Jacques Bertrand - University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Professor: Jacques Bertrand

Department: Political Science

College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He gives the most organized lecture at uoft, with very clear logic and easy to follow. Great introductory prof in comparative politics. Made me decided to enroll in Contemporary Asian Studies. The textbook written by himself is AMAZING.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he provided the introduction of Southeast politics and history in an interesting way! before I took this course i knew NOTHING AT ALL about Southeast Asia but his lecture & textbook was quite straightforward. Test was a bit confusing and required 2 essays to write.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

his class was a great introduction to politics on the other side of the world. there is a fair bit of history involved in this politics class but I found that to be enjoyable. He's a good speaker and the content is engaging, can be long-winded though. He also made you buy his book... which was only kind of useful. tip: find it second hand

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POL429
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great professor and inspirational approach. Recommend to all students. A lot of reading, but interesting topics. Thanks Dr. Bertrand!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Knowledgeable but incredibly uninspiring. He takes democracy to be an assumed endpoint, instead of allowing students to come to their own conclusions. Skims over a highly diverse region by oversimplifying histories and creating tropes. Exudes arrogance; he doesn't bother to pronounce countrypolitical leaders'party names properly. His bookuseless

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POL429
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great Prof. Actually marks fairly and treats students with respect. Fantastic material for the course and all in all one of the best Profs on campus.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: POL215Y1
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Love him. Notable professor. Hard-worker. I went to his lecture YOU?

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: POL215Y
• Grade Received: P
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prod Bertrand is pretty good compared to others. Knows material, works hard, wrote the course book what else do you want?

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: POL215Y
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Seemingly arrogant, organized lectures though which are a bonus

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POL429
• 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:

Professor Bertrand, although extremely intelligent, he was very awkward and unapproachable. In the seminar course, there was not enough formal discussion. I found the learning experience to be very poor.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POL215Y
• 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:

Bertrand is an amazing professor. His style of teaching is perfect. He is extremely organized and does a superb job at lecturing..he has a way of really helping you to understand the information of the course.I think he is one of the best professors at U of T. You have to really be attentive in his class & be prepared to write many notes.THUMBS UP!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• 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:

Greatest Prof! Bertrand was clear and very organized with powerpoint slides in all his lectures. He made the course interesting by providing little clips and photos within the slides. This made it easy to take notes and easy to understand :)

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• 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:

straight, to the point, TONS of extra visual aids to illustrate his lectures. one of the rare profs who can use power point without reading off word-for-word. tons of fun. loved the accent.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• 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:

Powerpoint led lectures that helped note taking. Enthusiastic and knowledgable about his half of the course. Only drawbak was the early morning classes.. hard to stay awake.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• 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:

Well structured and clear lectures. Utilizes different types of media in his lectures which makes it much more interesting. Posts his powerpoint notes online, then adds a great deal to them in lecture. A decent prof all around.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POL363
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Perhaps the least helpful and least interesting prof at the school. Reading pp slides IS NOT TEACHING. Oh, and his assingments were poorly set and badly graded.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POL215
• 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:

Awesome, comedic, enthusiastic - great prof

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POL348
• 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:

Bertrand is the most boring professor, if not person, at U of T. Hence, a potentially interesting course is also very dull. Moreover, the midterm exam is poorly structured in that it focuses too specificly on certain readings, thus losing the big picture.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POL348
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A great course, a great prof.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POL348
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is pretty clear and engaging, and occasionally humorous. I find, however, that sometimes his monotone voice can be something of a detriment.