Don Lyon - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Professor: Don Lyon

Department: Engineering

College: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The Don himself. The man, the myth, the legend. A lot of work, but you get used to it. You'll drop 20s on his midterms but it's all good because his 100% final is ridiculously easy. A true beauty . He'll be talking about bridges and before you know it you're listening to him explain how the world would be a better place without Arts students.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I truly enjoyed Don's lectures and sense of humor. The only unfortunate aspect to this course was the "adult education" notebooks which were incredibly distracting, frustrating and poorly thought out. Despite this, he tells you exactly what is expected and the 100 percent final made up for getting thrown through a loop.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He comes off quite intimidating and you wont like his lecture keeping policy, but in the end it does help you learn the content. He knows what he's talking about and when you respect him he'll respect you.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ME4623
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very lazy marker, cares more about the final answer than the methodology or the work shown. Hard to get ahold of and is usually unprofessional is his responses.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Lyon has many stories related to material, extremely funny, goes very quickly through material, almost to a fault, where he seemingly sometimes thinks students know more than they do. But Lyon is very assertive and makes it clear what he wants from his students.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You will have lots of homework to do, but he teaches the course really well. He provides many examples and explains problems clearly. Lectures can get dry, but he tries to keep things fun and interesting with jokes and (relevant) stories. It is clear that he cares about the success of his students, which is why he asks a lot of his students.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Don Lyon is a hilarious and effective prof. This course is a LOT of work, but it's because of all of the work that was assigned that I did well in the course. Would definitely take this prof again.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Take good notes in lecture, and be ready to put time in on your own

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Try and avoid him if you can. I find him very frustrating and from what I can tell he cares more about how funny he is than how much you learn.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Explains topics in lectures well, tells you exactly what you need to know for exams, very much a no-nonsense kind of prof. Some dislike having to hand in reworked lecture notes and homework, but I'd much prefer that to something like MasteringEngineering.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's pretty par for the course. If you're easily offended, his jokes will upset you. But he clearly doesn't care. Not a bad mechanical engineering teacher. Knows the concepts.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The Donald Trump of UNB.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A lot of work and tricky midterms. Lecture notes need to be redone and handed in; NOT COPIED; to pass ENGG1082. There are many ways to fail the course, but if you do the work you'll be fine. Final is easy as long as you study and outcomes are very clearly stated. Dr. Lyon has a crude sense of humor at times, but he's quite funny, and he does care.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Tries to intimidate at first, but stay on track with the lectures and you won't even have to study! Take good notes though because he piles on the homework for midterms and exams. Lectures can get repetitive with the same routines of short explanations and then lots of examples and note copying, but his strategy worked well for this class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ME3232ECON
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

No one cares more about the student than Dr Lyon. He had us take an anon survey for feedback about the mechanical program. As a 4th year I can appreciate him trying to fix things in an honestly cancerous ME program. That aside he's your prof and not your friend expect some work. Assignments can be a challenge. Exams are fair though.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I went from really not liking him and his teaching methods week 1-3 to absolutely loving them after the exam. Really fair, tells it how it is, has great lectures probably my favorite prof so far. He's kind of like that strict coach that after the season you wouldn't know what you'd do without. Unfortunately I'm in EE so I can't take him again :(

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Definitely knows how to teach a class and make it interesting and easy to understand when the concepts aren't necessarily the easiest to comprehend.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He has a very frank approach. He lays out the expectations he has for the students, which are designed to allow you to succeed. You have to attend class regularly if you expect to pass the course. He's tough but very fair, and makes the topic enjoyable.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ME3232
• 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:

Put a lot more effort into the course than just the curriculum. He included "real world" context and anecdotes which made this engineering econ course feel complete. Understand the way money moves and the notation (AP, FP, PA, GA.. etc) and you'll do fine!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1082
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Midterms were pretty solid the exam was not difficult, if you understood 80% of the material you'll be fine.