Paul Delaney - York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Professor: Paul Delaney

Department: Physics

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

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I am currently taking NATS 1880, with the exam being today. That concludes professor Delaney teaching for the fall term. He is a good professor, he uploads transcripts of his lectures which are very useful to study for online tests and quizzes. He does need to reword his questions as they are often confusing. Overall, he teaches online very well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Delaney was the prof for the first half of the online course. I enjoyed the content of the course a lot, he's very straight forward with what he expects in the individual assignments/group assignments. For the whole year we had 4 individual assignments (300-400 word papers) 4 group assignments and 2 exams. Content is not hard. Take online.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His teaching methods are quite vague. His lectures are more like one-on-one conversations with himself with almost 0% class input. He's an intelligent professor in his field of study but teaching is not one of those fields in question. Does not push students to do their best or participate or care for the class. It's a shame, he could've been great

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are a copy/paste of the textbook. 90% of students attended the lectures only because the clicker question are graded. Super long tests. He also removed the time limit on the homework after students kept complaining. Overall, he was not ready to teach this course.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1070
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

easy

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's really enthusiastic and fun, wish he taught the full year, recommend this online class to anyone that hates waking up early and loves staying home

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Some people are born to teach, and Paul hits the bullseye. If you have the slightest interest in Astronomy, you must take the course. Paul memorized his work to the point where he doesn't read off of his powerpoints. I've never fallen asleep in his classes. You can clearly hear the enthusiasm in his voice when he teaches. Would def take again.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

he is a great prof who is passionate about his work and what he teaches to his students, he squints a lot and he literally memorized the course materials for the life beyond earth course because he never looks at the slide.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The best prof I had at York so far. I would absolutely take the course again! If you are at least somewhat interested in astronomy, would be super cool for you. I love professor Delaney

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: NATS1180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This prof is the cutest man alive! His Australian accent makes learning about Life Beyond Earth so much more interesting! You have to goto all the lectures so you don't miss any clicker questions but it's extremely interesting!! GREAT PROF!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• 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:

Delaney was very lecturer but I found many first year students to be disrespectful and talked while he lectured. Online tests and assignments were super easy and the Midterms and exams were made out of the online and in class questions. You'll do good if you study the questions. Group work brought my mark down. Delaney is super helpful and fun.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is very nice and quite helpful. Though he will not accept any late/missed assignments. Overall, he is a really good teacher, he knows his course almost perfectly and does not let the course get boring. Also, its a very easy course as long as you're not a total slacker

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's really passionate and enjoys what he is teaching, which in turn, makes it interesting for the students (well, for me at least). He knows his stuff and he's very entertaining to listen to.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• 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:

awesome

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1470
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Delaney is passionate about astronomy and always makes it interesting and entertaining. He is very busy but will take time to listen to you.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He seems nice but honestly he is pretty cruel he'll never let you replace a 0 if its your religious holiday or for clicker questions he just keeps referring to the 80% rule, and isn't really understanding overall, doesn't answer emails and if you want to check your midterm marks you got to go to him. Hard teacher, NOT A EASY MARKER.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Can not even express how much of a great professor he is! So easy to stay engaged, he's very interesting. He's funny, he's got a cute accent.(haha)I plan to take courses that he's lecturing because he's that great. His questions on tests/exams could throw you off and are kinda tricky but are fair.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1470
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

FANTASTIC PROF!! The course was online and the readins were very heavy and we had biweekly quizes which werent easy. And his tests are specific and pretty hard and he' a hard marker. But he is still the best, most amazing, caring, helpful, nicest professor I have had so far!So if you're up to study hard, take any course offered by him!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1470
• 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:

Great prof. Except he is not the easiest marker and his tests (exams) are hard. So better study! Other than that he is a great prof.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: NATS1880
• 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:

Simply put, this guy is a blue-chip prof; one of the best that I've had so far, if not THE best. The Good: He's a very intelligent, knowledgeable prof, who explains things in a clear and engaging manner. The course is well run and kind of does your studying for you. The Bad: Little interaction with students. The Ugly: Strange course format.