Gary W VanLoon - Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Professor: Gary W VanLoon

Department: Chemistry

College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENSC315
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I don't recommend this course. There are so many topics that we barely glazed the surface; I left knowing barely more than I started with. Marking is tough and the lectures were boring. The only interesting lectures were given by guest speakers. It is frustrating when you gain so little from a course yet it takes so much effort to get a decent mark

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENSC390
• 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:

What a great prof- i've really enjoyed learning from him. I feel like he helps us learn how to process, understand and apply theory. Its not a class about memorization- so don't expect to get great marks by cramming. Just learn your stuff and you'll appreciate his style.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENSC390
• 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:

He is an excellent prof- challenging for sure, but I think he helps us to actually learn, as opposed to just spoon-feeding information. Some of the comments really reflect the students who don't know how to study or lean- and won't do well in the real world....whereas VanLoon teaches us in a way to get us to actually think.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENSCI315
• 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:

exams were unfairly marked, assignments were hardly relevant to the course, and classes were so boring, he rarely taught, so many guest lecturers that were unclear, repetitive and boring. course reader was also very repetitive.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENSC390
• 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:

Fascinating overview of Sustainability issues - very interesting course with interesting guest speakers.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Explains concepts fairly well and is very approachable. His midterm and final questions were fair.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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:

Has one word per slide...and expects WAY too much from his students...INCLUDE SOME ANSWERS TO UR PROBLEMS!!..and stop wasting every1's time

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's okay

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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:

The lecture notes are so unorganized, it seems random each class. I actually learned nothing this term that wasn't common sense to anyone who has taken h.s. organic chem. Extra material sucks big time too; the answers have barely any of the calculations, its annoying when you try to learn but can't.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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:

Awesome

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very helpful prof.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEMS
• 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:

Excellent. He purposely makes mistakes on the board so you can catch them and learn to avoid the same problems on tests.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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:

Prof. vanLoon doesn't seem to have taught much before this year; he was late with basic things like problem answers and his tests were not that well designed. But he does seem to care about his stuff and it is pretty interesting if you read his notes.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This prof did NOT screw up just ONCE, but MANY TIMES fyi. ANYWAY, he is not a very helpful prof when it comes to the material. A nice guy, but his notes and teaching methods need revision. His questions on exams were NOT related to notes, but to the text

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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:

He's okay at teaching, the problem was he talked alot of theory, but then put a lot of questions on the the mid-term that had nothing to do with theory. Did more examples in class as the year wemt on

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I didn't really like his teaching that much. Horrible midterm, can't be forgotten. Not sure if they even belled it? Nice guy, lectures were just okay.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM326
• 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:

A great and fair professor

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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:

Nice prof. Just because he unintentionally made one midterm tough doesn't mean he's horrible in all aspects. The final exam was fair.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• 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 professor; always wrote good exams and just coz he screwed up once, everyone starts saying he sucks on this site. Very unfair ppl. He is nice, VERY clear with presentations and is NOT boring. Always encourages class interaction. He's a good prof

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: APSC132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are tedious and he does not prepare his students enough for the exam.