James Gomes - University of Ottawa

Professor: James Gomes

Department: TBD

College: University of Ottawa

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HSS3303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Gomes definitely is passionate about the environment and teaching students, however the content was a lot to handle for just one course. Most of the material and slides, we were left to read and learn on our own which was in addition to the lecture material. The content he taught was not really too difficult, it was just so much to know.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HSS3303
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The WORST prof ever. He is so disorganized, won't reply to emails, expects you to know everything, and is a terrible lecturer. He made us learn a whole lecture (60 slides) ON OUR OWN every week (so 3 lectures per week) and all 3 were testable on top of having a report due every week. He asks for feedback and then doesn't implement it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HSS3303
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Gomes is a kind man. Students always come in with a bad attitude and never participate when he asks question, so he gets kinda annoyed. He is willing to help people and make exceptions on projects if you just ask him. He is always asking for feedback and how to improve. Instead of complaining tell him how to improve and he will make the effort

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HSS3303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ummmmmm I really dont know what to say lol he's very rude, you walk out of class more confused than ever! Material wise its an easy class but man oh man were his lectures painful to attend. His slides were fill in the blank but yet hardly anyone showed up to class

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HSS3303
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible and rude professor. Relatively easy A- if you read the textbook, but his lectures are more or less useless and he steals marks by messing up questions and refusing to fix them. No idea why he is still around - there will be celebrations when he gets kicked out for being useless, mark my words.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HSS3303
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

literally the worst prof. just avoid him. he doesnt teach, he doesnt know the content himself

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HSS4303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

-Rude and condescending when responding to students in class -Changed syllabus multiple times throughout course -Provided minimal information for presentation, changed date and location multiple times -Frequent mistakes in class when teaching

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HSS4303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Seems to know the material well, but not how to teach it. Makes frequent mistakes (misspelling, misspeaking, math errors, etc) and doesn't correct them. All over place when he teaches, not explaining how concepts are linked. His hundred-slide lectures had lots of examples though and he posted sample questions that were the reason I passed the class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Super nice guy, but his exams are quite brutal! TONS of grammar and spelling errors in the exams. Not sure why he can't get them proofread. His multiple choice is VERY ambiguous. Probably 2/3 of the exams have multiple correct answers and you're expected to decipher which of the very correct answers is the "most correct". Basically just pick one

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This professor teaches beyond the scope of the course (other sections weren't required to know the obscure diseases, stats etc), the slides are text heavy and up to 120 per class, the stats are very old and the a lot of material presented is not correct. The course is easy to pass, however difficult to get a good grade.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He asked his students multiple times what he could do to be better - added extra questions on to his teacher evaluation and asked a couple of times in class. Cut him some slack, if you need something ask instead of whining about it and being rude to him. It's not a hard class, just read the textbook or the slides and you will be fine.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This man does his best. He is not a horrible prof, the students in my class were prissy and rude and overly critical. He does tend to just read straight from the slides but often tries to engage the class by asking questions and attempting to initiate conversation - he wants people to be interested. He is a nice man with good intentions. Let him be

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I've ever had. Lectures consist of him reading off of his 100 slide slideshows(that are copy and pasted from the textbook) in a monotone voice while mispronouncing many words. Easy material but his exams are so terribly worded and filled with numerous errors which makes it difficult to succeed in the course. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Definitely don't need to show up to class or do any of the readings. All the info that students were tested on can be found on the slides, granted the slides were text-heavy and LONG. He is that prof that chooses minute details from his slides for MCQs but use his practice exams and you'll be set! Would recommend this class as an average booster.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are dreadful since he reads them word for word with a monotone voice. Provides practice questions which are IDENTICAL to the ones on the exams except he tends to give incorrect answers to the questions. Slideshows are over detail and he focuses on small details rather the big concept. The most unorganized person I've ever met!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not a good professor. Routinely just shows up and reads off his powerpoints, you can tell he really has no passion for teaching. The practice questions he gives you are the same ones he uses on the midterms, which are full of spelling and grammatical mistakes. Overall didn't really learn anything in the course, would not recommend.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

THE WORST. Supplies practice questions with incorrect answers, screws up questions on your exam so go see it and fight for your grade. Questions are unrealistically specific, usually based on the various graphs/charts with stats older than most of his students. Powerpoints are 80 slides copied from textbook, so don't buy it. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he just reads off the slides which is just copy pasted from the text book. lectures are not engaging at all, it doesn't matter if you skip. questions on midterm vary from very general to extremely specific. Don't bother buying the textbook and try to avoid getting him if possible.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Most boring lectures ever! You can easily pass the class without attending one lecture because he literally reads off the slides. He's very unprepared, for example, didn't have enough midterms to hand out & had to prepare a makeup midterm because he was clearly unable to do his job. Get it together Gomes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HSS1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are so boring. Tests are not related to the hundreds of slides he gave each lecture. Seriously, NEVER TAKE THE COURSE WITH THIS PRO.