Roger Needham - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Roger Needham

Department: Geography

College: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEGB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

ACADEMIC HUG! ha ha this guy is hilarious! its a really hard class though lots to remember but worth while!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENV1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awesome, was not easy but i learned alot. Funny as hell, like a spicy Santa Clause, he will tell people to shut up to their face!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEG3302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

While a motivating undergraduate professor, his ways leave must to be desired for graduate students where he prefers the 'old school' way of supervising.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEG1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I did not like his teaching style.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEG3302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Best prof I've had. If you don't like the first lecture, leave and save yourself a semester's worth of trouble. If you put in the effort, do what he wants, you'll be recognized for it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEO1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is definitely one of those profs you will remember for the rest of your life. Not ashamed to give you an 'academic hug' or say he genuinely loves you. Very in depth content, difficult to follow with little knowledge of issues in geography.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEG3302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is inconsistent and outdated. While genuinely wellmeaning, he fails to satisfy his responsibilities to his students. I recommend staying away - espeicially graduate students.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I think Needham IS as intelligent as he makes himself out to be, he knows more on environmental policy and litigation then any other prof I have encountered (and I am in environmental science!). However, I do agree that there should have been more synergy between the book and the lectures, because it would have made the material easier to understan

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEG1132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

one of the perks of this class is that he uses the same exams (or close to the same ones) almost every time- if you look last year's up through some people, its easy to predict what may be on your next exam. gives a lot of answers before the exam... the key is preparation- make sure you read the damn textbook.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEG4118
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Has an incredible wealth of knowledge about environmental policy. He is a great guy, funny at times and genuinely cares for his students. Your grade will be the result of: 1. effort put into the class and 2. critical thinking/problem solving ability Overall, one of my favourite profs thus far.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Personally, I think this guy is mostly talk: his exams are not are hard as he claims, and neither is the marking. A lot of work, but none of it particularly challenging. Eccentric, and somehow manages to be arrogant and self deprecating at once. A few odd quirks, but in the end you learn a lot because he gets his message across.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Overall he's a good professor and he likes teaching and wants his students to do well. However, there is a lot of material covered in his class, and most of it has to do with politics and management. His exams aren't the easiest ones, but if you study hard for it, you'll do well.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Everything I learned in this class was basically a repeat of ENV 1101, which was a fun class. This class however, was stressful and anxiety inducing. Prof has unrealistically high expectations while simultaneously treating students as if they are incompetent. I will say that he knows his stuff and enjoys teaching, there is no doubt about that.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have been in his class for two lecture, and I am already annoyed with him.He thinks he's the best and goes on blabbing about what he did and how everybody in Ottawa knows him, and that taking his class is a good thing.He keeps referring to himself in the 3rd person.He is egocentric, and attacks(verbally) his students when hie doesn't agree.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GEG3302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really disappointing and difficult class.The amount of material covered in one lecture is just too much.Ask a question and you will feel very small. Case studies arent studied in class.If you want to study in this area Id Recommend it, but a passing interest is not enough at all.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• 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:

Must go to lectures because half of the material will be on the exam, other half is from the book, which you don't discuss in class. Gives you hints on the exams and the essay questions ahead of time. Not very approachable and often gets off topic. Loves what he does.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

at first, he makes himself out to be the jolly, kind, santa claus that he appears to be, a few weeks into the class you will see that he is a cocky, self absorbed man so obsessed with proving that "this is university, not high school", that asking him questions will make you feel like the stupidest person in that gigantic lecture hall.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Likes to talk about himself a lot, and constantly makes himself look so amazing. Not approachable despite what he said, which is the reason I left the class before its completion.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is quite honestly the greatest disappointment I had while I was at U of O. He is full of his own knowledge, arrogance and importance. He seems incapable of replying to emails, preparing for class or using time management skills. That may be his biggest problem he lacks the ability to stay on track.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEG1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he's awesome