Professor: Anne Topper
Department: Physics
College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ENPH253
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Topper was my favourite prof in second year. She is kind, which is honestly hard to find in physics upper year courses (where a lot of profs are incredibly condescending). Being a female and having Topper as my professor gave me hope in a class with 5% women. She answered every question, numerous times, with the same amount of kindness and clarity
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
My experience with PHYS 117 was definitely enhanced by having Prof. Topper! The course had the potential to be difficult for those who have never taken physics before. However, all the material needed to learn it were available. Prof. Topper is approachable, quirky, engaging, and available outside of lecture to answer questions. Definitely cared.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: APSC111
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
One of the best profs I had first year! She has a real genuine caring for her students. As someone who didn't start the course off on the best foot she was always very reassuring that we would be alright which felt really good. I ended up going from an F on my first midterm to ending the course with an A-!
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: APSC111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good Prof, Goes a little fast sometimes but i learned a lot
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She was really helpful as a student coming in with no physics background at all.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ASPC111
- Grade Received: F
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I once saw this prof in the LCBO with two 2L bottles of wine and it made me laugh because that's exactly what I needed to make it through any one of her lectures. A peer of mine asked a question during an exam and she thought it was funny enough to share with our entire supersection the following day. If you see the name topper RUN!
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Very sweet professor that cares about her students. Unfortunately she can't translate this into effective teaching. One of worst lecturers I had in first year.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: C
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She is very confusing.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
A very solid prof. Her sense humour, often awkward, was entertaining. She is very fair in her expectations, and her testing was very reasonable. Provides an ample number of examples during lecture, and many resources from which to study. Her exam was a breeze and one of the easier ones in first year. Speak to her if you need help, she's very nice
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: PHYS107
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The most childish prof I've had to date; I literally feel the need to leave every time she uses that stupid duck. The quizzes were extremely challenging, but they were online so you could work with others-otherwise you would run out of time. She writes solutions to problems once, and never revisits them so you're lost at the end of the semester.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Anne make me feel bad at phyqs. Prefer to live in ignorance. no need for meanieness. duck cute tho
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I loved topper, she's a great teacher and a hilarious person overall. Be prepared for examples using toys, including her favourite rubber duck.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: APSC111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She is approachable and does good experiments in lecture that help increase the understanding of the content. Her powerpoint examples make sense and what we are evaluated on is fair compared to examples from lecture. Sometimes she makes lots of algebra mistakes (usually Fridays) so don't blindly write down everything she does without thinking!
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: C-
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She did not explain her thought processes clearly and assumed you knew exactly why she was doing what she was doing
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Topper's lectures are confusing and her exams are quite tricky (not to mention out of few marks, meaning that you have less wiggle room to make mistakes).
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She is tough and is a terrible teacher.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Not extremely clear in class. Difficult to follow even in an intro physics course. Makes the material harder than it should be.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She was one of the profs that everyone raved about going into first year, and she was good but not quite as AMAZING as everyone said. Uses fun props to demonstrate concepts and not difficult exams (especially if you've taken physics before).
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great prof. Very helpful if you actually go to her office hours. Exams are super fair if you pay attention and listen in class. The labs are pretty straightforward. If you have taken 4U physics, this is basically just a review with a few more topics covered.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: PHYS117
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I can rant on for hours about how she can only be the best prof ever.
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