Pierre Belanger - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Pierre Belanger

Department: Communication

College: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not an "easy" online course. The material is simple, but there are many readings and the midterm and final ask very specific questions from the readings. The midterm and exam are 120+ MCQ and you only get 1.5 hours. It's an easy B/B+ but you will need to work hard to get A- or A. You will not get A+.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CMN1500
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Le cours est sensiblement facile si vous êtres à votre affaire. Beaucoup de lectures sont inutiles, cependant. Le prof a franchement la tête amflée par moment. Il manque de jugement et est condescendant envers les élèves. À éviter...

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CMN1500
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Le cours quil offre en ligne est facile malgré labondance des articles inutiles et de sa mauvaise organisation. Le prof manque énormément de professionnalisme et de respect dans ses réponses aux courriels. Ses réponses sont baveuses, voire humiliantes. Il envoit à tous les courriels aux questions moins pertinentes. Ça manque de jugement.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Extremely tough online class. Do not take unless mandatory for your program. The modules are very wordy and there is a lot of mandatory reading that you will be tested on. The midterms also include questions on specific statistics shown only in graphs on the modules.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dont take this course if you want an easy credit. He comes off pretty rude in his emails. Along with the modules, there are tons on articles to read which you will be tested on. Alot of the questions on exams are so specific to the millions of article you have to read. He is also very picky with assignment outlines, get it wrong and you will fail

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

take it for what it's worth because I only communicated with him through e-mail, but his tone was very condescending and rude towards his students. Lots of tiny assignments and lots of readings, it may be online but it'll take up a lot of time and effort. Don't expect it to be an easy elective. One good thing though is that there's no textbook

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CMN4115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I have ever had. Unprofessional emails, calls you out in class for no reason, and doesn't teach content relevant to exams or quizzes. I do not recommend taking his courses, avoid at all costs.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CMN4515
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Je crois personnelement qu'il est le professeur le plus qualifié du département de communication. Il est un excellent professeur. Le cours n'est pas vraiment difficile comme je l'ai écris plus haut mais il nous fait travailler pour nos notes. Si tu fais un bon travail appliqué, il n'hésite pas à donner des 100%. C'est le meilleur prof que j'ai eu.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't expect this to be an easy A because it's an online class. Tons of reading - unnecessarily heavy in my opinion. Lots of little assignments. Midterms and exam are long with questions such as dates, and things you would have passed over while reading the slides. Extremely condescending and impolite in class correspondence. Avoid.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this course if it isn't your passion. It takes a lot of dedication and constant checking up/participation throughout the online course. A lot of work and reading. He puts a lot of questions on the midterm/exam that are from extra readings so make sure you do ALL of them. Get ready to put in about 10 hours/week for this course.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pierre puts care and attention into his lectures and can make the course very relevant and interesting. He provides detailed feedback which can be useful or condescending. Grading is fair, except when you don't include the word count. Without a word count included you will get a 0, or 50 if the paper was good quality.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor, and course I have ever had in my university career. Do not recommend taking the course at all.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Never got to meet him but from his videos he seemed nice. He replies e-mails on time. He's a really great prof. I would take a class with him again. No textbook needed, he did that to save us some money, great guy!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lots of tests/ assignments. Course outline and material is simple. SO much weekly work though, it takes around 6- 12 hours just to get through the readings and then on top of that there is assignments.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CMN1560
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Um. No. Took his class in french online. Takes 10-15% off regardless of whether you have 1 spelling mistake or 10. So make sure you have perfect french. He talks down to his students, and his feedback is usually only about grammar. Believes he's like the king of communications. Tests have ridiculously stupid and non-pertinent questions.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great online class, easy mark. Lots of reading but you have a week to do all the work so it's do able. Lots of little assignments rather then 1 or 2 big ones which makes it easy to get good marks. Exams are straight forward. Prof is very passionate about his work and knows a lot.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Taken online. Lots of reading but overall easy course. if you do the modules you will pass with a good grade. Material was fun. Would defiantly take again. No textbook to buy!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CMN1160
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Every email that was addressing student questions etc. was worded in a very rude tone. His exams were straight forward for the most part, but there were a lot of very specific details and dates and numbers etc. that you would have to thoroughly do the readings for. Don't simply copy answers from the notes for assignments, not scared to punish you.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CMN3165
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I was excited to take a class with him... and I was very disappointed with the outcome.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CMN3165
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof, energetic and filled with industry based knowledge and experience. He may go off topic, but it is always interesting. Don't bring a laptop, just a pen and paper or actually stay off the internet or he will lose it on you. He sets clear expectations of students and is always there to support them.