Professor profile for Kerem Tomak
Student reviews of Kerem Tomak
Review from a student who took MIS 301
Prof Tomak is not a personable person to his students in MIS 301 at all. He could care less how you are doing in his class, and his lecture notes are the most boring things you will hear. He says he's available for office hours but often shuts you out and tells you to go to the TA. He brags about his car, his cell phone, and his job too much. He comes across as a very arrogant, self centered man. If this is what you like, take his class.
Prof Tomak is not a personable person to his students in MIS 301 at all. He could care less how you are doing in his class, and his lecture notes are the most boring things you will hear. He says he's available for office hours but often shuts you out and tells you to go to the TA. He brags about his car, his cell phone, and his job too much. He comes across as a very arrogant, self centered man. If this is what you like, take his class.
Review from a student who took MIS 381N
Dr. Tomak's "Managing Digital Commerce" class is of the cross-discipline type. Obviously, technology is emphasized, but other fields like economics, finance, and marketing are highly integrated throughout the course. His slides are filled with details, about half of which actually matter on homework assignments and exams. There are readings assigned through BlackBoard for you to complete before each class. In my particular semester, we were given four homework assignments. Usually they will take anywhere from one and a half to four hours to finish. There is one mid-term (closed notes, in class) and one take-home final that takes about ten hours. The old exams he posts are not that useful except to see what kinds of problems to expect. (The topics that you are tested over are usually different.) As the only undergraduate student in a class of twenty-two, I found the courseload very heavy and challenging, but I also felt that I learned quite a bit. Dr. Tomak is very enthusiastic about the material (especially game theory) and also took interested students on a field trip to IBM's Pervasive Labs in North Austin.
Dr. Tomak's "Managing Digital Commerce" class is of the cross-discipline type. Obviously, technology is emphasized, but other fields like economics, finance, and marketing are highly integrated throughout the course. His slides are filled with details, about half of which actually matter on homework assignments and exams. There are readings assigned through BlackBoard for you to complete before each class. In my particular semester, we were given four homework assignments. Usually they will take anywhere from one and a half to four hours to finish. There is one mid-term (closed notes, in class) and one take-home final that takes about ten hours. The old exams he posts are not that useful except to see what kinds of problems to expect. (The topics that you are tested over are usually different.) As the only undergraduate student in a class of twenty-two, I found the courseload very heavy and challenging, but I also felt that I learned quite a bit. Dr. Tomak is very enthusiastic about the material (especially game theory) and also took interested students on a field trip to IBM's Pervasive Labs in North Austin.