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“A Chinese proverb says: "Teacher for a day, father for a lifetime”
CIV100 - 5.0 rating“Worst experience in his online class”
CIV100 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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Attendance Mandatory
32%
Textbook Required
4%
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Reviews (102)
difficult to understand, and doesn't help. Just says to read the textbook or go to the TAs. EXTREMELY impossible quizzes EVERY week.
Very knowledgeable. However, not very easy to get along with.
not helpful at all, puts you down if you ask questions about stuff he already explained or covered already.
Without a doubt the most gorgeous proffessor on the entire U of T campus. Stunning.
so so
Very good prof, explains things pretty clearly. Isn't very helpful when you ask him questions, he will rather tell you to look at the notes. He gives an assignment and a quiz every week, too much work!! His quizzes are fair though. Hard to get along with, tells you to get out of the class if you talk or cell phone rings.
This professor is wonderful, His weekly problem sets and assignments are a lot harder than other section but the class ALWAYS ends up getting the higher average. Termwork was hard(only worth 40%) but exam was a breeze (worth 60%). i aced the exam and ended up acing the class. i recommend him.
Very Good :)
Sets really hard midterms, but gets you prepared for finals. I did very bad on the midterm but thought the final was really easy.
Mean prof. Watch out for the final. He put in stuff that he never taught and has never been on any final for the course for the past 10 years.
Worst prof. Clearly not interested in teaching and was literally texting while students were asking him questions. Gives weekly assignments and hard quizzes. Avoid this prof!
Complaints about this prof dont make sense. He was a flawless finominal teacher with weekly quizzes and problem sets which helped my class ace the final. He was helpful and caring. Haters are just people who didn't understand/take interest in the course in general. He cant work miricales. Good prof.
Very good prof. The weekly quizzes were the most helpful part of all. He's tough, but he can get the best out of you. Deserves far more credit than what he gets.
This professor is good. The weekly quizzes are a good way to get people to keep up with the course material. During the semester his section is more difficult than others (because of weekly quizzes), but the final exam is easier for people in his section. This can be seen with the final exam results.
He's a tough grader but an excellent teacher. Sometimes a little slow, so you need to have patience with him, but weekly quizzes definitely worth it.
I took a probationary level course with him and I thought I was an absolutely hopeless student who had no chance to pass. However, Prof. Seica was so kind and patient (as long as you don't cut him off or ask irrelevant questions during lectures!) and explained amazingly well, especially with his relevant analogies. Thanks prof!
I took his experimental online course this year. Workload2-2.5 regular courses. We gave assigns&quizzes before finals. He did not update his online lecture vids in 3 yrs, even he got errors in them. Uncaring, had minimum interest in tut or answering question or in this course in general. Don't believe him and take CIV online.
most uncaring prof I had in term1. Worst experience in his online class. Only 2 times he actually spent some time in tut: 1. before midterm, 2. before prof evaluation due. Do not take his online course, he never updated his lec vid, even there's errors in them. Do not take his course.
Okay at teaching, doesn't know how to wright or organize an exam. Doesn't care about students.
Okay at teaching, doesn't know how to wright or organize an exam. Doesn't care about students
We had to watch his videos which could be made in half the time, plus dated with errors. The weekly problem sets are nice as theyre great exam prep but i can't specifically give him credit for that since it's practiced in all sections of CIV100. He's slow so you gotta be patient with him, but can give you attitude if you ask a question.
Very very very condenscending prof. He does not give constructive feedback and finds any way to deduct marks. Don't even bother asking for a mark adjustment because he'll just respond very rudely. As he uses very outdated questions, I'm pretty sure he hasn't changed his method since 2010 or something. No one deserves to have him as a teacher.
He helped me so much, helped me to discover how much I would never want to take a CIV course ever again.
Confusing
what I can say ? sorry, I do not have patience, I got six courses to study not just one.
Masteringengineering quizzes are horrible, midterm and final worth 75 percent total..... not a fun time. Pre recorded lectures leave me more confused than before.
An absolutely terrible professor doesn't care for students at all. Masteringengineering is terrible, he can't teach for his life, is very rude and boring, basically as bad as it gets.
Given the situation that we can actually get to U of T with the pandemic, the teaching team can not make Midterm flexible but restrict the time to take it. Even the Midterm is at Saturday morning 9 a.m, meaning 9 p.m for students in another part of the world.
The midterm this year consists of only 3 questions, and they are not even released at the same time. One has to wait to do the next question, which is a waste of time. It doesn't mimic a real in-person exam.
Midterm couldnt solve 2 out of 3, was really prepared and did well on quizzes, nevertheless it was totally different from the previous years exams and supeerrrrr hard I... alright guess thats all you need to know
Horrible prof. Midterms are worth so much, yet are very tough and with very little time to submit. Additionally, midterms are held at a time which is either incredibly late or incredibly early for many international students
His tests are awful.
"Guys I asked you to stop playing please, so there's no more playing now." - Prof. Michael Seica, October 2020 Mans is terrible, lecture vids suck. Midterm and final exams are way harder than the quizzes you will get, so you need to study a lot more to meet the difficulty of these tests. I just did the midterm and it was the worst test ever.
The teacher specifically avoids teaching the material that will appear on the test. The quizzes are buggy and when students have errors he's unsympathetic to the students' concerns. The tests also ask for 6-11 unknowns, yet he gives you no time to answer them. Overall, if you aren't required to take this course for credit, then please just don't.
Takes forever to respond to piazza, doesn't even allow e-mail contact, the attitude towards students is cold and dismissive. It feels as if there is no way at all to reach out to profs. The assignments are not reflective of the student's ability to understand the content. Even if you understand, expect poor results for arbitrary reasons.
There is a mythical aura about this man- he is the creator of mechanics, the destroyer of triangle law users, and the preacher of the parallelogram. Using 1% of his power, he manages to destroy all of us on the midterm, but then demonstrates his boundless generosity and powers of forgiveness by leading us to salvation with a huge curve. Thank you.
online class. no lecture. nothing.
It's really difficult especial taking the course online
worst class ive ever taken in my life. considering we are operating in the middle of a pandemic, he did not show any sympathy and was not accessible through email. he was very cold and dismissive to students. my worst highlight of first semester of first year, im sure many feel the same way.
Professor Seica taught greatly through his lectures in the first semester, especially with the term being online. Although his approaches are different, but I understood all the concepts taught by him. He was concise and clear for the topics he covered. Overall, it was a great experience learning from him.
Not a big fan of his prerecorded lecture videos, they were a bit too general. He seems like a nice guy but I did not like using Mastering Engineering for our quizzes since most people seemed to do poorly. The final exam was really difficult, in my opinion, more difficult than the past exams.
Worst prof I had during the pandemic. First of all, his lecture videos were from 2012 for a class you pay a large amount for, and some of the material was not the same as the expectations for this year. He was also very inaccessible and not at all helpful or conducive in helping students learn. He is also an insanely tough marker.
I love you. Thank you!
Destroyed class avgs with the midterm and final exam. His lecture videos are pretty bad and tutorials were basically him repeating the lecture videos.
Awful. Ridiculous. Unreasonable. Thank You!
Lectures were old videos that had many mistakes in them, tutorials were just a live repeat of lectures (almost verbatim sometimes), destroyed class avg with an exam that was marked very hard. However, Seica is a great person and while tutorials aren't of much value, they are worth going to just to see seica live.
Michael Seica has been my favourite teacher at UofT so far. Contrary to what others may say, his lecture videos were enough to get a basic understanding of the weekly topics. To build on this basic understanding, it is essential that you attend the weekly practical and tutorials to get help with doing actual problems.
MIE100 is easier for me and they say CIV100 is a cake walk. Not with this guy teaching it.
This Professor says 'most people fail this course' on the first day of class, already creating a negative environment amongst students. He assigns enormous problem sets with questions randomly graded, so you HAVE to complete all problems. If you having just below a passing grade e.g. 49, he will NOT even listen to you regarding a grade change.
I agree. "There is a mythical aura about this man- he is the creator of mechanics, the destroyer of triangle law users, and the preacher of the parallelogram. Using 1% of his power, he manages to destroy all of us on the midterm, but then demonstrates his boundless generosity and powers of forgiveness by leading us to salvation with a huge curve."
Man is the worst teacher he can't teach any content but for his videos, all he says is simple concepts.
His lectures are difficult to understand because many times he doesn't explain his solution process completely or leaves out very important steps that should have been emphasized. There is extremely little availability for help outside of class, the course only has 1 office hour per week and we are not allowed to ask questions online/email for help
Tame, ridiculous, stressful, and frustrating
I LOVE THIS PROF HAHA I LOVE WHEN HE IS TEACHING A NEW CONCEPT BUT INSTEAD OF SHOWING HIS WORK AND EXPLAINING THE CONCEPT HE GOES STRAIGHT TO THE ANSWER LIKE YOU WOULD IN GRADE 5!
Terrible prof, ruined first year engineering
Online quizzes where you had to do a ton of calculations but only input your final answer so even if you were a little off, you lose the marks. Got a bunch of zeros and found it infuriating. The lectures were confusing.
I cant even bring myself to watch the lectures anymore and listen to his voice it makes me physically recoil. He uploads all weekly quizzes and assignments from years prior and then ceases contact for semester. Quizzes kill you. Depending on tutorial section you can lose full marks for adding an extra sig fig. Cringe tas but thats normal at uoft.
He clearly understands the subject in gret depth, but somehow completely fails to pass this knowledge onto us. Sometimes skips 'a couple' steps in lectures and somehow arrives to the final answer. Seems like he would be a cool uncle tho
His recorded lectures just go through his equations and derive the solutions, while I don't understand what he is trying to do. His tutorials simply REPEAT EVERYTHING he said in the lectures. Watching his lectures is a waste of time, better go to youtube for help.
Great professor.
Worst prof at u of t and its not even close. Lectures suck and in addition to what everyone else has said about the teaching quality, he seems like just a genuinely bad person all around.
He's just really bad dawg
Just finished the exam ! It was a disaster! Worst exam I have ever done in my life
Prof. Seica is a unique professor. His lectures are interesting but his exams failed almost everyone.
I think Professor Seica gets too much hate. While his course is hard, he is a good guy who happens to make hard tests.
Seica is a nice prof, but his course is hard. Lecture video is useless. I have to read through the textbook by myself to understand the contents. MasterEngineersing quizzes are sucks, its impossible to finish multiple questions in 30 mins. Final exam ruins my life. Its 10 times harder than the assignments we do in daily basis.
Amazing professor !
He is an amazing professor, who wish to spend a lot of time deciding how to curve students grades. Thank you so much for bring the terrible final exam to me. I will remember you forever. Goodbye Prof. Seica and never see you again!!!
I didn't mind the course, I actually enjoyed the material, yet he made the midterm and final so hard that it ruined the enjoyment of the course. His lectures were recorded from 5 years ago and he only showed up to skim over the material once a week in tutorial. Overall, course wasn't too bad but he is a horrible professor. Good luck if you have him
Got saved by a curve. Thank you!
Went into the final with a 92, finished the course with a 99 (final exam + grade got belled like crazy). Seica demonstrates boundless generosity, despite tough exams. The course rewards students who try to think critically about problems. You will need to study hard, apply yourself, force yourself to enjoy the material, but it is rewarding.
In general, seica is a nice guy. He cracks a joke or two during his tutorials but other than that, his lectures need serious work. This course is bound to be hard nonetheless, so that isnt the biggest issue. the issue with seica was his outdated lecture material and they simply werent helpful.
Prof Seica is not a bad person, but an arguably less-than-ok professor. The lecture materials recordings and materials are from 8 years ago and it's heavily concept-based, while the assessments focus more on the applied side. He literally wrote "no email me or TA" on the syllabus, and there wasn't a piazza for this course. The curve was big tho.
Lectures suck.
hard prof good curve
His lectures are quite clear, but communicating with him is not great: he doesn't respond to emails and when asked a question, his answers would be blunt.
Tough teacher, does not explain things well. Lectures at a rapid pace while making mistakes, making it impossible for students to follow. Presentation of notes is clear at least, and he is straightforward about what is expected of us.
Online lecture videos are super theoretical, I would recommend watching Jeff Hanson on Youtube. The course is super test heavy, and the weekly homework assignments barely count towards your mark. The midterm exam was nothing like any of the homework or suggested textbook problems. Looking through all the past exams help!
There is too much content and the in-person lectures go at too quick of a pace to get anything across to his students. His online lectures, however, are much better and he makes them available, although they are still not the best. Exams are really tough. He doesn't care about the students it shows when students ask questions.
Michael Seica is an excellent professor for CIV100 due to his engaging teaching style, extensive knowledge, willingness to help students, and incorporation of real-world examples. He creates a positive learning environment and instills a passion for static mechanics in his students.
Mast...lovely introduction videos....life lessons regarding couples.
Don't bother going to Seica's lectures. Watch Jeff Hanson on youtube and you will do well.
Seica Underrated
His test is extremely hard, my life is nightmare
The online videos were helpful in the course & It helped me to get a way higher grade than the average in the midterm which means I was better than people who were taking the lectures in-class. Those videos are really helpful.
IF YOU HAVE CIV100, DO AS MANY PAST PAPERS AS YOU CAN. ACTUALLY CONCEPTUALIZE EVERYTHING AND DON'T LOOK AT THE ANSWERS AND ACT LIKE YOU KNOW WHATS GOING ON. ITS OKAY IF THE CONCEPT TAKES TIME TO SINK, KEEP PUSHING THROUGH; I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!! IK YOU GUYS CAN BOSS THE EXAM LIKE ITS JUST A LICKLE' MIYUTE, YOU GUYS GOT THIS STYL!!!!!!
Very good!
Good luck to the people doing online tutorials. Good guy though
A Professor. Nay, a mentor. A Chinese proverb says: "Teacher for a day, father for a lifetime." My father was absent throughout my childhood; but, the first day in Seica's classroom, my life became whole. Seica greets students with a warmth I can only describe as lifechanging. If you have him for CIV100, run forward into his loving embrace.
Michael Seica gives you an assignment worth 0.5% that takes four hours out of your day every week. But there isn't one this week. Also CIV100 is an interesting course, even if the questions could only be created by someone from the deepest depths of Tartarus. Lenient on part marks though :)))) you'll never get seica him
W professor. Changed my perspective on learning. the way he teaches global equilibrium 🙏 😍😩
Took this class in first year (2019), never emotionally recovered, had to come back here to warn others. If you're reading this, beware.
Very hard midterms and very poor lectures. However the curve is insane. If you ride the curve you should be fine.
Seica is a fascinating specimen; an enigma of sorts. He doesn't teach well, but has a very thought provoking character. I didn't attend many of his lectures, but this is because I often fainted in the presence of his irradiating persona. If you just care about grades, just grinding his past exams will likely set you up for success.
Seica's class is challenging, but engaging. Attend lectures, study the textbook, and use resources like Unstuckstudy to prepare - it really helps. With effort, you can boss the exams.
do the textbook problems, dont be a bozo like me, its ok ride the curve
Worst professor by far in first semester first year engineering. His lectures are useless, he just reads off a pre written slide with little to no examples. He does not answer questions in class and tells you to come after class for the smallest question and then u have to wait in a 20 minute line. GO TO DIF PROF!!!!!!
Aura so strong the screens in Myhal and his own mic didn't work for half the semester. This nonchalant dreadhead of a prof left for Europe for the other half without telling anyone and came back to lecture about butter chicken guy before leaving again. No, his beautiful blissful opera singing did not increase his ratemyprof rating.
What did I do to deserve this???
Hes really bad
Do not take the online version of this course. There are weekly quizzes (only two for CIV100), and the lecture videos were difficult to understand. He speeds through concepts in the videos, barely taking time to go over them, and spends time in videos showing "proofs" which are useless when actually trying to do the application questions. AVOID!
He wasn't too bad not sure why everyone was exaggerating it. one thing is He does make the problems very hard on purpose which he did admitted early on. But honestly you can just do practice problems on textbook to prepare for test. I want you to watch out because they do grade strictly but error carried marks applies though.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
32%
Textbook Required
4%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
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B
Grade Distribution
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Rating Trend
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CIV0105
5.0
(1)CIV1
5.0
(1)CIV101
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5.0
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