Mary-Louise McAllister - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Mary-Louise McAllister

Department: Social Science

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ERS253
• 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:

You need to do the readings or you're screwed. She makes you get out of the classroom and get involved in the greater community. The essay marking is a bit slanted because she always wants more explanation but enforces the word limit (1500 +/- 200 words).

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ERS210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She really cares about teaching and made us think out of the box in assignments - not just regurgitation. I really enjoyed this class

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ERS385
• 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:

Awesome - she clearly loves to teach and moreover she really loves helping others learn. One of my all time favourite Profs.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ERS319
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

interesting classes, forced me to apply my knowledge, always made time in her schedule to meet with students, not an easy marker but this prof is one of the main reasons I decided to stick with school

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ERS253
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the things I can critique about her from experience is she expects you to go to lectures, tutorial, and her UWACE references are way too much to read (over 400 pages). She is very anal with what is written in an essay, if there are 1 or 2 points she doesnt like then it is an automatic negative 20%-25%. It's a 2nd year course ffs.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ERS319
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I fell asleep in every class.. and always left halfway during the break. Worst class ever.. don't take this course if its not mandatory!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ERS319
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Aweful lecturer, she talks too quiet, is generally boring, and tends to mumble a fair bit. The textbooks were completely useless, as were lectures, your better off studying the very key concepts of her slides and doing nothing else. I cannot believe that this prof has a good rating. This prof and class is the worst by far that I have had thus far.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENVPHILOSOPY
• 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:

ML was the only good prof I had at Waterloo...made me decide to go into a Masters and Phd. This women knows what she is talking about.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ERS353
• 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:

Great class, excellent prof, a smart lady all around...always encouraging students to apply their knowledge. Great for one-on-one help with course work, will go the extra mile!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ERS353
• 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:

ML is great! she really wants her students to step out of the textbooks and get involved in the community. she seems to actually care!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ERS219
• 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:

Mary Louise is a great prof. She tends to go through overheads a bit too quickly, but her classes are more than enough to make up for it. :) Very helpful to any students in need of assistance, and good at helping people who are stessing out!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ERS390
• 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:

Yay for Mary Louise! She really wants to help every student reach their full potential.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ERS390
• 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:

Really helpful and caring

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ERS219
• 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:

very smart lady, goes too fast, i want lecture notes!!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ERS219
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

okay prof, but bad lectures: boring, not organized, goes too fast.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ERS219
• 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:

Worst professor ever, vomit inducing comes to mind