Donald Hastie - York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Professor: Donald Hastie

Department: Chemistry

College: York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not the best prof. No need to show up for lectures. He just records himself reading off of the slides and posts it. Slides are not detailed. Midterms were average. Final was brutal. Self study is the key. But, he was very caring and accommodating during the 2018 CUPE 3903 strike which was appreciated. But, I wouldn't take a class with him again.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He has an accent but it's not hard to understand. He's just not a good teacher. Basically reads off the slides and the slides aren't that good.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Horrible. Do yourself a favour and enroll in any other section, I guarantee youll do better. His notes are horrible, lectures are even worse. Tutorials are alright, I suggest just attending those. Do past tests as practice, DO NOT focus on textbook questions.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hastie is below the average professor. He lectures chemistry like a social science classes. His tests are very tricky with always a bell curve question. If you only rely on his slides you may only get a passing mark, so knowing all of the different questions from the textbook and past midterms are key for B+A.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

his tests were easy but the class was soooo boring that everyone felt sleep. his accent and tone of voice is more like a documentary. Anyways, avoid him cause there are better profs in the market. like Johnson.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don't take class with him

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good prof but be prepared to work for the A

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

Tests are straight forward and easy to ace. Lectures always help clear up misunderstandings in the readings

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

I'm so glad I had Prof. Hastie for Chem1000, he posted the lecture material online and was helpful in the tutorials. He often livened up the lectures with stories and jokes, and made an effort to keep our large class engaged. While our quizzes were often difficult, they were fair. I would definitely recommend him!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lots of self teaching! His lectures are long and boring. Not a bad prof but avoid if you can.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Boring and useless classes. If u care about ur garde dont take him. If u have him, skip all the classes to get better marks. Attending his class is waste of time. Study by urself to get A.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a good professor. He records lectures so you can listen to them anytime so attendance isn't mandatory. His accent is a nice change up and he's got a decent sense of humor. Tests can be tricky but nothing that you haven't seen before in lecture. For best results do the problem sets & past tests and review the textbook.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ok who ever is reading this don't listen to these people. If you want to get an A+ in this course which You can, is 1. Believe in yourself, don't walk in to class with a negative mind set saying ohh hes to hard. 2. Work your ass off. Do as many questions as you can. Write in your notes the practice problem, and concepts. WORK WORK WORK = A+.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy is funny especially with his australian accent mate! He's not the nicest prof. but better than a total jerk. His test are alright and sometimes v. hard.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Awesome professor. He is funny, I like his accent and the way he says molecular. Tests are easy if you study. Textbooks do not give you the skills to do good. Its abstraction of what you learn. Study and you will do good. Procrastinate and you will fail. Awesome professor!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had him for chem 1000... his tests are nothing like the questions in the textbook, and he always asks questions that trick you and at the end you run out of time and fail. He never used the board nor the textbook... just overheads which have nothing to do with whats going to be tested. Would not recommend..

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

His quizzes are way easier compared to the other profs, was thinking of switching sections after reading the comments but stuck through. didnt attend class, just read the textbook do all the questions. quizzes seem harder than you think because you feel pressured with so little time. hate morning quizzes though

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall, decent prof. Study hard and maybe you'll manage to get an A. Exam marks were brutal.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hastie is a difficult teacher. Expect to fail the first 2 tests, most do, but stick around cause the next 2 will hopefully be better. Exam was BRUTAL.only thing helping our marks were the labs.No point showing up to all lectures, its all from the txtbk & he reads directly from ppts and goes offtopic. His accent may be cool but his teaching sucks.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

His tests are extremely hard. This course should be removed from York. Sorry, but no matter how hard you try, at the end of the day you will still fail the tests