Horrible...very unfair marker (he's a lawyer so assumes he's right with everything)

everyone who took his midterm and studied hard ended up having mid 60%...now...is that our fault as "always"? or finally..will someone open their damn eyes and see that this prof is unfair teacher, midterm creator and marker...

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worst prof ever

One of the worst professors I've ever had. He really loves to humiliate his students in front of the class and he is a cold person with no emotions. His grading criteria for exams are completely unfair and overall his lectures are not interesting whatsoever. He made me CRY once!!! Do not recommend taking this course!!!

DONT TAKE THIS CLASS!! 13 2-3 pg summaries due every sunday 11:59 pm. 6 drafts of the same paper. 3 abstracts about a paper you havent written. midterm: 50 minutes to write 1 eassay q, 12 short answers, 6 MC. final same format. 1 presentation. its an ENGLISH class not PSYC for those who think they are taking psyc ur not. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!

Worst Prof Ever. Material irrelevant and boring. TA's are the biggest jerks ever and he ignores any complaint taken to him. Worst semester of my life.

WORST PROF EVERRRRRR!!!!!! he was so horrible. Unfair, rude, loads of useless unrelated materials and writing. If you miss a class you will be punished. Treats everyone like criminals. Unclear on what he wants us to write. Horrible horrible prof. this is the first time I have ever rated any profs and i feel the need to say how HORRIBLE he is.

Assignment criteria were unacceptably vague, and oversight of TAs was non-existent. Class felt like a creepy brainwashing session where the goal was to convince students of the importance of the course. Marks were definitely doctored, and were based more on how well you followed superficial structural requirements rather than content. Excruciating.

stupid teacher for my course u are require to buy 2 books one teach you how to write one shows arguments and debate on famous psyc experiments but the psyc experiment book isnt even in midterms and final while on the other hand the one teaches you hwo to write is. this is a psyc class not a english class if u want to learn pysc dont take this

This professor does not do anything. The TA are the weirdo kings/queens from psychology department, all of them freaks! The whole class is a set up, where you get horrible marks at the beginning and average around 60ish at the end. The class is mandatory for every psych major, so ...good luck! Advice: ummm... pray!

Not a good professor, alot of in class discussions, boring lectures. You have to go to lectures. The paper that is due is a pain to do. TA's arent very helpful. I would not take this class just for credits.

He doesn't do anything in the class. His entire job consists of him introducing guest lecturers and moderating a class discussion. He is not a professor, teacher, or even lecturer. It is extremely unfortunate that he is the only one who offers the course. All of the real teaching is done in the tutorials.

Content is not too difficult because its project based. I've got a good TA so its fine BUT the lecture is terribly boring and useless.

Gordon will try his hardest to make you feel dumb and useless because it suits his ego. He will often say that he's "not an expert in this field because I'm a lawyer, but..." Even if you contribute a lot in class, don't expect him to remember you or treat you like a human being. If you're late, he'll stop lecturing to ask you why.

Gordon is the worst professor I ever had. He does not care about his students at all. He also very disrespectful towards other students about comments they made during class discussions. If he did not agree with you he made you feel stupid. I do not think he is fit to teach because of his attitude and lack of understanding towards his students.

I thought this course would be hard because of the workload. I'm good at writing & I have good time management, so I thought I'd be fine. Boy, was I wrong. The problem is the method of instruction/prof. He doesnt teach for students, he supervises for his own convenience. You will NEED a good TA and writing skills, you won't learn how to write here.

The lecturers for PSYC300W are guests, so I can't rate Dr. Rose on that. PSYC300W is poorly designed and sets students up for defeat. The numerous components leave even strong students scrambling for time. I poured more energy into this course than any other and will receive the lowest grade despite that. Hugely disappointed.

Gordon thinks quite highly of himself. Slightly monotone in his lectures. Your TA will make you or break you. Mine was Maitland Waddell who was a miniature Gordon. He was very quick to make his students feel dumb and stupid. My critical thinking abilities have increased after this class. But, I really have to say we are set up to fail for this clas

PYSC 300W is not a difficult course, moreso it is a course with a very very large workload. The TA you have is your professor. Dr. Rose does not lecture and brings in guest lectures. Dr. Rose has the expectation for students to figure out how to improve their papers without a rubric so there's that.... Shout out to Shannon Wright!! Best TA in 300!

Your TA will make or break you for this class, make sure to go and ask for feedback often so that you can improve on your weekly CRE's.

If you can avoid him, you should. Lectures are extremely dry and monotone. He goes over important bits of the textbook, so it's a nice highlight of material - if you can stay awake. He is bad at answering questions/providing examples unless he planned them from before. He can be rude, but I lowkey find it entertaining.

Gordon is the worst professor I've ever had. He's not a reasonable person at all and very inconsiderate. He will make you hand in 1 assignment 3 different ways, and if you forget to hand it in 1/3 of those ways you will not get marks. Forget your last name on an assignment and you won't get marks either, despite all the hard work you put in.

There is absolutely no point to lecture and he is of no use to the class, but unfortunately if you want the 5% participation marks you are forced to go and you have to stay until the end. Your TA will make or break you. Overall, this class was a big pain but I did end up actually learning a lot and obtaining critical thinking skills I did not have.

TA is basically your teacher. Weekly CREs are difficult and grading inconsistent (depends on TA). However, even if your mark is low, if it's higher than average, you're good. Free writes and discussion marks worth doing but free writes force you to stay to end of lecture. Paper worth 50%, do all the components and you're good.

I found Gordon to be extremely disrespectful at times and unreasonable. I had proper documentation for not handing in the online portion of my final paper and he refused to excuse late marks. He is condescending and is not all that involved in the class. I understand the importance of deadlines, but there also needs to be a level of sympathy.

This course was the hardest course of my degree at SFU. Gordon is not a bad prof, but he is very old school. It really depends on your TA whether you get a good grade or not!! Ask for help and meet up w your TA to get more feedback. You need to devote approximately 10-15 hours for CREs. BUT trust me you will learn a lot at the end.

terrible prof. unfortunate he is the only one who teaches PSYC300. got a fairly decent mark but he's still awful. Condescending to students, never wears a proper mic so if you are in the back good luck hearing him. Stuck in old ways, yet preaches need to be critical. TA's are your only hope of getting good grade, he is completely useless.

The worst prof i ever had. He doesn't care about his students at all. Ridiculous amount of readings and papers. His lectures are boring and useless, but has 5% participation mark. He's too strict about deadlines and wont even accept a paper thats 1 MINUTE late! I dont understand why sfu cant get another prof for this course.

this class is the definition of hell on earth. Take the worst professor known to mankind and combine that with the worst TA known to mankind (Florencia) and you have got Psyc 300W. It is not even a tough course in the sense that it is academically challenging and is pushing you to learn and do better. You learn absolutely nothing. HORRIBLE!

This class is what's wrong with the education system. You have got a prof that clearly is not passionate about teaching and even worse, is teaching his TA's to follow in his footsteps. He is disrespectful, arrogant, and guess what he gets to keep doing it. Is he going to change? No. So Psyc students, good luck, its going to be the worst course ever

for any student scrolling through these right now deciding whether to take this class, DONT. It is exactly as bad as these reviews say it is. Im telling you just put this course off as long as possible and pray someone else starts teaching it eventually. This class pushed me to change my major so if that doesn't tell you how bad it is idk what will

I'd rate his teaching at about a B (when he is teaching; half of the course is guest lecturers). But his attitude is what makes him stand out. He's often rude and patronizing to his students. Beware of the course policies. No leniency, and if he makes a mistake, he'll still blame you for it. Assignments are arbitrary and teach you nothing.

TA runs everything. Listen and incorporate EVERYTHING TA mention into your writing, even if you don't agree. The course has 90 tasks to complete, follow the syllabus CAREFULLY. Gordon over complicated this course and is jerk about it; he is one overall. Dissect good CRE's to start, mimic and adjust based on feedback. Play the course, good luck.

Avoid at all costs

all bad things you heard about him? all true. if you have any other choice, choose the other choice. i would never pick him as an instructor willingly.

For a critical thinking class your TA does not critically think when grading, but lets their personal opinion determine your grade because they don't agree with the premise of your argument, so they disregard all evidence you give. They will not just insult your WORK, but will slight YOU when you ask for help. They're so toxic, rude and patronizing

Terrible TA's who do not want to help, office hours are useless for both gordon and the ta. Wish there was a way to formally complaint against them at sfu because this is a terrible course that sets u up for failure. Not only do the TA's not want to help but they are extremely patronizing and toxic. no one understands their grading/ what they want

Gordon yelled at one of the students at one point. The lectures are discussions of the readings and did not teach any course material. TAs definitely make or break your grade. My TA was very rude, toxic, patronizing, and acted like talking to me was a pain. She (Yan) was not very helpful or supportive and the TAs do not give clear instructions.

This class gives out too much work during a pandemic, and I felt like I would have enjoyed the class if the prof was not so horrible. My TA was super helpful, but she was a tough marker. Gordon needs to work on his people skills and learn how to better communicate with his students because chile this is not it. Arrogant and disrespectful :(

Class was terrible for a 3rd year course - marked as if it was a phd like ??. TA's give you your whole grade, did not make contact w gordon. DO NOT take Yan as your TA, she is so rude and does not help at all during office hours or in class. she got mad when i asked for help and did not help at all. She marks incredibly hard as well which is unfair

this guys actually a goof lol. TA's are even bigger clowns. Idk who hires these gus but rip lol catch this L fam if i see you outside im squaring up g

The class you can't avoid as a psych major. The final paper was fine but CREs were definitely gross. Its never gonna be clear what you are going to write and what is expected.

Gordon aims to fail his students, I don't know how he is still a professor. The TAs do all his work for him and he is so rude! This class was the worst and brought my average down quite a lot. do not take this course if you don't have to.

Rose was just the rudest prof I've ever had. So disrespectful when it came to students. Not only that but he failed to tell the entire class the same information.

So part of this course is based on participation, and during a discussion a student was making a valid comment about the material and Gordon weirdly aggressively cut her off and angrily told her we had to move on. I felt so bad for her as she was so kind in return, thanking him, and he was so rude back, verge of screaming. These people need help.

He's the worst !!! Don't take any class with him

The only good thing about this course was my TA who was an absolute goddess and the only reason I didn't cry myself to sleep every night. There was a huge research project for which there was no criteria and the TA's didn't even know what was going on half the time. Don't even get me started on the mess that was the final.

A crap show. Midterm was full of typos, trick questions and so was the final. Don't even listen to his lectures, just read the textbook. The class average was crap. If you can avoid him, please do. One review said "he is not as bad as ppl think" - he is. I listened to that comment and I took 201 with him. Biggest mistake.

Honestly, one of the worst professors I have had at SFU. He's notoriously bad at teaching, inflexible, and stuck in his old ways. I was prepared to work hard, but the professor makes it nearly unbearable. This course is hard enough without a professor that refuses to take in account student well-being and safety, particularly during the pandemic.

Worst class ever. TAs can't even use proper English in tutorials they grade completely arbitrarily, average on first paper 3/10. No consistent grading profile. Prof is no help, egotistical and actively puts students down in lecture. Adjusts grades unfairly so that 25% As, 50% Bs, rest Cs/Ds/Fs, no matter what grades students actually earned.

Unclear grading on the most difficult writing assignments given every week. Virtually no guidance on how to succeed in the course besides him saying "don't fight the course or it will fight you". There are no tests, no need for notes - lectures discuss the past week's material..., yet if we do not go we lose 5% of our total mark. One word: unfair.

Same amount of research & reading required on bigger papers needed on weekly papers on top of bigger papers they may assign u in the same week. Read textbook & 2 canvas posts weekly too. No consideration for ur other classes at all. Work doesnt pay off either. Class avg is 3/10. Dont let no tests fool u. Avoid this prof and syllabus at all costs.

Only so much u can say in a 350 character count. No grading criteria, lots of readings research & papers, unfair marking (30% average), rude unprofessional prof and TAs, lectures dont give u anything useful when its summarizing readings u did the week prior & no tests but have to attend for thought exercises worth like 5% that u hand in at the end.

I'm convinced all the good ratings are coming from gordon sitting at home. Plus no way that many people are getting A's. Class average is well below 50 and the TAs wont even listen to what gordon thinks is a 10/10 paper. "Um yea not even his so called perfect paper would get perfect" um it should he's in charge of how u should be marking.

I've just taken his class and I'm already freaked out. 'Don't fight this course because it will fight you back.' The workload is intense so definitely choose easier classes in the term when you choose this. The TAs said his CREs were rubbish and that he would score a 2/10 yet none of them have the guts to say that to him. Good luck!

gordon is retiring so i wont have to take him again, but this is my first experince with a teacher who does no teaching at all and HEAVILY relies on other students to do our markings as well as making unrealistical deadlines/reqiurements with CRES and term paper. overall wost class ever and gordon, dont let the door hit you on the way out :)

First and foremost, the title of this course is misleading as it is much more about argumentative writing than critical thinking. How you do in this course reflects not on you as a student but on your TA's explaining and grading ability/style. Rose's grading system is odd, and structured to make you lose marks whenever possible. Awful experience.

Lectures are useless and you learn nothing, but mandatory for the 10% participation/in-class reflections. Be prepared for the worst, the course is brutal with weekly papers that require lots of research on top of the required readings. Tutorial attendance is a must since your TAs will do all the marking and teaching.