I dropped this class after 3 weeks! IF you want to be in bootcamp, then you can carry on. He is like Hitler: he is a dictator and then brainwashes you to believe that all the stuff he says is true and good for you.

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he's a freaken dictator, another hitler, I switched out of his class to go into barat shah's class, and i tell him to remove me from his list, he responds back by calling me a freaken chicken.., how is that being respectful?, missed the first class and he says i will likely fail if i don't submit the assignment.., wtf is that crap..awful..awful....

His sole purpose was to insult the students. Extremely vague, make you guess on his assignments. No feedback. Like to blame the students. Before you bash me, consider this: I have a 3.85 GPA so I can definitely tell who the the bad profs are. Avoid him like H1N1.

I took his Innovation and Org theory class from Ryerson MBA program.. Comes off as a very arrogant professor, who does not like people disagreeing with him. Gives subjective feedback which makes it difficult to improve ur work. First 30 min of class reserved for meditation. His teaching style is not for everyone. People either like him or hate him

In the beginning of this course, we were encouraged to "be present" and I went along with it. But the belligerent and semanticist approach to "teaching" through assignments without proper feedback is incredibly frustrating. If you can switch out of this class, I strongly encourage it.

Avoid this prof if you can. He’s arrogant and spends to much time ranting on irrelevant stuff.

Condescending, angry inside professor that wastes most of the class preaching life lessons instead of actual productive work. Assignments and readings take on average 5 hours a week.

Though this professor is knowledgeable, he doesn't have the quality of a good teacher. I love to read. I didn't have any problem to read the course materials. But the main problem is that he has a lot of communication gaps. He doesn't give clear instructions . As a result, students become confused. He doesn't motivate students. Avoid his course!

He tries to prove most of the time that students don't know anything. He creates stresses unnecessarily. Even he doesn't maintain the office hours properly! He sometimes forget his previous guidelines and deducts marks on the basis of his new guidelines! Totally unpredictable! Research course can be more interesting. But he makes it boring!

I don't know what's his problem! He doesn't give clear feedback for deducing marks in assignments. He thinks that he is one of the most intelligent people in the world! He doesn't respect students' opinion. The worst teacher I've ever had. Avoid his course if possible. Otherwise, you may face a semester with full of stresses! Good Luck.

amazing professor!

Great lectures, classrooms are based on an upgraded model of the Socratic method

Worst professor I've had. Surprisingly little knowledge about the subject he teaches.

In class I asked Professor Ngwenyama why his explanation differed from that of the textbook's (Blaikie). He then explained that he's the expert on the topic, not the textbook. LOL, I learned so much about that topic on that day!

Not sure if this guy is qualified to team a Stats class but he did anyway. Probably the worst prof i've had at my time at Ryerson. He thinks he's too good for his students just bc he "wrote a book". Won't answer your questions and makes you sound like you're not worth his time. Has no respect for his students. Would NOT recommend to anyone.

doesnt follow the course outline - makes it up as he goes. Literally nothing was followed, I understand some profs would change some dates but this guy acts like he's never heard of an outline. He's disrespectful and belittles his students - offers no additional support and makes you agitated if you ask for help. Drop out of his class if you can

I suspect that all the positive ratings are from the professor himself. I have had a lot of bad profs but this guy takes the cake.. I am not sure if Ryerson is trying to fill some diversity quota, but clearly he shouldn't be teaching Match courses. He makes a LOT of mistakes and is very short tempered. Avoid at all costs. Not Respected.

This professor is disorganized, due dates on his course outline is inaccurate. Hes condescending when speaking to students or whenever a question is asked. Unclear grading criteria, didnt care to explain what he expects for any assignment. Gives poor grade when you dont meet his undeclared expectations.

Professor is very unorganized. Lacking communication skills and very bad in his teaching approach. I hope it helps.

This man is a disgrace to the newly rebranded TMU. Extremely angry and insecure - did not receive tenure from the University of Michigan back in the 1990s, sued on the basis of race and LOST, and proceeded to blame everything wrong in his life on race. The only reason he's at TMU is because of himself - poor communicator, low EQ and ignorant

An excessive amount of redoing work after not being taught any material. Unclear expectations, no rubrics and he does not follow the syllabus. Feedback is not helpful or constructive. His final feedback was a repeat of what he had told us in class, that if we do not improve we will be an embarrassment to ourselves and to TMU.

A third rate individual aptly belonging to a third rate institution like TMU for the past 20 years (Claim 1). This man is a walking textbook of the misery, unhappiness and jadedness that he has encountered in his life and career, especially after failing to receive tenure from the University of Michigan. Spreads nothing but negativity in class.

Terrible at explaining things. And gives an unreasonable amount of useless work

This professor reads off slides that you can just access online. He doesn't prepare you for the online hw or quizzes, NOR does he even understand what's in there. Good luck.

AVOID!!!!!!!!

DON'T EVER TAKE HIM!!!!!! HE'S THE WORST PROF I EVER ENCOUNTERED!

I dropped the course after one class... it was bad vibes and I didn't need that. The worst part is that he would call on students when asking questions and it feels like there's no room for error when answering.

Don't take any class with him because he never teaches anything. It feels like he is just moving the slides, and each week there is a module to finish, which is totally different from what he teaches. There is no midterm, and the final exam is online with a webcam and audio enabled. If u don't have any option then Best of Luck!

Don't take him, he disrespectful to his students and barely teaches, all he does is read off the slides. You will hear "this not rocket science", "there are no mysteries here", and "you probably did this in high school". His module questions are completely different from the textbook, so lots of self-study. Good luck

Does not teach at all

syllabus is garbage and confusing compared to other classes taken this sem. Textbook for this course depicts little to nothing about what he teaches in class (which is Nothing, all he does is call students out). Slides shown in class are incomprehensible with multiple spelling errors and jumps in content within each and every other slide. good luck

Stands in front of the projector in silence. Waits for you to read the slides yourself. If you have a question his response consists of "it's not rocket science" "if you did the question you wouldn't be confused". Waste of time, don't show up to his lectures unless you want to waste your own time.

This professor is rude and and won't answer questions about how to break down the problem. He belittles his students when they ask questions. When people spend thousands of dollars to go to university, not answering questions as an instructor is completely unacceptable.

Loves his powerpoint presentation to cover all his teachings

Is very short-tempered and gets mad at the smallest things. Never taught a single thing in class and expects you to already know it all.

Doesn't explain slides just points at them and asks if we understand. Scolds students when asking reasonable questions and never actually answers any questions. Also he rushes to use up less than 1 of the 3 lecture hours and doesn't grade exams just gets an online app to do so.

If I could give a negative review I would. Horrible person and horrible Professor, who does not teach anything just presents slides which don't even cover everything you need to know. Refuses to answer questions in class and will straight up ignore emails. My biggest regret is not switching out of this class. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS

I just wanna say more than half the class is gone. Avoid this man! I dropped this course a while ago, glad to see I made the right choice

I'd rather cut open my head than ever have him as my professor for ANY of my courses, imma be honest I don't think he knows what he is teaching

he is the worst professor I have ever received. one time in class I asked him to explain something twice because I have adhd and I wasn't on my medication and I have trouble understanding something that is only explained to me once, he would not do it. he only said that it's not rocket science

I'm sure I won't encounter a more unhelpful professor. Lectures consist of him staring at us, repeating phrases like no mysteries here and it's not rocket science. Limited explanations of error-ridden slides follow. He seems disinterested in teaching, encourages struggling students to drop, and holds office hours during lectures. 3 syllabus changes

Mentally unhealthy individual who has a strong tendency to project his own insecurities onto others. Enjoys blaming others for the same mistakes he makes himself, mistakes on outlines, slides and rubric. If you wna witness what academia does to a man decades down the road, Ojelanki is the perfect example. Lack of real world skills outside academia

His lectures last 30 mins to 1 hour for a 3 hour time slot. He refuses to spend any extra time answering questions. If you do ask a question, prepare to get a response of "work out the question yourself" or "its not rocket science."

Worst teacher/professor I have ever had. Does not teach and basically degrades you when you ask a question.

don't take his class if you're looking to learn something

Doesn't teach anything during his 20 minute lecture,seems that he hates students and his job. His tests are nothing like the textbook and studyplans. His slides are a mess and if you ask him he degrades you for even doing so. By far the worst proff. If you want a good mark study yourself or switch to another class if possible.

Would never take this professor again. Does not teach anything in the lectures, most the answers to the questions he solved in lectures are WRONG. Very unclear with tests and exams. Said that the test 3 would be online, then said it would be in person, and back and forth a couple of times. The course outline contradicts itself - unclear outline!

This Professor does not teach in his lecture. He reads off a slide-show under the excuse of "technology". He does not answer questions in class, even if he asks if you have any. He will degrade you instead. I can't believe this behaviour from a professional is acceptable, especially someoneone who is tenuered. Awful professor.

Very disorganized all semester. His teaching method of showing error-ridden slides, saying, "it's not rocket science," not directly answering questions, and firing off angry emails to respond to FAQs made it difficult to learn course concepts. The only positive about him was his study plan, which did help prepare for the exam.

Prof is useless. He doesn't teach or explain any concepts. His slides are poorly constructed. The textbook will be your friend. Doesn't answer questions, and doesn't seem to know the content himself. VERY unprofessional and ashamed to say we have a professor like this at TMU. Finished with a decent grade purely from the textbook and prior knowledge

I genuinely think he wants as many students to fail as possible. He told us by email that we must write the exam in pen and that we couldn't bring our bags, both of which turned out to be false on exam day. He didn't allow the 3 crib sheets other classes got, and many important and needed equations were missing from the formula sheet he did give.

Probably one of the worst professors I have ever had in my 4 years of being at TMU. He literally terrorizes students. As if being in school isn't stress enough, I went to 2 classes and never went back, such bad vibes. I had to drop the class because I was so afraid of being belittled by him. Honestly avoid at all costs to save your mental health.

0/10 does not know to to teach!! lectures are useless, better off teaching yourself ngl

He starts off by saying to the class "This isn't rocket science" but barely explains the lesson as he mostly reads off the slide. Quick-tempered and doesn't seem to have a passion at all. If you're stuck with him, I advise you to attend study groups outside of this course and watch YouTube videos to teach yourself -> switch out if you can.

Ojelanki is by far the worst professor I've had in my university career. Having to commute down for 9am lectures, just for him to be 30 minutes late was bewildering. Having to sit in the 3 hour class, and watch him scroll through slides for 20 minutes was mind blowing. Avoid at all cost, only thing I learned is that QMS is "not rocket science".

I'm using this public forum to ask Prof OJ (and students reading it) to clarify and do a few things. Bring back Okn dotcom, the site he set up in 1998 to publicize his claim of getting turned down from tenure by the U of Michigan due to alleged racial discrimination, and why no one in the real world took his heroes Blakie & Toulmin seriously.

Imagine where Ngwenyama would be in his life and career if he didn't waste all those time in lecture and office hour playing the little staring game with students and instead put the time to good use. Surely a top-tier school like the U of Michigan did not appreciate its own professor doing that and denied him tenure as part of his job performance

Horrible prof, I went to a few of his lectures at the start of the semester but quickly realized it was a waste of time. I think he hates his students, he sends multiple emails about how he's "trying" to help students by giving them study plans but couldn't teach during lectures. You will have to teach yourself everything

It's apparent that he's a huge fan of South Africa, a strong supporter of black empowerment and restitution over the past few decades [Claim 1]. What's ironic is that Ngwenyama still holds onto a litany of grievances and harbors a strong victim mindset, and enjoys afflicting onto others the same pains that he believes he had experienced himself.

horrendous. I had him last semester and I barely passed. He doesn't teach for sht and he comes to lectures 30 minutes late and makes classes 20-40 minutes long. He just puts up the slides on the projector and stands there as if he is clueless. many mistakes on the ppt slides and every time you would correct him he would just ignore you. 0/10

Professor Ngwenyama is not only rude and condescending, but an unknowledgeable professor who does not care about his students. His lectures are useless, consisting of him staring at the slides for 2 minutes as if he is learning along with us. He gives conflicting and irrelevant information for evaluations. I got a decent mark by only using MyLab.

Get ready for slides to be stared at. "It's not rocket science, no mysteries here". Will not answer your questions, the worst teacher I have ever had by far, passive-aggressive, doesn't answer emails, overall horrible experience and take another prof if you do not want to suffer miserably.

Horrible professor. Does not care about students or teaching; comes to get paid, that's about it. He cuts a 3-hour lecture down to 40 minutes and uses that time to aggressively look at and pick on students, along with not answering important questions. He makes the class a lot harder than it needs to be.

Trash

All the 5 stars are his burner accounts.

Worst prof you'll ever take, trust me you'll regret taking him. It's better to save your gpa then take a class with him and drop your gpa. Stay away from him.

Terrible professor that does not teach any lectures. Avoid at all costs

I'm immensely grateful to Michael White and Joseph Gordon from the University of Michigan for denying Ngwenyama tenure back in 1997, as such a prestigious university decided not to condone Ngwenyama's awful and unprofessional behavior back then. Anyone unfamiliar with Ojelanki getting rejected from tenure back then please look it up on Google.

His lectures were useless and he put no effort into teaching, if anything it was much easier to just study the content on your own than go to class. The content was very easy if you just study it yourself. His classes didn't even last an hour when they're supposed to be 3. He doesn't respond to emails about mistakes in the automatic grading.

Walk through hell first before taking any course with him, see if your withstand hell first then him

Damaged goods courtesy of the University of Michigan, Ngwenyama epitomizes the saying that "hurt people hurt people". Goes around projecting his own insecurities and flaws onto other people and loves to intimidate others into submission, not only students but his fellow professors and staff members. Thank you U of Michigan for sending TMU your best

The professor was quite disengaged during lectures. Relying on unstuckstudy and the textbook was key to doing well in this class. It was a struggle, but with focus and dedication, I managed to get a decent grade.

I recently reached out to the Information Systems Department at the University of Michigan and received confirmation, in writing, that the reason Ojelanki did not receive tenure in 1997 was because of his performance issues and teaching evaluations, and not external factors such as his race, rendering his lawsuit on racial discrimination meritless.

This man could've started a clean slate at TMU back in 2004 by simply being civil and respectful towards others. Instead, he chose to bring his decades long worth of misery and negativity back to Toronto, and has instead become the but of the joke when his incident with the University of Michigan was eventually uncovered by others he screwed over.

A man who's full of himself, goes around acting as if he's much better than others and thinks that he's Socrates by answering questions with rhetorical questions. The fact that he's been at TMU for over 20 years and not somewhere much better should eliminate any doubts or questions that he's any better or smarter than others here.

If you don't did not do well in high school calculus or are good studying on your own, take another prof where possible. Condescending tone to the entire class, ignored various students raising errors on slides, just overall feels like he doesn't want to be there.

Have fun with the new upcoming semester where Ojelanki will repeatedly tell the classes that "it's all in your head", "don't believe the stories out there", "just do the work", all while expecting you to navigate nonexistent and murky instructions. Tell him that the pain he endured from not receiving tenure at the U of Michigan is "all in his head"

just awful

He has the rating he has for a reason.

If your stuck with ojelanki dont even bother going to his lectures just learn content on your own

Very rude. I cried every day before coming to class.

This guy genuinely can't teach. He just stands there, reads the slides and tells us that we should already know the information. He gave us an in class assignment that no one knew how to do and then complained stating that we aren't studying, we aren't trying, etc. Asking him questions is the equivalent to asking a brick wall. Avoid at all costs.

The professor barely goes through any exercises in class and says everything is "simple". The guy doesn't even show up to class with a calculator. I have sent a total of 4 emails, and the man has only responded to one. PLEASE avoid at all costs. He will also say that all these reviews are from unserious students and ignore the bad reviews.

I highly encourage anyone interested in what happened to Ojelanki back at the University of Michigan to thoroughly read "Ngwenyama v. BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF MICH., 29 F. Supp. 2d 402", provided by Justia Law. Quote in there reads verbatim : [t]o date [Ngwenyama] has not been an effective core course teacher for either MBAs or BBAs."

The guy just reads the slides doesn't teach anything, if you class with him is better to stay home and read through the slides yourself and watch video and learn all by yourself, his slides are useless btw, they are very basic stuff. His tests are not even based on the stuff on slides. You have to read the textbook and do extra for yourself.

i wanted to cry everytime i stepped in that lecture. don't even bother asking him questions he won't help u—he'll just clown u or make u try to figure it out (even when u clearly can't). his lectures are also pointless, all he does is read off of very basic slideshows and says everything is “simple.” ur better off using textbook instead of “my lab”

Ok who is giving the fake 5 stars again.

Don't listen to all these 5 start reviews, they are lies, look, this guy is as bad as if he is teaching himself with the students. You have to do a lot of work from the given resources and also use the textbook if you want more practice. Most of his lectures and slides are not very useful.

This guy is botting his own ratings. Look how many reviews were written on the same day. He should just take his RMP page down instead of embarrassing himself like this.

Dear prof, if you're reading this… please do a better job teaching so that all students can succeed. This is an easier way to get good reviews than faking it yourself. God bless!

All these 5stars dated Nov6th2025 are part of a trolling activity. In reality, Ojelanki is very incompetent. I did really good in HS math and have a good mark in this course. However,not only is this course difficult, but prof is terrible. He stares at the slides, speed runs them, and doesn't answer questions. Makes lots of mistakes on his slides.

He can't teach, reads the slides and yaps about rocket science... like hello?? You can't even ask a question if you're confused because he won't explain it and gives attitude if you don't know. He's so MEAN. He just walks around the class and gets mad if you sit at the back. He didn't even show up to watch us do the first midterm.

He can't teach don't even bother going because all he does is skip through slides.

He is evil and can't teach; he is so mean.

Literally not worth taking him, he can't teach, he does NOT care about you and will not help you in any way shape or form.

He's not the type of teacher you'd want to lecture this course, worst teacher I've ever had, never choose him.

this guy actually either wrote fake ratings or got his kids to do them. He is the most insufferable professor. All he does is make everyone feel miserable. I get it's a math course but it's all new content that he should be guiding us through, not showing a slideshow silently. Also, good luck on tests because the syllabus won't help you study.

Over 25 years later, failing to receive tenure from the University of Michigan really has done a major hit job to Ojelanki's ego. Guy went postal and ape$ hit and decided to flood the site with his own fake ratings. Comparing himself to biblical figures is pretty hilarious. He needs to see a psychiatrist to see what's really wrong with him.

John Ngwenyama reminds me of Drake, Certified Loverboy Certified Pedo File botting his own ratings and viewership. Green and Green from Ann Arbor really did a poor job representing Ojelanki's lawsuit against the University of Michigan when he failed to sue them for racial discrimination and the guy went apes hit.

The course content is hard yeah but it's doable if you study hard enough. What I didn't appreciate was his condescending attitude and unclear/misleading communication. Hate his rocket science thing too, maybe this seems like common sense to him but we're here to learn like can you maybe elaborate instead of just reading off the slides

I highly encourage anyone interested in learning more about Ojelanki at U of Michigan to fully read "Ngwenyama v. BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF MICH., 29 F. Supp. 2d 402 (E.D. Mich. 1998)" provided by US Justia Law. Line in there reads explicitly "to date [Ngwenyama] has not been an effective core course teacher for either MBAs or BBAs".

The class material is not even hard. He just lies and gives contradicting information. He'll say this is on the test but it's not. Then he'll say this is not on the test but it is. He doesn't prepare you much so you have to do it yourself.

DO NOT choose this prof. you will hate your life. the prof is mean and miserable. the exams are based on in class work, however in class he just bullies his students. as someone good at math i am barely passing this course because of his ridiculous expectations. this is the worst prof ive ever had.

English is clearly not his first language even though he's originally from a former British colony and have been in Canada and North America since 1974. Claims to carry and present himself with a certain "aura" and comparing himself to "biblical figures" and "kings" is extremely inappropriate for a professional university setting.

He ain't it bro.

worst prof ever

I genuinely do not think i'll ever complain about another professor ever again. Please don't waste your money taking this class I PROMISE it is not worth it if all the other classes are full bro just wait for another sem and pick ANYONE ELSE your grade will be a solid 20% lower in this class than if you take it with any other professor.

yo this guys sucks never showed up to class but when i did, I questioned why i wasted my time pulling up if you did well in highschool youll be alright if you didnt R.I.P. First year student loved wastin my time with this prof

The work isn't hard; just do the study plan and exercises, and you'll handle the exams fine. Skip class—he just flicks through PowerPoints. He shames you for asking questions or makes you feel stupid. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE THO

Horrible. Put chapter 13 content on the 2nd midterm dispite the course outline saying chapter 5-12. Sit in silence in the lecture, not worth going, he doesnt make any comments or extra help if you go (i went to every class, so disappointing). Tests are like 50% similar to the practice and 50% stuff ive never studied before and i studied a lot.

do not trust the 5 star ratings they are trolls from ppl in the program lol. whatever you do don't take him. If you unfortunately have to, it's a waste of time going to class, you're gonna have to learn everything by yourself. Very rude to students, thinks he's this god or something. Also don't sit back of the class lol, that's his #1 pet peeve

monkey from africa cant teach "oo oo aa aa it is not rocket scientist friend" i cant believe this пiğğeг is employed as a professor

Low self esteem and emotional intelligence, poor communicator, and overall very negative attitude towards others with an obvious chip on his shoulder about what occurred in his life and career.

Not worth it

worst possible professor. 30 min lectures in a 3 hour period, 2nd midterm had stuff we never learned yet nor was it on the hw questions up till that day. replies to every difficult question on the slides with "its not rocket science". barely responds to emails and then, less than a week before the final he said it would be 40% integrals(really 7%)

Not a great prof. Lots of mistakes on his lectures. Doesn't teach, he just skips through slides. When asked a question, he tries to dodge it. His lecture content and course outline don't align, creating a ton of confusion. 1st test was easy, 2nd was hard because he put things that he hadn't taught yet. Get ready to teach yourself.

Never attended any of his classes, self taught myself through every single test and weekly homework. The textbook is a much better teacher, and I strongly suggest seeing TMU's qms130 tutors (Mehpreet was an angel), especially their pre-test review sessions. The tutors summarize lessons in 10 minutes. In-class exercises kinda help. Prepare to pray.

his tests 1, 2 and final are basically practice questions which he didnt explained how to do it, but him as a proff is literally the worst experience ever. He doesnt reply to emails, he forgot to release a homework on time and gave students no warning on it being released with 1 day to complete it. calls people like "you in a blue shirt".

people overhate but he is pretty bad, he could view students as humans for one. tips: the hw is easy online & repeat each week if u dont 100. ball out on test 1, test 2 you'll do bad unless u get correctly like i did, and final work backwards, msp quiz is an online free 4% to ur grade. He'll u out if u leave the room early but remember ur an adult

Rushes through the lecture and reads off the slides. Make sure to maximize the mylab hw and MSP marks. Tests and finals tend to introduce questions you've never seen before. Do the in-class exercises, and practice business-specific word problems on the slides. Test 2 literally had a chapter he said wouldn't be on it.