Reviews of professor Faisal Shaheen

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were PPTs with embedded audio, no Zoom. Attempts to make clear what he wants on assignments/exams. For POL123, did not fail anyone as long as they tried to complete the work. Seems caring, but a bit confusing. This class has a 2000 word essay, a mid, and a final, and weekly discussion posts (participation marks, but mark seems arbitrary).

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took it during the pandemic and its all online. There are no zoom classes, and he posts the lecture slides with recordings. His slides basically resembled the textbook. Theres 2 assignments, a midterm and a final. The assignments and exams were really long (8-15 pages).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Discussion posts need 3 peer reviewed sources for 1% of your mark. The midterm and final exam are arbitrarily long and need even more research. 8 short answers for the midterm, 10 for final at 1 page each. 2 essay questions for each at 2 pages. Did I mention you only get 1 week to do it while you're writing exams? At least attendance isn't marked.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His voice and lectures are very boring and lack any enthusiasm that would make anybody fall asleep. Get ready to read a lot of dry material and listen to hours of boring PowerPoint lectures. There are two tests in which you have to write 5000 words and a policy brief assignment of about 5000 words. Do not take a class with him unless you need to.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take any course taught by him. I have a heavy course load and this prof drops a 10k word minimum midterm on us. 8 concepts at 1 pg each, 2 essay Q's at 2 pg each, all SINGLE SPACED. Heavily reading based. This prof needs to get a grip, nobody has time to write his asinine and absurd "tests". I'd be shocked if he actually reads any of them.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is one of the most unreasonable prof I have ever came across at Ryerson. He gives 6000+ words midterm worth 15% and 5 days to completely. Just posts powerpoint slides with audios and never takes a class on Zoom. The expectations are unreasonable, content is extremely heavy and not explained properly. Avoid taking this class at all cost.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Second class I have had with him and it's clear he prioritizes filler BS and word count over any concise information. On a midterm with 100 marks, he values 8 half-page to full-page "short answers" at 5 marks each. A full page is 5 marks... out of 100. I don't have sympathy for him reading it all through reading week.