Nina-Marie Lister - Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Professor: Nina-Marie Lister

Department: Urban Planning

College: Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PLG420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you are curious, open and keen to learn and work hard, urban planning comes to life, especially with NM's field trips.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PLG240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Be ready for her to change the premise of her projects the night before they're due with no communication apart from her D2L discussion board so always check!! Has a superiority complex that makes her difficult to approach. Lacks respect for students outside of the classroom setting. Her tests are not too difficult if you study and attend lectures.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PLG240
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

A lot of readings each week. Readings were all posted on D2L, but were deleted after 2 weeks. She was really enthusiastic about ecology, but seemed to have included too much course material into each lecture. Class was graded on a couple of assignments, midterms and a final exam.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PLG240
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Never responded to my email. Never on time and expects students to be on time.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PLG240
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst and most disrespectful prof you will have. Please you can avoid having her save your self. She tells students that she is too busy to respond to emails and needs 48 hours (excluding weekends) to respond. Never once on time and her exams ask about the school mascots . She Once said that she has a full time job to care about students.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PLG240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The lectures are great and the field assignments are fun but the readings are dull and the multiple choice questions on exams will trip you up.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PLE835
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Lister is a truly amazing prof and really inspires me with her love of planning and being a mother of 4. definitely one of the university finest!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PLG240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Elaborates far too much and gets off topic easily.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PLG420
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I did not get her, sure she knows tons and is a something at harvard, but there was no need for me to spend 5h a day with her complaining and getting frustrated with everything. I get it you're busy, many of us are and many other profs are. but non of them are this rude or don't apologize for being late

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PLE835
• 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:

Lister is quite possibly one of the brightest professor's I've ever had. She expects quality work from her students, which isn't a surprise (isn't that why we're in university?) I found her lecturing style really effective...she speaks very clearly and really tries to engage the class. If she sees you putting in effort, you'll do alright.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PLG600
• 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:

This Professor is consistently late for lectures, she did not show up for a class on time all semester. She relies on her TA too much, having him mark ALL of our assignments. Constantly complaining about how hard it is to have kids and teach.. dont teach then! She is NOT dedicated to teaching at Ryerson.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ABAB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's a great teacher! Very helpful and nice too, always tries to help me understand. How she manages to do a job like this, run a household and look after four kids is beyond me. She gives a fair amount of work, but a really great teacher to have overall. I hope she stays at the university for a long time.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PLG600
• 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:

she is very passionate and knowlegable. the thing is she talks very fast and doesn't stop.. sometimes professors should leave some space for students to understand and digest their words. giving breaks is another way to improve the her efficiency of delivering knowledge.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PL8200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

she is so mean. she uses big words to try and impress people but really we just dont understand. wears terrible clothing. always looks too tiered/stressed tp teach. awful and unapproachable

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PLG600
• 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 tries to impress you with her big words, never gets marks back on time and really could care less about teaching. does she think that we care about what she does at work. she's is totally stuck up and doesn't realize that we are the ones that pay her SALARY!!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PLG700
• 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:

Lister is great! You have to earn her respect through hard work, intelligent comments and an appreciation of her sense of humour, which is esoteric to say the least. The haters on here just don't 'get' her and would prefer to coast through life.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PLG420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very good looking woman. Aged like a bottle of chardonnay. Her teaching style is very to the point, logical. She can be intimidating but she's that way from being a full-time consultant in private practice. She wears quirky clothes and has a knack for ecology, geography, cartography, and culture. A very substance-based marker.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PLG610
• 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:

horrible professor I have never see in my life. no respect to students. Seems nice but in fact she teaching people whatever things that will never put up on the final. Testing students something that extremely hard (as she said ?more logical question on final?), the final exam papers thick like yellow pages, not enough time at all. Cant imagine spe

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PLG420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Wow. Well a few things to be said about Lister. She's very passionate about Planning, which is inspiring. Also, she is strong, professional, and determined. But she is also super intimidating, not to mention a huge ****. If you run into her out of class, good luck even getting the time of day.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PLG835
• 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:

fairly easy to understand in lectures with relevent materials taught.