Norman Purzitsky - York University - Keele Campus

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Norman Purzitsky - York University - Keele Campus

Professor: Norman Purzitsky

Department: Mathematics

College: York University - Keele Campus

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: MATH1013
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The worst professor ever.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: MATH1505
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You're better off learning out of a textbook than listen to his lectures. He doesn't actually teach the material, but instead reads out his math logic to himself as If he's solving the question on his own. Waste of money to attend his lectures, only 15-20 students in a section of 170+ attended his lec. Got an A by listening to other profs lectures.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: MATH1014
Grade Received: D+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

HORRIBLE professor. I've unfortunately had this guy for 1013 and 1014, and he is literally the worst professor I've had at York so far. His handwriting is completely illegible, he frequently tells students that he thinks they should give up/drop the class, and doesn't provide support outside of a weekly lecture that's only 1/2 hour long. AVOID!!!!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: MAT1505
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This prof cannot explain what he is teaching. His writing is messy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: MATH1014
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Unfair grading

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The course is doable with a different prof. He makes the course 1000 times unbearable and that's not an exaggeration. His handwriting is difficult to read. Two textbooks were made available and yet not enough. He includes so many proofs in midterms and final that he hardly goes over in class. I think he intentionally wants students to fail.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: MATH1014
Grade Received: F
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: No
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Have myfinal with him tomorrow. I have had ALOT of bad teachers since elementary & high school, but he has been the WORST EVER. His handwriting in notes is worse than my 10 year old little sister. You literally have toteach yourself the entire course!!!5 min quizzes everyday, and even he can't solve them in 5 mins. Avg is 30 in Midterms. Undoable!

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: MATH1013
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

if you are reading this DROP HIM IMMEDIATELY. he straight up doesn't care. He will fail you even if you study your butt off. His notes are super messy and hard to read and he makes fun of people when they ask questions. He won't teach you anything. avoid at all costs.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

-Used notation different from either book -Regularly made mistakes in calculations -Complained about lack of rigour in the book but never proved theorems -5 min quizzes every class, worth 40% The hardest part of the quizzes was deciphering which answer matched each letter that matched with what roman numeral which matched with what drop-menu box

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is the worst prof and won't let you pass. If you are reading this, take a course next sem or next year with an alternate professor because you will just waste your tuition fees taking him.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He gives pure math questions from 3001 to tests, and those questions usually worth half of the test, so your full grade is 50%! Class mean around 30%, so good luck!

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is awful. His notes are scratch notes, with countless mistakes in them (he says he will fix them but never does) - it is very difficult to understand. He makes his lectures near mandatory because he has a quiz every lecture that accounts for 40%. He tests us on things he can't solve in a reasonable time himself. He complicates the trivial.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Going over 2nd test: he says "This problem was really easy", but then it takes him 40 min to finish - had to start over several times. Halfway through solving, he says to himself "What am I doing..". I can't believe I'm paying tuition for THIS. Never hesitates to put us down, always pointing out how unprepared we are, but doesn't even try to teach.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

No clue what was going on the whole class, he hated the textbook so there was no resource to help understand his messy notes. He couldn't even solve the problems himself...

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: MAT1505
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

can't explain anything! all over the place. hard to ask him questions.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's teaching a low-difficulty (for a math course), straightforward 2nd year course - but manages to make it complicated & confusing; he confuses HIMSELF. Every lecture I can't believe how unprepared he comes. Stumbles on what he says/proves, but concludes with "this is really important, you guys should learn this". Treats his lectures like a joke.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: MATH1014
Grade Received: D-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His tests are impossible to complete. He gets pissed when students ask a question about a concept over and over and says "come on guys it's easy stuff". Yeah, it's easy for him who's been teaching math for 100 years, not for students. He said he expects the class to mostly get Ds and Cs. The Average for both Midterms was BOTH LESS THAN 40.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: MATH1014
Grade Received: D-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He does easy examples in the lectures, and then on the test and homework it is next level stuff, that we don't have any idea how to do. So the homework ends up taking hours to finish, and the stuff on the TEST/QUIZZES, is harder than the homework. Can you believe it? You must ask, how can one attain a teaching's license being a teacher like this?

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: MATH1014
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Does easy examples in his lectures, but you ABSOLUTELY can't follow along because his handwriting is horrible. He doesn't explain that well, and makes online quizzes 5 minutes long, and that is 40% of our grade. The tests are impossible to do. He expects 50s from class, not sure why York keeps him on their payroll, as he is making $200,000+ a year.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: MATH2310
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The quizzes are stressful. You can't seriously say that they're supposed to be our bell curve. It would be helpful to have complete, organized, legible solutions and notes from him. Uses two textbooks, that are actually not that similar - this can be confusing. The test was almost more fair than the quizzes - although the average was a low 30.

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