Anyone had him? Im wondering if I should add this course. My only reservations are this will put me to 19 credit hours, and Im also taking BCH 451 and MB 351/352. Is this not a good idea? I heard this class is one of the easist A's, but how time consuming is it? What type of assignments does he give/grade? Tavaloki's section doesnt fit my schedule so I can only take Wiggin's. Im a senior and trying to boost my GPA, but I want to make sure I leave enough time to study for my difficult courses (BCH 451!) and make A's in them! So should I attempt to add this course or not?

8/20/2007 3:43:04 PM

take it
his exams are open-book and open-notes, but they are mostly just common sense questions, just use your notes for the buzz words
for class he gives you about 20 mins of notes, then you just watch a 30-45min video and thats it
no out of class work, except 1 paper and 1 powerpoint (which you dont present, you just email to him)

one of the easier classes at state and hes a pretty good teacher

8/20/2007 4:09:46 PM

Took IDS 201 w/Tavakoli online this summer and it was verrrrry easy (no studying at all). I am going to assume the class is just easy in general and it does not matter who teaches.

8/21/2007 12:16:04 AM

DannyBoy is pretty dead on with his assessment. it also needs to be noted that the paper and powerpoint are not very involved...the ppt maybe a couple hours and the paper could be anywhere from 1 - 10 hours (depending on if you actually read the book or not...reading the book is definitely not necessary).

grading on these things is extremely slack...my roommate wrote a terrible paper and got an A+. this same roommate got 2 out of 10 questions on the midterm correct and still got an A+.

i enjoyed the class and its especially enjoyable if you take it with a couple of friends who you can laugh about class stuff with afterwards.

you should take it...its really like you're taking 17 hours (IDS201 is about the workload of a slack 1 hour class), not 19

8/21/2007 7:31:22 AM

^ did homework all class...as for myself, i drew and wrote stories during class...crystal bartlett is a treat though!!!

-also read the 1st page of every chapter in the book i was doing my report on, on the day it was due, and got an A

[Edited on August 21, 2007 at 6:36 PM. Reason : ]

8/21/2007 6:35:06 PM

Has anyone had the in-class section w/ Tavakoli?

8/22/2007 11:02:37 AM

The class with tavakoli is a joke. There were about 14 or so online quizzes on the readings from the book. The midterm was to go back and redo a quiz and the final was to go back and redo 3. Also 2 short papers and a group presentation. The whole semester was basically a bunch of groups presenting each topic in the course. The class is worth taking just to listen to him talk about himself and tell a bunch of funny stories.

8/22/2007 5:59:29 PM

i got in w Wiggins

8/23/2007 1:25:32 AM

i liked wiggins

i swear every now and then, he reminded of edward norton's cousin or something

8/27/2007 6:26:19 PM

anyone selling the book for cheap??

8/28/2007 12:36:43 PM

I have the book (Global Environmental Ethics by Pojman) and will sell it for $20. I bought it used for around 40, I think, this past summer when I took the class online.

[Edited on August 28, 2007 at 4:23 PM. Reason : added more info]

8/28/2007 4:19:18 PM

^ PM sent

8/28/2007 11:41:37 PM

HA...messed up

8/29/2007 12:03:08 AM

I still have the Global Environmental Ethics book by Pojman. I'll sell it for $20 to any takers.

9/8/2007 6:14:58 PM

definitely take wiggins - thats exactly what i had last semester with him - 19 hrs - it worked fine cuz i only had to write one paper and do a powerpoint on any topic - and some weeks we didn't even have class - the only bummer is that its at night but its an easy A so its worth it

9/11/2007 2:33:48 PM