Mark R. Nelson, Ph.D.
THINK BIG, start small


RPI Courses

While at RPI, I taught the following courses:

In addition, I supervised several independent studies, two Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows, and over a dozen Undergraduate Research Program projects.  I have also conducted some non-credit workshops in Case-Based Interviewing and using NUD*IST/NVivo for Qualitative Research.

Pre-RPI Courses

Prior to RPI, I taught a variety of courses at the graduate and undergraduate level in an adjunct capacity at other institutions.  These include the following mix of courses:

Recent Courses for Which Teaching Evaluations are Available

Please note that evaluations for some courses are not listed because class evaluations were not conducted, or the course was team taught and evaluations were conducted and received by another professor.  If you want to see the written comments provided with these evaluations, please feel free to contact me for that information. 

Term

Course

Description

Level

School

# Stud.

Eval Score

Evaluation Description

SP 04 MGMT 4240 Systems Analysis & Design UG RPI 14 4.8/5
 4.7/5		 Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course
SP 04 MGMT 4130 Enterprise IT Integration UG RPI 39 4.8/5
 4.7/5		 Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course

FA 03

MGMT 4240

Systems Analysis & Design

Section 1 (8am)

Section 2 (2pm)

UG RPI

 

21 

21 

 

4.9/5
 5.0/5
 5.0/5
4.6/5

 

Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course
 Overall excellence of instructor
Overall excellence of course

SP 03 MGMT 4130 Enterprise Information Architecture UG RPI 19

5.0/5
5.0/5

 Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course

FA 02

MGMT 4240

Systems Analysis & Design

Section 1 (8am)

Section 2 (2pm)

UG RPI

 

19

32 

 

4.9/5
 4.6/5
 5.0/5
5.0/5

 

Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course
 Overall excellence of instructor
Overall excellence of course

SP 02

MGMT 4240

Systems Analysis & Design

UG

RPI

26

4.4/5
4.3/5

Overall excellence of instructor
Overall excellence of course

SP 02

MGMT 4130

Enterprise Information Architecture

UG

RPI

26

4.8/5
4.5/5

Overall excellence of instructor
Overall excellence of course

SP 02

MIS-1

Management Information Systems

EMBA

RPI

22

4.92/5

Overall quality of instructor

FA 01

MGMT 4240

Systems Analysis & Design

Section 1 (8am)

Section 2 (2pm)

 

UG

 

RPI

 

 

29

41

 

4.8/5
 4.4/5
 4.3/5
4.2/5

 

Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course
 Overall excellence of instructor
Overall excellence of course

SP 01

MGMT 4140

Computer Information Systems

UG

RPI

36

4.6/5
4.4/5

Overall excellence of instructor
Overall excellence of course

SP 01

MIS-1

Management Information Systems

EMBA

RPI

26

4.17/5

Overall quality of instructor

FA 00

MGMT 4240

Systems Analysis & Design

Section 1 (8am)

Section 2 (2pm)

 

UG

 

RPI

 

 

38

47

 

 

4.7/5
 4.3/5
 4.8/5
 4.2/5

 

Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course
 Overall excellence of instructor
 Overall excellence of course

FA 98

BSAD 143

Systems Analysis & Design (Object-Oriented)

UG

UVM

25

4.73/5
 4.35/5

Instructor overall
 Course overall

SP 98

BU 211

Introduction to MIS

UG

SMC

25

4.55/5

Instructor overall

SP 97

MSI 521

Introduction to Information Decision Systems

MBA

ALB

25

4.95/5
 4.71/5

Instructor overall
 Course overall

FA 96

INF 523

Database Systems

GR

ALB

18

4.44/5
 4.55/5

Instructor overall
 Course overall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key:

 

UG = Undergraduate
 GR = Graduate
 MBA = Regular MBA
 EMBA = Executive MBA

ALB = University at Albany (SUNY)
RPI = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 SMC = Saint Michael’s College
 UVM = University of Vermont

 Other Notes

I am also very interested in tactile/kinesthetic or active-learning approaches to teaching MIS in the classroom.  I used to maintain the Active-Learning page in ISWorld. 

This page last updated on April 26, 2005.