Professor: Richard J Day
Department: Sociology
College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: DEVS500
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Day was a prof I worked with while taking graduate courses. For people considering him for a supervisor, I would advise against it. It is hard to get helpful and timely feedback on papers and assignments. Although he says he avoids hierarchies, he tries as best as he can to show you how much smarter he is than you.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: SOCY225
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Took his course titled "globalization and its alternatives". In actuality, nothing close to that. Day is biased, nonsensical, and much more caught up in trying to sound "too intelligent for thou" than actually teach. avoid at all costs
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: SOCY225
- 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: Mandatory
Comment:
My experience with this prof has been absolutely awful. Definitely the worst class I have taken in my entire life. In the class, he expected us to follow completely nonsensical speech. Outside the class, he was completely unhelpful and often rude.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: SOCY2000
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I just saw him on a Youtube clip and I just have to say that he exemplifies the problems of Canadian academia. He speaks anecdotally throughout and says "like" as frequently as a teenager. No, I don't get it, dude!
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: DEVS100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Day is an engaging and brilliant speaker.If you are looking for a challenge to your current world view, he's one who can turn it on it's head. He has taught me a lot and I admire his integrity and passion for what he believes.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: DEVS100B
- 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:
It took me almost the entire winter term to warm up to him. It wasn't until after the term that I appreciated what he taught me. I'm not as passive as I used to be thanks to prof. Day encouraging critical analysis. You just have to get passed his unique personality. I would definitely take another course with him.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: DEVS100B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Avoid at all costs. Confusing lectures and confusing personality. He states he's not allowed to have an opinion as a prof, but asks questions on the exam about his PERSONAL opinion. Got by in the course only because the information was easy to understand.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: DEVS100B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Day is not your typical Queen's prof- he rocks up to lecture in cargo pants and a hoodie. At the start of the semester I couldn't stand him but by the end he really makes you pick apart social topics. Don't go into this class thinking you'll save the world, this course heavily critiques the Western world.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: DEVS100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
For a class with "development" in the title, this professor uses an awful lot of set backs - he is both discriminatory against gender and racially incorrect and does not consider the feelings or personal conditions of students who may be attending lecture. Not impressed.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: SOCY325
- 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:
I learned a lot about theory (and actually found it interesting) and his course helped me develop critical thinking skills. Intelligent prof and absolutely hilarious.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: SOCY325
- 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:
This prof was awesome. I'm not usually enchanted by mandatory theory classes but Prof. Day's was really interesting; the readings were great too.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: SOCY322
- 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:
A brilliant intellectual AND a great teacher (a rare combination among professors). Day is the best prof I had after four years at Queen's. He also teaches the only course that covers cutting-edge theory, rather than old-school marxism/liberalism/etc. He always TAs one of the tutorial sections--get in if you can.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: SOCY322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard but interesting!
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: SOCY322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Day knows his stuff, but making others understand it is another thing. You have to be REALLY eager to get by in this course, considering he really caters to his "groupies".
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: 322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
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Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: SOCY322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: SOCY
- 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:
To succeed with this prof your best bet is to join his small herd of groupies. His conduct stands in stark contrast to the "progressive" ideas contained in his writing, which is itself barely relevant to the handful of elites who read his books - but ignore this hypocrisy. Flattery will get you everywhere with him.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: SOCY322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Day presented his material very well in class lending humour and passion to his teachings, making his class one of my all time favourites. However, he is very difficult to deal with personally, making it more difficult for students to work within the bureaucratic system that is queens. He is a bit of a jerk.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: 401
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Day is the shizznizzel
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: SOCY322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a pretty big jerk if you have to miss an exam due to illness and likes to torment students by scheduling exams on days he knows will drive them crazy.
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