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Quality2.9
Difficulty25%
Would Retake133
Reviews25%
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“Disrespectful to his students”
JRE410 - 1.0 rating“one of the few BAD profs i have had the misfortune to meet”
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MARKETING
5.0
(1)MKT1000
5.0
(1)MARK102
5.0
(1)MGMB01
5.0
(1)MKTG100
3.0
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MGMA01
5.0
MKT403
4.3
MARKETING
4.0
MKT
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Reviews (133)
Arrogant, lazy, shows up late for classes. Don't ask him for help on blackboard, he never responds. He likes to change assignment requirements the day before its due. He likes to waste class time arguing with students and making them cry. (YES...CRY!)
Horrible prof. Made a girl cry...yes cry. Changed requirements for assignments the night b4 it was due. Always late for class and tests. Never posted marks on time, VERY lazy. Avoid this prof if you can.
Likes to argue the smallest points with students. Will never admit when he's wrong, and extreemly difficult to do well with (not clear with instructions). It is possible that he offened every student in his class at least once. AVOID
BEST PROF I HAVE EVER HAD AT RYERSON..tests were a BREEZE!! helps after class, always listens, VERY understanding:i missed the 2nd midterm & final b/c of car trble, he let me do mak-ups 4both with an extra week 2 stdy...i got 83% UR LUCKY IF U 2 GET HIM!
loser loser loser loser
All i have to say is...5% for a definition? You must be mad. And the thought of unrelated questions being asked from statistics of 1967 is ludicris.
Awful prof. Came unprepared and taught irrelevant material. Would quiz on how well u can memorize. Wasted class time. One word: 'imcompetent'. SSSSSSS. Avoid, if u have an option!
He is the BESTTTTT Prof ever. Never boring and a hard worker. He brings fun to the classroom. You have to read your material though, or else you're screwed. If you do, then you would love his class. I wish all the other classes were like this one....
drop it now
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**** **** **** hope he gets fired! make me waste money to have him as a teacher
It's so sad that i have to get through this guy in order to to to to get into second year. Horrible prof, bad lectures, dumb rules, and generally annoys me. Worst prof at Ryerson!!!
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Hes a good prof. you just have to read the text before class and take notes cause he doesnt really leave time for us to take notes in class. But overall hes good i wouldnt mind getting him again.
i never learned nething in the course, though got alot of free marks for stupid surveys and quizzes thts about it, no one fails with him but im wanting to minor in marketing and 100 was just not taught properly, do not take this guy,ull hate the course
Ssssssssssswitch out of this ccccccccclass. His sssssssssssspeech isn't the bbbbbbbest. Know the definition of marketing. The second pop quiz will be the LAST DAY:(
he sucks as a teacher. he was a major stuttering problem which annoyed the heck out of me. he tried to be funny, but failed miserably. the course itself is interesting, but only when you read the text. switch profs if you can!!
not really one of the best profs around... teaches ok.. but he goes pretty fast and REFUSES to post lectures on BB which sux since he doesnt give much time to write it. memorizing the mkt definition was just plain stupid.
fair and tough - attend classes and you can't go wrong. Superman ! (kept some troublesome types in good check.
great class ! crowded but fun. The guy juggles ! (juggle the 4Ps !)
T-T-T-Today junior! Retire...There comes a time when you seriously need to consider speech therapy and a house in Florida...
swtich. its hard to understand him cuz he stutters way too much!!!!
c'mon! some of the posts here are just too stupid - people are obsessing about something that happened in 1 (one) ! class - He taught a 1000 students and did a great job. This site needs to check postings more carefully. My advice - take the course !
For an intro-class should have been a lot easier. Exams are tricky and he doesn't allow you to take proper notes
Good professor, however, his efforts are not as effective with a class of 1,100, as the class was quite disrespectful. Gave a lot of bonuses in marks.
Tarun Dewan is a very bad prof! stay away from him. he is so annoying, you just want to get out of the room but he makes u stay cause he gives pop quizzes which count for ur grade
SOOO annoying, tries too hard to be funny,but only makes it worse. Maybe he is not too bad of a teacher, but he should not teach large classes, he cannot handle them.
had no problem with him, great guy. Do your stuff and your fine, at least a B.
easy prof, tries hard for his students even if students have no respect for him
Yeah,our superman!! I really enjoy his class and I feel bad for students who do not respect him.He tries his best to make the class as fun as possible
I took the online marketing. Dont' exepect much help from him, but if you study you'll do well. The questions on the book cd helped with the multiple choice. He also didn't ride ass to post 190 postings per chap in the discussion like other teachers forced, so that was good. Go online and self study
Give this professor a break, students seem to immiture to even let him talk. He deserves respect and puts a lot of effort into his work.
SUPERMAN!!!!he tried hard, his midterm is no that easy, but if u study it's not hard either..i got an A+ in this course with him...so can u...give the prof a break..he's a nice guy tries to entertain u..hope he gets the juggling thing right soon!
He takes way to long to get ready, his notes are a joke! I can't understand his damn indian accent!
Marketing taught by non-marketer.What a joke.He needs 2 b told that he is not teaching school kidz r uniformed boys.He need medical attention.
I don't think he thinks about what he does. He's very full of himself and doesn't care much about the students. The lectures are a joke and we are being treated like children. Pathetic.
terrible... all i can say
this professor is a joke. he's full of himself, tells lame jokes that distract from the course, talks way too fast for anyone to be able to understand him and worst of all his TA's think they're something special as well. its to late for me this semester, but if u get him run fast and change courses
i dont care if this guy is nice or not. he's a horrible teacher, u should help students not try to make them fail. he tells u not to have fun then he cracks the horriblest jokes and gets mad when no one finds them funny, for a marketer he sure hasnt sold himself as a good teacher to me.
i hated him at first...but now i respect him..ppl who say they can't understand him need to listen more carefully...his accent is not strong..we live in CANADA, its diverse, learn to cope with it. He is strict but we really shouldn't be making noise in our lectures anyways, we're there to learn.
how can anyone say they respect him, honestly what has he done to make u respect him. all these ppl that talk positive about the guy seem like its either Dewan putting compliments about himself or one of the TA's. this class is a bird course bottom line, and he tries to make it hard with BS rules.
This guys really full of himself and BS, 1st off he needs to realize that this is university and not preschool, lastly, he needs to get a life takin ppls stuff if he see's it, who does he think he is? ive never had such a BS prof b4, hes full of it, and i wish he reads this too. str8 up
real jackass; heard some really bad stories from his phd time at UT Dallas. Pathetic to steel stuff and used other to do papers!!!
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Where's my puke bag? *blech*
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Well, I don't like the idea of swearing someone for their race and accent. I mean if we are in University we must have had some education before coming here and the attitude towards accepting some diversity in our country. My opinion about him, though is....he tries to make an easy course hard.
2004MKT100,treats us like kids.TRAPED THE WHOLE CLASS INTO BUYING A BOOK THAT HE PUBLISHED WITH SOOO MANY MISTAKES IN IT. Very rude. Accent does not bother me,Toronto is diverse.He forced us to buy book when we got it after the semester's done. Should b ILLEGAL..SERIOUSLY UPSETING
its ridiculous dat ppl wud have a problem with his accent cuz thats jus a poor excuse to say that u dont like him. As for him treating every1 lik kids, maybe if ppl didnt come 2 class to fool around, talk, sleep, distract others, he wudnt be so tuff. 4 the haters,grow up n act lik a uni students!
very bad prof...does not explain any assignments...just tells you to do them and "whatever you think is appropriate"...won't post his notes either...the course overall is meant to be easy though but his lack of instructions make it harder. He also only let us hand in assigns if we bought his book.
Worst Prof ever, made us buy his book, which we havent got yet. No instructions whatsoever for assignments.
HOrriibleee , justt horriblee cant say much.. he is a theif..
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Rude, arrogant, pompous @ss
prof has good intentions and is a nice guy. If you signed up for tutorials you would realize hes very approachable. Assignments are very hard though, and midterms dont really make sense. I thought that the course would be easy and it wasnt.
ok by no means was this course hard...Basically you could 10% of the course material you actually had to think about...the rest of the course was pretty much a gimmee mark... The text book thing was really****ty but other than that i thought he was pretty good guy and prof...
don't bother
He did not take any extra effort to help out a lot of students in our class. Never got back to your email in a timely fashion took forever to hear from him if you even did.
terrible prof, if you want to learn, however, he gives away some many free marks - really easy to get an A in this class.
Bad proffesor, really boring even if you love marketing. But he's easy enough, do you work and study and get at least a B+ - A-.
ADVICE: STEER CLEAR OF DEWAN. A MONSTER HE IS. GOOD PROF HE IS NOT.
This prof was very disappointing. Unhelpful, and unclear. Better to steer clear of his class.
haha.... this class was a JOKE. I deserved a F but I got an A-. I don't even think I had it this easy in high school. Overall, hes a good teacher, he loves marketing, I guess the main reason why he got mean was cuz of the large amount of people in his classes. If you want to just get through with this dumb coarse, TAKE EM!!!
hes ok. class enjoyable and easy, however he is a very badddddd and unclear teacher. i didnt learn crap from him. his book got delayed at the bookstore for almost the whole semester.. but he still made us buy his damn book when there were only 3 classes left! if we refused, we were not allowed to do an assignment. that was totally UNFAIR!
This class was a joke...a B+ to sit on the balcony of the ryerson theatre and sleep. Go with dewan to boost ur gpa!
dewan is not a monster...he's a pretty nice prof knows about marketing...except the class felt like a high school with a bunch of idiots sitting at the back making noise...i'm hear to learn ppl not to hear your immature remarks
Forcing the whole huge class to buy his book was not cool. The course was okay, not that hard. I believe he favours people and is not very helpful in class: we were not allowed to ask him any question. He was an a$$ the whole semester, but when we supposed to grade him for the record, he was soooo nice and even dressed up and made a show for us.
He's a nice professor. He likes to get classmates to participate so if you are a shy person .. chance is you loose 10% of the class participation. He makes the class enjoyable..
I don't know if any of you have taken this class online but it is hard. Participation is difficult when there is no topics to participate in. The exams are quite difficult too, my suggestion is to keep this class in a class room. Trust me it will benefit you.
UNHELPFUL!
DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!! Last year he MADE students buy HIS TEXTBOOK or else you could not hand in an assignment! Plus the whole semester we did not have a textbook at all!!! Worst class experience ever!
Why he is allowed to teach?
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He's not a bad prof. He's very strict but the last hour of class is specifically for questions. Anyway he's also very clear and interesting to listen to. Not boring at all.
ya about this guy.. prepare to be treated like a 5 year old in a boot camp.. he enjoys making students suffer by giving pop quizzes and he loves to hear his own voice..
An insult to students intelligence.Wastes precious class time in a lecture that is incoherant as it is.Goes on power trips which usually ends up in the form of a pop quiz.Has a fleet of rent-a-cops stationed just waiting for you to break his pointless & childish rules.Horrible prof!Will make you feel like being a niner again!Makes Ryerson look bad!
His class is extremely boring!! too many rules and stupid pebbles that he tells u to pick up so that ppl will listen to his boring lectures.
yes! you will get bored in his class, but if u need marks, always go to his classes. They r not helpful but u never know when is he gonna throw a pop quiz. Sometimes he will just give u easy 2%-3% just for being in the class. As a whole, a boring prof, but easy marker!!
Worst prof. ever, he refuses to let people leave his class because it "disturbes" him. And if you attempt to do anything but listen for 2 straight hours, he will deduct marks. If I ever have him again, I'm changing classes right away..
This prof was awesome. easy marks, funny, and helpful lectures. i'm taking his classes whenever i can.
Stay away from this guy!!! Be warned. His ego is huge and he teaches like a high school teacher. He has an "army" of uniformed T.A.'s that line the aisles like a European soccer match, just waiting to deduct... get this... DEMERIT POINTS!!! This guy is awful. Plain and simple.
he's OK. he has lot of strict rules, no talking, no food, no cellphones, just so that learning is not interrupted when he teaches. he will take marks off if you disobey these rules cuz he got like 20 TA's watching us. he didn't do much for me with his lectures, i never retained much wen he talked, poor lecturing skills, gives lot of easy marks 5/10
I liked the way he teaches, if you do what he says, your guaranteed at least a B+ in his course, but his easiness depends on the class as whole. Overall, just listen to what he says, and, as he says, "pick up the little stones along the way, and you'll eventually get a diamond."
WORST prof ever..going to his class is like going to jail. TAs everywhere like guards walking around looking at you and taking off "points" for borrowing an eraser or talking to your neighbour. thinks he's funny but he's not. Marketing was suppose to be fun and he somehow manages to make the course hard and make ppl not want to go 2 his class
His rules can be a pain but it doesn;t really matter. He's a great prof, teaches very well, you can actually understand it, straightforward, communicates to the students, will help you if you need it and the TA's are a great help too! You won't forget this class thats for sure!
TAs are bad! walking around and spy on everyone! LoL... Hard marker, there're actually more work this yr compare to last yrs.
Dewan is a horrible lecturer. The atmosphere is terrible. Makes you very de-motivated to work hard in marketing. Makes marketing itself look like a horrible field. Stay away from this guy. His TAs don't make it fun either.
He is super strict in class and has TA's constantly looking over you and will take away marks if you have your cellphone, surfing the net etc. His tests are easy though, and he is really clear with what will be on them. Many random assignments worth 5%, and you have to go to class because he gives random pop quizzes
Tarun makes everything complicated with his strict rules and ego trips. His class is a dictatorship. His Marketing Bouncers (TAs) wander around taking marks away for people ready magazines or talking. You're being babysat all over again.
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The only time he was ever nice was for the 5 minutes before he handed out course evaluations... every other time he ran the class like a boot camp.
The guy has his ego way above his head, unbelieveable. The TA's are like his guards for his prison. Lots for freebie marks tho. Kinda dry how he gives them to you tho, kinda like throwing a dog a bone or something. About 20 marks are freebies, so just gotta earn that other 60 to get 80s.
His dictatorship was not necessary. Students who had appointments before class ended were sent back to their seats and not allowed out. The TAs enforced the "no eating allowed" rule strictly and I had a hard time taking care of my medical condition.
When you get to class: Sit down, don't move, don't eat, don't talk, don't BREATHE! His rules were way over the top & the 10 TA's with clipboards excessive. Felt like bootcamp at times, don't attempt to get up and leave during class or he'll bite your head off right then & there. Despite all these things tho, he makes the class interesting. EZcourse
Best Professor ever
never again will I take this guy!!! his tests and quizzes were beyond easy but u'd never know that from the way he teaches..its like a damn bootcamp. He thinks he's "cool" as he likes to say and makes the worst jokes ever, doesnt teach the course well. the only time he was nice to us was 1) on the evaluation day and 2) last day of class
Felt like a 3 yr old.. DUNT EAT, DUNT SLEEP, DUNT DO THIZ AND DUNT DO THT!!...they close the doors after 10 min the class strts...20 TA's and tehy are always waiting to deduct marks!
Most useless prof ever!!! The textbook is useless (compiled like a scrapbook), the TA's are useless (unless you're caught eating in class), and the powerpoint slides are useless (cause he doesn't give them to you). Steer clear of this prof.
Just don't take his class.
YA the fact that the T.A's are looking to take away marks from people sucks for things like eating in class etc. Ya you have to rely on your notetaking abilities in class. But realistically I though he was a good professor. Compared to someone like Deustch for all the accounting students out their this guy is easy.
I thought he was an amazing professor. His tests were very reasonable, the book was helpful, I was grateful to have him as a professor. He spoke very clearly and couldn't have been more helpful. The best prof I have ever encountered - by far. If you work hard in his course, you get an A - and he is a nice guy.
Loved this Prof. All those people complaining about his rules need to grow up and realize this is university. If you wanna talk during lecture then don't waste your time coming to class. Mid term and exam were a piece of cake. The book is very straight forward and his ppts are straight from the book and you don't need to copy them word for word.
Overall really great prof... his rules are no big deal... their just common sense for a classroom... it can become a little annoying.. but certainly bearable!!!
is this a canadian university or some kind of nazi boot camp? lighten up dewan!! not the best classroom atmosphere.
I was very interested in Marketing BEFORE taking the class. He treats us like high school students and singles us out in class if we walk in late (we have other classes!) Unprepared, acts like a child, and ignores students when they ask him for help/advice, snobish and rude. Blasts rap music at the end of class.
Although his rules tend to be the rules that the grand majority of students follow without being told, simply by making them a must he creates a horrendous learning environment. The rule he really needs to enforce is not talking but please leave the rest to the students...most of them are not children and know what's right.
Can't stand this guy. His 'rules' are ridiculous, I haven't had to ask someone to go to the washroom since elementary school. He needs to take the stick out of his ass.
Although he really enforces basic rules such as no talking, it is actually very helpful. I find it incredibly annoying when people around me are talking and I'm trying to concentrate. Tests are not too hard, the course is pretty easy and if you just go to class, it shouldn't be too hard to prepare for most tests or online quizzes.
paid my fee to have such averae one hour course, go to Peter Luk's class if u can, u will get a good mark, even just self study! Dun waste ur parents' money to face this "Man in Red"
Doesn't explain fianl project. Left on your own to figure it out. All a big scam to get you to buy his textbook...he gets rich. and WE don't learn properly. BTW..the textbook is horrible
Like a snobish child who is put in a position of power, this prof is extrememly overzealous with his rules, no matter what. The 3 hour lectures last no longer than 1-1.5 hours. Little to no instruction for the final assignment. Class is run like a dictatorship. Students have no say. Never have I seen such a lack of respect for a prof, I can see why
needs to stop going on power trips, abuses his power, goes above and beyond the authority that he is granted, waste of time and money, ridiculous rules, focuses more on deducting student marks instead of helping students maximize their mark in this class, overall, avoid at all cost
The ONLY people who complain are the same people who aren't allowed to sit during class and play with their laptops/talk with their friends.the rules wouldnt be there if you acted properly, you pay for school now.EASIEST CLASS all semester.Material is basic,teaches straight from the book yet enhances the info in class.STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
he is the worst proff ever....do not take him....him and his stupid rules make u feel like you are in primary school...avoid him or you will regret
He teaches the material very well, makes it short and sweet...and easy...and somewhat interesting. However, I strongly disagree with his strict rules. He tends to follow them closely no matter what the situation. Otherwise, good prof, strict but not as bad as what everyone else says. I would recommend him.
Great professor, follows textbook well and lectures are easy to understand and follow. Midterms and Final were easy if you attended class and read your material. However, lecture rules were somewhat far-fetched...(i.e. removed points from students)
guys!ask urself, did u learn something in his class?! Have no idea why this course needs a whole bunch of TAs though. Ryerson is wasting our tuition fees!
Okay prof, however, he has incredibly stupid and strict rules. He will take anything as offence, and you (the students) will suffer the consequence. For example, our class average for the final assignment (which was quite easy) was 15/33. Bottom line, if you can stand to obey all his ridiculous rules, then take him, if not, stay away.
Marketing Plan was BS. So much work n his useless TA's probably didnt evne mark it...just looked at how many boxes were complete. Midterm n final were decent. Hes a prick about his rules but thats life...lectures are very short. not a bad prof except for his stupid rules n the MKT plan.
This is not a difficult class with Dewan. His final was ridiculously easy. There were some stupid tests like a SWOT Test where class avg was 50%, but you can easily get a B in the end. I learned from the textbook, but not from him b/c he doesn't provide slides on BB. Unlike Najam Saqib, Dewan has a big ego and is cocky b/c of his P.H.D.
The guy isnt bad. Like hes not strict or anything. And the class is easy. The only problem i had with him was the final assignment. There was NO information on how to do it and what was rrequired. The only instruction we got was "fill in the templates". It was pathetic and the class avg for the assignment was like 30%-40%.
Great prof! His lectures are short & based on the textbook, & is easy to follow.If u come to class & read over the notes, its an easy A-.The only downfall was the 10% 15 page MKT Plan w/ limited instructions, just dont wait until the end to get it done! Stop crying about the rules, its possible to sit 2 hrs without facebook its University,grow up=)
Very into himself.... don't care about students... Very unhelpfull... Lazy and moody. But the material is easy, so it's not a big deal to get a good grade in his class. you are going to hate him!
Attendance is required otherwise you may miss a pop-quiz. Okay prof. strict but it makes sense. TA that patrol the lecture are more like security. TA Issa is lazy and incompetent, I'd recommend TA Aly as he's more responsible and nice. Sign-up for tutoring is very helpful as these TAs are knowledgeable and will answer any questions for mkting.
the guy is an idiot (i hope u can say that here). hes trying hard to hide his s-s-s-st--studd-d-d-d studdering by acting like the most arrogant and into himself SOB ryerson has seen .this guy thinks hes so cool and wastes everybodies time with useless examples .. he spent almost an hour comparing the gillete mach 3 with the fusion only to make 1 po
best teacher EVER!!
He knows what he is teaching.Great prof.Just read your notes before you come to class so the quizes are not a surprise to you. He is fair and demands all attention. Strict in a good way. I really enjoyed his class.
Not sure if this guy is still teaching. I can see why he's so strict since the class is so big. His tests are fair and he's not that bad of a guy. Keep in mind I took this 3 years ago.
one of the few BAD profs i have had the misfortune to meet. his is not very knowledgable and his teaching style is 'irritating'. if u want to learn something, do NOT be his student.
Unorganized lectures. Bad slides. Goes off on tangents. Disrespectful to his students. I really couldn't enjoy his lectures nor benefit from them.
I honestly dont even know how this guy is a prof. His lectures arnt even lectures, he just talks about his personal experience and class discussions take up 90% of the time.
Very good prof with unique teaching style that really makes you remember every class. After each class, there is usually a twist that makes students intrigued. The class material is not difficult to grasp if students are willing to go back and review MGMA01 material. The cases are mainly self-taught and require thinking. Would recommend prof Dewan!
This professor is honestly worst I've seen in a very long time. doesn't cover anything in class and just leaves you to read the textbooks. He gives out a lot of assignments for you to do on your own, with extremely unclear grading criteria, and NO instructions at all. When you ask him a clarifying question, he gets offended. Dont get this prof!.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
100%
Textbook Required
0%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Improving
+0.36 avg changeRatings by Course
MARKETING
5.0
(1)MKT1000
5.0
(1)MARK102
5.0
(1)MGMB01
5.0
(1)MKTG100
3.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
MGMA01
5.0
MKT403
4.3
MARKETING
4.0
MKT
3.8
MKTG100
3.5