A.E. Peterson - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Professor: A.E. Peterson

Department: Engineering

College: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a great guy. I had a meeting with him because I was failing some courses and he told me that there was NO shame in dropping engineering. He talked with me for over 2 hours and gave me some options in my life. I took time off, like he suggested, and got into accouting. Now I am a CA and making crap loads of money!! Thanks sir!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG130
• 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:

This is a great man. He convinced me to get out of engineering before I failed it. Thanks to him, I am now in business and actually loving my university career. he is easy, nice, and an awesome proff. He looks scary, but he is a big teddy bear.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CIVE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

absolutely brutal prof. does not know what hes doing. powerpoint notes are rarely helpful. might as well learn the stuff yourself. but, its actually a fairly easy course, if you learn on your own.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The absolute definition of a professional, and a model engineer. Be attentive and alert in his lectures and you will blow through this class like addition on a grade 1 abacus.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CIVE250
• 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:

I heard a rumor that someone was trying to snipe him with a shotgun. If you take his CIVE 250, you will know why it would be true. He is gonna retired this year. It is better to quit before someone else snipes him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG130
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

went too fast on examples.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 250
• 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:

in surveying he is the dude people in north america call if they have a question. i don't know why he doesn't have 5 or 6 businesses right now. unfortunately in 2nd year we are too dumb to know what he is talking about. good thing he has good notes or else you'd be screwed.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Powerpoint Peterson...he's usually a frickin' surgeon on his examples, never misses a detail. But the course is tough, so are the exams, and with a lot of this stuff if you don't just "get it" you might have trouble

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

so boring i try to ****him off by sleep in his every lecture in the center in the first row. he expects everyone to know everything 3 monthes ahead and actually think his jokes are funny.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CIVE295
• 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:

this guy sucks, he needs to retire.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG130
• 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't explain concepts clearly, pushes the Computer Based Learning Module (CBL) becuase he can't teach.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• 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:

Very poor teacher ... he needs to retire. His teaching styles are out dated wehich when compounded with his inability to describe concepts made this course very difficult. Thanks Art .....

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• 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:

Peterson Rules!! Smart guy and explains concepts well.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He'll be solving some example (which will be nothing like the homework, labs, or exams) and then ask a question before anyone has the time to write it down. He then gets mad at everyone for not knowing math you haven't learned yet.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• 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:

powerpoint peterson...dammit, I saw all these last year :(

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• 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:

Yeah, he was really good at the beginning of the year, but then towards the end he expected us to have a perfect grasp o everything we'd done. He gets pretty pissed about cell phones, but sometimes it's funny.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• 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:

Not an easy course, especially the end of it. Helpful if you went to ask him a question, but sometimes assumed that we understood more than we did in class. Boring lectures, partly because of course, partly monotone voice. All his jokes are about beer...

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CIVE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Captain Powerpoint, he's our hero... Could of been worse, could have been better. He loves it when you call him Doctor, but he really isn't (only has a MSc)

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGG130
• 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:

He was better at the start of the year, but as we near the end, he has gotten much worse. He needs to explain the ideas better, it's like he expects everyon to be a genious. And he needs jokes other than the standard "beer" jokes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CIVE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The only time I enjoyed set course.. was when I came under the influence. Would recommend this to future students. Surveying is dry.. oh he wears a suit everyday to class.. so it seems professional and such.. this is an illusion...