Peter Forsyth - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Peter Forsyth

Department: Computer Science

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS476
• 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:

Hands down one of the best profs I've ever had at Waterloo. Very knowledgeable in both finance and cs. Wished I picked his courses earlier.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS476
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really passionate. Great prof!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS476
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of my favorite professors!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS335
• 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 is not a teacher,because he doesn't teach. He just write a little extra of what the course note can teach you on the blackboard, while repeating exactly what he writes. He doesn't elaborate anything more than what he writes. The course is hard, the notes itself is really hard to understand + he doesn't explain. He has terrible writing. Worstprof

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS774
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Nice course, very smart and funny Professor. A little disorganized with his notes

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: AMATH341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I disagree with most of the comments below. He was an excellent prof for this course. It was clear - the exams reflected what we learned.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: AMATH341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best prof. Not condescending. Very nice. Sloppy writing. excellent prof overall.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS371
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This man is the rudest, most arrogant, most unprofessional professor I've ever met. He insults students, tries to make them look like idiots in from of the class, won't answer your questions, says everything is a "simple minded concept," is rude in office hours in the sense that he uses harsh tones and just insults you. He was terrible- avoid him.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS476
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Unclear and much more complicated than should be. After investigating other sources, everything quickly became clear; lectures were actually detrimental to learning. Despite appearing knowledgeable by using complexity, Peter lives in his own head disconnected from the real world. AVOID! If interested in subject, look at ECON and AFM offerings

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very unclear explanations, horribly sloppy writing, very vague hints, very quick to respond to questions which means they are often not answered as desired. If you take this class, DON'T take it with this prof! Also, exams were tough, assignments were FUN though (if you tried), and other than that, I hated this class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• 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:

He doesn't listen to what you have to say at all... As you're talking, he's saying "yeah, alright" just DYING to cut you off.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This is a pretty tough course if you're not coming from the CS stream. He pretty much follows the course notes exactly which is a good thing but only half of the assignments is actually coding. The rest is proofs which were never my strong suit

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I find his teaching very confusing, the assignments ask for things that we didn't get either in the class or the course notes. He made everything very complicated

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

In lectures, tends to tell how rather than explain why (which makes this particular class needlessly boring)

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS472
• 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:

Overall the hardest assignment courses in University. He was very helpful and prepared you well for exams if you bothered to do the extra problems. Fast fourier transforms .... Noooooo

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS870
• 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:

Pretty good professor, very clear explanation, lectures are well organized

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS676
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very practical, thorough, gave me a great headstart on numerical PDE's.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS472
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The course material is very hard but he makes it clear