James Toth - Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Professor: James Toth

Department: Social Science

College: Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOAU400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hands down the best prof I've ever had. Interesting, clear and funny. Take a class with him if you can and are interested in Anthro. He really knows his stuff.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOA101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Toth is probably the biggest egotistical & **** man I've ever met. If you really pay attention, which is difficult because he is rarely clear or specific in his lectures, he somehow manages to degrade women in one way or another each class (ex: telling us to just skip an entire chapter (divorced women) of a book which we were writing an essay on.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Save yourself the aggravation, don't take his class. In the end, it's an objective test, two papers, and an essay final... most if not all graded by the TA (hopefully you get a good one). Otherwise, he rambles and scribbles things that honestly don't matter on the board. He thinks he's funny, but he's not. He thinks he's teaching, but he's not.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOA315
• 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:

wear a red sox shirt and he'll like you. that's pretty much all you can do for your grade though.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOA400
• 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:

ummmmm this professor sucks. there's no nice way of saying it. he doesn't make any sense. he just repeats himself over and over again. each lecture is pretty much the same. haven't learned a thing from him. and i'm pretty interested in the material, but he SUCKS!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOAU101
• 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:

He's funny, but kinda boring. I wasn't so interested in the class (it was a core requirement for my major, so that was probably it), but it wasn't horrible. Do the readings and make an effort with assignments and you'll be fine!!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 3SOCCOURSES
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Manic ego-maniac who rarely makes sense. A pretty easy grade though, if you can stay awake.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PEOPLESCULT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

at first i thought it might have been the class material, but looking at the ratings of others who have taught this class it must have been him. he just sucks. he's not as bad as people make him out to be and the grading isn't that hard, but i definitely wouldn't say that i learned a lot or that i had any amount of fun.

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

this class is insane. nobody ever has a clue what hes talking about. his lectures have absolutely no relevance to anything. i can honestly say i have been in this class for almost a whole semester & i havent learned a damn thing yet. by far the worst professor i have ever had. luckily, the work load isnt bad & the TA grades easy.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

worst professor i have ever had. he comes in unprepared and will admit this to you. he also doesnt talk about anything in his lectures. he is extremely egotistical and this class was seriously painful. by far the worst professor and the worst class i have taken at NEU.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOAU315
• 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:

Highly dissapointed that it had nothing to do with mythology, aside from that, he was a good teacher and easy to understand. Did a good job of outlining tests.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PEOPLESANDCUL
• 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:

Great class not to hard, 4 papers and a final grades pretty easily. Nice guy lectures are a little boring though.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOCIALMVTS
• 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:

Boring awful professor for a boring awful class. His voice is REALLY annoying. He goes off on strange tangents, and would be incredibly pleased if the class staged a coup against him... would be a great social movement. Weird guy - avoid him if possible.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PEOPLEANDCULT
• 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:

Lectures have nothing to do with anything. You would learn more by reading things on your own. More concerned about his opinion than the right answer. Not a bad guy, but a horrible teacher. If you want to take this class, take it with another professor.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PPLSANDCULTU
• 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:

lectures with lots of tangents, to the point where you dont have a clue what he is talking about. was a class with a lot of potential but i did not enjoy it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOA307400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

i think that he makes no sense. maybe that's why i like him. i don't know. either way.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOCU280
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

the key to doing well in his classes is to write your papers based on the notes from class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOAU315
• 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:

great guy and very funny... however confusing at times. Spends most of the class talking about something that is not directly related to the class. Papers were a pain in the butt to write, but if you follow the format you'll do fine.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MYTHRELIG
• 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:

A standup guy, maybe less than standup professor. At time it is unclear whether he has a mastery of his field or material, though he is quite the Middle Eastern/Islam historian. Sometimes, suddenly in class, it may appear that you are just as qualified as him after actually reading the required text

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOAU307
• 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:

What the hell is he talking about? Didn't get 1 thing out of any of his lectures.