Reviews of professor Andrew Kerandi

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a nice dude and he gave a free pdf of the textbook, but the lectures were pretty lackluster. Hard to understand at times. Hardly enough time to take notes. Reads off Powerpoint. Several of the readings were never posted. Midterm average was a D according to my DGD TA.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
PAP1301 is one of the most boring courses ever and I think anyone in Kerandi's position would have struggled to teach such dry material. A lot of people complained about long slides; however, I liked how he'd get straight to the point and wouldn't add too many details. Despite that, get ready to memorize a lot of material!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tough grader, midterm average was in the 50's. Doesn't respond to emails. Tells class to not take notes but then posts incomplete slides. This one isn't really his fault but due to his accent, he is very difficult to understand so between that and the subpar slides, it is very difficult to retain information. Would avoid at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He was not confident in teaching the material, posted notes were incomplete. No mention that results on attendance quizzes were important. Unclear expectations for the mid-term, final exam and research paper made it hard to succeed. For a first-year course, it should not have been this difficult to do well. I would not recommend this professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
FOR THE PEOPLLLEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The midterm exam was graded extremely harsh, in a way that resulted in the class average in the 50s. This, however, is not unexpected, as he failed to teach course material effectively and with conviction. He does not answer emails, nor supply feedback on any work. I found it incredibly hard to follow along with his slides. Overall disappointed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
difficult to reach outside of class, grading criteria was unclear, syllabus was unclear; did not indicate that the score we received on attendance quizzes impacted our mark, told me that the readings would not be on the midterm; changed his mind when someone asked him again a week later lol, cried myself to sleep most nights because of him

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Was not clear on materials that were to be covered on the midterm, resulted in the midterm average being 61% or something. He has an extremely thick accent so following along in class kind of difficult. Just read the text and PPs, show up for the last 20-30 mins for the attendance quiz and ur good. Avoid this man if you can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Kerandi simply cannot teach. He expects students to memorize 200 slides for the final exam, and is extremely monotone during lectures. No expectations for the final, poor feedback on the essay and a relatively thick accent made this class difficult. I would avoid at all costs if you would like a decent grade.