absolutely horrible

Not Recommended

This guy should be teaching high school. So impatient, comes to class very tired, and delivers material in zero clarity. His class is useless

VERY POOR

Plese do not take Quantum Physics with him if you want to learn the concept of quantum theory. He gave bonus marks but what is the point of learning if you do not understand. He was terrible in quantum physics class . He could not answer question of student properly during class.

Not helpful and boring classes.Really hard tests as well.Do Not take any class with him.

have to learn everything by yourself! notes dont not help just make things more confusing and talks about things that dont relate to what your learning, no help!

Worst prof ever, and never respect the students...

worst prof ever!! hes not helpful at all when you ask him a question he talls you to email him or come to his office hours but when you do go to office hours all he dose is show you a answer key which you can always get on torrent.

Horrible professor, hall he talks about is theory. No examples are done, hes boring and when you email him for help he brushes you off because he doesnt give a rats ass.

This professor. Oh, where should I begin? Well, he is very hard to understand. He doesn't explain anything properly and spends more than half the class deriving equations that we do not need to know. He also makes random comments on content irrelevant to the course. If possible you should avoid taking physics with this professor.

such a useless prof! you will learn more material on your own than from his lectures.

He's funny, but his teaching style is one of the worst. Doesn't explain much, gets really off topic, and over all ineffective.

He's the worst physics professor present at ryerson.

Horrible prof. He will put you to sleep in his class. Do not bother showing up to his lectures you are better off going to any other physics prof during the same time slots.

If you need to catch up on sleep I recommend attending his class. Monotone voice and only talks about theory, none of which is included in examinations. Goes through little to no examples making his lectures basically useless.

Very uncaring, little or no help at all. His methods to solving problems were often unnecessarily complicated, and was unable to explain how he got the answer. Often crucial steps were skipped when doing problems, and the problems we did do, he would blaze through himself and just mumble numbers to himself and expect you to understand.

He is terrible. He is probably the most useless professor imaginable... I really can't say much else. He is incredibly rude if you ask him for help and he usually is unwilling to help.

not only is he the worst prof ever, he also ruined physics for the whole semester due to him being the course coordinator.

I can't say enough in 350 characters about this professor. Just please, PLEASE, please, transfer out of his class if you're in it. Run while you still can. RUN.

go read the book, this dude ain't teaching you anything, just go for the iclicker marks

Hands down worst prof I've encountered. Before taking his class physics was one of my favourite classes, now I absolutely dread it. I did exceptionally well in physics prior to this class and now it's my worst. Little to no explanations and his writing is very unclear and hard to read. Do whatever you can to avoid his classes

Probably the one class that was all independent work. He has a monotone voice, doesn't explain his work, and forces you to go to his class only because of the 10% iclicker portion. However it's an easy course, just look over chithrani's slides and have a good lab TA and you should be fine

WORST PROF EVER. DROP HIS CLASS IMMEDIATELY

If you do not own a physics textbook drop the course ASAP. This man will teach you absolutely nothing. Go for the clicker questions and get a tutor if you're not good at physics.

If you want to pass, switch out.

THE 5.0 REVIEWS BELOW ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY. They are all posted on the same day. This teacher is rude and is very unclear in his explanations. The real rating for him without the 5.0s would be around 1.7-2.0

I'm pretty certain his rating here is wrong because it's not possible for him to be above a 1.5 rating. Has a heavy accent, pretty rude, doesn't explain, doesn't understand his own work and makes you sit through his slides and watch him go through it without being able to know what he is doing. Exams were common among all classes so they were fine

Had him for semester one, should've looked here before choosing to continue his class. If you have time, switch out of his class immediately I will guarantee that you'll regret not dropping or switching out of his class.

he is one of the worst prof, please switch out if you have him

SO BAD ! NEVER TAKE HIS CLASS! BORING

Also he does not allow devices especially phones. One time he told someone using a phone to get out and they refused to, so he simply stopped the lecture and everyone left 20 minutes early. After that he made a penalty that anyone caught with a phone or laptop may be deenrolled from the class or even suspended from uni for 2 years. Not fair at all.

Awful prof, get out if you can. I thought that it wouldn't be too bad, but he has a super strong accent that makes it hard to understand anything, is not good at explaining things, repeats himself in a more annoyed tone if you ask questions, and seems to use slides made by the textbook company so you can't use them to get a different prospective

Save yourself

What an extremely rude professor. Very arrogant and loves to take marks off when he gets angry. He has a very "by-the-book" approach to learning and expects his students to solve problems exactly how he explained in class. Although knowledgeable, he has a poor ability to communicate with students who are less experienced exemplified by reading PPT.

Vladislav Toronov was my first taste of a professor who did not help me at all with the course material. He just regurgitated the information on his slides and occasional cracked a soviet union joke. He did not properly explain the way to solve questions we would face, and therefore made the material extremely difficult. Avoid at all costs!

He is the worst physics professor that I have ever met throughout my life. He has a thick Russian accent, which disables a majority to not understand anything he says in class. He also tends to contradict himself frequently during during a lecture. He is the complete of enthusiastic. His lectures are made five times harder than the actual material.

He teaches straight from the textbook. The course is easy if you took Physics in high school. The only problem is his attitude and ego. While he can explain concepts clearly, he always projects an arrogant persona and wants people to believe he is always right. That is a pure disgrace to first-year students. I strongly recommend someone else.

Strict. Mistakes in lecture notes. unconfident instructor. Doesn't know how to express himself.

He is the worst prof you can get in Ryerson, if you can switch to any other prof do it! believe me, you won't understand a thing on him since he doesn't know physics that much. He assumes you know all physics in high school and answer the students questions in a sarcasm attitude. Very bad impression as a first year student.

Just attended his lectures for the iclicker! would not bother going to the lectures if you don't use it

Whatever you do don't take his class!!! He makes even the simplest things confusing , so do your best to get another prof

No point of going to his class unless you want your iclicker marks

He tries to be funny but most of the times he just makes fun of other students. If there was no clicker questions, I wouldnt bother going to his lectures... If you can, choose another professor. That would be the best thing you can ever do in your univesity life.

Absolute terrible prof. Worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life... would not recommend to the smartest of people because trust me he will find away to make you fail.

Boring and super rude prof, does not know how to teach or behave with students.

He confused me in things i knew very well

Believe me HE IS THE WORST, Forever roasting students, never really teaches the content expects you to self-study, not approachable, "BELIEVES THAT EVERY QUESTION IS A STUPID QUESTION". THICK ACCENT, hard to understand and has the audacity to be rude. GO TO ABBAS HE IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST PHYSICS PROFESSOR.

Horrible prof. Classes are useless but there are clickers so you have to attend.

I'm sure you already have an idea but I'll chime in. He's horrible.(imaging me saying PERIOD out loud). Do not I repeat do not take him. I took him under the impression that I'm half decent decent at physics but trust me as the course goes on you will regret having taken him when the course switches to more difficult topics to grasp.

Didnt understand anything. Trust me dont take him. Doesnt solve the problems well and has very tough iclicker questions .

If you have a class with him, may God be with you.

He is the most useless Prof I have ever dealt with. He talks with a monotone, doesn't care to repeat himself for more help, doesn't respond to emails and doesn't care in general as he has tenure. He is very rude and won't help - I emailed him once and he said to stop emailing him as he is "not my instructor" until I sent him my schedule as proof.

Very incapable of teaching. He might have been fine irl but online, his classes are useless, iClickers are hard/not related to lesson and can be rude. He puts all the grades on multiple choice questions. He knows physics but simply has no idea how to teach it effectively. If you get him in an online class, switch to someone else IMMEDIATELY!

Horrible prof. I never had a good physics prof in high school and I thought that would change in university. I was wrong. Knows the physics but has no idea how to teach it. If you ask how many questions on the midterm he says 1000. If you can't switch out of his class, ask a friend for Springer or Tanguay's class link instead.

If you get him as your teacher, good luck. i was in his class and tried my best to understand :his extremely heavy accent and what he was trying to explain .if you ask a question and get an actual answer you are extremely lucky. most of the time instead of answering, he will just sarcastically say something and continue with his lecture

I don't know how this prof is in person, during the pandemic please do not listen to the good reviews, most likely from in classes, online he is a mess, answers to nothing, replies to no emails and specifically when asked about the number of questions on the midterm he replied "1000 questions, 1 second per question" with no real answer later. RUN.

Did not enjoy the class. Makes fun of students for asking questions. Rarely answer e-mails. When they are answered they are sarcastically written, with attitude and lack of concern for the students learning. He has a Ph.D. smart man but should not be a "teacher". Personally find lectures very disorganized and mismatched.

One of the worst professors I've ever had. Doesn't really care about students and is very rude. He'll make you feel dumb for asking questions.

The worst person out there. I had to do another persons class to pass

He may be more useful in class but teaching online he was very clearly the worst professor I have had at Ryerson. He lacks compassion and understanding and he refuses to adapt to any student's needs. His teaching style is incredibly rigid, and his ability to communicate information is poor (unrelated to his accent that is fine). Do not take him.

Easily one of the worst professors at Ryerson , gives a million clicker questions during class. The midterms and labs are harder than any textbook question. And he yells at students who ask questions. Do not take him !

One of the worst profs I've seen in a long time. During the pandemic he wasn't even present for live lectures. He would play a recording then take a phone call during the recording. He would pause the recordings at complete random times asking if anyone had a question. God forbid someone actually had a question cause he would just make fun of them

If I had a dollar for every time I was told this prof is the best, I would have been with the crackheads doing meth and giving free legit COVID vaccines to others in Victoria St. His sense of humor is so great standup comedy isn't a valid job anymore. Lectures were very engaging and helpful students from other sections started switching sections.

He creates these expectations that we should already know pretty much everything that's being taught to us throughout the semester and doesn't allow us to unmute to ask questions. When we get the chance he becomes irritated and expects us to already know it and to make things worse we just watch pre-recorded lectures in the zoom classes we attend.

Terrible! I rather get hit by a bus than have him teach me ever again.

Worst physics teacher ever. EVERYBODY in my class dreaded attending his lectures. He made fun of his students, and makes us feel unworthy of being in his lectures. Terrible.

By far the worst Prof at Ryerson. He is not only a horrible person but also a horrible teacher. Not one positive trait about this dude

Horrible instructor. Hides his ineptitude by bullying and insulting his students. Stopped going to classes as it was discouraging to watch him demean students. The general flow of the class was Tests > Homework > Lecture. Tests were graded on a "pick one" method, you had one question marked and that was your grade, get ready to roll the dice.

Lectures put people to sleep, he always seems like he's in a bad mood and really affects the quality of the class. Reads of the slides and adds nothing, its not able to answer students questions. If you have him your going to have to self study a majority of the course if you want to pass.

The lab and tutorial are mandatory, and we have 14-page lab reports after every lab. you have to buy a website with 120 CAD and you have to spend 3 hours every week on this stupid website. There are 2 midterms that are not only multiple choices. The final exam is exactly hard.

change the proff or drop it

Can barely hear him. Assumes that students just know stuff. Gets mad when students ask question. Generally just an grumpy old man.

Toronov just reads from slides and also is currently behind in his lectures but the program he uses for testing (webassign) is at regular pace so I'm doing tests on things he will cover the next week.

Worst professor ever. Did one midterm for this class and then switched programs. Slides are messy, and he just reads off of them and he overcomplicates things. Be ready to learn the material by yourself. Avoid this professor at all costs, switch to another professor as soon as possible.

Organic Chem on YouTube is your only hope if you're actually planning to learn.

bro just a tweaker, mid class in my humble opinion, Omar better.

best to teach yourself using webassign rather than attending his lectures as you wont learn anything from brief explanations to pre-solved questions.

After completing the term with Toronov, I can confidently say that my ability to pass was possible without his lectures. His lectures were usually pretty empty, usually due to the fact that his lessons were significantly behind from the webassign homework. Skip the lectures if they're 8 am classes, and study on your own/get more rest.

Trust others who give him 1. Took his course just bcz the time suits me and im too lazy to switch to other profs. Lectures are absolute useless, barely hear his voice if sit in the back. For those who has to take his class: ask ur other friends for lecture slides and prepare to learn everything on ur own. Exams are ez though, especially midterms.

Quite a rude prof, often insults student whenever they ask question (since they should have read the outline). A lot of people did not get a portion of their grades since the TAs did not input them. Had to go inperson to get that fixed. Most people did not have the chance to get it fixed and kept the undeserved mark reduction. BEWARE OF THEORY MARK

To pass the theory portion (midterms, final, and tutorials) you need to get 36.5 out of 73. If you are planning to take him don't bother going to class his lecture slides are useless just do the poll on your phone to get the mark. Focus more on mastering textbook questions cause he takes word for word from there.

Very bad professor, we barely got through any of his slides. Even when we went through the slides he's very bad at explaining. You're better off not going to any of the lectures.

Horrible. just rants during lectures. Disorganized slides.

Disorganized slides. Mumbles and barely understandable. Just rants during lectures.

Atp, ignore his lectures. Just play Russian roulette with him.

If you have him, and you think its going to be okay, and you'll be alright, think again, and change your schedule!

Try to change your prof asap. has a heavy accent and you can probably teach yourself better than him

I wasn't able to understand him at all. He goes off on tangents a lot and isn't very good at explaining. Lecture slides were confusing too. If you're stuck with him, go to another prof's lectures. Would not recommend.

Lord have mercy I don't know how I made it out alive. Anyone is better than him

The dude goes on random tangents in the middle of lecture and there always completely unrelated to whatever you are learning, honestly just skip his lectures and learn at home or go to a different prof for a better understanding.

Extremely inconsiderate towards students, extremely rude 1 on 1, and has a really bad ego. Would not recommend him, you would be better off dropping the course rather than taking it with him. I took it again with Professor Tanguay and got an A+, because he knows how to teach, and is much more considerate to students than Toronov.

Not good at all, just reads off slides made from the textbook. shows no interest or care towards actually teaching. can be rude at times. talks about random things throughout with no relation to the course. does not solve anything in person. does not take any responsibility to help you, just tells you to find out on your own.

The professor's teaching style is very hard to understand.

This man is truly wicked. Never in my life have I met an educator care so little about each and every one of their students as a collective and individually. He's extremely difficult to communicate with. You can do everything correctly and you'll still have to go the extra mile to make sure you get the marks you're owed.

By far the rudest prof here. DO NOT ask him about ANYTHING. He has such a degrading tone and does not care. Someone needs to bring this man's ego down omd. Going to his lectures is useless. His tests are fine, study the textbook and do the questions and u'll be fine.

I can't listen to him talk for more than 5 minutes. He has the slowest, most monotone and boring voice ever. Trying to pay attention during his lecture is impossible. He's also so difficult for no reason. It's as if he enjoys making your life miserable.

Worst prof of all time spends an hour on one slide and barely explains it and there's participation marks so you're forced to go

if you have toronov, get out of the class asap. you wont learn anything from him

Literally Horrible at teaching. He's aggressive and just reads off the slides. You're better off not going to his lectures. He doesn't prepare you for the exams. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Does not care about teaching, will make you fall asleep, not worth attending lectures, rambles a lot about nothing

while his accent is funny his lectures are unbearable, he barely completes his own examples and is very much not tech savvy, would NOT recommand

Horrible lectures, most of the students have good sleeps in his class. cant learn anything from lectures or take any notes, doesn't help for exams. Not worth of taking his classes again.

get out of his class. your better off teaching yourself the course. he has the most monotone voice and is often rude to students. half the class usually just falls asleep throughout his lectures