Doug Johnson - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Doug Johnson

Department: Biology

College: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO4174
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Had one midterm and one large important NSERC proposal to write. He isn't the most energetic lecturer and goes off track often but he is very kind and caring and his exam questions are easy

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I don't know where to even start. Basically you will have to learn everything from the textbook and cross your fingers that the bell curve is in your favour.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is not the best lecturer; he isn't very clear and he goes into much details (more than we as students need to know) like a researcher he is. Textbook and doing the practice exams help tremendously. However, he is very likely to answer your questions ad help whether through office hours or through email especially before exams.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I'm sorry I had him as a prof. This year's genetics section will be a lot easier to comprehend now that he's gone. His tests don't make sense and his fill in the blank questions are too vague to understand what he wants. I think he should stick to research and not teach again

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO3176
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took 3176 as well as 4134. Both of the classes I took were amazing. He is so clear and obviously interested in what he's doing. PlantAnimal has an essay and presentation, not a final. It was my favourite course to date. Animal Behaviour was very intuitive and enjoyable.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Oh Johnson, he's a good person, however his lectures were all over the place. There were not many lectures I could follow what he was saying. You're probably better off getting the info from the textbook. His tests were also not the best. Especially his notorious fill in the blanks or rather sentences. Your best bet: do well on KMG's section! GL.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sometimes I found Dr Johnson''s lectures a bit confusing but he''s an excellent prof overall and has a good sense of humour. You will have to read the textbook a lot for this course and podcasts can be a hit or miss depending on your style of studying. Beware of his fill in the blank questions on the midterm.. DNA and RNA blankblankblank

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I tried so hard to like this class but it just couldn't happen with Johnson. He was a really bad prof and his clarity is awful. I would try to read the textbook as much as possible...but I didn't even know what the focus us. Good luck fellow students

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Unbelievably useless and incompetent. Never available to talk, avoids admitting his mistakes by diverting responsibility to the coordinator. If the university cares at all about the students they should seriously consider removing him from ever teaching again... do yourself a favor and DO NOT TAKE ANY OF HIS CLASSES. He made me hate my best subject

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very sweet prof., but having him as a teacher really makes you miss the way Dr. Gilmour did her lectures. The textbook is your best friend for this course.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

Horrible teacher. I managed to find a way to get through his material. Download podcasts and play them in slow motion while taking notes at the same time. That'll make it easier to decipher his lecture. This course covers a lot more material than other courses. If you study everything at the last moment you will fail. Study weekly, A- is possible.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

DJ is not even that bad. Listening to Podcasts makes everything so much more clear. The class focuses a lot on structure and students tend to study functions more.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

Not clear at all. Classes are really awkward specially when he makes jokes that are not funny at all! His tests are terribly confusing. Nice guy, terrible professor

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!! His questions on the midterm were very confusing and u don't really understand what the question is asking of u. Multiple choice is extremely hard... AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!!!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BO1140
• 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:

Can you say "incompetent"? Dr. Johnson does not speak in full sentences, does not clarify anything, and is about as interesting as watching paint dry...realllyyy boring paint. He also has a bad habit of teaching false information, and making up words, and then insisting you buy into his delusion for the length of the course. Not impressed.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor DOESNOT reply to email; if so just says, "we've discussed it in detail in class". He is very unclear, wikipedia is even more helpful. I totally agree, Dr. Gilmour is best. Everything was crystal clear until this guy came along

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

Difficult to understand, but not a difficult course..

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AWFUL. Rest assured, you are not the only one in lecture who thinks he is speaking gibberish. This is like an actual quote from his class: "so lac operan and x and z and enzyme and blue and it can also not be blue if the substrate is green but it is cleaved so then the molecule."

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

This man does not speak in sentences, but rather strings random words together in hopes it will make sense. He is so difficult to understand, it's not even funny. Good luck my friends, good luck

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO1140
• 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:

He's not the best at explaining things and he tends to talk about what we'll see later on in the course rather than what we're doing now. listening to the podcasts was the same as being in class. Just take notes and answer the questions thoroughly. Everything on the exam was from the slides or what he talked about.