Students said the professor was engaging and knowledgeable. They liked doing hands-on, collaborative projects and gained valuable practice doing presentations. The negative part of the class was the overall disorganization. Due dates and grading were often unclear and Professor Rice often didn’t give enough time for assignments. Suggestions for improvement included a better structure for the course and clearer instructions for assignments. Students should know that this class involves a lot of writing and that the group projects can be time-consuming, but you will learn useful skills for writing and presenting a business plan.

Students felt that the best aspects of this course included the professor and the very interesting materials the course covered. Students liked the projects and creativity in the course, although they found the workload to be heavy at times, especial y since the course is not technical y writing intensive. Students also disliked the grading, which they felt was vague because of the minimal amount of feedback they received. Students suggested creating clearer grading guidelines and providing more feedback on the papers. Prospective students should be prepared for a lot of writing, but know that the course has some very good and interesting materials for anyone interesting in entrepreneurship.

Students broadly praised this course for covering interesting subject matter and having a knowledgeable instructor who brought his own experience as an entrepreneur to the classroom. Students had multiple issues with the course; students found the instructor assigned a variety of assignments and often didn’t offer enough explanation of what he expected from students. In addition, students broadly complained that the instructor was extremely slow in providing grades and feedback on assignments to the point where multiple students weren’t sure how well they were doing in the course. Suggestions for improvement primarily included a desire for improved organization in the course with some students requesting greater clarity on due dates and a quicker return time on assignments. Prospective students should know that students general y said they enjoyed the course and the instructor; however, students also thought that having a background in business was helpful.