Dan McCarthy - Brock University, St. Catharines, ON

Professor: Dan McCarthy

Department: Geology

College: Brock University, St. Catharines, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3P85
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst profs at brock. He just puts up random articles with the links in the slides. When you go to open the links to study they dont work. Put extremely unfair material on his tests and does not care how bad the class does. Also gets angry when students want to meet with him to discuss marks.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3P85
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible professor. His lecture slides are random quotes pasted from a journal abstract, and to learn anything you need to read all the journals. Is it laziness? probably. If you like reading 10 journals per lecture, leaving more confused after asking him a question or being stood up at his office hours take a course with mccarthy

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ERSC2P61
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

THIS MAN SHOULD NOT BE A PROFESSOR; HE IS A KIND MAN BUT THIS MAN DOES NOT TEACH OR PROVIDE MATERIAL TO LEARN FROM. HE IS A HORRENDOUS PROFESSOR AND SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED AS A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER. I HAVE LEARNED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FROM HIM AND IM SO ANGRY I SPENT MY MONEY ON HIS CLASS; 800$ OF TOENAILS COULD TEACH ME MORE THAN HE EVER HAS

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ERSC2P09
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely amazing professor! A wonderful person as well! Labs are very easy marks and his exams are extremely fair! :)

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEOG3P85
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dan is a really polarizing character. If you participate in class and ask intelligent questions he is very willing to help you succeed. His lecture style is really quite strange but I really enjoyed his classes.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ERSC2P09
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Dan is amazing. I understand sometimes he can seem as though he goinf off into a completley different topic but in the end it all relates. He is helpful, passionate, kind and caring when it comes to the subject at hand and his students. He one of the best profs at brock i throughly enjoyed his teaching style and him as a professor!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ERSC2P09
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

My least favourite prof EVER!! I am an earth science major and luckily I have choice in classes and will NEVER take another class with him!! He is very smart but does not know how to teach. You have to go to class since lecture notes online are not helpful and for a textbook it was a bunch of different books on reserve.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOG3P85
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is by far the worst prof I have ever had. He is smart but doesnt know a thing about how to teach. Lies what he says is on a test is not. It not helpful in any way when it comes to asking questions in regards to labs/ essay or even on the subject as a whole. He just makes it more confusing.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEOG3P85
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof McCarthy is a nice guy, but very scatterbrained and disorganized. He is interested in his field and I'm sure quite knowledgeable, but often goes off on tangents and doesn't tie it all together. Could have skipped several classes and still got the same info. Overall decent though

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I took several of his classes and I wish I had found this site sooner!I found him to be extremely scatterbrained. There were several times I had to go talk to him about an essay topic and he kept changing my topic and adding things until even I was confused. He would then get upset with me for the changes he made! He blames students for his faults.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ERSC5P92
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Horrible prof, horrible person.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ERSC5P92
• 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:

Dishonourable treatment of students. There should be punitive measures for his behaviour.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ERSC5F90
• 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:

Decent enough for undergrad courses but an absolute nightmare for graduate work. Will constantly blame you for stuff he demanded in his revisions. Very unorganized, doesn't have much knowledge on the graduate thesis process. I have sincerely regretted choosing him as my advisor. He will try to keep you there as long as possible for funding.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEOG3P85
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The best earth science teacher at Brock! He really challenges you to think. A lot of readings in his courses but you come out having learned a great deal.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3P85
• 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:

VERY monotone however as others have said he is incredibly helpful and labs are really easy marks!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ERSC2P09
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Although he is monotone and tends to speak in questions, his labs are free marks and if you pay attention to his lectures and his exam hints you'll to fine. VERY helpful if you don't understand something.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

i knew him when he was still in GEOGRAPHY. back then his labs were the booster for my GPA. rock on.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ERSC2P00
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof! He's always available to answer questions and responds to e-mails usually in the same day, even on Sunday's! His exams and labs are a little tough because he expects us to remember more than he teaches us.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENVI2P00
• 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:

boring, couldn't be more monotone, SO NOT FUNNY

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SCIENCE
• 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:

Spaced out guy.