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

Professor: Paul Kashiyama

Department: Computer Science

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

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EECS1520
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall, he's a great prof.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EECS1520
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The type of professor that just goes in lectures quickly and leaves. He doesn't care whether you learned anything or not. His class was very boring and exams were not easy at all.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doesnt post slides or info, reads through slides in literally 25 seconds you cant even copy down information to study.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Paul is a great prof and course work is relatively easy. He is helpful when it comes to questions regarding assignments and his tests are extremely easy. Lectures are not mandatory as he just reads off slides (sometimes quite boring) and studying off the textbook would be sufficient enough for an A.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1000
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's an okay lecturer since he mostly just reads out the lecture slides. There no point of going to class, just read the slides and you'll be fine.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

the tests are not really correlated with the lectures. His lectures are more practical and don't really talk much the textbook. The tests are all about the textbook, if you do the readings and find the powerpoints you will do well. Lectures are useful for assignments. Lectures are very boring and all he does is read off the powerpoint.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1620
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

okay

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Honestly Paul isn't that bad of a prof he's just sarcastic sometimes when you ask questions but other then that the assignments are easy if you have the text you don't really need to go to class since he basically reads off the slides but if you study the slides it's easy to get a b or c+. his midterm are suicidal but the final was soft

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1620
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Java programming is not a walk in the park. It's less of a walk in the park for students who have not taken any precursor programming languages such as C or C++. It's basically the equivalent of reading literature without learning the alphabet first. This prof's attitude isn't awful, but he really needs to stop simply reading slides.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1010
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Do your homework assignments on time, and make sure you make a nice set of flashcards for the exams. Everything on his powerpoints can be found in the Textbook, or online (your going to have to search them yourself). HIs lectures can be dull at times, but you will remember some details that will help you do better on assignments or exams.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EECS1520
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher, interesting lectures, pretty easy class too.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EECS1520
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Does his possibly confusing lecture, sticks around for a bit for questions and that's all you'll need. He goes over everything he tests for and does require much else. I didn't take notes or do the readings till just before the exam and got an A. Easy course, easy Prof.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSE1520
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Really easy class. Make sure you do all the homework. They may take about 2 hours a week to finish but easy marks. Get past tests and study before hand and you should get an easy A.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1620
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures is a little 'flat' , and might send a misconstrued impression that it will be an easy course. However to do well in his test requires strong understanding of Java concept. The assignment questions will require a bit of time to solve (from the point of view of first-time programming learner).

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EECS1520
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Kashiyama is a really nice guy and knows the content well. The course material is a little but boring but it is not extremely difficult either. All the evaluations (excluding the exam) are optional, but if you do not like your exam being worth 100%, do the homework and tests. They also help you with your studying!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: EECS1520
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a cool guy, (nice ponytail). However I couldn't care much about the class., so I rarely went. That being said, do all the assigned homework (easy, free marks). Past exams will save your life. They're literally identical. Textbook use was nonexistent, note the lecture slides online. The exam weighed a cool 92% for me, it wasn't that bad.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1010O
• 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:

Good

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ITEC1620
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amazing professor. Itec 1620 programming was a HARD course but prof made it interesting. Tests are challenging. He's not a boring lecturer like other profs. Awesome personality and COOL prof! Definitely recommend!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 1620
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

boring lectures, better not attend the lecture. you'll pass if you read some of the textbook

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSE1520
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is just a regular prof, he comes to class and lectures. He answers all questions in class and that helps a lot. Go to class for the binary chapter, he explains it really well. Do the excel assignments, they are free marks. Get past exams to study for the final, 80% of the questions were the same. Study PPT slides for exam, textbook was useless.