Ron McGivern - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Professor: Ron McGivern

Department: Sociology

College: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

While Ron himself was a nice man his course was all over the place and very difficult to follow. He was flaky with the assignments and tests and even the classes themselves. When I would go to class it would be mind numbing to follow him and completely irrelevant to the course material. I would read the book and still get bad grades.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOC110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's kind of a tricky tester. All multiple choice tests but they all could be the answer. He doesn't do power points so honestly just read every chapter and youll pass.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOCI111
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He marks on a whim for his essays. Doesn't give very good feedback at all. His quizzes are multiple choice.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ron is one of the sweetest teachers Ive ever had. He is passionate and caring and respects all of his students. His course material is straight from the textbook so its easy to keep up if you miss class. He trys to keep lectures fun a relevant and has a great sense of humour. 10/10 would take another class with him.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOCI2590
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He was a great prof and made each lecture fun to attend. The tests were pretty easy and were all short multiple choice. On the test it was mainly just information from videos and common sense. I found lectures had almost nothing to do about the course. I would write down two or 3 points in a 3 hour lecture, it was mostly stories than information.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC111
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ron is an extremely nice man but not a great professor. He lectures for hours on end but only says a handful of relevant things each class. Expect to hear the same stories several times. I skipped the latter half of his classes and still got good marks by using common sense and skimming the key terms in the back of the (free) textbook.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOCI1210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

If you enjoy sociology I would recommend this course for you. If you're taking it for credit, prepare for mindnumbing stories that have occasional reference to the textbook. Take notes on the movies and memorize the chapter review questions from the free online textbook and you should get at least a B. each "quiz" is only 30 mc questions.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOCI3800
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy but rather boring. I'm pretty sure that we covered the same, limited material every week and he tells the same stories over and over again. We hardley used the text. He didn't provide clear expectations and appeared to mark on a whim. For the final, he made us complete an entire survey project in 3 hours, including making up fake data!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

One of my fav profs yet! He can be absolutely hilarious and makes going to class worth it even early in the morning. Mostly if you go to class and keep notes you basically guarentee you will know all that will be on tests.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Ron has a good sense of humour and is an overall great guy. As a professor he gets off topic almost every class sometimes hours at a time, but eventually he will realize and get back on track. My class convinced him not to have final exams anymore... your welcome. I felt like the no final exam technique was very helpful. Not many assignments. :)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he is a nice guy, and a pretty easy marker, very leanient. he often rambles on and gets off topic though

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOCI101
• 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:

Awesome Prof!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOCI111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tends to ramble and get off topic. Almost everything you learn is from the text on your own time. I like a more structured class that actually focuses on the topic.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOCI250
• 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:

What a great prof! I loved going to his classes. Very nice and approachable person, would definitely take his class again!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOC121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Even though his lectures often seem very unorganized I loved them, he explained things in ways that you can adapt them to the world around you. He's also a very easy person to talk to if you have any questions and respects your oppinion even if you have no clue as to what you're talking about. He made Soc my favorite class!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOCI217
• 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:

Ron is an excellent teacher and really nice guy; definitely my favorite professor of the social sciences. Lectures are very interesting!!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOCI217
• 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:

Completely unorganized and unprepared for every class, I think he decided what to lecture about on the spot every class, and kept changing his mind in mid lecture. Lectures consisted of him telling random stories and spitting out random facts. If you want an easy mark, go with Ron. If you want to learn, go with Nan.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOCI121
• 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:

during a lecture, he seems to be a great instructor throwing some jokes and stuff, but end of the class, I always wondered what I learned from him...well, nothing. his tests are not quite relevant to his lecture. overall, the class sucked, and I'll never take his classs again.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOCI380
• 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: N/A

Comment:

while ron is a great person and can be quite interesting t times his classes lack the neccessary structutre condusive to learning. it is not acceptable at all to teach an upper level survey class and spend an hour demonstrating "survey oragami." he clearly is unprepared for his classes and the assignments/tests have almost no relevance

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOCI380
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I actually read the text. Horrible text but does the job. He covers the course material, but expects you to do the work required. Lots of hanger ons in group work who got better marks than they deserved. Should be less group work.