Jurek Kolasa - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Professor: Jurek Kolasa

Department: Science

College: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Kolasa is a kind and caring prof. Going into this course, we all heard good stories from previous years about how their final was questions that Kolasa had compiled for you to study. However, this year he changed the course and made it harder. We used PeerWise to make questions and there was close to 1500 questions for us to look at - stressful

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

love him!!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Kolasa is a well-meaning guy who is definitely trying, and props to him for that. If you want to understand the course content you need to go to class, but if not you'll be fine because the exam is crazy easy. There are groups projects in tutorial where you'll have to put some effort in but the topics are your choice and can be interesting

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOLOGY3DD3
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He has a textbook but it's online and as of right now, incomplete. Midterm was challenging, as it was based on lectures and lectures are content-heavy and not the most engaging. He is a great prof though. Very enthusiastic, passionate and funny. Exams are based on student-created questions- very easy to do well in

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

awesome professor who gives lots of opportunities to do well

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class is easily the worst class at McMaster. I would please advise all students reading this to make sure you fully understand what you are getting into before you take this class. His lecture slides are disorganized and absolutely horrific, he is not engaging and the course is so misguided. If its not a requirement, run the other way. Its bad

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO2F03
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Really enjoyed the class and the prof regardless of other ratings

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIO2F03
• 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:

Dr. Kolasa was a good prof, but the course content was so boring, especially the first half. Later on, the course got less boring. He really tries to boost your mark, there are lots of opportunities to do well in the course. The exam is very fair and you can easily do well on it if you study for a few days.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOF03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

a really good proof, very nice and helpful. easy class

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOLOGY3DD3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is an amazing Prof, a little disorganized but he gives a lot of opportunities to do well on the course.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO2F03
• 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:

Class was extremely straight forward, if you went through the notes he gave the midterm was easy. Questions were really straight forward, labs were easy marks. Overall, class was ok and interesting if you like ecology.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECO3R03
• 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:

Best professor, caring and passionate about his work

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO1M03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof, notes aren't great but he is very caring and knowledgable. I learned a lot from him, attended all lectures. I would love to have him teach me again.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO1M03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pretty cool guy overall, I just wish his lectures were a bit more interesting (ie. include more videos, apply it to real life, etc.)

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• 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:

Lectures had absolutely no structre and are impossible to follow. Fake textbook written by him is full of grammar mistakes and incomprehensible. In lecture he is soooo boring and very difficult to hear if you aren't sitting in the first 3 rows. Waste of time going to class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO1M03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice man, monotone voice so if you have trouble paying attention its probably not worth it to go to class. But if you do listen you'll get something out of it. Test questions can be a bit unfair, like random textbook examples we never talked about in class, but the main textbook is really good. Overall a decent prof and an ok course

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• 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:

Probably the worst prof at mcmaster university. Absolutely cannot teach, notes are garbage, his book notes are full of mistakes. The TA's in the course were awful. Worst experience ever.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

i took 3dd3 with him..and OMG it was BAD.So much disorganization and the grades were low in the midterm..and his method of increasing the grades was incomprehensible. It was a disappointing class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Wow, I don't even know where to begin. Taking his class was about as enjoyable as sleeping on a bed of nails. Horribly organized, tutorials were chaotic and marks weren't given back to students until after the exam. The course material follows basic ecology from 2F03, however, without any structure you never really know what the main topic is..

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO3DD3
• 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:

Just a piece of advice, this PROF has become a NIGHTMARE both both courses he was teaching this semester. He has literallly screwed over EVERYONE in both classes. The midterm and exam were extremely hard and he was unfair in his conduct. I know that he has all good feedback from others, but trust me and DONT TAKE HIS COURSES.