Jacques Farine - Laurentian University of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON

Professor: Jacques Farine

Department: Physics

College: Laurentian University of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1206FL
• 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:

Hate his teaching methods, but love that he's a very caring professor. Bell curves a lot because most of the students fail his exams and midterms. Avoid taking his physics classes, the english ones are a lot easier! This teacher is WAY too smart to be a teacher! He needs to be out in the field applying his knowledge.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1036
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is an extremely nice guy and will try and help you if you ask him. But he's a case of too smart for his own good. He oftentimes just skims through important content without using any analogies or making sure everyone gets it. Again, a really nice guy though.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1006
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is hard to follow, doesn't explain his notes. Although he does search for grades on tests and exams but the tests are ridiculously challenging. My classmates and I avoid him at all costs for future classes.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH1036
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He seems like a really nice man, but he writes really fast and doesn't explain most of the notes on teh board. He also writes a lot of useless information that only confuses the students.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1007
• 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 thought this teacher was a hottie! Writes way to fast and stands in front of the board while writing. He's midterms and exams are extremely hard, though he grades very well! Bell curves. He's a happy man and is open to questions! Loved him as much as i hated this class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

His writing is awful and he speaks very fast. Very fair with grades.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1006
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Talks super fast and his writing isn't very clear. Stands in front of the chalk board half the time... in the way of what he's explaining! He rambles on into very complex useless details. His assigned homework doesn't help at all for the exams... with what he explains in the tutorial for it, we can't apply it!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS3416
• 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:

Tough course, if you try hard and speak to Jaques, he will mark you easy.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1006
• 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:

I loved him as a prof because he's really nice and wants his students to succeed. He writes extremely fast and the class notes aren't very clear however if you ask him to slow down and explain a bit he will. Use your voice! The exams are very representative of the assignments. Do your assignments and your labs and that will take you halfway through

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1006
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

As already mentioned, speaks too fast. Doesn't explain very well. Brutal prof.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH2017EM
• 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: N/A

Comment:

He's very nice... It's just unfortunate that he can't teach. He speaks as though he's talking to other doctors, writes extremely fast. It's impossible to take notes and listen to what he says. His explanations are confusing at best. Tests are like work, but ver hard. All of this is very unfortunate, because as I mentioned, he's a very nice person.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS1007F
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His class was extremely boring and I never knew what was going on. He's a nice guy but not a good teacher at all. It was a long semester in his class!!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

very nice guy, goes fast and writes hard tests, but I found him interesting.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1007
• 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:

He is a super nice guy, but hard to follow. He writes very small and very fast. He's very french, and sometimes hard to understand.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• 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:

I hate physics and I'm lost in the class lol. He writes super fast, I never finish any notes.It's ok cuz he follows the book. Farine is really really nice.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHYSII
• 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:

This teacher seems to love teaching physics. Although physics is not my strong point, class was interesting.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1206
• 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:

really nice teacher who will help you if you ask, genuinely likes to teach, writting is small and hard to read but if you follow with the book you can find what he is talking about

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

can he write any faster ? super nice but too smart for his own good. couldn't explain anything if his life depended on it. we are not machines !!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ELECTROMAG
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy, horrible prof. Very approachable but doesn't give clear advise since he has a very hard time simplifying things for the "average student"! Like the other guy said, we aren't graduate students.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ELECTRO
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Rough course...Rougher Prof...He needs to get that his 2nd year students aren't graduate students.