G R Frank Pearce - Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Professor: G R Frank Pearce

Department: Sociology

College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: THEOGRAD
• 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:

Mr. Pearce often talks above students when he does not have to. I believe he thinks it makes him appear exciting but it really just comes off as arrogance.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: AAA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

HE'S GREAT.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOCY210
• 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:

He talks to his students has if all of them have PHD's. If you have this professor i would highly recommend switching. Delay it for your degree until they find another teacher.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC221
• 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:

Very hard class. As others have said, he talks high and mighty to students and is almost incomprehendable despite his own genius. Very hard to understand what he's saying, and lectures are boring.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

there are no words for pearce...he is full of wisdom and so cute

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Bring a laptop to his lectures, or else you will be left behind. Tells you the exam questions before the exam, pick three of the 12, but you dont know which ones will be on it, usually 9 is. I enjoyed the course, was scared at first but you just need to get used of it!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fantastic course and fantastic teacher. Intellectually stimulating and actually requires students to really listen and engage with the materials. Definately have to take Pearce with a sense of humour at his attempts to frighten students. Its nice to have a prof that expects alot from students. He is also very willing to sit down and talk/help

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221X
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of the most intellectual and challenging Profs I've ever had, although it wasn't the easiest class I've taken it was definately the best

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• 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:

It's been two years since I was in his class and my total contempt for him is still going strong - he left a lasting impression.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• 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:

Prof actually beleives in students' ability to figure things out and develop their own interpretations. Ya sure, this is harder than your other second year classes and he knows some big words, but did you really come to university just to be told the answers so you can spit them back out?

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's obvious incredibly intelligent - and he knows it too. The course material is hard enough - his lectures don't make it any easier. He seems to enjoy the fact that no one understands him. He refuses to simplify or "dumb down" lectures even though it ends up hurting his students.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

that was the most brutal class i've ever been in. Never had a clue what he was saying, and i think he delighted in being so cruel. The guy may be a genius, but ... it's a 2ND YEAR COURSE! MERCY!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Frank Pearce seems to take pleasure in the fact that no one can understand him during lecture. Ha makes no attempt to explain things and is a horrible teacher...should definately not be teaching INTRO to social theory

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Intelligence means nothing when you cannot convey it to your students in a way they can comprehend. FRANK PEARCE REVERSES THE LEARNING PROCESS. He also believes that sport is the biggest distraction of the 20th century ..what a meat head!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

My favourite class! He makes me want to work hard in hopes that I will one day be as smart as him. Bear with his lectures... when you get them, you feel smart!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Pearce is brilliant, unfortunately he has yet to apply that intellect to his teaching methods. Despite many specific complaints about his lectures, he made MINIMAL efforts to improve them. The course is difficult, he made it almost unmanageable.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOCY221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Brilliant ... excruciating lectures. Definitely should not be teaching intro to theory!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOCY480
• 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:

inspires you to have original, creative thought and is one of the most brilliant people i know!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a genius, but hard to understand. Very helpful if you go see him.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 221
• 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:

Not always easy to understand but he tries really hard