Reviews of professor Michael Kim

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Michael is a great guy who really cares about his students. He might not be the best prof ever in history, but at least he is one of the few professors at IMA Ryerson who has lots of experience and is always pushing students to do their best. I had two classes with him, Visual Studies II was okay, but Media Business Practices was fantastic!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Solid teacher, lectures were okay. Attendance in lectures doesn't matter, but it will help. I did skip a couple of classes and still ended up with a good mark. You HAVE TO attend the critiques! Assignment grade is increased if you attend!! Creativity is important as well. Also can be accessed outside of class but may take a bit.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Michael is a very friendly, personable professor. I am not great at math but I thought he was easy to follow in lecture and he and his TAs were helpful. Even so, the second test was really hard. I got all the help I could get in the tutoring room and managed to finish the class with a B+.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Kim was a good teacher that was obviously passionate about what he was teaching and wanted his students to learn. When asked he was very open to extra help and feedback however his crits and overall markings were far from his original rubrics or advice. Crits were hypocritical and the requirements seemed to change after each student.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Photography and the Web (now Photography and the Screen) was one of the most useless courses I have taken at IMA. Michael seems like a good guy, but I think his concern with attendance is ridiculous. He made us stay each class for the full 3 hours, which was unnecessary/a waste of time. Also, his feedback often didn't match the assignments criteria

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The professor is a very nice guy. The lectures are boring.. but the subject matter is kind of dry. Uploads a lot of problems to practice for exams, so that was helpful. In addition to doing the old problems, I recommend getting Study Edge and watching their weekly review and exam review videos, really helps for quick review before the test.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Posted all the notes online, so you dont have to worry about going to class. The class was heavily curved at the end because of the wording of his last exam. Super do-able class. Study Edge was a good aid.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Knows a lot and really respects his students. Ask questions. Show up ready to learn and he will teach you a lot