Brian Van Kessel - Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Professor: Brian Van Kessel

Department: Information Technology

College: Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Helpful, approachable and most importantly, makes the material crystal clear. A very good teacher!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• 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:

Van Kesselli is lot better than all other professors. The midterm was easy, 95% pass rate, the business case is also easy. Either take it with him, or not.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• 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 not that bad! He was actually pretty nice and better than the day time teacher. Um, I would recommend reading the text for his exam or midterm =)

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He presents interesting guest lecturers. He knows his stuff. Mid term is hard but the quiz is eazy. Exams reflect very little of what is discussed in class. The book is the pits.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst teacher I have ever had. Terrible class and very political.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Get out now if you don't have old tests.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Nice professor but boring classes. He uses "SoOoO" a lot in his lectures which is very annoying. Else he is fine.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Take 410 with him only!! One of the few courses where I actually LEARNT something in class.. van Kessel Rocks!!! :-)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

don't realy need to show up to class, except when he gives out bonus marks. kinda lazy--re-uses old tests (study them!), late marker. his power point notes suck, but they're on the tests!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent professor. Very comfortable speaking in front of an audience which makes a HUGE difference in delivering the course material. Has lots of personal experiences which he uses to re-inforce the course's content.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't believe the hype. He was more in a hurry to catch his 9:10 Go-train for the evening section. And, that, burned some of us in the Final Exam as we never got to finish it. Consider yourself warned of this enigma!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

very good prof. these are the kind of profs ryerson should have. thanks brian.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The coolest prof ever. He is never negative and always positive even if your wrong. A prof that you can learn easily and he brings alot of personal experience into this course which actually makes this course even better.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a really good prof that demonstrate strong skills in the topic. The course is very easy as long as you attend lectures and do the work. Test are fairly easily. He is also very pleasant to talk to.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great Prof.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great Guy. Excellent knowledge in course material.... The ONLY prof to take 410 with DONT TAKE WITH CHAUNCY VAN KESSEL IS THE MAN

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

very good prof. Knows what he's talking about. valuable course if you pay attention.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CITM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very good professor.