Dinah Gottschalk - James Madison University

Professor: Dinah Gottschalk
Department: Accounting
College: James Madison University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ACTG244
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She starts slow and clearly explains the basics. If you are willing to reinforce the material it is a pretty easy class. Including the final, I probably studied for the tests a total of 2 hours and got an A pretty easily.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ACTG244
  • Grade Received: D+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Overall, nicest woman ever. Really cares about her students and teaching them. Her teaching styles are a little outdated. Best advice I have- find someone to study with. Tests are very hard, she gives you super easy problems as practice then throws insanely hard problems on the test. Multiple choice sections of her tests always tripped me up.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: COB241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's an amazing person and cares so much about her students. Her test are very tough but if you read and do the homework you should be able to pull out a good to decent grade. The one thing I will say is that you will know the information a lot better then people with other teachers making it easy to really well on the final.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
AWFUL. She does not teach! Class is hard and tests are hard. I don't even want to get into it. I got all A's and A c- in her class. She is shouldn't be teaching.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
AVOID. She is such a bad professor. DOES NOT TEACH, simply goes over review problems that no one does anyway. Tests are BS, tricky, blunt, and impossible to complete in 50 minutes with a good grade, that is unless you were one of those kids that did well b/c you had her twice and were use to her antics. This woman should retire. TAKE SOMEONE ELSE.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Take her. If you read, listen to lectures, and do your homework assignments, you will have no problem.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is so nice and straight forward. Whether or not you like accounting, she is your best bet. Take her!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Gottscahlk is average at best. She does a terrible job teaching the class, as all she does is goes over problems that no one does for her lectures. Do the Online Homeworks as their 20% of your grade. Study hard fro this one, she's not easy by any means and offers a challenge. Not a bad choice for accounting but I would try to find someone easiers.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: COB241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awesome professor. Teaches from book, tests are fairly easy if you study and listen in class, and 4 group projects count as a test grade. Take her!!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She knows her accounting but the way she teaches is through book examples and homework problems. You really do need to read the text so that you don't miss the multiple choice in her tests. Those are the hardest questions. She's open to help you in any way she can and is very understanding when it comes to personal matters. Take her!!!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Looking at the other options for 242 she is your best choice. Teaches from problems from the book but if you have a problem she is good at clarifying it. Nice lady, take.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Her class isn't that hard, but expect to teach yourself the material. She doesn't really teach, she just goes over homework problems.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's very sweet and she teaches very straight forward. There's not too much outside work, just some book problems and then 3 group problems. There's an attendance policy, but you get 3 free absences. The tests are hard, but there are harder teachers, so I would take her over someone else.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very straightfoward, not a lot of outside work. Tests are very hard and you gotta work hard to get a B unless you had accounting in HighSchool. Prof is really nice person just really hard class.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
There's nothing particularly special about her or the class, but the one good thing is that it's very straightforward. If you can understand and do the homework, you can do the tests. Once again, very straightforward class.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: COB242
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
REALLY hard class, tests are pretty difficult, not many other chances to boost your grade. there are a couple group problems, but no homework grade or quiz grade. shes a nice lady though, will help if you seek her out. 242 is just hard in gengeral
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: COB241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she was awesome. i didn't do well, but i just dont' like accting. tests are kinda hard, but she's very fair in grading
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: COB241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's confusing and does not teach, her method of teaching is to go over homework only. She takes attendance and uses name tags all year round. Basically to sum it up if you can take someone better do it.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: COB241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst teacher ever...better off not going to class doesnt teach at all. Gives teacher evaluation before end of class beceause she knows her students want to lay into her. Worst teacher ever, avoid her like the plague
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: 241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Accounting is just hard in general so dont expect to breeze through it. She is a very nice lady and a good teacher, she will work with you on everything and as long as you keep up with the homework RELIGIOUSLY its not as bad.
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