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Needs to improve hand writing. Voice puts you to sleep
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hard to understand... never gives good examples
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One of the worst teachers I ever had at this school, doesn't know how to teach.
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it was worse than death . . . .
Stumbles. Talks to himself during class and does not explain things.Good guy :)
Boring! Can't understand what he is saying! Can't write!
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He makes you confuse more.
He'd get lost, then scan the board to remind himself what he was talking about
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What was that, I'm sorry, I didn't hear that through all the mumbling :)
he prepares you for the content very well. he also looks like a badass assassin
cool prof
very good prof
the worst
the worst prof in canada,,,,,,how can they hire a ****en prof!!!!!!!****
Read the book, and get the extra shut-eye.
Give Igor some credit, he comes into class wasted/hung over and still manages to spew out some puns under his breath. If you read the material before the class, you'll know xactly whats going on. Sit up front unless you wanna get lost in the uhhh.uuuhhhh.
had him during the summer, it was horrible. too quick, unclear, irrelevant, and he takes too many smoke breaks!! oh yeah, and he mumbles too!
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Give the man some chalk for God's sake, who keeps stealing his precious chalk. And while you're at it give him some eye glasses as well.
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Knows what he's talking about, has trouble conveying. Stutters and mutters a lot. Read the textbook chapters before going to class. Tests aren't too bad if you do the problem sets (and a few others from the book). Prompt answers to email questions.
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For such a hard course you might want to look for a better teacher...
He teaches best when he's ****.
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yo igor is a burnout man, i can't beleive he made it to class all those times. but he did know what he was talking about. he smokes waayyyyy to much though and he has to shave so i can understand him a bit better. you gotta hand it to him though
He tells you exactly what's going to be on the final. Just go to class and review the quizes.
Igor meant well.
He definitely knows what he's talking about. It seems like he has no lesson plans - he just gets up there and talks about the general subject that you should be learning. Mutters a lot, and is a little boring, but every once in a while he cracks a joke.
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Never knew what Igor was talking about either!
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I can't believe I took another course with him. He guides you to the test solutions because he knows that going to his class is no help and he wants to reward the students who don't just read their text book and learn more.
Smart man but not a smart teacher, Didnt have a good way of explaining concepts to the students clearly, i dont recommend taking his class.
He really sucks. His accent is so thick you don't understand it. I'm taking a summer course and everything's going too quickly and he just sits and lectures and doesn't bring in notes.
Always **** during class. **** during the exam. And why did you have to talk about stars for like 3 months INSTEAD OF QUANTUM!
He is an intellgent Prof..But isn't good for Teaching..NEVER !! I dont advice to take a course with him NO WAY !!
Bad Prof. Smart But Teaching Skills SUCK SO BAD Accent So HEAVY
Awesome guy! He's great. Awfully unclear, and if you want to learn something he's useless, but he's a great person. :)
Only person in the class who seems more **** than me.
Smart, but one of the worst teachers. Extremely vague, no sense of organization. Avoid if possible. His tests, however, are fairly easy. The assignments are much more difficult. If forced into his class, learn on your own.
He highlights the important ideas behind a course very well. He is obviously a genius of the nth degree. If you understand the prereqs for this course well, then it's really easy.
Igor had a distinct style of teaching. He never brought a single piece of paper to class. He never cluttered the board up with sentences. It is better to listen more than wirte. If you have a question, he will stop the lecture to answer it for you. I found it a worthwhile course and Professor.
If you can get over the accent it's very clear that this guy knows his stuff. I found his assignments and tests/exams to be very fair. Some of the TAs on the other hand...
Terrible and disjointed. Nothing fits in any kind of ortder. you ask him a question and he mekes you feel stupidand in the lab, rearranges stuff, but messes it up and leaves. I get the impression that he doesn't know what he's talking about (but probably understands himself). NUTS.
He wasn't even my lab co-ordinator, but he helped me figure out error propagation for 2 labs. He may mumble a lot, but he knows what he's doing. Very intelligent.
Poor lectures/notes, extremely boring.
What an ass, his lectures have no relevance what so ever to the assignments, quizzes and final exam. His quizzes and assignments are fun and not so hard. However this guy has to make his exam a little bit easier.I feel that way because nothing prepares you for the exam its basically like a correspondence course.Avoid physics at carleton at all cost
HE'S THE WORST AT CARLETON , HIS EXAMS ARE REALLY REALLY HARD , DON'T TRY TO ASK HIM, HE'S AN ASS.HIS FINAL WAS EASY BECAUSE 85% OF THE SUDENTS FAILED THE TEST, AND THE OTHER 15% GOT 25 OUT OF 50 :( AVOID HIM AS MUCH AS U CAN , EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS A YEAR...BETTER THAN FAILING.
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helped me derive formulae, even though I was not in his lab section. He is hard to understand, but makes good notes and TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE EXAM.
Read the text book, study with friends, do anything, just dont rely on his lectures to get you by.
This guy is one of the funniest profs to watch i've ever had. Not a great prof as far as explaining stuff but if you already know most of the subject matter he provides a good enough refresher, and he really does tell you almost exactly what is going to be on his exams.
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not a good teacher. avoid this guy.
He may not be the greatest at explaining things, but he tells you EXACTLY what is going to be on the exam. He actually gives you the questions he is going to ask, and on the exam he gives them to you with different numbers. Suck it up.
I really enjoyed his lectures. I actually found them helpful, interesting, and entertaining, especially when he would go on a tangent. I enjoyed the way he taught a lot. Overall, I would rank him as one of the best profs at Carleton in my opinion.
Wow, what a guy. I think he's an ex-SPETSNAZ agent. As a lecturer he's unintelligible, but good in small groups. Take a class with him just for the experience...average difficulty, but it's so fun!
He knows what he is talking about, but is not the best at explaining it. He is probably more suited for a higher level physics class.
The course was difficult but Igor's always was there after class for help and such, putting his own time in front of the students. His reviews and tutorials really help you be prepared for the exam, and he likes to layout the fundamentals which really helps!
Just do the online stuff. You dont actually need to go to class
At first I thought my time with Ivanovic was going to suck, big time. But that wasnt the case at all. Igor was always available before class for help, and he would give us hints on what was going to be on the exam. The only complaint I would have is the online CT Quizes which are a huge waste of time, and not very fun either. Do your work guys!
hard course, and he's not too good at teaching the material. he was pretty helpful when it came to the exam tho, he tells u exactly what's on it, and also a lot of the webct stuff will show up on the tests.
Teaches in equations, WebCT assignments are horrible. He certainly knows his stuff and probably is a nice guy but the class is too hard to understand and make sense of with his teaching style
Really hard course. But if you're willing to go on his office hours, you'll be fine. And he's been known to let students have a "cheat sheet" with anything they want on it. Take advantage of that! Also, he's been known to show the trick questions in the class before the final.
I stopped going to class and pretty much learned it myself. Most of it was retained info from grade 11 and 12. Do work in this class to pass if you are not a natural math genious.
I stop going to lecture because I didn't learn anything in them. The textbook was helpful though.
I came into this class as a mature student and must say that in private industry such a situation with said individual would not have gone on very long. Sadly, the limitations of this site do not allow us to put our true feelings about our situations.
Igor is indeed, difficult to understand, especially in the morning winter class. But he shows you useful ways of making equations shorter.
Most stylish engineering prof. Bad teacher tho.
Knows his stuff, just can't communicate it to the students (should be teaching 4th year). I used to be good at physics in H.S., but he confused the hell out of me. Grades improved when I ignored him and went 100% by the boook. He's best when visiting during office hours - he really shines then.
Mumbling scraggly mess at the front of the Azrieli Theatre classroom. Just read the text book.
Lab supervisor, mumbled, made equations harder than required. Seamed to always be angry and uncaring.
Not only is this guy stylin' he's teaching you a lot of cool stuff, sometimes goes off on tangents about random stuff but the content is easy and the tests are the same as his webCT review. Makes it easy to do well.
Really good at teaching the material, although the labs were confusing at times. Tests and exams were fair to almost easy since he dropped big clues to what would be on them. Different experience from other raters...might have been due the summer session. Would buy from again A+++:D.
Very good.
In can take a few classes to get used to his accent, but if you pay attention, he's actually pretty good at answering questions and simplifying concepts. He does make students nervous by completely ignoring the textbook and by telling them to create their own practice questions, if they think they need them.
Extremely helpful and bright; although paying attention to everything he says due to his accent can be quite difficult. Always available for extra help out of class. Labs were simple and material was not too difficult.
A very bright guy. Should be teaching higher level courses, though, since first year students taking a compulsory credit tend to lack in enthusiasm and that seems to upset him. He's a lot of help if you see him during his office hours and is great at simplifying concepts and equations.
Liked how his course was setup. Would be hard if you didn't take physics in high school. Better than John Armitage.
extremly helpful
Very poor teacher for this very difficult class. His exams are decent, he uses nearly identical ones every year. He also puts many of the homework problems on the exams. He will give you 2 midterms. One will be around normal midterm time, and the other will be the very last day of classes. He usually puts twice as many marks on the test (200%).
Teaches through equations. A smart man but not good at teaching. Gives hints and extra tries on assignments but this is simply to compensate for the lack of teaching. Avoid totally!
Very quiet in class lacking any sort of energy while teaching. I would avoid him at all cost, if anything take the course at O U.
Very equation based teaching style. Can derive an equation for any scenario on the spot, but teaches specific equations for specific questions. Doesn't teach generalized forms. Tests are fairly straightforward and marking scheme is very loose and to the student's benefit, however don't expect to learn a lot in his class.
if you ask help he is the best to explain
Not a fan of this professor. Between the thick accent, and talking to quietly, he's nearly impossible to understand. What he writes on the board is so unorganized and jumpy, making it hard to follow what he's doing. He never does any actual problems in class, only derivations that are hard to follow. Smart guy, but no enthusiasm for teaching
Worst Proff ever. Cant teach, mumbles 90% of the time. Physics is a hard class, have this guy for a proff will make it worst. Avoid him, attend another proff's lectures.
Worst Prof I ever saw. If you really want to learn something in physics avoid him. Every time I asked him a question he never gave me a straight forward answer. He's brilliant in physics but he doesn't what does teaching mean.
Great Teacher. He has some rough edges, and have some problem answering student question, but really interesting prof. Easy test, easy assignment, pre-class test were easy too. A lot of work, but all very doable. Would take again
Good prof. Not the best, but he was fair. His classes were not very interesting, and most people didn't show. But he gives hints on what will be coming in the tests and midterms, so attend his classes.
Mumbles like crazy, not clear AT ALL in explaining, makes things much more complicated than should be, derives equations but never actually does simple examples, extremely boring (attendance was less than 25% compared to the first week), uses math concepts BEFORE taught in math. AVOID AT ALL COST!
Worst prefessor ever. He picked on me and my friend all year for no reason when we were about 2 of 20 student still attending his class. He loves integration even though for most of 1003 you don't know how to integrate and he was told this multiple times. Mumbles, doesnt make sense, no help to students, I could go on & on but there is a work lim
Time to finish my rant from my 1003 rating, yes I had him twice first year. The online quizes he gives are way to hard, the TAs couldn't solve some of the problems and for whatever reason we found that a lot of the answers were multiplied by 2 of what they should be. He never did examples, just really hard derivations that didnt make sense.
Very ra c ist unprofessional, likened his students to animalls.Worse professor ever
No need to even explain why he is a very undesirable teacher, previous comments say it all. I only had him for a lab co-ordinator and it made that class terrible.
Igor is a boss. Accent slightly thick, but you get used to it. I think he tries to scare away people in the first couple lectures. Don't be fooled, stay and learn. He knows his stuff really well. He'll explain a lot you don't need to know, so don't get too intimidated. It's easier than it looks. Talk to him sometime, he's a nice guy, total boss.
really really slow. takes forever to explain stuff and you are always left more confused than before. also expects you to hurry and be done really fast because he takes at least 30 minutes to explain the simplest of labs.
nothing to say about him
He's okay.
Nice, intelligent, can be a little scary (depending on the situation). The mix made him a cult figure for a couple of us. It can be hard to understand him and he seldom repeats.
Very good professor. If in large lecture hall, sit closer to the front of the class to hear him clearly, not back of lecture room. Easily approachable (office hours).
What a mess! I had Igor for the lab component of PHYS 1004. As a larger, Eastern European man with a beard and tweed jacket, you'd think he'd be bold and empowering. Rather, Igor's contribution consists of mini, uninformative pre-lab talks that nobody can hear. I have, however, heard promising things about his office hours. Whatever that means...
Good teacher
He is kind of intimidating, but nice when you talk to him. However, the lab talks are very confusing not clear and if your not right beside him you can't hear anything! Labs are so unorganized and so hard to understand what to do exactly.
Not the best at all. Everything is so complicated with him
Not helpful in the lab. I'm sure he's great at his research, and it would be better for everyone if he continued to focus on that instead.
As a lab coordinator you need to understand how to get through his labs. Sit in the front and you may be the one lucky group he jsut outright does the lab for
Hard to understand when he is explaining labs, talks very quietly
Dr. Ivanovic is intimidating with your first year with him, found that out during PHYS 1001/1002. Although, he grows on you as a lab coordinator. IF you pay attention to what he say's he's hilarious, and tends to be very nice if you supply effort.
Quite a scary man on initial introduction, but is a nice guy when you ask for help. goes through concepts used in labs thoroughly. has a tendency to be mysterious as he doesnt speak much when not teaching, reminds you of an old soviet nuclear scientist . cool guy tbh
Laboratory sessions are quite disorganized and his instructions rely a lot on improvisation. Even the teaching assistants are unclear as to what Igor wants, and his grading criteria defies common sense.
I had a hard time in his lab cause I couldn't hear him at all in the back & since the physics dept doesn't follow the exact procedure on the manual you're usually trying to figure out how to do the lab yourself since you couldn't hear him. Communication issues since he may tell you to do one thing and your TA may take marks off for the same thing
Igor is the sweetest old man you'll ever meet. The highlight of my week was when he came to lab in his bucket hat, trench coat, and giant starbucks. He is slightly intimidating at first and is soft spoken, however, he is hilarious and extremely helpful when you get to know him. He is such a character. Make sure you stay during the review sessions.
PHYS 1001 lab section. He is kind of misunderstood. He will stop you before you finish your lab so he can edit your lab results to fit the criteria needed for bonus marks. He likes to lead you to the answers to questions without outright stating the answer. He is a bit of a character, and maybe a bit old fashioned to a fault, but he is a good prof.
dude has the coolest jackets and hats ever, and is so nice to make sure you understand everything and gives easy bonus marks. Never judges you for asking questions and encourages dumb ones. Explains everything on the lab so you know what to do. Smells like starbucks. LOVE THIS GUY HOP OFF MY GOAT!!
He can be scary at first but he has a great passion for physics and imparts that passion on to his students. If you ask him a question during the lab he will do your whole lab for you.
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His materials are all over the place. Messy equations. He is thoughtful and will teach well but the organization is just so awful.
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