Maggie Austen - York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Professor: Maggie Austen

Department: Chemistry

College: York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM2080
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof Maggie is the best! Gives extra help and clear explanations. Top Prof!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM2080
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Boo!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: NATS1820
• 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:

professor Austen was SUPER nice. took 'molecules and the mind' with her in '08. gotta admit the material may be a bit tough for students who aren't science / chem majors, but all in all it wasn't extremely difficult. like someone previously said, prof. austen is the MOST patient and definitely approachable / friendly / helpful prof EVER!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: NATS1870
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Being that it was her first time teaching this class (Summer 2010), I think it's a bit more difficult for the students who have no chemistry background what so ever. As well she asked the class about our majors (majority being non-science majors). With this known, the material was still confusing and frustrating at times.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: NATS1870
• 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:

She suck... use wiki as a guideline, no text book or wt so ever. dont have a single idea of wth she is talking abt in class. make everything look hard and tone of work.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1500
• 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:

where to start, never helpful because only time she will talk is after class when10-15 other students attempt to get a word with her. YOU CAN TRY VOICEMAILS< EMAILS< OFFICE VISITS w/E, she wont be there. she has the worst test, make no sense at all. HALF THE THINS SHE SAID IN CLASS WERE A BLURRR BECAUSE SHE CAN NOT TEACH FOR SH*T. GET OUT OF Y O R

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

In the first tests (Gases) I got 90% with Dr. Hastie and got 65% with her. This prof is absolutely the worst. Her tests are EXTREMELY HARD unlike what other students said. She teaches SO FAST and her tests are nothing compared to other profs. Take it with Hastie/Pietro/Hempstead or whoever but don't take it with her! DON'T EXPECT A HIGH MARK !!!!!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

"The test was instantly difficult and some questions were not even close that i studied in the textbook and past tests."

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

" The test was brutal! don't think it was fair at all since i had done the practice questions in the text book and even the quiz questions. nothing i was familiar with seemed to be on the quiz. "

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

"I came in to the test and I was SUUPER confident. I was so sure I was gonna ace it after having studied really well and done the problems. I also felt that I really understood the material and could explain it to others. To my surprise, it was absolutely brutal!!!! I felt so annoyed because I couldn't understand any of the questions"

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I never complain but this prof has some serious problems. She sucks @ teaching.. It took her 5 hours to teach 3 chapters (#6,7,8) and the test was NOTHING compared to the tests from other sections ! Prof Hastie, Pietro, Hempstead are all WAY better than her! STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!!!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

BEST CHEM PROF EVER!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1500
• 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:

the best prof at york. the best chem prof i've ever had

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

She gives the most useful exam reviews...very helpful in preparing for exams and tests.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1000
• 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:

SHE IS SO PATIENT! No intentions of tricking her students. Very straight forward. Genuinely wants her students to succeed in the course and will help in any way to get them there.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• 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:

It's very rare to come across such a dedicated, keen, organized, kind, well intended educator. She takes teaching to heart, and always goes out of her way to help her students. She is even willing to stay after class, for sometimes hours, clearing doubts...none of my other Profs would do that.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1001
• 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:

Her quizzes were fair. The best bet for a high grade is to do textbook work and all assigned questions. I never attended class and learned out of the textbook and found her quizzes easy to fair.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM01
• 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:

Why is she teaching, she is with out a doubt the worst Professor in the history of professors. She mumbles on and on, everyone talks in her class, and the list goes on and on. Do yourself a favor and take this course with Rene. Only at York would a professor like this be on hired faculty.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: NATS1829
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lame course. Alex is the worst TA EVER did nothing expected students to run tutorials. Austen had no idea what was going on changed course outline like 5 times never gave back work.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: NATS1820
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sweet but disorganized. Hasn't given back some of the assignments that were due in October so trying to improve in her class is a pain. No one knows where they stand in the course. Totally lazy about lecture notes, just copies and pastes from Wikipedia. The TA plays on his computer at every tutorial and doesn't like to answer questions.