F. Barry Cooper - University of Calgary

Professor: F. Barry Cooper
Department: Political Science
College: University of Calgary
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Cooper, despite his claims to the contrary, is quite the "dogmatic" professor; he ranted at length about his own beliefs while claiming to crusade against more left-leaning professors who did the same. Pushes dangerous ideas like claiming climate change to be false, gives better marks to those who share his views. Final grades were very late.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: F
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Cooper does nothing but use his status to push objectively false world ideas like how climate change isn't real. I got an A- on all the tests but come midterm and final ended with an F because I dared use historical examples to discredit a paper called "on being conservative". He says "as long as you have good ideas you'll pass", which isn't true
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Not even bad grading rubric/criteria, there was NONE. This course was all writing with no direction. Was going through this course blind and the final grades were extremely late. Don't take a course with him.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Barry Cooper is the least considerate person I know. He cares very little about his students and abuses the fact he has tenure. What a terrible prof, and an inconsiderate human.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Those who say they have a grade for the fall term are a joke as he hasnt released them yet. Secondly, if dont have an open mind, dont take the course. Barry has differing views from the general uni leftists. That being said he welcomes other views but doesnt agree with them. These other reviews are just close minded which Barry tries to combat.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
DR. COOPER IS AWFUL STAY AWAY!!! This man rambles incoherently constantly and it is impossible to figure out what the hell is going on. In the online format he was impossible to get ahold of for clarification, and his email responses were short and gave no information. The only way to get a good mark in this class is to pander to his exact views.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
It is obvious that Dr Cooper cares about what he is talking about, that being said I wished I had dropped this course . He does not provide feedback. His views can be brutal and hard to listen to- they are very different from the typical uni student. You don't actually have to read the books, the Mansfield one was particularly bad to get through
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Barry Cooper is an excellent teacher despite what the rating says. The type of content Barry presents is very content-heavy, and especially delivered online it was hard. However, I am glad that a professor of intellect and knowledgeability was able to teach me. As he says in his first lecture, his class is "not job training" so don't complain.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: POLISCI213
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Barry Cooper is a twisted individual masquerading as a professor. The man has clearly never listened to a single lecture concerning the connection of greenhouse gasses and climate change. He should have been booted out of the University a long time ago if they have any respect for scientific practice.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • 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:
Dr. Cooper is one of the best profs in this uni. As a mature student, I appreciate how he is getting younger students to think for themselves and not just go along with the current popular narratives. The people who call his views "dangerous" or "out of touch" have completely missed the opportunity to be a free thinker. Take his classes!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Barry doesn't upload the lecture slides so you have to go to class. Most of your notes will come from listening to Barry rather than the powerpoint. Open book midterm, 10 page term paper, 10 page final exam paper. Everything was graded fairly and was straightforward. Barry doesn't like trick questions so his essay questions are fairly easy.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I like Barry as a person, but as an educator not too much. His lectures are very cryptic sometimes, and I can see how his opinions are a little shocking to some. His lectures are informative if you know how to read between the lines, however he sometimes gets pretty off track, and can be a little preachy.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: POLI310
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Cooper is a decent guy and even though his perspective is a bit out of touch with the average uni kid, you can't deny that he does know what he's talking about (most of the time). I thought lectures were a bit boring, but Cooper is genuinely hilarious at times so I think it makes up for it. Overall, would only recommend if you like poli sci.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: POLI201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I was extremely confused by the grading in this class. Very unclear instructions for the assignments, and the TA graded most papers despite not showing up to the classes. Extremely biased perspectives on the part of the Professor, including omitting certain information in order to convince us his opinions were fact.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Work hard and youll be fine
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
In Uni you have a lot of the same perspectives. Take Cooper if you are willing to listen to other perspectives. Show up and write everything he says. Midterms are open book (yet my lowest grade). Put passion and effort into the papers because its not that difficult. You have to think about what he says on a deeper level.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Be open minded and think for yourself. Required readings aren't really required. It's mostly to expand your perspective. Everything is written, with a take-home final essay. Only graded by three things, and I managed to easily get A's on everything by providing specific examples from class lectures. His lectures are dry, so share notes w/ friends.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Barry was actually a really good Professor. You need to come to his class with an open mind though. Show up to his class and take good notes and youll likely do really well in the class. I missed a good portion of the first part of semester and still got an A on the midterm.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: POLI213
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Such a gem. This was one of my roughest semesters ever, I was constantly behind, he made sure I didn't have to drop the class by being accommodating with deadlines. The lectures were honestly great, he's got very interesting and original opinions but presents things fairly objectively. He really makes you think outside the box.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: POLI310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His teaching style is flawed; he just reads off the textbook with no enthusiasm, which makes it very hard to follow along.
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