Reviews of professor Alireza Rafiee

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Surprised by the low score. I really enjoyed and grateful I chose this course as my summer liberal credit, not too demanding at all. Weekly quizzes were average difficulty, paper was very concise and to the point which was fun & refreshing to work with but also not take up too much time. Online Final was easy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Unless you have some physics background and are prepared to learn well beyond what is considered an introductory course. For someone who has a passion for astronomy, the lectures were boring. The tests were far too difficult. I would suggest not taking this course with this professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not very responsive to questions. His weekly lectures were about 2-4 hours long and not very engaging. The weekly quizzes were alright, they weren't too difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Course topics are really interesting. If you took pcs 181 before this course, this will be a breeze. Quiz every week but really worth doing as they make final and midterms really easy. Prof is great and would take his courses again if possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The weekly quizzes are very easy, as well as the midterm and exam. I'd say the only part of this course that requires some effort is the essay. Overall he's an amazing professor and I'd definitely take him again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a great professor, makes the classes actually fun. Got a B- because i barely attended PCS181, which if you're taking it as an elective, good luck��

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Worst professor at Ryerson. Gave us the first assignment 1 month after the due date with no feedback. He posts rubrics for the assignments that he doesn't use and ignores. Very disrespectful to his students and his weekly quizzes contain so many mistakes. The quizzes are not related to the lectures at all.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lectures involved joining a zoom call and playing a prerecorded lecture from 2 years ago. He would post these videos on D2L, so attendance wasn't mandatory.

20% paper of 1200-1500 words on some topic I think he changes every semester. I got an A+ on it but that was because he was an easy marker. Lots of things I could have done better on it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
just a bad prof

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The worst marker in the universe. He wouldn't know how to grade a paper even if his life depended on it. Lots of mistakes on the quizzes but he made up for that by marking easier on the final paper. Don't bother emailing him about the mark you received, he is super disrespectful. But he is a good lecturer, I'll give him that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you dont have a background in physics or maths do NOT take this course. He does not explain any calculations and you are expected to know them. I took this course because I thought it would be easy but it is the hardest course I have right now.