Georges Denes - Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Georges Denes

Department: Chemistry

College: Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Denes is very nice but he makes the it impossible to pass chem205. Im currently retaking the class with another prof and i got an A on my midterm when I failed the first time with Dr. Denes which makes no sense. I have requested to see my final from last semester and its the end of the new semester and I havent even heard from him yet.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM242
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I'm writing this review and the semester is not even over yet. He lets you know what he wants for the midterm, but then will test you on half the things you have never seen before and not the stuff you were expected to focus on. It's his last semester, so i feel like he just doesn't care and wants to go out with a bad bang.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, just don't go to class if you have to have him as your prof. Just keep up with the material outside of class because all he does is read from slides and his english is so difficult to understand. Doesn't answer questions well. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Cons: strong accent (hard to understand) teaches very fast (skims through hard material), tough exams and harsh grader (takes away points for spelling mistakes). Pros: very helpful during office hours, gives a lot of hints in class about what will be asked on exams. Very good teacher when he's not squeezed for time. His slides are useful

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He only reads from the slides, doesn't give a break in a 2 hr 30 min class which was at night, he mumbles a lot and since he has hearing problems you can't really ask questions, all he cares about is the history part of chem ( so many questions from those parts in the midterm ) basically chem205 was self study for me which was time consuming

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Oh my! AVOID AVOID AVOID. Worst prof I've ever had the (dis)pleasure of taking. Such boring lectures, he just rambles, and never responds to emails. Students started dropping like flies in his lectures. Hes nice sure but disorganized, unclear, hard to understand, took him over a month to post midterm grades and it was all mult. choice. AVOID

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He barely answers questions, his teaching style is to put up a powerpoint slide and just tell you you need to have it memorized before moving on and blabbering on about useless information that's way less important than what you need to know. Would NOT recommend, especially if you're a beginner in chemistry.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

just terrible. Won't answer any of his emails, won't tell us our final grades, and don't let me start on his lectures and the trolly he keeps rolling behind him, holding all his kitchen stuff yakk

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's absolutely TERRIBLE at lecturing, and HIS EXAMS ARE INSANELY LONG!!! Most of the class got bad grades because of that! Don't take him if you want to be on the safe side!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Lol 60+ failed the course in Fall2016. Don't ever take this teacher.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid him at all cost. 35 students failed the course and 23 were in D rangs. Only 4 students got an A- no B+ and the rest were B and C. Total students in the class were 90

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Denes is a tough one. He's not a good professor, and strictly reads from his slides for the entire class. He's hard to understand, and seems lost and confused often. His midterm and final were unlike anything we did in class or in the tutorials or labs, involving much more complex problems than anyone I talked to had seen.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are almost impossible to understand. It's as if he doesn't understand that the people in the class don't already know the material. For him, all the material is easy stuff, so he'll throw up a concept and say "but you should already know this, this is easy" and then move on. He's a very nice guy, but he's a terrible teacher.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's really hard to understand during lectures because he is old and has a very strong accent. I wouldn't have learned anything if not for the tutorials and the online assignments.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM242
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

why is he still in the university? he is too old to explain, even he can't hear people when they are talking.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures kinda stink, ended up not attending many towards the end (accent too thick and reads right from the slides). However Denes is a sweet old man who is willing to help and more than happy to answer your questions. His office hours are very helpful! If you get a really sucky chem grade, blame not studying enough, not him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Memorize the textbook and you still won't pass the final

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM242
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are long and boring. Material not interesting. Explanations not clear enough.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

the best there is and the best there ever be no need for studying denes is awesome

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM205
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is not a good lecturer. I think he teaches too much. When I was writing the final, I was in a class with 50 students and I overheard him say that he had 10 classrooms currently writing the exam! Oddly, he is an excellent 1 to 1 explainer so I recommend staying after class and asking him questions or going to office hours.