Carlos Ventura - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Carlos Ventura

Department: Engineering

College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CIVL507
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Did not have good lecture notes. Lecture schedule was not well organized. I basically learned ALL the contents by myself from the textbook. The midterm was unreasonably easy, almost everyone got 90+. The finally was weird. There was not a single question that similar to the questions in the tutorial. A great researcher though.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Joke quizzes, extremely difficult projects. You'll end up with a good grade, but there is a lot of suffering in time and difficulty; a contender for the hardest civil undergrad course ever. Prof and TA is basically useless.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Great professor!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

BEWARE OF THIS COURSE. SAP mini projects are TOUGH and you are not taught enough to do most components of them. TA NOT helpful. Course material is dry. Quizes are sometimes not even related to course material - dont overthink them, some are just plug and chug...

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Useless professor, TA, and course... don't waste your time and money on the textbook, they won't help you on your quizzes. Information needed for you mini-projects will be taught after the project is due (if he even decides to teach it), so don't bother going to class. Taking this class was the worst mistake of my academic career.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CIVL507
• 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:

he has no skills of teaching. he simply can't transfer his knowledge to students. once he asked students to read one chapter of 100 pages by htemselves! in final he only sees the final answer regardless of your approach. not happy with his teaching at all!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CIV1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He knows his stuff; and if you care to work at his courses you will learn quite a few things.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are rarely related to what is asked in assignments, midterms, and finals. Must attend tutorials and ask TA. Very long assignments, and final and midterm were not easy. Should give more examples in class instead of playing with that ruler of his.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I should have done the project where you didn't need to write tests/homework/exam or even attend class...I would have learned more

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CIVL436
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the WORST profs I have had to suffer through at the worst school on the planet. Absolutely no interest in helping students, class presentations impossible to follow on power point and incredibly boring. Very difficult to pin him down at his office for help outside of class. On a scale of 1-10 he doesn't even rate, a rat could teach better

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: VSEGE15
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hey Kids make a little effort Who says life is easy?

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: DYNAMICS
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Fake Intelligent, No care for students, Assumes that he knows everything in this world on dynamics, very rude, marks up very bad, demoralizes students, students have very hard time.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CIVL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

instead of making things easy, challenges students

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CIVL228
• 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:

His lectures are quite boring, but the use of computer demos are excellent.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CIVL228
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Mumble a lot, explains unclearly, has no interest in teaching, but test easy. No time for student; into research.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CIV
• 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:

doesn't know what's important to students, and a tough grader. no partial points

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CIVL228
• 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:

if people would just pay attention in class, the class isn't very hard

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CIV228
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

cannot find him

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CIV2282
• 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:

Very unhelpful, more interested in research than teaching