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“Peter is a good professor”
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A nice guy, easy marker.
He is a new PROF., he doesnt know teaching and just takes up the homework. He pretends to be nice and helpful but he is not. He tells the requirement of the assisgnment after he hands them back to the students. Never take his class!!!! Not even by MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Knows what he's doing. Very helpful. Clear. Direct, gives you what is required.
very poor teaching abilities
he is boring but , a very easy marker
he is a very good teacher.if you put in your effort, you can definately get a good grade.
helpful,very good professor.if you do you work,you can get A.
easy marker.
he always make test easy that just like homework.he is fair marker.
bad teacher, unfaired mark
He is better than any other professor for Intermediate Accounting. He is not a Bad Marker. He will Let you know the important stuff for the exams.
He is better than any other professor for Intermediate Accounting. He is not a Bad Marker. He will Let you know the important stuff for the exams.
He is the best teacher I ever have.Choose him for whatever course he is teaching!!
He is the best in teaching Accounting and Explains things with clarity
he is the best professor in ACC 415.
He is excellent proffessor.
worst teacher ever...doesnt evn teach all he does is take up work...spare yourselves the agony....i dnt evn kno how he got so many good reviews
Very good professor! Thumb Up!
Personally I didn't like him as a professor he wasn't that clear with his examples, and it felt like he wasn't teaching us because he always looks at the wall at the back of the class. However if you do the 10 pages of homework a night, you'll do fine...
I am a witness to the 2 comments below/before me. He's tough but he is helpful... and yes do the damn homework.
Peter is ok, accounting is really boring, but you need to know everything in detail and Peter can help you with that. He will tell you everything you need to know ti finish this course with good grade, however, he never look at the students and that made me feel a bit uncomfortable in his class.
Prof. Alpaugh is one of the best Accounting profs I've had. His lectures are extremely organized. He welcomes questions from students and is always available for consultation. I plan to take his class again for ACC517. Oh, and he is also very humorous!
Very helpful, very knowledgeable
Very helpful and knowledgeable
Greatest teacher i have ever had. He is very humorous but you need to be smart enough to understand his jokes lol
as far as u have ur ears opened, its ok.. but the moment u loose concentration, its hard to get things back as he is sometimes reluctant in explaining them again ! overall, as a teacher, he is good and good.
One of the best teachers ever! If you want to learn the acc-ng, take his classes. He explains everything. He is very fair. Do your homework all the time, come in class regularly and you will have atleast A! He is very cooperative, with amazing sence of humor. Peter is the best!
He is greatest professor ever!
He knows his material, delivers it well and is very organized. Tells you what he expects and gives out hints for test, midterm, and final exam questions. The course itself is NOT easy and you WILL NEED to study hard to really absorb all of the material. Take the time to go through problems done in class. Take his classes!
YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD. Dunno what's up with the negative comments. Maybe they didn't attend classes that much. He's kinda tough but he actually teach so well. He's a genius. If you want to clearly understand accounting, I encourage you to take his classes. He's not like any other prof who will just make you fall asleep.
really nice,funny and helpful~! I love his teaching style, that's all I can say~! I know there are some students don't like him, maybe they don't really understand him
great teacher. tests were harder than other sections but fair. gives some hints about tests but not for exam. i did not really get accounting until this class but just memorized through.
Great Prof. but gives you stress, makes you answer and practice, practice, practice and marks harder than some others and wont tell you whats on the exam! but tells you what you need to know as you go along. very organized. knows what parts are hard for students
we got a good one here. this prof is worth the money. organized, explains well. good selection of examples dones in class. tells you what is most important. tests were hard but i think thats becuase there is a lot in this course. much harder than the previous ones.
organized. does the problems in class. answers all questions. you can understand the answers. good professor. need more like this.
He's a good prof. Not the easiest though. He gives surprise quizzes but in the end they are not worth too much. He picks on everyone in class to answer homework questions. Don't fall behind and do all the practice questions he assigns. He gives good part marks. He also explains things very clearly. Make sure to participate in class.
Did not know how good he was until i got some others!
friend recommend him. he is good
great prof. hard but most like him
GREAT TEACHER!!! If you want to learn the real accounting, choose him.This is the best professor I have ever had!!!
Actually knows accounting better than my other profs. does problems in class. overall he was pretty good.
i liked him. he is nice after you know him.
If you are taking accounting as your program, you have to take your accounting course with him. He is always well prepared, use almost every single exercise to repeat materials and remind useful hints. If you study and keep up and continue the course materials with him, you won't find his course hard.
very good teacher. uses the textbook a lot. does many problems. also tells about definitions. test essay questions were hard but every class got the same. i think he is the best one.
Good prof. Used book a lot. Does lots of problems in class. Knows most of the student names. Good explanation. Expects you to know everything in professional way.
We like him. He works hard for students. Very organized. But Sometimes our tests are harder than the other class. And you cannot copy others assignments like in other professors. Very strict. I would choose him again.
Recommend to choose him, out of the 3 professors, he is the best!
very great professor. we are the lucky ones. but class is difficult. he expectes the very high performance. makes you stress to answer questions. he will not let you pass the question.
he is a very excellent pro.I like him so much,he is helpful,he can explain the question that you dont understand clearly,he is welcome to every question you ask.he is humor, you wont like him until you really know him.anyway, i will take his course again if i have chance.
wow hard and long tests. finally a good accounting professor but expects you to know everything and to answer in a proper way. he will answer your questions though. even after class. this coure is more work than my others.
He is the best professor in this program. Responsible in teaching. Helpful and available in answering questions in his office hour and email. Although his test is not easy, his marking is reasonable. He gives you part marks when you follow the logic. To want to get a good grade, you need to do all the questions that he assigned.
He is one of the excellent professors at Seneca College. Good sense of humor, but little bit loud...Very professional, organized, kindhearted, and reliable professor. Think about taking his class. Good for you!!!
One of the best professors for Accounting. He covers wide knowledge. With real examples and funny moments he makes class really interesting!. Nobody wants to miss his class! In marking he is easy but his exams are bit tricky! He focuses more on problems and solutions not like Anne Chun who thinks Accounting is all theory....Thumbs up for Peter!!:-)
you will regret one day, if you are going to take his class.
This teacher is very very very rule and crazy. Please don't take his class. You will regret soon. He used to is normal in his teaching, but that is over. He may divorce in his old age recently, so that is why he is so rule and mood. Very very mean to the students.
He is a vey bad, mean,rule, mood and terrible teacher. Please do not take his class if you don' t want to regret. He used to is good during the professor rate here, but it is no more. His good thing is over. He is a very mood teacher. I have never ever see the teacher as him.
Bad decision if u choose this teacher in your subject.
A best prof for Accounting at Seneca.Clear loud voice,well organized,do lots of problems in class. Very helpful,seems he is tough, but kind person. Call ur name,u feel u ar part of the class. asks questions, u better do homework, the similar ones always on the exam. It is a hard course, but he ll make it easier for u. Good luck
This professor is great. He is well organized and dedicated to his work. ontime always, never leave early,spends time for helping students after the class.He pays attention to all students, walks all over the class to see how students doing.Marking also not bad, but u have to do ur part. home works are the keys. I wish I had him since 1st semester
He is the most excellent professor I have met at Seneca. He is knowledgeable and dedicated. He looks like strict, but he is kind and considerate. He has enough patience to listen to the foreign students’ questions and can explain the difficult problem in a simple and logical way.
good professor, help you understand the things of books, the teaching style is funny. if you have questions ask him, he will explain to you.
BAD Professor and so rude I hate him because He is always rude to his students
If you want to pass ACC 416, take Peter. This course is not easy. So do your homework as he will take it up before class each day. For test, he gives you practice questions. DO THEM
He is the best teacher I've ever met! If you want the knowledge, take him because he is actually TEACHING.At the first glance, students are afraid of him, but you will realize after that you should not do it. Besides, he is very responsible and straight forward! Tests are not easy, but a lot of knowledge after!
very good teacher, explain clearly, but his test is hard
Excellent professor
Many students on here will post that he is rude or mean but if you want an objective opinion here it is, yes his tests and marking is hard but he is a very thorough and concise prof.He used to pick on me which I didn't like at first but it's good that he did because i started paying attention. This guy comes to class to TEACH and he does it well.
Best best best best teacher!! He is my favorite teacher of the whole Seneca!!
Not an easy teacher!! He knows his stuff and is a good teacher, but his tests are very difficult and he wants you to word things exactly as he does otherwise he will mark it wrong. He is a very hard marker and very hard to please. You have to pay attention in class otherwise you are lost for the entire semester. He's not a bad prof, just very hard!
Peter is the best accounting professor. He is conscientious ,organized. He is very knowledgeable with the accounting, but could use simple and funny examples to make the lecture easy to understand. He teach students with his heart and could remember every student's name. Fair marker. Choose him.
My favourite professor. Fair marker. Funny guy. As long as you listen his lectures, you will know how to write the exams. Just follow his instrutions. You will be fine. Choose him.
not a good teacher
Good teacher but this class was harder than the last one and more work and he is not an easy marker. Acc416 was easy and could copy assignments easily. Not this one.
I learned more by getting a B in his class than getting an A in 416. He is a tough grader but explains what he wants pretty clearly. He is a dedicated teacher, putting as much enthusiasm in a class of 8 as he would in a class of 30. You may not get an A but you'll be more prepared. Pay now or pay later.
Peter is one of the Best accounting teacher. He is always prepared and cares about the student's progress. He is a passionate teacher, Hard Marker but Fair! This course is not easy, but Peter helps you understand the material. If i had the opportunity to take any other courses with Peter,i would not hesitate to choose him.
He is good but the course is hard. I took this course twice before. once dropped, once D. This time I got B+. I did more work this time but it was easier to do it because I knew what I was supposed to be learning. Assignment marks are pretty easy but not the tests. Group assignment is not too hard and a bit interesting.
The class is interesting. He prepeared carefully for every student, printed a lot of hand out and relative useful materials. Following him, you will be fine.
He is one of the worst teacher that I have in my life, he can not explain anything. he is hard hard hard marker. The test is very hard and completely different from the Willy and homework that he did. He just wanted you to explain every questions during the test and you must write exactly word that he expected.
Classes are very entertaining and he explains everything clearly. Takes up tons of homework questions and doesn't bother teaching anything you don't need to learn.
Very bad teacher. If you want to take his class first you must fast reader and proffesional writer because his class is not an accounting class, it is a writing class . You must explaine every thing. He never back your test question and correct answer. Most of students drop the corse because of him.
He's awful teacher that I ever have!!! You can't leaning any thing that related to accounting!!! If you wanna to learn writing you can take class with him!!!! I think he is not accounting teacher.
He is one of the knowledgable professors in Seneca. He gives live example and interacts with students very often. If you are looking to continue in Accouting industry, he would be the right professor for you. You will learn a lot and know how to apply in the real world instead of writing an exam.
too snooty to respect himand worest professor I even seen
Well o well. I had Peter for 120 and 220 back in 2010 and 2011. He actually made us learn the real accounting and set the strong basis for future. Would highly recommend taking him for all the accounting courses.
best professor and i 100% recommend you guys to take his class. he does alot of practice so you dont need to panic for the tests or exams
He's a tough marker. but he's willing to help you as long as you reach out. touch marker. Make sure to read everything he assigns as it helps you understand the questions in class. don't skip any classes. he gives hints for tests and assignments in his classes.
Peter is a good professor. Believe it or not, he's really a funny guy. If you come to his class and listen to his lectures, you'll be good. He's not a tough marker and will give bouns marks. I did get good marks on my each assignments even though I made mistakes. I did think he was a tough marker too, however he changed my mind. Thank you Peter.
i miss him so much. i learned so much with him. and i learned how to learn. i miss him
You can do well if you come to classes and understand all the questions he issued. A professional accounting professor and be responsible for all the students.
I wish I had previous accounting courses with Peter. We learn with many real life examples and thorough explanation about accounting rules. We have to study hard, but I definitely recommend him.
Explains accounting better but expects you to do as much work as he. And he does a lot of homework questions in class. Much harder than Acc416. First 2 Sage assignments are easy but the last one is very long and hard. It is too much to take with tax too. And our class was too big. Seneca is making classes too big even after taking our money.
i like him but not everyone does. some fail. hard tests. expects us to understand more and explain in test. does much example in class and explains better than others.
His exam is hard and sometimes he is in a bad mood
He doesn't care, always in a bad mood, and tough grader.
Very helpful outside of class. He's knowledgable about the topics being taught and gives excellent real life examples. You have to work hard to get a good grade.
I learned much more from his teaching than others. I like his teaching although not everyone does. He taught and practiced in class which help us to understand. As long as you go to class, you will be OK. He is always trying to help students learn more.
He teaches okay but you should never ask him anything because you will always hear "NO"! I wrote my name on the right side of the page and not on the right. He took off some points because of that! Can you even believe it?
Really professional and caring for students, though you need to put into effort if you're taking 417.
The best professor. He makes all materials super clear. highly recommended.
He will deduct marks even if you make a mistake in punctuation error. He teaches a few things in class and you will find all the new topics for the first time. Will never take him again.
Really helpful if you pay attention to and do some previews in advance of Professor Alpaugh's class. You have to be quick and sharp-minded in his class. He explain clear concepts that you need to learn. If you don't understand but you're attentive and ask questions, he'll help you after class. I miss his class and am grateful for all his teaches.
Professor Alpaugh is the best accounting professor you could ever find. He is passionate in teaching, and he makes the accounting concepts super easy to understand. He is very organized, cares about his students a lot. He would try to remember everyone in the class and have everyone engage during the lectures. Highly recommend taking his classes!
Professor Alpaugh is one of the best accounting professor I've ever had. As long as you put your effort in his lectures and practice the exercises (which all should do in accounting), you will understand everything and get good grades. I highly recommend taking his courses!
Out of all of my Accounting courses I have taken here at Seneca College, Peter has to be one of my favourite professors. His lectures are enjoyable and easily understandable, making a quite difficult course bearable.
I had no Acct knowledge beforehand, but with the inclass lectures and exercise Peter it became easy to understand.
Professor Peter is one of the best professors in Accounting at Seneca College. He explains the lesson very well and he is very approachable. Your grades will really depend on your performance if you study or not. Just be prepared during exams. Everything you are looking for relating to the course is provided by Peter in BB. Amazing Professor! :)
Peter is very organized and experienced in his field. He explains very well and makes the concept of the course very easy. As long as you make an effort to this course like at least participate in his lectures and doing exercises/Sage assignments, your grade will be good. Take his course, you will never be disappointed.
He is a very nice professor. Would definitely take his course again.
Good lectures
Professor Alpaugh's class was challenging but rewarding. His lectures were clear, and he genuinely cared about students' learning. For study prep, I found ChatGPT and Unstuck ai to be really helpful alongside the textbook.
Seneca saved the best professor for my last term. Peter is a gem in the SAFS faculty. One of the brightest, most passionate about accounting. You will never regret taking his class if you are a genuine accountancy enthusiast. I will never forget him.
Professor Peter Alpaugh was a great professor this semester. His lectures are good and periodically asks if any students have questions regarding the material being covered. However, this professor is very generous in making the assessments and final exam open book and giving his students access to the course textbook and Microsoft Excel.
Professor Peter is excellent—well-prepared, energetic, and always grades assignments on time.
He is a great professor and a typical accountant. He is a precise and organized man, seem everything under his control. You can learn solid accounting knowledge from him if you are engaged in his class. I recommend you to take his course, you will learn excessive accounting knowledge beyond the textbook.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
54%
Textbook Required
100%
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