Reviews of professor David Viveash

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The term progressively got better! Very context heavy with info all over the place. Overall interesting and applicable. I liked the prof, he was very knowledgeable and his background really added to what he had to say. Although, even though there was a lot of efforts put into the teaching, could be more clear, and concise

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a newbie. Lecture slides were really dense and he only had a midterm, a paper, and the final... try hard for those bc that's the only way to get marks. He made the TA mark all the midterms, and papers. He didn't even know the difference between citation styles. He is interesting as a person thought. He use to be a diplomat and is knowledgeable

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lectures were quite interesting even though they were at 8 in the morning. The TA checked the mid-terms and research essays which made scoring easier than expected. The lecture slides were dense with key questions at the end which helped during finals as opening the book wasn't necessary.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Viveash is a nice man with lots of applicable experience. The paper and mid-term were fair and were marked very well by the TAs. The final, however, was marked by him and he marked VERY harshly for no apparent reason. Overall, an 'alright' Prof, but be prepared to take a big hit to your mark if he is the one grading it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He has so much real life experience to bring to the table, literally told the class about the time he was sitting on a bus in Israel with Jean Chretien. He has a lot of material to cover so his lectures are pretty dense, but he gives key points at the end of the lecture which are very useful for concentrating your studying.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His personal experience of working for the Canadian government as a foreign diplomat really shone through. Had so much knowledge and experience to share that was all relevant to the course. Lecture slides were dense but he posted them on canvas afterwards. TA marked the midterms and papers so better to speak to them than him about it.