BA-990S
SPECIAL TOPICS
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
DepartmentFUQUA
Terms offeredSpring
Typical enrollment8–8
Semesters of data1
2.6
Hrs / week
13
Responses
16
Enrollment
81%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.9
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.9
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.8
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.8
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysismedium
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 37 comments across 2 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Discussion is a clear strength; students repeatedly describe the class conversation as engaging and useful.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Student Responses
- The session on preparing research talks is especially helpful - The sessions on the taste of different journals is also very helpful to the development of my research taste - knowing which ideas can go to which types of journals helps me to know how to strategically invest my time to reach the specific goal i wanted. - It was an awesome opportunity to get so much insider information/ overview about the field - now i feel i have a better sense of what this career will look like and have a better sense of what i should do to reach my career goal
Spring 2025 · Kay, Aaron
I learned a lot about the "hidden curriculum" of academia. I was able to learn about faculty I hadn't heard of, learn about their research, and compare across faculty. I was able to learn about a bunch of different areas of academia, including service and mentoring.
Spring 2025 · Kay, Aaron
1) We learned about how the tenure process works, as well as how careers progress from PhD student/postdoc to chaired professor. 2) We learned about different advising styles and factors to consider when admitting students. 3) We learned about different types of talks (informal, job talks, seminars, conference talks) and how to tailor the content of our talk to each setting.
Spring 2025 · Kay, Aaron
- Research methods that are relevant to DEI research - Taking a close look about how the update to date DEI research published at top journals build theory, design studies, and construct writing is helpful - The DEI topics are well organized, will be a great resource to look back for future research
Spring 2025 · Leigh, Angelica
Knowledge about various research methods, research on diversity, and different types of diversity-related research
Spring 2025 · Leigh, Angelica
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Kay, Aaron 5.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality5.0Difficulty1.7Based on 6 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 16 |