Peter Sephton - Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Professor: Peter Sephton

Department: Business

College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMM350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I have to rate him again because the character limit was not enough for me to emphasize how bad he is. On top of the quizzes, there's a final paper where he provides no rubric, and grading seems to be done by using a random-number generator. Many very capable students received marks in the F to C range. This course is mentally damaging. Beware.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMM350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Peter Sephton is without a doubt the worst professor I have taken in my 4 years at Queen's. The difficulty discrepancy between his practice quizzes and actual quizzes is drastic. To make this worse, quiz questions are randomized and they vary highly in the level of difficulty. If you get some of the harder questions, then bye-bye to your mark.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMM350
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

really hard but once I figured it out it made sense. Prof doesn't hold your hand, expects you to do the work. was harder than I thought

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMM350
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You can spend 30+ hrs on the final project but get failing grade (plus, no rubric and he submitted final grades so we didnt have the opp to argue). Then he claims you dont understand the course content, even though you read the textbook, attended class, and had an A+ prior. Dont waste your time stressing in this course, just learn GRETL elsewhere.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMM350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This course is very poorly managed and the prof doesn't really care. If you get one question wrong on any of the tests it could sink your entire mark because there are so few questions. I would strongly suggest taking ECON351 or STAT361 or even STAT268/269 instead because they basically cover the same stuff but in a much better way

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Excellent class and prof.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Great prof, great class

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I didnt think Id like stats but he made it fun

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Probably the most inconsiderate professor I have ever had. He doesn't care about students' needs at all. Like not at all. He's extremely selfish and condescending. He deserves no respect. Fair warning - don't take this professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are useless as he usually has 100 slides per class, and quickly goes through long formulas that he doesnt explain when to use. This class was the most self-taught course I have ever taken, the only way he tells you to learn is to take practice tests, how about actually teaching the material? Doulton basically taught this class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMM153
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very funny professor. He realizes that this is not an interesting course so he makes it as enjoyable as possible. As long as you do the practice tests you will do really well. You don't want to skip class as the slides usually don't make that much sense without context, and the textbook is incredibly dull.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

SO understanding of personal circumstances. Always available outside of class for extra help. He knows stats isn't that interesting so he makes an effort to make class more exciting with jokes and funny videos. Study in advance for quizzes! I learned that the hard way.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECONAABB
• 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:

Very knowledgeable and a fantastic professor!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MGMT980
• 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:

This is a required breadth course for most non-economics PhDs. Peter does his best to save you from what could easily be a dreadful experience.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a great prof! He truly wants everyone to succeed!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• 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:

absolutely frickin fantastic. very helpful, very funny, and does his best teaching teachin a bunch of unappreciative first years. keep up the econ jokes!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• 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:

loving the baby dance!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

helps you succeed, makes material harder than is, too smart for 1st year

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMM162
• 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:

BABY DANCE!!!!!!!!