List of Profs To Avoid (UofC)

[BrknFngrs]

Alrite, since it seems quite a few people have had really bad experiences with profs, i think we should have this thread as a reference for people to use when they are applying for classes, a heads up kinda thing. So everyone who has had an experience with a prof that is substantial enough that others shouldn't register with them (aka not stuff like "his class was hard") just add to this thread.

Profs Name-Faculty-Course taken
Followed with a brief description of what the issue was.

Hoepfully there is some decent participation in this cuz im really sick of getting brutal profs.

I'll start,

Mr. Ghitter- SS- Ubst253

[Eleanor]

Dr. Hillary Carteret - PHYS 259 - Wouldn't teach us the material on the assignments.
Actual question in class - "can you show us how to do this?" "good question i haven't taught you that yet."
"uhhh, it's on the assignment due tomorrow"
"oh well then you can figure it out."

Next class, about 6 people showed up out of 150.

[heinz256]

Mr. Kai Xu - Poli Sci 283

Mainland Fob, could barely speak a word of english. Absolutely no one in the class could understand a word he said. Avoid like the devil

[nos_efx]

ChengDe Wang - Math 271

FYI. I'm not sure if he's still there or not..... Absolutely terrible english

[nos_efx]

Rose Joshua - CPSC 333/SENG 331?

Don't even need to go to lectures..... She just posts an absurd amount of PPT projects and reads them...:rolleyes:

[nonlinear]

[Euro///Tuned]

Good thread.

Dr. Bruce Arnold - Don't take any Soci classes from this guy.

[sh0ko]

jk biel. phys 369 and phys 259

[a social dsease]

http://ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1416

I was just about to say Jozef Biel for physics, but already posted ^^ :)

[urbannomad]

Brudnyi - Math- Math 253/263

just a horrible prof all around, i dont think anyone would enjoy it.

[7thgenvic]

Originally posted by urbannomad
Brudnyi - Math- Math 253/263

just a horrible prof all around, i dont think anyone would enjoy it.

i agree with that! i had the guy substitute one of our classes! i felt like killing myself.

[urbannomad]

Originally posted by 7thgenvic


i agree with that! i had the guy substitute one of our classes! i felt like killing myself.

buddy i had him all semester, and the bloody guy is on my bus route! :thumbsdow i never talk to him.

[the_new_santa1]

^ Lol, someone should just make a huge liust, and sell it on ebay....

[BrknFngrs]

Originally posted by nonlinear
silly and unfair.

and you know, profs make lists of students and undergraduate courses that others should avoid teaching.

unfortunately, FOIP prevents publishing that information on a public forum :(

Are you saying that people voicing there experiences on profs on a public forum is against FOIP? Or does this just go for the profs posting against students?

[Euro///Tuned]

Originally posted by nonlinear
silly and unfair.

and you know, profs make lists of students and undergraduate courses that others should avoid teaching.

unfortunately, FOIP prevents publishing that information on a public forum :(

How is it unfair, we pay 500+ for courses, we should know what profs to avoid. If they are shitty teacher and don't give two dimes about their students they deserve to be called out. This is no different then talking to people in person about your experience with a prof.

You think this goes against FOIP?

Check www.ratemyprofessor.com it includes comments on profs too.

[turab16]

couch amat 433

[nonlinear]

[eb0i]

C. Macconachie - Chem 201
I.R. Hunt - Chem 351
D. Fremon - Cpsc 231

How about bad T.A's?

Worst T.A. ever was Mary Chan for Chem 351 labs:thumbsdow

[three.eighteen.]

Originally posted by Euro///Tuned
Good thread.

Dr. Bruce Arnold - Don't take any Soci classes from this guy.

uh oh, why? i'm in his social psych class...90% on my first midterm

[Hanzo]

westwick, 3rd year enel/encm engg control systems prof. you get to pick between him or macnab.

I hate them both but i think macnab is a little less annoying.

[Euro///Tuned]

Originally posted by three.eighteen.


uh oh, why? i'm in his social psych class...90% on my first midterm

Haven't taken that class with him but I heard its an easy class in general. The problem is that whenever you question any of his marking or final grade compilations he tries to avoid it by saying that you made a formal complaint. He then sends your grade to the shitter, without even letting you know your grades that are outstanding. And when you try to find out what you got on a final or paper he tells you to follow through with the formal complaint and will refuse to let you know what marks you got beside the final gave he made up randomly.

[BrknFngrs]

As Euro///Tuned said, this thread is designed to help beyond members get better value out of the classes they take by dodging poor proffesors. Not suppose to be a full out bitch session and seems like people get this so far, i know i'll take the above comments into consideration come winter semester.

Keep em comin:thumbsup:

[HyperZell]

Anita Lakra, ACCT 317.

She likes to start a semester by saying "a lot of students have commented that I make them feel stupid when they ask questions in class, but that's just a misunderstanding, I don't do that." Perfect, right?

Wrong. She is a total bitch if you ask her anything, plus she dresses painfully and is EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME. Stay the hell away if you can.

[vadeit]

Originally posted by eb0i

I.R. Hunt - Chem 351


I would disagree with that. I never had him for 351 but I did have him for Chem 559. He is tough but fair. If you do your own shit and go see him only when you are stuck, but it is obvious that you have at least tried, then he will do everyhting he can to get you to understand the concept or problem. If you go see him in the hope of getting easy answers then he will treat you like the lazy bastard you are being. He was like that for 559 and my sister (who had him for 351) says that same thing.

[tentacles]

Anita Lakra, ACCT 317.She likes to start a semester by saying "a lot of students have commented that I make them feel stupid when they ask questions in class, but that's just a misunderstanding, I don't do that." Perfect, right?Wrong. She is a total bitch if you ask her anything, plus she dresses painfully and is EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME. Stay the hell away if you can.

I don't understand why Anita gets such a bad rep. My classes with her were awesome, she explains everything quite well and is really nice when I ask questions. I didn't get very good grades but that was my own fault. The only problem is that her voice is so soft and soothing that it makes me fall asleep. :love:

[Gainsbarre]

Originally posted by HyperZell
Anita Lakra, ACCT 317.

Wrong. She is a total bitch if you ask her anything, plus she dresses painfully and is EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME. Stay the hell away if you can.

:werd: All that, and the hairstyle (think Alice from the Dilbert comics).

God, so many come to mind (I'm a 6 year vetran of econ/fnce at the U of C). If you have questions about either programme, just fire away.


POLI 201 (Fall 2001) -- Cooper
PSYC 205 (Winter 2002) -- Slawinski
STAT 213 (Spring 2002) -- Morrison (has since changed her name to Chibry or whatever). Lost all of my quizzes and I had to fight for weeks to get my mark fixed.
MATH 249 (Spring 2003) -- Oliveros-Braniff. Probably quite the looker (back in her day) but couldn't teach if her life depended on it.
ECON 315 (Summer 2003) -- Moldovan
MKTG 317 (Fall 2003) -- Ricker
OPMA 317 (Winter 2004) -- Cooke
ECON 387/389 (Fall 2005 / Winter 2006) -- Rowse (It's close, but I think I'd have to go with him as the worst ever -- stay away, even if it means not going for the honours degree in econ. it's just not worth it)

I've posted comments on all of these people on ratemyprofessors.com -- I used to frequent that website all the time.

[HyperZell]

Originally posted by tentacles


I don't understand why Anita gets such a bad rep. My classes with her were awesome, she explains everything quite well and is really nice when I ask questions. I didn't get very good grades but that was my own fault. The only problem is that her voice is so soft and soothing that it makes me fall asleep. :love:

Do you look like you dress out of the 80s, and also out of a nightmare? Do you looooove accounting? Or has she gotten to you somehow?


Originally posted by Gainsbarre


MATH 249 (Spring 2003) -- Oliveros-Braniff. Probably quite the looker (back in her day) but couldn't teach if her life depended on it.

MKTG 317 (Fall 2003) -- Ricker



That's who I had for MATH 249! I couldn't really remember her name until now, but she really did kickstart my theory that the U of C has a policy where they don't hire math professors if they can understand them.

But what's wrong with Lynne Ricker? I have MKTG 435 with her, and she seems pretty cool so far, although I have yet to get any marks back from her.

[TC2002]

Leslie Miller - Sociology - SOCI 403.

Went in to see her for help on a term paper, because she gave me a terrible mark. Looked PAST me the entire time I was in her office. Felt uncomfortable the entire time. Followed ALL of her tips and advice for the next paper and still got a terrible mark. Told me that some people just can't write, and others can. Aced my next final courses in Soci and other writing-based courses (Cdn studies, etc.) after her course. Take that for not being able to write. Fool.

:thumbsdow

Jean Wallace - Sociology - SOCI 393.

Never fell asleep so quickly in a class. She's a smart cookie, but her voice... reminds me of that teacher in "The Wonder Years."

[TC2002]

Originally posted by Euro///Tuned


Haven't taken that class with him but I heard its an easy class in general. The problem is that whenever you question any of his marking or final grade compilations he tries to avoid it by saying that you made a formal complaint. He then sends your grade to the shitter, without even letting you know your grades that are outstanding. And when you try to find out what you got on a final or paper he tells you to follow through with the formal complaint and will refuse to let you know what marks you got beside the final gave he made up randomly.


Yes. I heard this about Arnold as well. Well known for several years that he's one to avoid.

[msommers]

By far one of the best threads in the campus chat section. PLEASE PLEASE sticky this! The info in this thread is honestly worth 500 bucks alone!

[andres_mt]

Originally posted by Eleanor
Dr. Hillary Carteret - PHYS 259 - Wouldn't teach us the material on the assignments.
Actual question in class - "can you show us how to do this?" "good question i haven't taught you that yet."
"uhhh, it's on the assignment due tomorrow"
"oh well then you can figure it out."

Next class, about 6 people showed up out of 150.

hahaha what a gongshow

Here's some more proof of the british blunder
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=809634

[black_2.5RS]

Chris Walpole - CPSC. Tends to slip in the odd porno joke for so flippin' reason.

Anita Lakra - ACCT. sucks balls. I hated her and she totally makes you feel like a moron.

Rose Joshua - CPSC. This chick literally doesn't get it.....and by "it", I mean everything. She's hopeless.

[nos_efx]

I actually didn't mind Chris Walpole too much, he's got some interesting stories during lectures and he's quite the knowledgeable guy.....

[cbinteg]

Dr. Lohmeier-Vogel - BCEM341

[Gainsbarre]

Originally posted by HyperZell


But what's wrong with Lynne Ricker? I have MKTG 435 with her, and she seems pretty cool so far, although I have yet to get any marks back from her.

Retail marketing and marketing communications is more her specialty, as opposed to a broad "intro to marketing" course. I suspect that much of the difference might have been the subject matter.


Oh yeah, try to avoid Lucia Vojtassak(ova) in ECON if you can (another name that I overlooked earlier). She's an anorexic/cranky/bitchy/impatient woman.

[HyperZell]

Originally posted by black_2.5RS


Anita Lakra - ACCT. sucks balls. I hated her and she totally makes you feel like a moron.



Another satisfied customer =)

[5hift]

Is it just me or is more than half the CPSC department in here?

[cbinteg]

Originally posted by eb0i

I.R. Hunt - Chem 351


I've always hated the way he said ME-thane and E-thane

[k_dawg]

worst T.A for chem 351 catherine bonnier

horrible horrible T.A doesn't speak english well and never has any answers when you ask her questions

[bradwatson]

Dr. Sniatycki (or whatever) -- Math 221

The man makes no sense.

[tentacles]

You guys are just haters because the class wasn't easy and Anita gave you a bad mark. Complaining about her dress? What do you expect accounting professors to wear? Hot pants and glowsticks? She was always super nice to me and never made me feel stupid. I would recommend everyone have her for ACCT317. :thumbsup:

I don't want to list any profs because if I tell the story they would know who I am (been through the entire formal appeal process with some of them), and I dunno maybe some of them drive Civics too and are lurking around here looking for Type-R stickers to buy or whatever. :D But you can do a lot worse than Anita.

[HyperZell]

Originally posted by tentacles
You guys are just haters because the class wasn't easy and Anita gave you a bad mark. Complaining about her dress? What do you expect accounting professors to wear? Hot pants and glowsticks? She was always super nice to me and never made me feel stupid. I would recommend everyone have her for ACCT317. :thumbsup:


Umm...that's what she does wear. And gold boots with bright red lipstick and blazers from a time machine.

Don't get me wrong, the comment about her clothing was just a little side (and snide) remark that was only brought up because she is such a bad teacher. The main problem people have with her is that she's a bitch to students. Last year, the midterm average was like 48, and you know what she said? "Obviously the students aren't studying hard enough." Fuck you, bitch! What the hell kind of presumptous statement is that? And if she has to start every semester with "people say I make them feel stupid, I really don't", what does that tell you?

You sound like you have roots and fronds. Like a plant.

[Ryan1386]

Doing poorly in Acct 317 is not Anita's fault, yes she is an awful dresser but that doesnt matter. Show up to class, do your homework and study and you will come out fine. Besides, you dont have a choice anyways.

[tentacles]

The main problem people have with her is that she's a bitch to students. Last year, the midterm average was like 48, and you know what she said? "Obviously the students aren't studying hard enough." Fuck you, bitch! What the hell kind of presumptous statement is that? And if she has to start every semester with "people say I make them feel stupid, I really don't", what does that tell you?

So what? That sounds pretty normal for a first year accounting class. Some people are just not very good at it. I did OK (got B I think) but I really underestimated how hard it would be. Even Anita says she did horribly in her first accounting class in university. I'm just glad that I have a prof who knows what she's talking about, if that makes you feel stupid then maybe you're just a little too insecure.


You sound like you have roots and fronds. Like a plant.

Yes, I am a plant for Anita Lakra. :rofl: :dunno:

[HyperZell]

Originally posted by Ryan1386
Doing poorly in Acct 317 is not Anita's fault, yes she is an awful dresser but that doesnt matter. Show up to class, do your homework and study and you will come out fine. Besides, you dont have a choice anyways.

Are you seriously trying to tell me that the teacher doesn't influence the grades in a course at all? Get out.



Originally posted by tentacles


So what? That sounds pretty normal for a first year accounting class. Some people are just not very good at it. I did OK (got B I think) but I really underestimated how hard it would be. Even Anita says she did horribly in her first accounting class in university. I'm just glad that I have a prof who knows what she's talking about, if that makes you feel stupid then maybe you're just a little too insecure.



Yes, I am a plant for Anita Lakra. :rofl: :dunno:

Okay, I'm going to be as clear as I can possibly be here. She's rude to students. If you ask her a question in class, it's more than likely that she'll either answer it in a condescending, inappropriate manner or she won't answer it at all. I've seen it many times, and so have lots of other people. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones.




The plant thing was a joke. Straight from Penny Arcade, actually.

[B18C]

Originally posted by cbinteg
Dr. Lohmeier-Vogel - BCEM341

I was wondering when her name was going to show up. :rofl:

Brings back bad memories....

I dont' know what you guys are saying about Hunt. It's been a while since my U of C days but from what I remember he was organized, taught the material well, lectured well, and had office hours that he actually followed.

[Gainsbarre]

Originally posted by tentacles
You guys are just haters because the class wasn't easy and Anita gave you a bad mark.

Not the case here. I was her top student (one of only two A students in the class) and she still yelled at me. Just a wretched person all around. (btw I know this because this was back in the day when all grades for management courses were posted on the bulletin board on the second floor of Scurfield in that hallway on the west side of the building).

But then again, maybe I should thank her. If it hadn't been for that awful experience, I would have stayed with my intended concentration of accounting (this would have meant taking ACCT 323 with her) and be stuck doing accounting for the rest of my life instead of the finance related work that I'm doing right now.

[hampstor]

Originally posted by bradwatson
Dr. Sniatycki (or whatever) -- Math 221

The man makes no sense.

+1

oh god, I had him for Math 221 back in 1998. He did 2 blackboards of work on diagonalizing a matrix and then goes... "uhh i made a mistake, did anyone catch it?" What a waste of 20 minutes that was.

[whiskas]

Walpole - CPSC325 But he's the best for the history of CPSC class.
Varadarajan - Math271
Loose - CPSC349
Walker - SENG

[heinz256]

Wanted to bump this thread since its the end of the semester.

M.Henderson - FNCE 443. Her boring monotone voice made me want to shoot myself.

[jsn]

Originally posted by urbannomad
Brudnyi - Math- Math 253/263

just a horrible prof all around, i dont think anyone would enjoy it.


Originally posted by nos_efx
Rose Joshua - CPSC 333/SENG 331?

Don't even need to go to lectures..... She just posts an absurd amount of PPT projects and reads them...:rolleyes:

Even though these two were from 2006, if they are still around than I definitely agree. I'll add a new one though. Giovanni in Geology. I hear she is OK for rocks for jocks but for geo majors, avoid her like the plague. At least for 555. It's hit and miss for field school from what I hear.

[ReflexFX]

Masood Parvez - chem209

I had him last year, all he would do is read his poorly constructed fill in the blank powerpoints. He never explains anything. Often when students ask him questions, he would seem confused, and would answer by repeating whatever he said to raise the question in the first place. On top of that, he has a major accent and is a fast talker. I personally stopped going to his class altogether and started dropping in on the other chem209 lecture (as did half of my other peers).

He was that bad.

[ga16i]

joshua
walpole
loose
varadarajan

haha, wow, I did my degree in CPSC back in 2000-2004.
Glad to see it doesn't sound like anything has changed with these guys.

COMPLETELY agree that Joshua is useless, and Walpole is just full of crazy tangents, mostly relating to porn.

BUT in the end, it really doesn't matter who your prof is if you know what you're doing. It's not high school and no one is going to hold your hand, just grab a book and learn that stuff. The prof is really only there to test your knowledge, not to forcefeed you info.

[sneek]

Originally posted by Gainsbarre


Not the case here. I was her top student (one of only two A students in the class) and she still yelled at me. Just a wretched person all around. (btw I know this because this was back in the day when all grades for management courses were posted on the bulletin board on the second floor of Scurfield in that hallway on the west side of the building).

But then again, maybe I should thank her. If it hadn't been for that awful experience, I would have stayed with my intended concentration of accounting (this would have meant taking ACCT 323 with her) and be stuck doing accounting for the rest of my life instead of the finance related work that I'm doing right now.

haha I have a similar story. I thought she was okay until the midterm....I started going to Wayne's class and I ended up with 90 on the final. Since I attended two lectures of Acct317 back to back, I feel like I can say that she is dramatically inferior to Wayne. I do have to say...if it wasn't for Lakra I would never have left accounting and finding what I truly love.

[Affinityion]

Originally posted by eb0i

I.R. Hunt - Chem 351

How about bad T.A's?

Worst T.A. ever was Mary Chan for Chem 351 labs:thumbsdow

(As a chem major, thought I'd chime in)
Seconded for Chan. Had her for an entire semester as a substitute prof for Industrial chem. Had no idea wtf was going on. That and she stood in front of the freaking overhead projector so half the screen was blocked at any one time. Notes were "complied" by swapping with people over the entire class. And don't even get me started on the exams...

Like vadeit said earlier, Hunt wasn't a bad prof. I had him for 559 as well and he pushed you hard to understand the material (guy had some high expectations but knew we could do it). If you need help, just head to his office.

[t_soarer]

Tom Cottrell - MGST 493, FNCE 445

Blabs on and on in lectures, then goes off and tests stuff in the most ridiculous fashion. Never gives enough attention to material he's going to examine, so essentially you get f'ed on pretty much every single test.

[sexualbanana]

Dugan - HROD (I don't remember the class number. 323 maybe?)

The material is easy as shit, but he never really teaches anything. After awhile you find the most challenging aspect of his class is how to reword the same answer eight times on his assignments because they all ask the same question. Not to mention, I sensed he was still really bitter to the world about the time he broke his leg on a sidewalk and nobody helped him for awhile.

Morrison/Chibry - Stats

I actually didn't have a big problem with her. She does kind of give off a mean vibe, but that wasn't really a big deal to me.

[J-D]

Miloslav nosal for stats if he still teaches by some fluke of god

[nicknolte]

Originally posted by sneek


haha I have a similar story. I thought she was okay until the midterm....I started going to Wayne's class and I ended up with 90 on the final. Since I attended two lectures of Acct317 back to back, I feel like I can say that she is dramatically inferior to Wayne. I do have to say...if it wasn't for Lakra I would never have left accounting and finding what I truly love.

Funny enough, taking 317 with Lakra made me switch majors as well. She is just...:banghead:
Wayne Irvine is the man though. He's a great instructor




Joseph Ling is a terrible prof. When I had him for Math 249 the class average on the final was 44%, and he didn't curve it. Instead he auto failed anyone who didn't meet the class average. Plus if you tried to ask him a question outside of lecture he was quite rude and condescending. Dude is just a massive dick.

Jingjing Wu is pretty mediocre. She seems pretty nice, and from the sounds of it is a genius when it comes to stats and whatnot, but she has no flipping clue on how to teach people. She just reads off her slides and faces the blackboard the entire lecture

[flipstah]

Originally posted by nicknolte


Jingjing Wu is pretty mediocre. She seems pretty nice, and from the sounds of it is a genius when it comes to stats and whatnot, but she has no flipping clue on how to teach people. She just reads off her slides and faces the blackboard the entire lecture

Hmm if you ask her questions, she seems capable enough of answering so I'll have to politely disagree with you on that one.

Hollis and Yuan for Economics. Unclear, monotone and doesn't expand much on theorems. Usually, Economics is better understood with analogies, which are non-existent when they teach. Unless it's already in the textbook and most of the examples in the textbook suck in the first place. :rofl:

[secol]

Originally posted by nicknolte


Funny enough, taking 317 with Lakra made me switch majors as well. She is just...:banghead:
Wayne Irvine is the man though. He's a great instructor




Joseph Ling is a terrible prof. When I had him for Math 249 the class average on the final was 44%, and he didn't curve it. Instead he auto failed anyone who didn't meet the class average. Plus if you tried to ask him a question outside of lecture he was quite rude and condescending. Dude is just a massive dick.

Jingjing Wu is pretty mediocre. She seems pretty nice, and from the sounds of it is a genius when it comes to stats and whatnot, but she has no flipping clue on how to teach people. She just reads off her slides and faces the blackboard the entire lecture
i don't remember her having slides lol, i remember her for doing stats examples on bwinge dwinking on campers

[gt2871r]

Had Stats 213 with Miloslav Nosal, got a C-

Had Stats 217 with Rohana Ambagaspitiya, got an A-

Nosal is a horrible professor, the worst I had in my first year.

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=72041

[DRKM]

Originally posted by a social dsease
http://ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1416

I was just about to say Jozef Biel for physics, but already posted ^^ :)

He was a TA for one of my electronics labs. He had the worst breathe any human could possibly have.

It was terrible when we would have to lean to look a circuit.

[kertejud2]

Originally posted by Affinityion


(As a chem major, thought I'd chime in)
Seconded for Chan. Had her for an entire semester as a substitute prof for Industrial chem. Had no idea wtf was going on. That and she stood in front of the freaking overhead projector so half the screen was blocked at any one time. Notes were "complied" by swapping with people over the entire class. And don't even get me started on the exams...

I remember my first year chem classes had a pretty brutal T.A. for labs and seminars. Insanely hard marker, was pretty rude to everybody when they'd ask a question (i.e. "Seriously? How are you in this course if you don't know that?" or "You have this valuable time to get my help and you're wasting it with questions like that?") and was ugly to boot.

A couple years later in a later chem course me and a friend were in our lab waiting for the T.A. only to find out that the instructor we signed up for was the same one, but she had gotten married and changed her name. My friend basically broke into tears when she saw her. I'm assuming she still had a job by using the same name-changing scam on the school that tricked us into thinking it was safe to sign up for that lab.

[calgary_89]

Originally posted by t_soarer
Tom Cottrell - MGST 493, FNCE 445

Blabs on and on in lectures, then goes off and tests stuff in the most ridiculous fashion. Never gives enough attention to material he's going to examine, so essentially you get f'ed on pretty much every single test.

would you recommend MGSt 493 with sorrell instead? she also teacher M&A and ive heard some bad things about her (cottrell too though so uit looks like we are all screwed)

[Gainsbarre]

Cottrell seemed like an OK guy to me, but this was back in Winter 2004 for FNCE 451. Was friendly whenever I chatted with him, and he's clearly very intelligent. I can see him maybe not connecting with many students because he often came across as aloof and somewhat fit the stereotype of the "absent minded professor". The exams were difficult, but he did curve them. I wound up with either an A- or A in his class and I recall only getting about 70% on the midterm.

Some of us mocked the guy for quitting his job at Microsoft in the 1980's to go back to school and become a professor.

[Skyline_Addict]

Originally posted by Gainsbarre


ECON 387/389 (Fall 2005 / Winter 2006) -- Rowse (It's close, but I think I'd have to go with him as the worst ever -- stay away, even if it means not going for the honours degree in econ. it's just not worth it)


Rowse seemed like a nice guy, but was definitely hard to follow. I managed to somehow escape Microeconomics III with a B+ and didn't know wtf was going on. Thank God the chinese girl had a crush on me and let me copy all her assignments. She was damn good at calculus.

[Gainsbarre]

Oh ya, I'm in the minority among my peers when it came to John Rowse (they seemed to like him as a professor while I didn't). Nice enough guy outside the classroom though; chatted amicably with him many times about other things.

No need to worry about having him as a prof anymore as he's retired as of last year.

EDIT: with Rowse, we mocked him for his attire ("Rowse-sweaters" :barf: :rofl: ), age ("Granddaddy Rowse") and his blackboard-cleaning routine (always the same and very methodical).

[Myrrinda]

Bruce Arnold was never the greatest prof, but I always found his classes pretty easy.

Slawinski was painful. I used to spend my classes counting how many times she would say 'therefore' as well as how many people would leave during her lectures. Both numbers were usually pretty high.

[Gainsbarre]

Slawinski -- I saw her obituary in the Herald about 2 years ago.

[secol]

Originally posted by calgary_89


would you recommend MGSt 493 with sorrell instead? she also teacher M&A and ive heard some bad things about her (cottrell too though so uit looks like we are all screwed)
her lectures aren't dry, but she tends to deviate from what she's supposed to teach alot.
not sure if it's the course but her questions are some of the hardest MC questions i've ever had in my life. period. i was torn on so many questions thinking a or b or d could be right, etc. ended up with an A so can't complain

[Myrrinda]

Originally posted by Gainsbarre
Slawinski -- I saw her obituary in the Herald about 2 years ago.

Shit...
http://www.mhfh.com/slawinski-elzbieta-barbara/

[tehwegz]

I'm a prof at UofC and I don't appreciate you talking smack about my co-workers.

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by tehwegz
I'm a prof at UofC and I don't appreciate you talking smack about my co-workers.
:rofl:

[diamondedge]

Originally posted by tehwegz
I'm a prof at UofC and I don't appreciate you talking smack about my co-workers.

What do you teach? I mean, certainly there must be some inter-departmental quibbles.

[heinz256]

Originally posted by diamondedge


What do you teach? I mean, certainly there must be some inter-departmental quibbles.

He's probably just trolling (look at his profile)