Robert Brym - University of Toronto - St. George Campus

Professor: Robert Brym
Department: Sociology
College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The lectures weren't really important, they were basically just him explaining the readings. It's VERY reading heavy, but the readings are great. The lectures were monotone, tests often had out-of-syllabus random questions. But he's not all bad like the popular opinion. E.g. - he gave everyone 100% on a quiz because it was too close to our midterm.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This course was definitely my favorite as a first-year at UofT. The SOC100 tests came straight from the book and his lectures, and tutorials were a great help. His lectures were pretty straightforward and clear.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The lectures were fine to sit through and the readings were interesting (very long and gruelling reads, but still interesting). It just sucks that 70% of your mark comes from tests tests that were basically purely based off minuscule details from the textbook. If youre not great at tests like me, avoid this course with Brym like the plague.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Tests were focused on recall of incredibly specific details from the textbook instead of the actual concepts. In the final, he asked us to remember what example he had used in chapter 2 of the book. He wrote the book and changes it every year, so you have to buy it. The textbook is the most important part, and it's grueling for a 1st year class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Brym was a great prof when it came down to learning about sociology as a whole, but his testing methods were really poor. His quizzes were fairly easy and he told us what to expect, which was great! However, his exams were not written the best. It felt like he was testing us more on random facts that we learned more than actual sociology.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
From my experience, a lot of the people who complain about Brym are the same ones slacking through the semester. With that being said, it's up to you to regularly do the readings and watch lectures. He outlines exactly what will be on the quizzes and he was usually accommodating. Course concepts are easy tho so just put the work in!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: C-
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very very hard tests! Ruined my GPA!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Brym's lectures and the reading he assigns are pretty dry and heavily opinionated. Tutorials are useful but also boring. However, this class is genuinely not hard. If you do your readings, take detailed notes, focus on understanding the key concepts, and make sure don't second guess yourself on tests/quizzes (all m/c), you should get decent grades
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I had the unfortunate experience of doing my first semester of first year online. I'm not sure whether he's like this in person or whether it was just because of the awkwardness of speaking to a camera but Professor Brym's lectures were quite boring. The textbook got me through the course. Prepare for slightly confusing questions in quizzes.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS!!! Course assessments did not test our understanding of concepts, instead, we needed to memorize the smallest and most insignificant of details (ie, graphs he showed literally once). In other courses I got low 90s, in this class I got 60s on assessments despite hours and hours of studying. VERY textbook heavy. Good luck.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100H
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
SOC100 is decent with Prof. Brym. He responded to issues promptly and his announcements on Quercus were detailed. Little bits of news and music in the lectures made the course more interesting. Tests are straight forward and fair. However, the course readings are heavy and the final contained a lot of rote memorizations. CONSISTENT EFFORT REQUIRED.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I have so much to say but not enough characters. DO NOT TAKE SOC100 WITH THIS PROFESSOR. For an intro class it should be easy but he makes it TERRIBLE and HARD. Don't bother watching the lectures, he just reads the slides. His tests and quizzes cover the most useless details and he does not care about students. Anyone that says he's good is wrong.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
His tests are so detailed.... And the lecture is boring for me.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This course made me hate sociology to be honest. Maybe if it was in person I would have another opinion, but it definitely didn't work for me online. The tests and quizzes do not test your learning - I do not know how some MC questions can determine your passing in this course. Do yourself a favor and go for other courses.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He always tries to sort an issue if he can and is very prompt in doing so. Yes, this course is very reading heavy but if you know the course content you will do well. His quizzes are straightforward and based entirely on the content taught. Good professor and tries to make online teaching interesting by adding music clips on lecture videos.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Genuinely one of the nicest professors who always responds to concerns. The course itself isn't necessarily easy but it's not incredibly difficult either, expecting a university level course to be a walk in the park would be your fault. Overall, the lectures and required readings were interesting, and there were never any surprises in the exams :)
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
the reading is boring. and the final exam focused on very specific details from the reading and the lecture notes. Professor Brym seems nice ( I never met him in person and all the lectures are pre-recorded).
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
alot of the people complaining here are obviously people who have never taken a social studies course before. his tests aren't that hard even if you choose to study the night before, and are typical for a course with this subject material. lectures are pretty interesting but assessments could be done a little better.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
SOC100 was a little rough for me honestly but Professor Brym definitely made it more enjoyable and put in extra effort making it more engaging for us, which is hard to do with an online course. I really appreciated the little details like putting songs at the starts of lectures for us and I can tell he's very passionate about the field :)
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: SOC100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
the worst class I've taken so far. the wording of his tests and quizzes are brutal. cant seem to tell what his intentions are. the class average is low overall, if he was going to do an online course with no open sources at least allow the students to go over his work. WEBCAM MICROPHONE TEXTBOOK is a must (online). very old fashioned
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