Gordon Shrimpton - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Professor: Gordon Shrimpton

Department: Greek & Roman Studies

College: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HUMA100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

First time I heard Dr. Shrimpton (war in Ancient Greece - not my first choice!), he opened up the relevance between events, conditions, and behaviour through history. He sparked interest in aspects of socio-political development that I hadn't considered before. He's also very patient, supportive, dedicated to students' success. Basically awesome.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HUMA120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr.Shrimpton was a great professor. UVic will have suffered a great loss with the advent of his retirement, which to my knowledge has happened. If one has the opportunity to take a class he teaches, do so; don't miss the chance.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUMA120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

AMAZING PROF! His teaching style is great, havign a powerpoint up and just talking about what he has up so as to allow you to get a bit of everything.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUMA120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Love him.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GRS333
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's not the easiest marker in the GRS department, but put in the time and effort and it pays off. He's also very approachable and helpful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GRS331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A great professor! If you show up for class and pay attention you're bound to do well.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GRS372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GRS321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Boring speaker and he mumbles too. But knows his stuff

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GRS333
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Is very helpful. His classes are interesting and he is an adorable man. Highly intelligent and interested in his field.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GRS379PHIL381
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Brilliant lecturer. At first he seemed repetative, but after a while I picked up the subtilties in the ideas he was xpounding. His tangents are also valuable, as they try to explain the conecepts in other ways. His marking is fair and the final is worth so much so that you can proove what you learne

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GRS333
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are very interesting, he does go off on frequent tangents, but these too are usually fascinating. His tests are fair, and although he puts so much weight on the final, he gives very liberal clues to its questions beforehand.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GRS378
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

dr.shrimpton is personable and funny. a man of many talents and a gentle spirit.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GREEK101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good prof, definitely knows his material. Picked a textbook he doesn't seem to like (and that I didn't like either), which was puzzling. Tendency to ramble, sometimes quite interesting rambles though. Quite friendly. You only have to memorize the material and you'll do fine. The exercises are easy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GRS3216
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Extremely sweet man. Worked so hard to figure out the powerpoint stuff on his labtop..which he DID figure out. smart guy, knows his stuff.likes to ramble.fine to skip.brought in food and drinks for us on our last day.AWESOME! Not an supr easy essay marker

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GRS332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

absolutely brilliant one-on-one, but his class can be tough because of his sometimes wayward lecture style, but take power point notes and DO THE READINGS and you will be fine. The weighting of his finals can be scary, but he marks them easy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GRS332
• 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:

i thought his teaching style was refreshing, he did use humour to try and keep the attention of the class, he was full of useful information and very helpful

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GRS332
• 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:

the most boring class ever. his powerpoint notes are crap, not very organized, marking scheme is very disproportionate (10% midterm, 35% paper, 55% final). Just a bad, boring class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GRS331
• 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:

The only reason he is like my grandpa is because he is senile. Has no idea what is going on. Extremely unhelpful and terribly boring. Awful AWFUL professor. Should not be allowed to teach.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GRS300S
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

So dry that you often miss out on the funny bits. Can't fault his Greek history though. Either love him or hate him (probably has a lot to do with whether you sleep through his jokes).

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: LATIN201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He made Latin enjoyable!