Reviews of professor Matthew Gervais

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prob the easiest 300 lvl course. Total of 20 in class activities, lowest 3 are dropped. At least 60% were opinion based, others u can find in the textbook. ALL 3 midterms are 40 MCQ. wording is a little confusing to trip u up tho. Lectures are a little heavy (3 hrs), but he's good looking so it makes up for it. 10/10 would recommend this course!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. He CURVES STUDENTS DOWN. The in-class assignments are easy as they include group work and are sometimes opinion-based questions. Midterms are fair but you must memorize every study in the textbook. If you get a mark in the 70s youre getting a C-. Skip taking this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dont take this class. Awful grading scheme. He Curves students down. Textbook is a must!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This was my second class with Dr. Gervais and he was amazing in both. He is one of the most compassionate and approachable professors there is. He handled COVID-19 with boundless concern for student well-being, significantly more than any other professor I had. I have learnt so much in his courses and he makes success possible as long as you try!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
CONSTANTLY changes the grading scale throughout the term  never know where you stand. If you raised concerns about this his response was condescending. His approach to teaching and grading made student success impossible. He even said that he was curving the class down because we were all doing too well. Punishes students for earning good grades!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gervais is a nice prof, although his tests are extremely content heavy. The exams can trip you up, and his lecture slides at times are disorganized and don't always go in order.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hes a nice prof but he doesnt curve so a 74% is a C- in his grading scheme. Overall hes a little disorganized but exams are fair. You must have the textbook and memorize all the studies listed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hes so incredibly disorganized and is constantly changing the grading scheme. Overall would not take again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take Mathew. His lectures were disorganized and dry as he turned mildly interesting material into something incomprehensible. Overall the class was easy, however it was poorly structured and everyone got curved down, a 92 turned into a B+. The class was not worth the effort.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is the worst professor I have ever had at SFU. The reviews below are all true he will talk down to you. I do not recommend this class AT ALL. He cant even teach his lecture in order his lecture is all over the place with majority of the slides consisting of pictures only. Skip this class at all costs unless someone else is teaching it!