Sue Varmuza - University of Toronto - St. George Campus

Professor: Sue Varmuza

Department: Biology

College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: JLM349
• 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:

wow who gave this broad her phD? can you say e-bay?

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSB349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

her lectures were terrible. not helpful at all. super mean. personal experience with her- she did not apologize for what she had done wrong and did not consider the feeling of her students. very terrible.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: JLM349
• 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:

If you want to do a course on lab techniques how about you make it a lab section???

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: JLM349
• 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:

Useless!!! Lacks communication skills, lecture skills, and ability to make course content relevant.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO458
• 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:

She did not seem at all interested or focussed on facilitating student learning. The organization of lecture material was lacking. Overall, she did not seem to care about the material, the students or teaching. Her promotion was however a key topic for discussion?????

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: JLM349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The worst prof at U of T. Terrible communication skills

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: JLM301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible teacher, poor speaker, poor tests, poor course/lecture preparation

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO458
• 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:

The worst imaginable prof: she doen't know how to teach students and how to evaluate them.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO458
• 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:

This is a very hard course and totaly unpredictable proffessor. You never know what she is expecting to hear from you. However the subject of the course - epigenetics - is very interesting.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO305H1
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures that she gave were useless toward the exams. I stopped going to class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

not a great professor at all. seems as if she wants her students to fail. do not submit things for remarking, she'll lower your marks and screw you over because she can't stand anyone challengins her test questions.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

not very clear at all. her notes might have been colourful but she ws very bad in explaining the material. often it seemed she does not know her material at all. quite self centred with regard to her own research. seemed she was just showing up for class for the sake of....

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: JLM349
• 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 prof I have ever had!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• 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:

Lectures were pointless, but Varmuza was very helpful on the bulletin board.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• 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:

A completely useless professor.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO349
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Ugh. Worst. Lecturer. Evar. Less then 10% of the class still attends lectures. She is snotty and bitter, with a limited understanding of the course material.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: JLM349S
• 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:

The lectures are difficult to understand; tests are difficult and seem unrelated to lectures. I believe that there is no rhyme nor reason why you get a high or low mark. Even after I got my tests back, I am still not sure how to solve some questions

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: JLM349
• 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 i've ever had. she was unclear, blamed the class for the low test averages (one was 37%!) TA's were generally relentless and punishing. it was structured like a graduate course for undergrads. made every other course look like a cup'p'tea