Bela Joos - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Bela Joos

Department: Science

College: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He loves physics and his students but he grades very harshly. In the second midterm, no students left before the end of the 80 minutes and two weeks later results were not yet posted. Overall an okay teacher, would recommend purely for his passion.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's very passionate about physics and he can rationalize it as he talks and write formulas. He teaches relationships instead of plain equations. If you look at him do the lectures or examples, everything looks trivial but beware ! Unless you have lots of experience in physics from other courses be ready to practice a lot !

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a good prof. His course is well structured and pretty interesting, The tests are very tough, but your final can count for all of your grade (so do well) He offers a few past exams (DO THEM) Overall a good prof, sometimes his explanations are complicated but if you practice all the problems you will be fine. Go see him at his office.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He does not teach well.... not at all. The lectures are so boring even if i actually try to pay attention but after 15 min I just can't. He doesn't give much example and all he uses are math formula that he tries to prove. The concepts seem clear to him but he can't teach it to a class. He is a very good person but just not a good prof.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You can tell he's really passionate about physics and what he does, which makes him a very interesting prof. However, when you ask for clarity on some concepts, he tends to use the same example you didn't understand in the first place. ATTEND ALL DGDs AND BUY THE TEXTBOOK!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very nice guy - easily approchable and his passion for PHY shows. He does do a good amount of examples, and a few demonstrations. which is nice. The textbook is great, I strongly recommend it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Decided to stop attending classes because his explanations were more confusing than helpful. Do the homework, attend the DGD and read the textbook and you should be fine

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His final exams and second midterms are difficult! There is a lot of material to cover and his explanations aren't sufficient and most of the time confusing. I had to teach myself most of the material straight out of the textbook. Physics is hard and he knows it, but he doesn't make it easier.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Explications confuses.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHY1521
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Il est très gentil, sauf que ses explications ne sont pas très claires. Il fait beaucoup trop de preuve théorique, pas assez de pratique. Pour passer ce cours, faites TOUS LES DEVOIRS et allez au DGD

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHY1701
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• 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, but he'll help you only if the TA cannot answer your questions! And like someone below said, he does something w/ his eyes...and it's so weird!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHY2723
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Does something kinda weird with his eyes.... Looks like he's possessed. Either that or he's teaching to God. Either way, good teacher.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHY2323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Most difficult course you will ever take at university. STUDY STUDY STUDY like that kid says in "Miri"!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHY3903
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great course...and a very cool prof.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHY1701
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very good prof!!! I was scared to death before taking physics this year, I really hated it in highschool!After taking his class however, I actually discovered I quite like physics! Any prof able to that must be great!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHY1701
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Teaches well, forces to visualize everything. Only issue is occasional mistakes which needlessly confuse.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHY1701
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ok be needs to speak louder

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHY2323
• 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:

It was a privilege to be in his class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHY1701
• 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:

Bela is the****! ;) He's so cute! joking with no reason, but always funny! Gotta love making a student introduce himself in class, cause he was talking! AWESOME PROF! Take his course, helpful.. but, WATCHOUT on final... make sure you prepare for.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHY2323
• 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:

an excellent professor.