Reviews of professor Patrick Watson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
After reading the reviews on here about Dr. Watson, I was hesitant. But after having him for the semester, I really did enjoy him as a prof and as an overall person. He actual grades the assignments himself and provides really good feedback instead of making his TA do it. Class attendance was bad in his class, I made sure to show up every week tho.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really enjoyed taking this class with Dr. Watson. His classes and feedback are intense, yes, but I found his critiques to be both honest and constructive. Would definitely take another class with him -- he inspires me to be a better student!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This by far has to be one of the hardest courses I have taken. His powerpoints are super disorgainzed and does not care for his students. His exams are worth 50% so if you want to fail take his class. I would never recommend taking a course with him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this class with Watson! I felt like I understood the content for the tests really well but still managed to do poorly because his questions are absolutely ridiculous! The tests do not reflect the content what so ever and they are actually based on the useless facts he says in class. Watson really prides himself with how many people fail

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor was undoubtedly the worst professor I have ever had in the last four years; I would certainly warn against taking his class. He appeared more interested in showing how smart he was rather than properly teaching, Would not recommend this professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Amazing prof and truly made my education worth it. Even though we were online (bc of the pandemic), he made each class feel like we were still in person and was super energetic and absolutely hilarious. You can truly tell that he cares about his students. Wish I could take him again but I am graduating after this term.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Patrick Watson was my worst professor in 5 years (even worse than a guy that laughed in our faces after giving us his hardest exam in two decades). His online course was ok - the bare minimum of prerecorded lectures. But when I had a time-critical issue during exams he sent one curt reply and then completely ignored me for weeks. Pure disrespect.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Anyone who wants to go to law school or get their post grad, do NOT take a course with him. I have a near perfect GPA and struggled a lot in his course. Graded unfairly and set his students up for failure. Expect to do poorly in his course even if you're a really good student. If you can avoid him, I 100% would. Not worth the stress and negativity.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Please do not take his class if you care about your education at all. he will not teach you a single thing and will not even look at your coursework cause the TA marks everything. If you email him he will not respond, if you do not understand something he will not explain. Laurier should be embarrassed he even works there