Marc Vachon - University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB

Professor: Marc Vachon

Department: Geography

College: University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEOG2415
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Vachon's lectures can get dry and overbearing, so learn how to skim. He highlights the important stuff in class, but post his slides and all the test questions are come straight from them. He also gave us questions before the exam so we knew what to expect. Paper was super straightforward and he's available to help you with anything

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GLOBALIZ
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Overall good prof. His powerpoints are extremely difficult to decipher though. His english language skills can sometime cause problems. He barely touches the textbook that he requires for the course.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEOG2411
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed taking Globalization with professor Vachon. He gets really excited about the material and sometimes goes off on tangents, but they're always interesting and related to the lectures. I thought he did a great job of presenting very complicated concepts in an understandable way. I feel like I gained a lot from the course.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEO1102
• 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 had really high hopes going into this class. The first class he was very funny, the class was packed, I thought this was going to be a fun class. No. Boring! He is very charismatic but a VERY hard marker (well his TAs were), never gave any constructive criticism on how to improve. Marking seemed so random. He was all over the place. Learned zip!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: H1
• 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 was the best prof; very clear and neat in terms of explanations and so on. Not easy but fair

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEO0000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took him for Globalization, Cultural Geo and Urban Planning - he is a very good prof, but sometimes tends to use too many examples from Quebec. Not a problem really, but he has his quirks. Very approachable, fair marker, but you don't really need to go to class because everything's on the powerpoints. He is very hot for his age, too + his accent.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEO101
• 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:

Pretty good guy. Fairly funny. Boring. A lot of the time he makes no sense. He will starts sentences and not finish them. The tests are very hard. I looked at the tests thinking " I have never seen most of this" he repeats the same phrases like "in that regard" One class I counted and he said "and so on" 118 times in one class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOG001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good prof. Not really nessesary to attend, but he's got a good sense of humour.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEOGLOB
• 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:

OMG! He is still my favourate professor of all time. So much passion for what he teaches. He is partly uncomprehensible but his notes make up 4 it. You need to be sharp to get the most out of his classes and i find him super hot. Love listening to his voice to the point that i stop paying attention. May be an **** but so hot (i cant explain it

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEOG001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

terrible prof. powerpoint unclear, and contradictory to textbook. not friendly outside of class. doesn't know how to spell and doesn't bother using spell check. study everything.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

HAHA good ol' vachon... i took urban development with him. he's a funny dude, i honestly never went to class and still came out with a B+. He gives questions out for the final, marks fairly easy... tends to ramble a bit..some of the stuff is reallllly common sense.. you could probably pass the final without attending class haha

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: URBDV2415
• 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:

Decent guy, lousy prof. Powerpoints were utterly incomprehensible. Inconsistent marking. You will learn next to nothing in a class of his.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEO001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

lectures can be a bit dry and boring. You really don`t need to go to class because the slide notes are self explanitory. He has a sarcastic sense of humour which I appreciated. He could encourage more class participation. Subject matter is very interesting.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEOG2411
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

amazing prof! amazing class!vachon is passionate about what he teaches, is approachable, and respects others viewpoints! highly recommend!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SGSP3000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Sex, gender, space, place. Easy class, material couldve been better. The language barrier causes problems, and often he'll say one thing about assignments and then later it changes. An easy class to pass, but no challenge. Wouldn't want him as a prof again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HUMANGEO1
• 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:

His powerpoints were great, he was entertaining which made the class fly by. And his french accent is sexy

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: INTROGEO
• 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:

Enjoyable class would take class with prof again if material itself were more interesting. Fairly easy class just follow along in the text and very straightforward. Definitely recommend this class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Interesting prof, but lied about what was on the final. he said the section on agriculture would not be on final, and sure enough it was. good thing I looked over it anyways to get part marks. don't believe anything he says- study everything. he also ****es at the class if people don't show up to lecture.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

His system with putting his power point slides online before lectures is great. You can just print them off and highlight main points as they're covered in class. I would definatley recommend this guy. Using the companion website to the text was great for his tests and exams, some questions were word for word from the site.

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

he was a bit hard to understand at first, for maybe 2 days.. but when you get used to his accent he's great. the power point presentations were really helpful to study as he based a lot of his exam on those. the term paper was a lot more interesting than others i've done, and i'm continuing to take his classes!