Michael Brookfield - University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

Professor: Michael Brookfield

Department: Geology

College: University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• 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:

If you ever have a chance to take a class with him then you should! He is very approachable, funny, knows a lot about geology, and shares hilarious stories and photos from his travels around the world. The midterm didn't have much to do with the lectures, but he makes it up by giving the same questions in the final exam.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He used the smallest overheads ever!! But awesome proff

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• 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:

couldn't even understand the guy.. he missed a ton of classes. Though the material was good.. it had nothing to do with the tests, because they were lab based and didn't correlate. So it was pointless to show up.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• 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:

A great class with a great teacher! Always a funny story to share, and with buying the notes instead of a textbook, it was much easier to listen to the lecture itself. The midterms and final are pretty easy, as long as you do the practice ones online! Well done, Broofield!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1500
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Funniest and most random (monty python and weird al the last week of class) teacher I've had, always throwing you off with a good morbid and sarcastic mark (how 'bout those methane bogs?). A little hard to understand sometimes with the accent, but overall a pretty interesting teacher. Slide shows were great!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• 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:

Prof. Brookfeild was an awesome prof, he made the class fun and interesting with lots of stories relating to the material. He always had lots of good pictures and had very fair exams ... i would deffinatly take another class with him and would suggest him as a prof to anyone wanting a introductory geol course

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The main question on our final exam was something that was not taught in the course and he didn't care.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• 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:

funny guy, good stories, seems very passionate about geology. he should try and make his lectures tie into the labs. i know a lot of people that had a hard time in this class because of that problem.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• 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:

Professor Brookfield has amazingly funny stories, and he is so enthusiastic, and he actually talks with the students. He has a good sense of humour. His midterms/exams are a bit hard, but he's a good prof. I feel bad for his migraines :(

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• 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:

tells hysterical stories

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1050
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He really enjoys Geology and he shows this passion through his teaching. His slides are extremely helpful and ad a personal touch to the information.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GEOL2020
• 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 teacher, he enjoys geology and it shows. trys to get class involved although not always sucessful. great slides and very understanding, all around a nice guy

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• 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:

Professor Brookfield is very knowledgeable and seems to be fairly interested in the subject but he definetely is not enthusiastic. Very understanding though. His slideshows are also enjoyable and add to lectures

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEOL3120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His fantastic and effective examination style will be the model I work from if I ever become an instructor. Approaches science as a real process and students as potential thinkers, cares about his subject. Hard if you want to avoid thinking, medium easy and enjoyable if you want to think.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GEO1100
• 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 teacher!

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Great teacher - covered broad content extremely well. Numerous wild stories about treking in India, etc. too. Lots of useful advice and comment for freshmen. MB clearly didn't accept any excuses for lateness, dumbness, etc. Cool 'jungle' office.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

he seems kinda crazy, but he loves what hes talking about and he's extremely knowledgeable about it

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

does great job of breaking up the material and adding interesting side notes that break the monotony

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• 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:

this class is SO hard. i was told it was 'rocks for jocks' and holy crap...is it hard. they have changed the course all around...and prof. brookfeird doesn't explain any of the concepts so that we can understand them. He just assumes that we know

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEOL1100
• 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:

Watch out ! the old GEOL 1100 was easy..this is no longer called "rocks for jocks"..the course has changed and is much harder. There is no text book so you have to rely and try to understand on what he says...