Karen Busby - University of Manitoba

Professor: Karen Busby
Department: Law
College: University of Manitoba
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ADMIN101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Would not bother if there was another option
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CONST1
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Busby is awesome. The course is hard, content is dense and heavy on the analytical side, rather than regurgitating ratios like other 1L courses. But Busby is accessible, fairly clear, gives notes out beforehand, and spurs our analytical skills with in-class discussions. I do not believe any professor cares as much as Busby does. She's awesome.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CONST1
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Really enjoyed her class as a 1L. Very fair, thorough, and kind. You can tell she is a foremost expert in her field. Very caring woman, who is willing to give help (and good grades) to those who care to work for them.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CONST101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She won a teaching award this year, and it was deserved. She makes clear what she wants on exams (go to her pre-exam seminars, write the exam, go to the post-exam seminars. She tells you exactly what she wants, and how it was/n't done), and is available outside class time to help. Makes her own views clear but doesn't want parrots.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CONST1
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This prof is driven by political agenda only. Her professed need/desire to "further" women in society and the law are false and demonstrated by her utter contempt for female students. She actually banned a female law student from a lecture by a female court of queens bench judge. Ironic that class was Gender & the Law and student had paid for class
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTITUTIONAL
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Class was easy enough, but prof was arrogant and irritating. Like she has a chip on her shoulder. Never again.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTLAW
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Busby is unbelievably well respected in the legal community for her contributions to the law, particularly her activism regarding women's and gay rights. If you have Busby for const law, you'll be miles ahead of your peers. What sets her above the rest is that she just doesn't talk about being for the students - she truly is about the students.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTITUTIONAL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A great professor. A hard intro class made very clear by interesting examples and experiences unique to Professor's Busby's area of interest. Tough marker, but rewards students for working hard. Definitely an asset to the University of Manitoba and to Robson Hall.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ADMIN101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's great. It is a hard class with lots of long, dry cases so don't expect to be on the edge of your seat. However, she does a good job of teaching the material and is very, very well informed on the subject
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTA02
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof Busby is an amazing professor. She opened my eyes to a lot of things. I'm very grateful to have such an amazing, distinguished prof at Robson Hall.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTA02
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof Busby is very clear in her explanations. Her views may be one sided on most of the Charter issues, but it makes for fun and lively debate in class. Her exams are fair.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CONST1
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she is a wealth of background information, and extremely clear; expects you to be prepared, and you should be, this is law school. her willingness to help is clear, and she was always available for extra discussions outside of class; she is an extremely dedicated instructor with a great deal of experience and knowledge
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTL01
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Decent prof., although her lectures are fairly dry. Has strong opinions but isn't overly oppressive in terms of presenting them. Her "optional" seminars are not optional as they have key info not presented in class (which is annoying as this adds credit hours without credit). Very nice outside of class, but I would not necessarily recommend her.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: LAWADMI
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Was boring, and judging by all the D's and F's on her exam, wasn't all that clear.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTITUTIONAL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is terribly unfriendly, and more interested in her political agenda than anything else. Will quote "facts" not in the judgement to justify why the courts are wrong and she is right. Like many profs, if your conclusion is one she does not politically agree with, your mark will be lower as a result. Drier than dried mud in a dryer.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ADMIN
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Similar to Parkes, you have to wear a tie-died shirt and look oppressed or Busby wont listen to you. She can be unreasonable when seeking help after class. She has no real interest in teaching if you ask me. Slighly better marker than Parkes.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ADMINCONSTIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
straight forward lectures, relatively clear delivery and quite knowledgable about her subject matter. lousy personality, though surprisingly approachable outside of class. not a good prof, but not too bad either.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CONSTITUTIONAL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Excellent Professor; she is very knowledgeable and engages the students. She said that you needed to prepare for class and that is very true, but if you have prepared she is very open to questions.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: GARBAGE
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst Prof at Robson. She brings her political views in the class and god help you if you dont agree. Hates students and hates life. trasfer out of manitoba or goto the other section if you are going to have her!
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CONST
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very friendly if you go see her for help. A little intimidating, but she knows what she's talking about.
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