Rita Cossa - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Professor: Rita Cossa

Department: Business

College: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall she's an alright professor. She's very organized and encourages you to come to class. The lectures and course itself are pretty straightforward but what was asked of us in tutorial was so particular such as losing a mark for not having your assignment stapled. Little things like this made it hard to get good marks in tutorial.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She can seem a little scary and intense but she really cares about her students and she really wants her students to do well. I wouldn't mind taking another one of her classes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very particular in what she asks for when doing assignments for her. Pay attention to detail. If you study for her midterms and exams looking at everything in the textbook they aren't that hard. if you put in the work you will get good results.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMM1E03
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

tutorial is mandatory, but is meaningless actually, just sit for 50 minutes on doing meaningless works. Get ready to read and read and read, tests and exam are not really easy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

meh, she was very organized and the course was very smoothly coordinated and well run so ill give her that. she makes u come to lecture to find the missing words from her online lecture slides.. pls stop its a pain having to go to class for an hour just to fill in 1 or 2 words..

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COM1E03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

1% grade deduction for everything even breathing the wrong way at this point. treats everyone like kids. literally avoid at all costs

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMMERCE1E03
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lots of textbook reading, but the information is useful in the real world so it is interesting. Two group projects make up 10% of your grade, which isn't too bad. Tests were easy if you just read the textbook beforehand. Overall, enjoyable class with a good professor; albeit a little strict.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Bad professor ever ever

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COM1E03
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She will give the test as hard as she can make.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COM1E03
• 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:

1% deduction on OVERALL grade if: come to tutorial one minute late, pull out your phone, leave early, do not put name tag on desk and if you forget a comma or period in a citation.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COM1E03
• 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:

sets you up for failure avoid at all costs

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMM1E03
• 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:

you will dread tutorial, no phones and insane project that you can receive a negative grade on. a group failed cause they left out a comma in a citation

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMM1EO3
• 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:

talks about herself all lecture and what she does with our money

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COM1E03
• 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:

the prof everyone tells you to avoid

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professors courses set up like you only need to learn her course in university.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This course was OK, prof was OK, tests were OK, it was all just OK

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• 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:

She has no belief in students knowledge and abilities, some people might actually know something. However, she treats everybody as if they are elementary students and she loves to indicate a lot of her personal stories during the lectures which are very useless and makes u feel stupid about yourself. The harder you try the lower your marks will be

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

literally tells you exactly what to do in order to get an A in this course... people who rate her badly have obviously not put in the work. Although I will say that the report is terrible- should count for less of your mark.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dry mat but what you'd expect from intro course. Cossa is picky but exams are easy compared to other courses.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 1E03
• 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:

Wants to see her students do poorly. Interrupted every lecture i attended just to call someone out and make them look bad in front of the class. Tests are so vague that you could know the topics and still get them wrong. The 1E03 report is an excuse to lower your mark in the class.