Marc Seales - University of Washington

Professor: Marc Seales
Department: Music
College: University of Washington
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Marc Seales is by far the worst professor I have ever had. He is incredibly arrogant and spends lecture talking about himself. I never read the textbook and I went to class 4 times after the midterm and still got a 3.7. Do the extra credit!! Tests are ridiculously hard. We had to memorize 34 songs for the midterm and 50 for the final. Do not take!!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He hates it when your phone rings in class. He can be really intimidating but the class isn't hard to get a good grade. No homework.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Marc is a professor who commands respect, but also has much to offer to his students. Seales makes you think beyond the words written in the slides in order to learn this musical history. The best way to succeed in the class is to simply listen to the music. If you respect jazz, you will perform well. Marc's career stories are also fascinating.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Not that great of a teacher.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you're taking this class with Marc Seales, well good luck. 1/4 of the class barely shows up, and he tends to talk a lot about himself. There's so much content that he could choose to test you on, but he'll use quotes that he puts in the powerpoint and basically says "Who says this" on the test.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Honestly one of the worst professors at UW. He teaches jazz as if everyone present is majoring in music. This is by far the hardest 100-level class I have taken. There is no panapto and the random lecture information pops up on exams. First midterm was memorize 34 songs and understand 11 chapters of information. Good luck if you plan to take this.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Spends too much time talking about his own experiences than the course material. Lecture notes not posted til a few days before the test, but aren't very useful since you NEED the book. Doesn't check his email. Made us memorize 34 songs for the first midterm, and didn't even test us on the interesting topics of jazz history.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great prof. He really pushes you to work hard. If you do, you'll see great results.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
no one shows up they get tired of this joke called marc. he tries to hard to appear interesting and tells you his life story, which is plain and kinda sounds made up. i wanted to give this class a review, but he left them outside the class room after showing up late and didn't tell us. he took them which should be reported to academic affairs.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Horrible, his lectures are unorganized and almost nothing he says in lecture appears on the tests. Even the slides he posts on canvas if he ever does post them are so weirdly disorganized. Never any clarification on what exactly will be on tests. The good thing is you can skip class every day and if you study before tests you'll get a good grade.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Marc is an interesting lecturer, but he needs to focus on the content more and talk less about his experiences. Furthermore, it would be great if the assessments were based more on our learning rather than memorization, because of this I don't feel like I have learned much from this course.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Marc is one of the most self-centered people I have ever met. Most of the class time is spent listening to him talk about his career and experiences. He fails to teach most of the material and I did most of my learning by reading the book and attending "review" sessions held by the TA. He routinely shames students in front of the class for talking.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
i love jazz and wanted to learn more about it's origins and more about the genres. i learned about the genres more because the textbook and learned about the music on my own. the teacher sucks really bad and his exams are unfair and unstructured. we all say that most professors at uw get paid to do nothing but this guy is the extreme! dont take.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC131
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Yikes. 90% of what he says in lecture is completely irrelevant to what's going to be on the test. The one saving grace of this course is that the slides wind up being posted on canvas, so you can make something out of the material for yourself. The lectures are almost completely pointless. I'm surprised it gets a decent turnout each day.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MUS131
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Disgraceful! This one word defines this professor. He just talks and talks about himself, and his stories aren't even interesting or relevant to the material. And he tests hard even though he shows up like he is wacked out on something. UW should sit in on one of his classes. They will likely fire him after seeing how awful he is, if they care.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC331
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I tried having as much fun before class to compensate for how utterly boring this class was. I stopped showing up to lecture because the professor covers nothing on the test. If you ever take this class, the only positive is you can skip all the lectures and earn an average grade.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MUS331A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Spends the majority of the class talking about himself and his experiences. Rarely covers much from the book. Midterm and Final have questions about more than 50 people's biographies in which you should know seemingly everything they've ever done. Ridiculous.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MUS331
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I loved jazz coming in, but this class was awful. He spends most of the class name dropping and bragging about his music career. He repeats himself often and is very touchy. Many people did very poorly on the tests, but if you study the online outlines and can name the listening examples (and artists), you'll be fine. Avoid him if possible, though.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MUS331
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take this class with this professor. He is arrogant, unhelpful, and spends the entire class talking about himself. I fell asleep every day that I went to class. Class attendance is not necessary, but tests were very hard. Only saving grace is that the textbook had outlines online. So don't bother reading the actual book.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MUSIC331
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
WORST TEACHER EVER!!! I have never met a teacher that does not teach in class at all. He always tell stories about himself and never anything related to test material. The tests/ quizzes are pretty hard. And he makes you go to these concerts, which is interesting but you have to write this review on it. And he doesn't give you any guidelines on it.
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