Boring, useless prof. IR but could have been anecdotes 101 (with about a quarter of the anecdotes remotely relating to politics) Fairly easy though just essay you can make up for final.

You do not need to attend class just read the text. It's more helpful than the prof. The papers and dgd are easy, but he did not give us any hint as to what will be on the exam.

Awful! Condescending, arrogant, but scattered and disorganized, disrespectful, does not prepare lectures well and then is super demanding of his students. Not helpful at all. Terrible, terrible.

Did not direct us whatsoever towards what was expected for midterm or exam, readings irrelevant and not even mentioned in work... hard to follow lectures and very moody teacher.

This professor rambles too often and generally seems unprepared for the lectures. Class attendance is mandatory as he doesn't not use virtual campus/slideshows. His one redeeming qualities is that he lets you choose your own essay topic. The final exam was random so study everything (even the little details).

He was the worst prof I ever had. I was not interested in going to class at all. I found him very egoistic and rude when it came to students suggestions and questions. Does not care about the students he teaches.

What an ego, widely known to be one of the worst poli sci professors at UofO.

Goes on tangents, slides are switched too fast, and hard to follow his lectures since his points are not in order. Doesn't seam to care about his students. Avoid at all costs!

he's really pretentious and thinks he is god because he is always right and you are wrong. he is very rude and doesnt care about anyone else. he doesnt use slides neither blackbored and he talks very fast, which makes things worse. JUST DONT WASTE MONEY AND TIME WITH HIM !

Professor is difficult to follow and creates a very intimidating atmosphere in the class. Dismisses or refuses to answer many questions. Knows his stuff well, but lectures are confusing and much too long. Standards for evaluation are unclear, and does not indicate what students will be tested on. Did not enjoy Roman as a professor.

One of the worst professors I have had at uOttawa. Lectures were difficult to follow, and expectations were incredibly vague with regards to assignments and examinations. Professor was arrogant and unapproachable. Would not recommend.

This professor is the worst at uOttawa. I went in for office hours and he was on the phone the whole time, he cut me off when I was trying to explain my rough draft and told me he'd only give me a C if he was feeling generous. He's horrible and mean!

Joseph is awful, i had him for 2 courses in 1 semester and his marks alone made my CGPA plummet. Im trying to do all of you who are debating taking his class a favour- DO NOT. His exams are complete trick questions (including one that stated it was a trick question) & dates and expects you to memorize essentially everything. NOT helpful or fair

Please stay away from him. If you're stuck in his class sit at the back and make sure he doesn't see you. Just stay away for your own sake. Drop out of university but don't take his class.

Literally the rudest and most arrogant human being I've ever met. Even worse when he's teaching he picks on students, is constantly condescending and harsh... He doesn't post his notes and he speaks fast with assumption of class understanding even on new concepts. He's knowledgable but so awful as a teacher

Terrible Professor. He refuses to use blackboard and isn't very helpful. He has an attitude which clearly indicates that he does not care about the students. I would highly recommend to avoid him as much as possible.

Very difficult multiple choice - lots of trick questions. For an INTRO class to Public Admin, lots of information to process. Does not use blackboard. If you miss a few slides, or even worse, miss a class entirely, good luck getting notes - prof lectures extremely quickly and does not go back on slides. Class average on midterms were around 50-60%

Easily one of the worst profs at uOttawa. Doesn't use blackboard, tests are full of trick questions and weighted heavily (20 questions worth 20% of mark etc.). Roman's lectures are straight from the textbook and puts way too much information on the slides. Very condescending. Avoid at all costs.

Refused to talk to students after class. Told us to meet at office hours. He didn't even show up. 10 people waiting for this teacher that did not show up to his own office hours. Avoid

Terrible teacher, super boring, and doesn't convey subject matter effectively

Do not recommend. A black mark on all Professor's and to human decency. will violate the basic moral codes.. There were hundreds of readings, a handful of specific questions you cant answer without cheating, and a mediocre grade awaits you at the end. perhaps you'll fail because of him. don't take him.

Terrible professor. He almost failed all the women in the class. He is rude and insulting. Avoid at all costs.

You should definitely avoid this professor if you can. His multiple choice tests are very difficult and full of trick questions. He's also rude and arrogant. I really don't think he wants his students to succeed. For those that said that it was easy and they didn't study, props to you because I can't relate to that at all. Just avoid him to be safe

You can tell the reviews the prof gives himself on here. They are all "i hated him at first" and now "he is a saint, and the best prof in the history of the world"

I really did not enjoy his class. He reads off the slides, he doesn't know the answers to questions students ask, he's arrogant and he wants his students to fail. His multiple choice questions are trick questions and his final did not have enough questions on it. If I could go back, I would have taken the class with a different professor.

Not one good thing I can say about Roman. He was uninformed on the course material & condescending to students. He was not able to answer any questions in class & dismissed them as if the students questions were stupid and unrelated when often they weren't. He doesn't post the slides nor use them in class. I do not recommend him.

This class was unnecessarily hard. Avoid him at ALL costs. Average for the midterm below 50 on a 20 m/c test and highest grade was 80. At the start I thought he's not as bad as people say but nope, he is terrible. Doesn't show to his office hours and he can't even use Blackboard. He claimed it was the technology, not him. I dropped the class.

He gave some of the best lectures I have ever had, always interesting. After that he makes the class very hard, doesnt help students and seems to enjoy when his students fail

Worst class i've taken as an undergrad. The lecture material is simple enough but overdone with a lot of details that aren't relevant - this becomes hell when studying for the cumulative final. He didn't post any of the lecture slides anywhere - doesn't use BB, nor did he use them in class. Gives no feedback on exams or papers. AVOID HIM IF YOU CAN

Do not take him. He was very unclear about assignment expectations but had very specific criteria for marking. You could lose a mark for forgetting a staple or for forgetting to put an accent on his name. He does not use Blackboard or post slides. He's very condescending and doesn't want to help students. He seems to enjoy watching them fail.

to sum him up - i tried to talk to him after class one day when it was obvious i had been crying and he wouldn't even lift his head up to look at me or listen to my concerns. don't expect an ounce of understanding or sympathy from him - any other political science prof him.

Awful professor. Avoid him... if you have to take the course hes teaching, dont take it. Wait until the following semester. Hes condescending, and makes everything unnecessarily difficult. You will not do well in his class, no matter how hard you try. Hes just so brutal.

This prof is exceedingly negative and does not even make an effort to teach in an impartial way. He is always talking about how everywhere sucks. The textbook he chose for this class is easily the worst textbook i have ever used. It is not to the point, does not well describe the concepts and goes on in very roundabout ways.

Probably one of the worst professors I have had. Do not take his class. He is so unorganized, rude and unprofessional yet expects students to respect him. You will lose marks on assignments for things that dont even relate to the content of the assignment. Condescending. No lecture slides or bright space. You sit there as he chaotically rambles.

HORRIBLE professor, don't ever take him.. you'll regret it. I didn't really want to believe the reviews which is why I took him anyways, and dropped it within 2 weeks. He doesn't care about anybody and gives out marks like "0.75/15" Thats not even a real mark?!?!?! Dont take him!

Incredibly rude and arrogant professor. He is unnecessarily mean and regularly insults/pokes fun at students, political groups, provinces, cities, etc. He thinks he is hilarious, but really it's distasteful and will impact your learning. He's also a nit picky and hard marker, will not make any accommodations, he once "denied" my medical note.

We can all blame him for being a reprehensible human being. But the university is at fault here. How they continue to bring him back for more courses and more semesters is beyond me. It's a hsame they've not taken any action.

You will receive your grades on email with about 150 student numbers on it. You will have to search for your number to find the grade. Low quality teaching. Low end personality. No web site or slides or notes or even email. He won't answer.

Professor Roman is by far the worst prof I have ever had. If you have him on your schedule switch out of the class immediately, he does not care to teach, does not care if you pass or understand. His email answers are horrible. The amount of studying you will have to do for your final is phenomenal. He is straight disrespectful to his students.

Run before you have to take a class with Roman. The content of his classes is interesting, but his delivery and over all condescending attitude make you not want to learn from him. He shuts down students with questions and often ridicules them. His exams are not about concepts but about specific anecdotal content from his lectures. He is the worst.

very difficult to get the markno slide, so terrible experience

The tests are ridiculous -- I don't know many people that can fill a multiple choice test full of trick questions but Roman is one of them. Completely arbitrary grader, and general pain to deal with. Best avoid. Take in French if you have to, even if you don't speak a word of it you'll do better than with Roman.

I would recommend that students try to avoid this professor as best they can. He is very abrasive, and there is a lot of information to memorize. The prof does not make the information interesting. I ended up dropping this class before it was too late because I did not like this professor, and I knew that I would not do well in his course.

Terrible prof!!! Only poli sci class where 2/3 failed the midterm and everyone did poorly on assignments.

2 lectures in, the students started a petition to have him removed from the university.

I wouldn't recommend taking Joseph Roman for any courses, he is rude and unhelpful. Strongly suggest avoiding any of his classes.

Widely understood prof. Doesn't know the material. Consistently unprofessional, disrespectful and unreasonable grader. If you're interested in having your paper he docked entire marks for capitalization or commas, yeah take his course. Others stay away. University should seriously reconsider having him teach.

Everything on here about his personality is true. Unable to meet outside of office hours or class - if you work, forget it. Just email and wait 2 days for a short and rude reply. Not on brightspace so you need to go to class. Workload was average.

You have to go to every class, tough grader.

It's difficult to understand how he's been kept around. His knowledge is limited, his personality is overbearing and glowering. University ought to be embarrassed.

Honestly this guy is so extra. He wants everything to be exactly how he wants it. He lowers your grade by ridiculous amounts for turning in minutes late or for having margins 0.1 inches off. He has immense reading and the lectures are useless if you somehow manage to finish the readings and actually understand concepts. Also he posts nothing

Avoid this prof if you can. He gives super severe grades and does not tell you why you have done so poorly. If you ask him to explain why you got such a poor grade, he will ignore your individual email, and tell everyone in the class to ask again AFTER the term has ended, making it incredibly hard to succeed on the final if it has a similar format.

Probably the worst professor I've encountered at the university. He's an extremely tough grader. Miss a lecture? Too bad he won't help u. Lastly, he's extremely rude! He even called me stupid at his office hours once. Avoid taking his classes at all costs! I saw his bad reviews and took the class anyways with some friends. We all failed the course.

as a professor he is unorganized, limited in knowledge and in over his head - should not be teaching any material let alone a course requiring reflection. as a person he is rude and the class is poorly organized . Get ready to have marks docked for missing a comma, a capitalization, and adding too many spaces between words. UOttawa's best I guess

My grades have always been within an (A- to A+) range so I consider myself to be a bit of a try hard and I don't usually complain but WOW I have genuinely never encountered a more difficult and power crazy professor in my life. Passive aggressive, ignores emails, discourages students from trying, genuinely can't fit all my problems with him. AVOID

I found his lecture kind of foggy, honestly. It was hard to know what was important/not important because he used very colloquial language. My biggest complaint was how he treated students though. Calls them stupid for asking questions during officer house, always really passive aggressive when replying to emails and doesn't answer your question.

Roman is genuinely the worst prof I've ever had at this university. His feedback is entirely useless and he'll dock you letter grades for minor infractions. He also has a horrible attitude and won't answer questions he thinks are beneath him. Seriously, if you have any other option, take it. I ignored the reviews here and suffered for it.

WORST. POSSIBLE. PROF. Not only does he have a serious attitude, his feedback is useless. He docks grades off of the most useless points, and oh - if you submit an assignment in the wrong format, he'll just straight up give you a zero. Avoid taking his class ! He's rude and super disrespectful.

Doesn't record lectures or allow you to enter the lecture after a few minutes despite a pandemic lockdown ��. Harsh grader, unclear assignment and exam expectations, and overall quite an unpleasant/rude person. Does not pass the vibe check: run, don't walk, as far away as possible from any of this dude's classes.

In an unprecedented online semester, Joseph Roman maintains his well documented narcissistic tendencies, refusing to provide any recorded lecture material, or even the lectures themselves. He is incredibly difficult to communicate with, retaining his right to ignore your questions and emails, as well as continuously ostracising students.

Huge explanations, few slide points. Goes off track and is terrible at explaining. You would think as a professor he knows how to explain matters but instead he goes on tangents and cannot explain anything. His answer 90% of the time is 'it depends' and you cannot get a straightforward explanation to save your life. Hate this guy, don't take him!

I took one class in the first year and It was fine, this class I am taking in my second year with him is terrible. He does minimalist slides with huge and lengthy explanations that don't always tie back to his point. He doesn't post anything so must attend and it is very difficult to follow along with his lessons. Overall, condenscedning professor.

The most useless incompetent sorry excuse of a professor Ive encountered throughout my learning career. He Is not clear about anything and takes marks for the smallest things. Acts like hes qualified and talks down on politicians, but cant even teach a simple class. Do not recommend, you can teach a monkey to teach better than he does.

Terrible arrogant & conceited. Treats students like they're stupid, huge superiority complex. 3 hours of him going off on a tangent with a 5 minute break. grades his students extremely harsh, difficult to contact outside of class and does not provide ppt or recordings. Threw a tantrum, yelled at his class bc he doesn't know how to use MS teams :)

Hands down the worst prof I've ever had. He holds class at specific times and does not post the slides or info after/before, with no regard for students with children/jobs/appointments. The lectures and grading is unclear and students had marks taken for random things. Don't take a class with him if you care about your mental health at all.

Poor feedback, no access to TA's, submission requirements/format was unecessarily complicated, no recorded lectures, hard marker, can be funny but usually isn't very pleseant, good lectures though.

My experience with Roman was not good. His lectures were all over the place and not very useful despite being the only way to get any information as he doesn't post his lectures. I understand his attempt to make sure we attend lectures, but the lack of flexibility is damaging to his students' learning. He's also a mean grader without much guidance

RUN from this prof unless you have no other choice. If you submit a minute late, zero on your exam. If you mess up margins, page numbering, or any other small formatting errors: that's -2% from your FINAL grade. He'll ask for questions but respond as if you were an idiot. His grading is harsh - prepared for your self esteem to be lowered after.

Guy makes simple things like assignment formatting and submission so complicated but has toddler style meltdowns over Microsoft Teams glitches. Honestly good luck if you decide to take this prof.

I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt but I agree with the other comments. By far the worst professor I had throughout university. His grading was unreasonable and ability to teach the course material was poor. He appears to pride himself on the fact that many students fail his course. Avoid this professor if you can.

This is by far the worst professor I've ever encountered; a total disgrace to Uottawa. Does not mark fairly. Drop his class if you have him. Huge set of marks for assignments are based on the format of the paper, which is ridiculous because are you grading the students knowledge on the material or the format? Horrendous professor to have.

Despite the awful reviews, I decided to give Roman a chance. Worst mistake. He doesn't post notes, lectures, nothing! I missed a class and emailed him with a doctor's note (I had surgery that day) for notes or help, and he complete ignored my email. He is an unfair grader. Super tough for no reason.

Genuinely the worst prof out of all 4 years at uOttawa I have ever experienced. Doesn't care about students at all nothing is posted, horrid grading. Egotistical and genuinely does not lecture the content. legitimate 0/10 these reviews are not an exaggeration.

My only real complaint is his "warning" that he grades down if you bring up a marking mistake by the TA. Requests to review shouldn't be a game of Russian roulette.

Mr. sir Roman is not it. I am a fourth year student with an 8 gpa and he recently gave me a 25% on a short essay that was fully complete. May be a fluke but mixed in with his lack of support for student (i.e. not recording or posting slides/lectures, not replying to emails) I would try to avoid if you are able to, its not worth the stress.

If you don't need to take his class, don't... Very hard grader, not caring for students at all. No recordings or slides/notes. Im a third year political science student and i have never seen such grades ever, but he clearly didn't care. I had to drop it before it was too late because it was impossible to catch up grades...

The absolute worst professor I have had by FAR. there is no way you are passing the class if you skip it. he has a T.A that grades our assignments but is not accessible to us? Is he cracked? Full of himself.

the worse prof i ever had in university. He is such a hard grader and he is so unreasonable. it almost feels like he likes to make his students suffer. his expectations are unrealistic. please do not take him if u want to pass .

He is extremely unfair and rude to his students. He gives no guidance and makes his student feel stupid when they ask questions. I never had a prof this bad. I dont understand how Uottawa still lets him teach.

Just straight up horrible. Puts zero effort into teaching and actually detests the institution he works at. Lectures are just him ranting vaguely about keywords and concepts while frequently going off on unrelated tangents. Zero supporting material and has extremely unclear expectations when it comes to assessments. Avoid at all cost!

he does not care about you, his test criteria are vague. he is rude and abrasive. Roman can be described as an b word.

Worst prof I've had so far. He is very arrogant, rude and disrespectful towards students. He doesn't post any lectures, readings or anything so if you miss a class you're screwed. Worst part is he cares so much about stupid little formatting errors which is where you lose most of your marks. definitely would not recommend him to anyone else...

This guy is awful. Fails everyone on the midterm for following the instructions, and tells us he wanted us to put more even though he told us to simply define terms. He also hates the institution and is incredibly rude to his students. Also dont even try to ask him to look at your paper to re grade, cause he will just drop the grade. Terrible.

Professor Roman is definitely the worst I've ever encountered at uOttawa. He is extremely rude to all of his students. If questions are asked during class that he doesn't like (all of them) he simply cuts the student off and tells them to ask during office hours, which he cancels frequently.

Roman's exams are completely unreasonable. They are based on lecture material, which is totally fine, but unless you can recite his exact words in detail, you won't do well. Tests were open book, used as an excuse to grade tougher. Questions out of 3 asked for 10 points, not 3 and were added up with 0.2/.3/.4 decimals. Format deductions strict.

I have read the reviews and done my due diligence. I attended every class, took notes and reviewed them, something uncharacteristic of me. And I still received an incomplete. He is rude and can not hold even a short conversation. Expects you to read his mind. You ask him for help and he simply gives you sarcastic answers. Should not be a professor.

one word. "lol".

His grading is VERY specific and if you cannot give him exactly what he wants you will not get the mark. He also has a very arrogant personality which some people may enjoy but it does make him seem very unapproachable. If you plan on taking this course, read the syllabus many times. Good luck.

The content itself isnt terribly difficult, but his grading is. Way too much emphasize on format and not nearly enough on content knowledge. Flat out disrespectful to students, will make you feel stupid if you ask a question.

HORRIBLE, I have never had such a bad professor in my life. Only reason I did not leave the class was because of the credit needed for my program. Exams are graded awfully if you do not write what he says word for word you will fail, he is a menace to society. If you love yourself do not take him.

Worst professor I've ever had. Incredibly rude and demeaning to students when they ask him questions. Expects you to write down exactly what he says in the exam, although he speaks incredibly fast and does not post recorded lectures. Clearly does not enjoy teaching as he makes it his life mission to make students as miserable as he clearly is.

This professor is a menace. He will actively try to make your life harder and he does not care enough about his students to want to see them succeed. Be prepared to basically write down everything he says WORD for WORD because thats the only way you will get a decent grade. If you care about your mental health please do not take him.

Literally the worst experience I've had in a professor. I went to one in-person class and he lost all my respect and I never went back. Since he is the only one teaching this course I had to literally plan around him. Since this class is mandatory to POL majors, I literally switched to a minor.

Very picky on grading, if you don't write word per word what he wants automatic fail. avoid him if you can. was rude to a couple of students during the term.

He was impossible to please. His lectures were so bland and I feel like I learned absolutely nothing. Don't expect any helpful feedback on your essays, it's just him and his TA's roasting the crap out of you. Avoid this guy at all costs.

His test are awful, not forgiving and has a giant list of key words you need to hit which make near impossible to get a 100 on a test. A definition question is actually a long answer question and a short answer question is actually a essay. He is such a horror story that those stories are the ones that make demons have nightmares.

he really sucks. legit just a bad person who lets his overinflated ego regarding politics get in the way of any actual productive teaching. he got mad at someone in lecture today for asking when we were going to receive our grades back. it was such a simple question with a simple response but instead he decided to flame them in lecture. what pos

Please please please never take him. Syllabus for him is around 20 pages, 4 of which is how you must format a document. Literally, terrible. He makes life remarkably hard for students and deducts large amounts of marks not for wrong answers but for title of documents uploaded... lost 20 percent for my document not ending in the right abbreviation

Do not take this class. Can not express how much I regret doing this. In all of my post secondary studies this is the absolute worst course I’ve taken with a prof. It is extremely discouraging to not pass an exam not because of your intellect but because “ your margins aren’t right”.He enjoys making students miserable.

The worst prof I have had makes your life unnecessarily difficult

Avoid at all costs! Not only are Roman's lectures some of the least engaging, with the worst slides of any poli sci prof, he is also by far the worst marker. Roman only accepts a perfect regurgitation of his own words, any difference of opinion on a topic will be marked as wrong and nitpicked to all hell.

I never thought I would write a review here, but I genuinely don't want anyone else to experience what happened to me in this class. PLEASE AVOID THIS, PROFESSOR. I'm an A student who received D+ with this professor.

I'm writing this so you know anyone who rated him higher than a 2 is a liar. POL2101 was mandatory and no one teaches it except for this psycho so I had to take it. Advice for anyone in my situation is write his notes word for word and on the exam write down everything. Pay attention to the format guideline cause you will lose grades so quick

Avoid this prof at all cost. I am a straight A student who actually puts effort in his classes and I have never struggled this much. His grading criteria isn't clear, he will give you a bad mark without proper justification and is incredibly passive aggressive when answering questions in class. Its like he purposely doesn't want to see us succeed.

My GPA including 2 of Roman's classes hovers around 8.5. Without them I would be pushing 9. Mind numbing lectures with blank white slides of text, ridiculous grading requirements (10% off a paper if it has the wrong filename), harsh grading on short answer tests (Quote him verbatim from lectures or you lose marks!). Avoid Roman AT ALL COSTS.

He's just a straight up bad professor. His lectures are unhelpful and unclear with useless slides; your grade is dependent on two assignments he offers little to no instruction for (beyond one paragraph in the syllabus); and he is rude and arrogant to students who ask questions (he just repeats what he said without clarifying). Avoid, if possible.

Extremely tough grader, would not accept answers on a test if it was not a direct reiteration of his own words.

This professor will only make the little strength you have to finish your degree vanish. Do not take him especially if you are taking a 4000 course. His grading is unclear and hard (goal post keeps changing) and is rude to students. Does not create a learning environment at all.

Please do not be like me and give Professor Roman's shocking Rate My Prof Score the benefit of the doubt. He truly is as horrible as the reviews say. This was my second and last time taking one of his classes. He is just straight-up rude to students and a very tough marker. Dropping the class was the best feeling ever. Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!

Joseph Roman was born to make the lives of his students miserable. All he cares about is ensuring that his students know he has a PhD. Though he will answer emails promptly, he will not answer questions just belittle you. It would be easier to learn French and take the French version of his classes rather than putting up with him.

Trying my hardest to write this in a nice way, but the rage is simmering below the surface. TRUST. This man doesn't like teaching and doesn't like students. Do not take, not worth the headache. I know A students who received Ds in his course. Wait for another prof to take this course if its a requirement. Otherwise, steer clear!

Roman has proven again he is the notorious the worst teacher in the whole department of political science in uOttawa. He has expectional abilities to make sure your life is hard as possible in his class than any regular 3 hours class taken in your whole university life.He dispcline student like what high school teacher, don't take his class

Worst professor I have ever had. His evaluation criteria are strict and unreasonable.

Gives almost no guidance on tests & the final exam outside of "read the syllabus". Tests tend to focus on menial topics (like the definition of a concept we spent 1 slide on), and you never know which topic is going to be on the test so you have to study for everything and hope for the best. I feel like I haven't learned anything on public policy.

speaks at a mile a minute and is insulting when you ask a question.

This prof is rude to students, is very negative, requires strict essay formatting instead of grading your whole work on the essay, and is intimidating the way he talks to student in a condescending way. Horrible professor and I would purposely avoid any class he's teaching in the future.

Won't answer any questions just mocks people when they ask anything. don't take this guy if you can avoid him

Terrible, avoid

His attitude is very condescending: if you try asking genuine questions which he deems stupid, he will brush you off. Graded by VERY few things (multiple choice) and a lot of it is on content he mentions offhandedly for two seconds, which is so unnecessary and frustrating. Attend all classes, take notes of everything and review everything to pass.

I dislike this prof as he gives off narcissistic vibes. In class I recall him saying, "I actually hate everyone, I hate my life... wait actually I change my mind, I love only myself." How is this supposed to make students feel, especially when trying to learn from a professor they thought enjoyed teaching and appreciated the students. AVOID HIM !!

I personally struggled in this class, as he refused to guide me with my late assignment which was due a few hours (3-4) after the due date. He knew I endured the passing of multiple family members within 2 months. He had no empathy and refused to help me with alternatives. I would not recommend him to anyone, as he is egoistic and inconsiderate

dropped his class twice. I would rather hang than take him again. I'm so serious

Joseph does not enjoy teaching or what he teaches. Explicitly told our class to not study Political Science because you wont make money. I think he is just miserable. Can lose a lot of your mark just for small formatting mistakes. If you do not want to listen to him stroke his ego, stay away!!

He is an impossible grader. Extremely hard marker. He is bad with lectures and should be avoided at all costs. if you get him as a professor and you care about your grades, RUN! he is NOT your friend. worst prof imaginable. very difficult.

AVOID...massive red flag

Easily the worst prof Ive had in 3 years so far. Avoid if you care about your grade.

Two words: do not

Don't take this class if you can't read Roman's mind; think you understand the assignment based on the guidelines? You'll be surprised when you're graded by a far more intricate rubric with expectations that were not communicated at all. The essay's non-communicated intricate expectations were impossible to meet. - However, the quizzes were fine

Avoid at all costs

From an unbiased view: does not care about your success, calls questions stupid, lectures slide are very empty and refuses to repeat himself while he speaks quickly (all of which will be on the exam), and provides no review or heads-up on what you will be tested on. Also, his TAs were doctoral students who were ruthless markers.

Lecture slides have barely anything on them and he talks super fast and refuses to repeat himself, and everything he says you will be tested on. Doesnt give you a heads up of what the exam will consist of, doesnt like when students ask him questions (calls you stupid) and doesnt record lectures. His TAs were doctoral students and ruthless markers.

Uhhh hes literally rude

He literally said he wouldn't do trick questions but did he also uses textbooks but they don't do nothing im genuinely repulsed by how disrespectful and rude he was over a question i asked like its your job to help me wym i make your life harder

I disregarded the reviews because I know myself and the effort i put into. BAD IDEA. dropped the class immediately after getting my essay grade. I always had A+ in my previous classes and I am known to be a good writer. They are incredibly tough to satisfy. RUN.

terrible prof, avoid

Honestly a bad teacher who hates his students and does not care or have empathy for them, but an easy class overall if its from a teacher that doesn't hate their job. Would not take him or recommend em to anyone, unless your trying to get a low mark or fail.

He told the class they did not know what it was like to work and pay for their own lives, but then he picked out some men and excluded them as exceptions because they were hardworking and made minimum wage at their jobs.

His class average tends to do poorly (>50) because attending his classes takes the life out of you. His attitude is horrible and draining, his lecturing is unorganized, and he jumps between topics quickly, expecting you to remember the important aspects of his tangents. He does not care for this job or students.

Worst professor I've ever seen

worst prof at the school and is genuinely a bad human being

i think he projects his misery onto his students because he believes they're naive about the real world but really its because he can't stand to be the only miserable pessimistic person in the room.

he doesn't leave any lecture notes, and usually grades very strictly, so much as uploading a file in pdf rather than docx will lose you points, if you miss a day that's it, you won't be able to access notes.

He has put me into a constant state of depression he's truly a miserable man not a shred of kindness in his soul

Course was online, all assignments and test online, FINAL in-person. Does lecture on MicroSoft Teams, not even recorded and yaps and is disrespectful and smug. During final, he was swearing and dressed like a frat bro. With all due respect, respect yourself and avoid this professor.

i never wore seatbelt while driving to class because i wanted to die before making it to his class

Roman has this condescending attribute to him. He carries himself like he's a 25 year old pothead even though he's a professor at an esteemed post-secondary institution. The class itself wasn't as hard as some of these reviews imply that it is

The worst professor i have ever had at university. Joseph truly does not care about any of his students and does not help them to succeed. His lectures primarily consisted of him being extremely rude towards the students and has no problem telling us that will we never make it out of university. Stay away from his classes

Every time he speaks, I feel my soul trying to crawl out of my body to escape the sheer hostility radiating from his presence. It's less of a class more of a psychological endurance test.

If you value your CGPA and sanity, do yourself a favour—wait for another prof. Unless academic masochism is your thing, then hey, dive in! Gave a final packed with trick questions designed to trip up even the most prepared students. Zero explanation for the final paper (given in the first week), and he seems to hate teaching. PHD = deity? IDTS

Disliked this professor. Confusing multiple-choice questions and vague essay instructions. Refused to clarify essay in class, forcing students to wait days for email responses. Harsh marker. AVOID AT ALL COSTS (unless you absolutely have to have him as a teacher for a mandatory class) >:(

Professor Roman is by far the worst proffesor I have had so far. Very lecture heavy and the slides are useless. Talks very fast. His class requires 2 textbooks which aren't cheap and little to no instructions on assignments. Please do yourself a favour and avoid his class.

The lectures were very interesting but it felt like he did not care about his students learning at all and seemed rather oppositional at all times.

How in the world is this guy still teaching? To associate him with teaching is an insult to the noble profession itself, not just an insult rather a stain that only darkens as time passes. I beg the university to put him on leave, give him time to reflect

sometimes i go to church before his classes so i can pray

No clue how he is a prof. Talks like a disrespectful smug, doesn't like questions, and has almost zero instructions posted. Didn't even go over our midterm results because "his computer glitched or something." Like come on man, this is your job. He is not taking it seriously, and won't take your learning or grades seriously either. Avoid!

This course felt like punishment for sins I don't remember committing.

I have never been closer to fully dropping out of university than I was while taking 2 classes with Roman. Save yourself from the inevitable deterioration of your mental health and take the class with another prof!

I hope Roman is able to seek a vacation to restore his mental health to that of a normal non-arrogant egoistical, perhaps kind human being--- lately he has been the opposite of that

One of the worst experiences at uni. negative reviews are 100% true. He is condescending, rude, arrogant, and not helpful at all. final exam was heavy on multiple readings and the questions were not reflective of easily outlined concepts in them. Lecture slides have minimal info, and he rambles so get ready to take notes of everything. Avoid him

For charity's sake, I won't reiterate the negative comments. Advice: careful not to unmute yourself (he'll get mad), write down EVERYTHING, do the extra readings (there were a bunch of questions on them on the final), don't ask questions. Maybe bring a crucifix to the final and attempt an exorcism. The essay is harder to do well on than the exams.

Gave my gf a panic attack. Rather live in saharan desert for a year than be in his class

He made my MS worse.

Don't do it. Online course but in person final for all his classes

there's a stick shoved so far up his you know what that he's past the point of saving. you can save yourselves tho. you've been warned.

Out of my entire 3 years of Uni I have never once had a professor be so rude and uncaring towards students. Like pulling teeth to get him to answer emails and IF he dose his response is "see the syllabus". 30% of midterm was questions about the fine print in syllabus. Was told I didn't use APA in my essay when i absolutely did. Despicable man. RUN

do not take his class. he is the worst professor i have had so far. he never helps his students for anything. the grades for our essay were insane. i've heard of so many people who got flagged just for writing a good essay. this man is evil.

Worst professor ever. Arrogant; blabbing about slides + 2 expensive TBs. Tricky final with no practice Qs. Hasn't given back grade for essay (due over a month ago). Was stunned at ammount of grammatical/spelling errors in final; even forgot to add spaces b/w Qs, so the start of the next Q was stuck to the one above. Very unrewarding course.

very, very tough class. he's quite a tough grader and you NEED to do the readings, the final exam includes a large portion of questions related to the reading. he's overall a very miserable human being. would not take again. was also shocked how he looked because my class was online, the only time i saw him was in in the exam hall for the final