Mac Nelson - Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Mac Nelson

Department: Social Science

College: Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOCIOLOGY1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best course ever. Too bad he has retired. Langara will miss his excellent courses.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class was organized and Mac was helpful in giving his own detailed comments about the marked assignments. The course load was moderate, but reading the weekly chapter(s) is a must. Mac also provided the outline for the mt and the final which was very helpful. Despite not catching up with the weekly readings, I was still able to get a good mark!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great class. Be prepared to read and learn about our social problems. 1 midterm, 1 term paper, 2 essay questions and a final. Extremely organized course structure. He helps you prepare for midterm and final. Great discussions, and he gives good grades with your writings as long as you are trying and being a critical thinker. Great class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Mac is the best instructor you could ask for for an online course. I took him for Soc1122 and Soc 1127. Discussion is only worth 6% of your mark. He tells you exactly what is going to be on the exam, he replies in depth to discussion messages and poses follow up qs and he even recommended some great sources for my paper!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't take this course unless you need too. Nelson does not help with assignments or clarifying points. His answers are vague and majority of the time doesn't even answer what you asked. Makes it seem as though he does not care about his students.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The ideal professor. Inspiring, helpful, and engaging, even though it's online! This was an enjoyable class which had a well organized format and relevant readings. Mac is the best prof I have had at Langara and I find that the online format really encourages motivated students. Great class, great prof! You will work hard and learn with this class!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mac is fantastic! His feedback and questions encourage you to really analyze and explore topics. This online class was organized, interesting readings (a fair bit of reading, though relevant), and he clarifies things when you need it. Big focus on the readings, of course. Cares about his students. I'd definitely recommend and take him again!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO1120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very helpful instructor, lots of feedback and coaching available if you need it. Super passionate about the subject which in turn helps you get into it more.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Loved this course! Mac replied to every comment online with feedback and further questions for those who wanted to learn. He gives midterm and final exam paragraph questions early so you can prepare well for them. For an online course, he clearly puts effort and interest into each student. Great course w/relevant readings in short stories.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best online professor ever! Everything is so organized and easy to find.He marks well,and is very helpful.Nelson is very critical about sociology he should teach second year courses online!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1122
• 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:

This was my first class, and I loved it so much! The textbook is well written and I wanted to talk about sociology to everyone, I found it so interesting. About three hours a week spent reading the weekly chapter and answering the weekly discussion question is all you need to succeed in this class. The topics are fun, very relatabe to real life.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC1127
• 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:

re-inspired interest in sociology. Very helpful. A lot of interesting readings.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOC1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Spent enourmous amount of time in feedback on essays and class discussion. Really enjoyed the course.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC1126
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The course was on the sociology of the environment and I thought that it was fun and the topics were interesting. The course had an excellent choice of reading articles, they were current and enjoyable. I also felt that the instructor gave a lot of time to the course which definitely helped.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1127
• 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:

Took his 1127 and 1126 concurrently. Massive workload, tons of reading but was interesting. Responded to discussions with thought-provoking questions. Gave out exam questions a week before which helped. Hard courses if you haven't done soci before as textbooks don't explain background. interesting subjects though, and nice guy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Took his online course cuz I thought it would be interesting. I totally regret it now. There's a lof of discussions and TONS OF READING! The format of the online classroom is really disorganized and it's hard to find stuff. Don't take this class unless you need it.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOC1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Really enjoyed the online experience with him. He responds to almost all the discussion postings and really got me thinking about social problems. Highly recommend his courses.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This was an online course. I often had to email back and forth many times to get answers out of him regarding assignments: he is definitely a vague guy. All the quizzes have questions from a previous edition of the textbook and I keep getting incorrect marks. Readings started out manageable and became ridiculous. I regret taking this course.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

To teach an online course you need to be able to convey instructions and points very clearly. Sometimes I can't tell what he really wants or what he means. He's also kind of clueless in that a lot of questions on the quizzes are errors and you can't actually find answers for them in the textbook, I had to point them out to him before he fixed it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOC1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Loved the textbook and the time he spent responding to students postings.