Colin Scarfe - University of Victoria

Professor: Colin Scarfe
Department: Physics & Astronomy
College: University of Victoria
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Scarfe is a great professor. He gives the material a personality, shows respect to the students, and has a great sense of humor. Yes his midterm was relatively hard, and yes, he does mark harshly. Given that, I'd rather stick with my mediocre mark and great memories then trade it in for another easy, boring physics class. He often ran out of e-hats
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lecture consists of him reading overheads that are 1E6 years old. You can photocopy all of them if you visit his office and borrow them. It is difficult to follow because he just reads them without pointing to were he is on them. He sort of mumbles. His midterm is impossible but his final is what you would expect. Study from the assignments!!!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He likes to turn the lights off during lecture which makes everybody wants to sleep. Only incomprehensible overhead is used in his class...useless for learning. Avoid taking his class unless you wanna fail. He should retire.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I am a hard working individual and care deeply about my education. I read the comments on here and thought to myself it cant be that bad. I wish I could take it back. I have spent countless hours working hard only to fail the midterm. Midterm He gave questions I have never seen even after doing all the problems in the chapters.Please do not take
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Scarfe = Terrible - 33% Class average tells it all, but wait! Certainly, we werent driven insane by the fact that he clears his throat 188 times per class (counted). His teaching consists of reading overheads to the class with the lights off...
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Zzzz...Do not sign up for the 8:30- 10:00 lecture; you'll have wished you stayed in bed. The tests are surprisingly hard compared to the easy assignments. Have fun copying the billions of notes off the dual overheads. But I guess this is just a petit taste of physics to come.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ASTRO304
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
According to him, only one person has ever failed this course. What he doesn't tell you is that probably only one person has ever gotten an A.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Endless notes that I never look over. Class average for the midterm was about 35%. He laughs at how hard his tests are. I am surprised and relieved that I passed the course. This one is tough. Quite friendly though when talking one on one.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
worst prof ever. but goodluck though. he makes you do like 8 pages of notes every lecture...so you have way too much stuff to study anyway. the guy is SOOO boring. he sucks at demos...like every attempt is pretty much a failure...older than the earth itself...umm...avoid this dude. so dry, so brutal at 830 for 1.5 hours. the guy needs to retire.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • 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:
he has to be the worst teacher ever... wait no i don't even what to give him that honour... if you want to live of the edge of failing and passing take this class with this teacher cause that will happen ... oh and with the class ave. being 32-36% he will tell you all to work harder.. isn't that nice of him AVOID AT ALL COST..
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Brutal prof. Gives tons of notes on material that is too simple compared to what is tested on exams. Takes personal pride in failing students. If it looks like the only choice you have is between taking one of his courses, and waiting until next semeseter to get the other prof for the same course - then wait - you'll save yourself time and misery.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • 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:
This man is a relic from the Middle Ages at UVIC. Dr. Chris Scarfe began publishing in 1955 or 56. He is insensitive and will fail THE WHOLE CLASS in PHYS/ELEC 216. He is a horrendously terrible teacher.I think he is like an old statue at UVIC, It costs less to keep him put than to remove him. Start firing tenured Profs that cripple learning UVIC!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Class average on the midterm was 40%...Lectures are difficult to follow, unless you have the ability to write pages and pages and pages of notes, while listening to his lecture at the same time. Not willing to barter with marks AT ALL...avoid
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • 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:
You've already failed this class
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Avoid this prof. He's made exams that have had sub-50% averages three years in a row. He doesn't care what you know. Avoid the course if you can, it's all theory and no application (this is brutal for us engineers!) Scarfe has a voice that could put the most upbeat, awake person to sleep.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
man avoid scarf at all costs!!!
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • 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:
Try to avoid this Prof at all costs. His transparencies are from the middle ages and all he does is read of them. I don't even want to know what the class average of today's midterm is!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Ouch, keep away from this class. If you want to worry about failing, take this class. Overall good prof. Likes to find out what you don't know. If the class does well on an assignment, it wasn't hard enough.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Disappointed in the course. Very interesting material. Exams didn't do a good job testing knowledge of material, Scarffe more interested in what you don't know as opposed to what you do know. A negative teaching style.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ELEC216
  • 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:
50% average on the midterm, 1 question was worth 20% and the average mark on it was 5. Brutal marker, avoid him at all costs
Add Your Review Below:
Search Professors:
Welcome:

Before signing up for classes every students should gather as much information as possible to make a decision on which professors as well as which courses to take. This website will help you make this decision easier.

Here, the students can rate, research and cross-reference the overall performances of the professors to select the best ones, and always be informed and up-to-date with what’s important.

Join the fun! Visit all pages and get all the information you need to choose the best class and best professor that you’ll enjoy listening to and learning from.

Our Friendly Sponsor:
Schools:
Our Friendly Sponsor:


Celebrity Net Worth Visa Bulletin