If you've taken one course with him, you've taken them all. Redundant. The courses have great potential to be interesting, but his BORING lectures kill all hope. I now show up only to pick up assignments and write tests and I'm doing fine becuase he's

what a loser!one of the worst professers that i've ever had and i've had hernry hornstein!

Did not enjoy his lectures, found them very superficial, he was a bit aggressive in his lectures and in asking for help. However, if you do the work, you'll get a fair grade.

he is very hard to understand and always says "as you would say" and says some strange expression that makes no sense...he speaks english well but forces his eloquence to unabnormal point wherein nothing is easy to understand..the course wasnt hard, but i coudl see how it might be for some...i had 355 with him and wanted to sleep through it.

i wouldn't recommend taking this class. however you can easily get between B and A- without that much work and get between A- and A+ if you do all the readings and pay attention in class (which is almost impossible)

he'll spend the entire class talking about his isn't one of those classes where you can show up on test days and still pass and not lecture at all.

AVOID. He's all over the place when lecturing. He is boring. He is alright one on one, but extremely verbose. I lost interest in the subject of the class. He is very arrogant and goes on and on about how busy he is...

The topic matter in the course is quite interesting and practical. Unfortunately, this professor has completely stopped caring abou his profession. Most of the time his ability to convey knowledge ranges from completely incomprehensible to barley bearable. It's not uncommon for him spend over 45 mins reading an assignment outline available online.

The subject of this course is interesting, but the teacher doesn't teach you new things. Most of his examples and movies he shows are from 80's or early 90's. Not much about what's going on now in the world!overhead transparencies are old and unclear.

I registered for Ahsc 310 for the summer term. The prof spent over 45 mins discussing the course outline, then mumbled on and on in circles about NOTHING. He`s very verbose. He then had the nerve to tell the class that he doesn`t believe in giving A`s to students. I dropped his class like a hot potato. DO NOT take!

Seemed nice at first. Lectures are boring, and if held in a large lecture hall good luck understanding him. He postsnall of his notes online, it is near impossible to take notes because he mumbles and is all over the place. He will refuse to answer questions stating that it is our problem, he covered it x weeks ago, saying its a waste of his time

Arrogant. When asked questions in class will refuse to answer. Says it was covered x weeks ago and that you're wasting his time. Mumbles and hard to understand, notes impossible to take. Clearly has separatist views, and likes to go one as if Quebec were it's own country. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR

Spends a lot of time mumbling about irrelevant THINGS and is hard to understand because of his thick accent. The work isn't too difficult, but I would not recommend.

This class was frustrating because I really enjoy geography. Prof often rambles for long periods of time about things that are irrelevant to the course. Assignments are easy but exam is a little more difficult...just be sure to read your textbook a lot and go through the powerpoints on your own and you'll be fine.

Really boring, so hard to pay attention in class, nothing he teaches seems relevant and I really never knew what he wanted us to actually study or learn. Told class not to bother studying certain things, that end up being on the test. Rambles about meaningless things in lectures. Seems like an alright guy, but for a professor, definitely avoid.

The man talks and talks and talks. Sometimes I think he's having a conversation with himself and not teaching. When students raise their hands he interrupts them and then if he knows a student will challenge what he is saying he will ignore them all together. Frustrating.

Avoid this class! This teacher has been teaching this class forever!! He is so confusing. His notes are everywhere, you'll want to fall asleep in class because he starts talking about a topic and then starts rambling on about something completely different for the rest of the class. Essay outline very confusing and midterm was very hard!

Easy enough class but not really a fun course to take. Really boring lectures that are not needed at all. The prof rambles and is quite confusing. Nice enough guy but a horrible lecturer. If you take it, skip the classes and just keep up to date on the moodle with readings, assignments and test dates.

First 20-30 min is him rehashing the same SIMPLE concepts from last lecture and complaining about students leaving early/showing up late. Covers a couple topics then talks in circles saying the same thing a million different ways. Skip class and just read the book and take detailed notes. Likes to give examples in French but they're not on tests

Wow. Boring teacher, just babbles on wasting time. Explains about what he`s GOING to do more then actually doing it. Midterm is difficult, assignments are fairly straight forward and easy and the final is okay. Going to class is a waste, soooooooooo must wasted time, too boring to focus.

Professor really enjoys his tangents The notes he posts are awful poorly photocopied pages out of order and upside down. Lectures are unstructured and confusing, but at least he gives very specific exam advice, which is essential to a good mark, Book, and CP readings essential, Only one that teaches 355, so no other option.

Lectures are not specific, goes off on tangents and speaks in a monotone voice. I read everything out of the textbook and used certain PDF's he posted on moodle and I have an A in this class. It's a pity because the content is interesting when you read it yourself but going to the lectures is so discouraging. Easy grader none the less.

Very unclear teaching. Doesn't have a clear lecture plan, kind of all over the place.

Lectures are disorganized and often irrelevant to what will be on the test. Assignment outlines are also equally unclear, overly wordy, and with arbitrary guidelines that have little to do with producing a quality paper. The course is easy only if you read and memorize all the assigned readings, but don't expect to be given much focus or direction.

Very long boring lectures, I couldn't listen if I tried. Unorganized, unstructured notes and ppts. Difficult to study all the material his personal notes.

Not organized, a bit boring the lectures. But you should go see him before any test or assignment, it helps a lot!! also, follow the instruction.

Uninspiring

The reviews are right! I chose GEOG 200 because I have heard that it was an easy A but it turned out to be kind of hard. The midterm was SO hard and the final was alright but you also have to do 3 papers which takes a lot of time. As for the teacher, his lectures were SUPER boring and he tends to go off topic which makes it hard to follow.

If you have him, drop the class ! I repeat drop the class. He is just the worst teacher Ive had so far !

incredibly boring, goes on long-wending off topic tangents all the time, very unaccessible outside of class, he puts all his notes online as well as powerpoints so you dont need to go to class to do well. also we had to buy a 120$ textbook, we used it a lot, but pretty steep for an elective imo, would not take a class with him again

Listening to his many tangents gets boring pretty quickly. Not clear at all when he marks. Should've got an A- but he curved down. Wouldn't take again.

Boring lecture. We make very little progression during the lecture because he teaches very slowly. Most information he says are not important, however he does sometime hints us when such question is in the exam. The assignment are graded fairly. The exams are heavily dependent on memorization, whether it is dates, numbers, or chemical formula.

Very monotone. Most student who go to class (maybe half of the class) end up drifting off to sleep or browsing their computers. Half the time discusses class material (which can all be found in the textbook) and the other half, he veers off into weird subjects completely unrelated to what will be on exams. Memorize information to pass exams.

he is sweet but my god he is so bad at giving lectures. he goes on so many tangents and is very confusing when he tries to explain things. he also randomly says things in french. he is very sweet but beware, you will have a hard time learning things in his lectures

He's not the best lecturer and he usually goes off on tangents. He also randomly throws in french words/sayings in lectures? He uploads everything on Moodle so you don't really have to go to class. He posts really good study guides for the tests that basically tells you what's on the test. You do have to do a bit of writing.

Subject isnt too hard the issue is the subject learning structure. Like where are we going with this???

His lectures are very boring. Even when I am not sleepy, his lectures make me want to sleep. The material is not that difficult. Read the chapters before an exam and you are good.

Pierre is a very sweet man, means well but for the love of god he never stops rambling. Because of this, it makes his course extremely dull, draining and ultimately, sleep inducing. He gives clear guidelines for tests and other projects however, which is greatly appreciated and comes handy.

have you ever heard a history teacher tell you, "you don't have to memorize dates" or a geography teacher who told you that "geography isn't about learning the countries on the map"? well, not in this class. you're gonna have to remember the exact date and location of where this man tied his shoes. even if your memory is good, i'd still avoid.

Very hard to understand during lectures, tends to ramble quite a bit on one or two subtopics within a unit. Papers are easy enough, but the midterm exam and final structures seem way too taxing for an intro-level geography course. Would not take again.

The prof rambles a lot in class so it is hard to know what is going to be evaluated on the test, and what is not. I don't recommend taking his class, unless you have an open mind and are willing to listen about the anecdotes he slides in about each topic. He is very knowledgeable. If you only care about the grade, this lecture will be hard for you.