Reviews of professor Robert Thomson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Thomson strikes a great balance between tough and friendly. His exams were difficult at times, but he is accessible outside of class and is very considerate of his students' difficulties; work hard and you'll succeed. He is a fantastic lecturer, even managing to make online classes fun. He's also a big Star Trek nerd, which is always a plus.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
With the move to online classes, Professor Thomson was so so accommodating especially with different timezone issues. He is a great lecturer and even though the course load is a lot, it all helps when writing the final exam.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Robert is a great teacher, his lectures are inspiring and gives lots of good real-life examples.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Nice guy but could of learned as much with just textbook. Says He gets his material from another prof & it shows. He didnt seem to fully grasp some of the work. Often wasnt able to answer our questions. Often talks about running a grocery store so if that doesnt interest u this class isnt it. A on midterm  A team for group project

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Rest in Peace Robert. You were truly the best instructor I have ever had, and one of the kindest, most caring people I have met. You were truly inspirational, and were always there to listen, talk or help me when I needed it. I will never forget you. Thank you for everything.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best Pro I have ever had

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A great guy and a great teacher.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Thomson is a good lecturer, good guy, and is very personable with his students. It was evident that he put in effort in his teaching and cared about the students. I liked him as a prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Delivers course content in clear and succinct manner. Really nice person too! Strives to help everyone and lecture slides contain just about everything you need to know. Just make sure to do the CHIRP questions, attend lectures, and understand concepts or else you'll fall behind.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Absolutely love Robert! He is such a sweetheart and very caring. His criteria is clear and his assignments and exams are super straight forward. I would read the textbook as it helps a lot (chapters are not long). Definitely recommend taking 360 and any other courses he teaches.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Good Prof in the first year, but chem120 itself is a hard course

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lecture pace is pretty fast but he explains most things fairly well in lecture and office hr. Pretty funny which helped me survive chem. Changed his office hr. schedule a couple times with like 3 hrs. advanced notice but replies to emails pretty quick. Course was hard for me but just because it's chem.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The BEST professor I met in UBC! Reasonable grading, interesting lecture!