Reviews of professor Rick McPherson

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Rick is a great guy. He's very experienced in the business world (he's told us many interesting stories) and has interesting opinions. The class is lecture-heavy but you probably don't have to pay too much attention aside from the lectures where he goes over the various frameworks you need to use for his cases. If you want to 4.0, lots of work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rick is not as scary as everyone says he is. MGMT 430 was a great class cause we had so few assignments. Also, half of the classes were asynchronous which made it really easy for teams to meet. Rick was a friendly teacher that tried his best to engage everyone in the class. Just be on his good side and participate! Marketplace was annoying though.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst professor I have ever had at UW. For some assignments, the highest score you can receive is a 96 (not a 4.0). His class is also not curved and if you didn't win the case competition then good luck. Keep talking about how the students are seniors and grades don't matter, using it as the excuse for his absurd grading.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Like what others say, he does assign lots of assignments (pre-lecture assignments and essays), but I would say those are helpful for personal development. The thing I want to point out is the group projects. They shared 35% of your total grades, and they are BIG projects. So be sure to get some great, A+ teammates.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Absolutely unlikeable. Zero compassion for students and brags about how smart he is. Pedantic would be an understatement. Take the course with someone else and you will thank yourself later.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Must participate in class. Good grading system. His classes are not curved, so sometimes large portions of the class gets top grades. Rick's classes are essay based rather than exam based, so expect to write. He does not have zoom lectures and instead just does zoom discussions for participation points.