DESCI
4.5
ITOPSOPER
4.0
BUSDSCI
4.0
ISOM351
3.6
DSCI
3.5