Chris Chanway - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Chris Chanway

Department: Forestry

College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FRST303
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Couldn't keep to his own schedule for the class and so barely covered half the material. He didn't offer office hours or answer questions clearly. I walked away from the course feeling more confused about Forestry than when I walked into it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FRST303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I wish I could rate him a 0. Avoid at all costs, the worst prof I've ever had. Powerpoint material is disorganized and extremely confusing (plus no textbook), very slow and monotonous lectures, no office hours, not helpful at all, 35% midterm and 65% final. An absolute nightmare of a class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FRST303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is such a nice guy; requests to have exams moved due to conflicts - no problem. He does have a monotonous voice, and the pace of lectures was often too slow, but the class was not difficult. If you have a science background, the first half of the course is review... If you attend class, he'll tell you which of his slides are important for exams!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FRST303
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good class for people with no background in science, a bit tedious if you do! Easy class to get a good mark if you do the work, content is interesting but the pace of the lectures is pretty slow at times

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FRST303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

best prof ever.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: FRST201
• 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:

Kind of boring and uninteresting lecture, most of the time he read from a ppt someone else made, always with a monotonous tone of voice. the first classes he gave clear notes on mycorrhizae but it went downhill from there and once we reached the nitrogen cycle nothing made sense. he's hot in a scruffy kind of way

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FRST211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely useless, worst professor I have ever had.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FRST201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fun

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he is probably the worst prof. I have ever had at UBC. He is very monotanous and gives terrible notes. Avoid this professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Monotonous lecturing and slow pace is offset by his hilarious self-deprecating sense of humour.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't give good notes, but that would have been ok if he could talk a little bit faster. He's not very unclear so you wouldn't know what's important and his exams requre quite a lot of memorization (even though we were told that there would be no memory-based questions on the exam).

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• 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:

This guy, although he does know what he is talking about, gives AWFUL notes. The reasoning he puts behind his notes is: "They've read the textbook, I'll just give them notes in point form to review". Unlike other profs, he DOES NOT supply enough information for the exam so please read the book!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He talks very very slowly which makes it extremely difficult to stay awake (especially during an 8 am class). Seems like a nice guy but i wouldn't want to sit through his lectures again.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• 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:

Awesome prof!! He is a slow talker...but what the heck..at least I'm able to absorb these material in early morning 8am classes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A very nice guy but definitely not a good teacher. VERY slow lecture + a the textbook explains things a lot clearer.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• 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:

Great prof, nice guy, slow talker.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• 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:

Nice prof, slow lectures, easy midterms, not-so-straight-forward final.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I have never heard someone speak so slowly in my life. His lectures are a waste of time (to put it nicely). this guy has no idea what he is talking about w/ respect to biology so read the text book or better yet, the study guide, and you will do fine.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he covers so little material that im petrified for my next biol course... also not helpful that he hasnt touched zoology since 1974 was it? but a VERY nice and generous guy and tests are ridiculously simple

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• 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:

Very sweet, helpful and funny. But you'll have to study the text on your own if you ever want to get anywhere... Otherwise a pretty good prof.