Alan Rosselet - University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Professor: Alan Rosselet

Department: Computer Science

College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSCC09
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Best professor ever had in university

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSC209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Overall, not a good prof. He is clearly intelligent, but his lectures lack structure and he assumes you have a lot of knowledge which you may not. He doesn't return assignments, so I had to drop as I was unsure of my mark in the course. His main plus point is that he usually responds to email quite quickly if you have any issues.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSCC09
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very helpful professor! He genuinely wants to help. Never lets a student leave until they are given a satisfactory answer to their problem.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSC104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The course title: "Why and How of Computing" is misleading. This course has no substance. A comment on instructor: I don't know how he got a teaching job at U of T - supposedly the strongest school in Canada? Anyway stay away from this prof.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSC104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Rambles a lot. The examples he uses to explain concepts are a waste of time. Good intentions, but a waste of time. Very boring. Seems very bitter. Bad jokes. Midterm was much more vague & harder than the sample test he gave us. Glad this class is only half a semester.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSCD58
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Courses also includes: CSCC09, CSCC69, CSCD08. Extremely helpful prof. Sometimes he is kind of vague in his lectures, but he will definitely clarify if you go to his office hours. He does have a tendency not to finish the massive amount of prepared materials every lecture; maybe he knows too much and want us to get our money's worth.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSC110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Rosenthal made learning python so difficult, don't listen to his lectures, just go online and search it on google.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

most boring proff keeps branching off and talking about the most useless things. impossible to follow him in lectures and his lecture notes and solutions on assignments are IMPOSSIBLE to understand. talks in such a way it sounds like he's nervous and does an amazing job with confusing students. he should retire and make puzzles.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSC236CSC258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Better for 258 than for 236. You kind of need to get used to him. Midterm was incredibly easy, and I thought the final was too, but I guess they marked it hard. One major problem: doesn't really make any notes, and there wasn't a text, so you need to pay attn in class. Really nice guy, smart, interesting. Classes are fun, if you like the material.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSC258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Even though I was never registered in any of his classes, I made sure I attended his section. He knows his material very well, and answers your questions in a prompt manor.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSC270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

worst prof ever. guy is too anxious and anal. jumps all over the place in lectures and has no notes whatsoever. what a waste of time.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SCI199
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

a boring prof., over-complicates on everything, & he's subjective in marking assignments...he only wants to get what he believes in the assignment...develop a abstract paradigm from an empirical and concrete idea, that makes us unclear on the concept only...

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSC104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a really good teacher; he's enthusiastic, helpful and easy to follow. Because he genuinely seems to care, he's probably my least intimidating prof so I wouldn't hesitate to ask him a question

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSC207258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

As long as you're interested in the course and computer science in general, his lectures are genuinely interesting. He's obviously enthusiastic about certain topics in CS, which helps. Some of his test questions can be quite obscure, but you won't be the only one to get them wrong.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSC236
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

his lectures are SOOO BORING! it takes the guy 20 minutes to answer a simple question and he talks in such away that he keeps branching off into insigificant details so students forget his actual point. he shows effort in his work but overly complicates things, he should just keep it simple.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He likes to overcomplicate his answers to your questions alot, when a simple yes or no would suffice. He also seems very hesitant to give away assignment solutions, meaning that he will rarely be helpful when you ask him for help with them.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSC258209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Alan Rosenthal is an excellent prof, he's very helpful and is great for answering questions clearly .

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSC209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Alan Rosenthal = Unix. He knows everything there is to know about modern day computing. An excellent professor

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CSC258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Alan is an excellent prof, really knows his stuff well.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSC258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took three courses with Alan csc258 csc270 and cs209...The Material wasn't easy but the lectures were just awesome. I've been to the office hour a few times and the prof always made time for me. Overall I think this is one of the best profs you'll find.