Reviews of professor Daniel Douek

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Daniel Douek is a real gem. While I agree the TA may have been a tough grader, I believe I got the grade I deserved, and I left the course with lots of knowledge and will always remember him as one of my preferred professors!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I dont think that his grading was very fair. Moreover, he might be accommodating but thats nothing compared to the amount of work necessary for his classes, which is insane

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I appreciated Prof. Douek's lectures. However, I found that the grading was unjust and varied a lot between different TAs. I would like him to make his grading criteria clearer both for us and the TAs. Moreover, although his COVID accommodations were appreciated, they were unjust for people that were consistent throughout the semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Super interesting and engaging lectures, best professor Ive ever had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Douek is the best political science professor in the department. His lectures are amazing and always worth going to (he is also very funny). The course has three graded assignments; midterm, research paper, and final exam. I definitely recommend his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Douek is a incredible prof, he is passionate and very accommodating. Overall, he really cares about his student. You do need to study, not an easy A but the material is interesting. Would absolutely recommend to take his class, he is a McGill legend after all !!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Was not happy with this man, great guy but his tests were too difficult especially given the time (I even had extra time from the OSD so I can't imagine how everyone else managed), you have to write like crazy and your hand will fall off halfway through, makes you write 5 long essays in a span of 50 minutes. Class average was not very high.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Really difficult to do well in his classes especially considering many of them are 200 level courses but have very particular and unachievable criteria for earlier year students. Easy to get caught up in his engaging lecture style and think you have a good understanding but when it comes to assessments the TAs and Douek always expect way too much

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Words cannot describe how awesome Douek is. He gives such interesting lectures and is so passionate about what he teaches. He is also super accommodating and even gave the whole class an extension on our midterm. Truly one of the best profs at mcgill