Bill Skidmore - Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Bill Skidmore

Department: Humanities

College: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

SPEAKS SO FAST YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO TYPE ANYTHING. I am an extremely fast typer and I don't have time to type let alone comprehend anything he's saying. Passionate about his work. If you do the readings, you will do well. Class is pointless as he rambles on about everything and anything and when he DOES get into the material, you can't keep up.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HRGHT101
• 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:

Wonderfully inspiring and extremely wise. Courses could, however, be more valuable if they were more challenging.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUMN1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

So boring, lectures were long, useless and boring. go for the guest speakers. he was a good person but Jesus was he boring.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Bill is an angel, he is truly passionate about his work. He is very respectful of students and class content, and does everything possible to help students succeed. Gives attendance marks just for showing up to tutorial, participation not needed (lecture not mandatory). He showed a lot of videos and drew upon his own experiences.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1000
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Being an international student at this greedy institution (Carleton), Bill's courses were worth every single penny i have spent! He has amazing lectures, is very caring and grades fairly. Defiantly recommend him! He is the reason why i'm majoring in Human Rights! I learned so much from him!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1000
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Bill is THE BEST professor i have had in university! He's so caring and very understanding. He is the reason why one of my majors is in Human Rights. Not only are his lectures interesting, but he has taught me that being a good person is important. I have learned so much from him that has helped me grow as a person. Defiantly recommend him!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1001A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Amongst the few of the most compassionate and caring professors Carleton University ever has. He is truly concerned about Human Rights issues and really helps to raise awareness and the gravity of the pertinent issues. Do not hesitate to take a class with him if you're passionate about Human Rights, you won't regret it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1001A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The entire course was centred around this man telling stories of his personal experience. However, we never really learned about any ways in which Human rights could be actually tackled. More of a history lesson of this guys life. Don't bother taking notes because he literally just puts quotes up and reads from the slides. Caring guy, awful prof.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Boo hoo, the world is bad place. Bill cares more about feelings and what should be done rather than the reality of things. Lectures have nothing to do with the assignments so just stick with reading the material. Be careful if you have a different opinion than him. His class will slander you if you actually think outside the box.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2401
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Most genuine professor at Carleton! Bill is the mot amazing man, with the kindness biggest heart and so many worldly experiences and stories. He truly changed the world, and he just hopes he can teach these stories and lesson onto his students. Would recommend 10/10 you learn so much about different conflicts abroad. Show up and listen and learn!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2401
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

BEST PROF EVER! Words can't describe how perfectly he's suited for the job

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2402
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Love, love, LOVE this man. Hands down the best human rights professor at Carleton. His lectures are incredible and get you really questioning human rights implementation globally. I've had a couple classes with him and he never fails to disappoint. Is there when you need help, or even just to talk about human rights in general. Take his class!!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2401
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I absolutely love Bill. His voice is soothing but his lectures are full of interesting (but heavy) stuff. Is very fair with his assignments and the exam is very straight forward. Make sure that you actually do the readings though because the exam is entirely based on them. Such a nice guy outside of class as well, he made me appreciate human rights

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Excellent professor. Very knowledgeable. Term mark consisted entirely of a paper, an exam and participation. Focus on the readings and take good notes from readings in order to do well on the exam. Once you do that and ask him for help for the paper (which he gives a lot of great help), you're golden and your mark will be great.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1001
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Bill was fantastic! I really enjoyed having him as a prof. He's definitely one of the profs you will remember forever - he's such a neat dude. Readings surely take a lot of time and are crucial for passing this course. His exam is solely based on readings. I would love to take another one of his courses! Would recommend to anyone interested in HUMR

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2402
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very lazy lectures. Drones on, and almost always videos. Certainly passionate about the subject matter but the class seems to center around 'boohoo the world is a bad place'

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1001A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I love Bill's class! He is one of the kindest and most down to earth dudes that you will ever meet. His lectures are fairly interesting but can be a bit dry. I wish he had better slides, I feel like that would keep me more into the lectures. If you have Bill you 100% need to do the readings!! It essentially comes down to that for the final.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Hes a great prof and very passionate about what he teaches. Lectures are not too important but I would still go. Exams he usually gives the questions and thus they are super easy!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HUMR2401
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Bill was a great prof, always available to meet with you and discuss material. Lectures are kind of pointless but i'd still go as they are very interesting.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HUMR1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bill Skidmore is one of those teachers you remember and feel inspired by long after you leave. His classes were passionate, interesting, eye opening, supportive ( as in he is there to talk to if something really affects or tiggers you) and inspiring. Amazing guest speakers. Amazing class, with an amazing man.