Reviews of professor Russ Furse

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Russ is by far the best professor I have ever had at UFV. Genuinely cares about each of his students and will stay late to help anyone struggling. His class is an open learning enviornment. Will ask class questions to ensure concepts are fully understood. Highly respected and hilarious. Hard course though if you aren't a science student.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Russ was great! I'm glad I took his class. He's passionate about his students and he clearly wants everyone to be successful. Not available too much before class as he teaches high school but he will stay after class to help if you're struggling. Fair marker and well made tests. Overall great prof and great person!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Russ is a good guy, but his teaching style needs to be improved. The lectures were very difficult to follow, he often went off on tangents. We were only marked on a few things: two exams, a mini presentation, and a term project. The exams were short and the questions vague, he expected us to know things in depth that he barely taught us.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Half of the course is heavily math-based as it's physics. Russ knows his class is mostly art students however so he goes in-depth and makes sure everyone understands before moving on. Russ is really passionate about what he teaches and has amazing lectures. Ask questions if you need help and you will love the course

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Assignments were extremely easy. Very generous test marker on the midterm, but what he told us to study was not the same as what was on the test. All in all a very friendly and funny professor, he seems to genuinely care about the topic and the students. I just came out of the final so I do not know how he will mark it. I definitely recommend Russ.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Russ is an amazing person, his class is a different format from normal, there is NO homework ever, you have your whole grade sit on the one presentation, the midterm, one research paper and the exam. At first, the class was fun but right after the midterm it took a downward turn as he just read the slides, overall if you don't show up you won' pass