Roger Lew - York University - Keele Campus

Professor: Roger Lew
Department: Biology
College: York University - Keele Campus
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Bane of the semester; unhelpful lectures, insanely difficult tests, and fear of bad grades. Lectures aren't nourishing, but he makes or hints exam tests in class. About one a week, but made 2 in one lecture during snow storm. He announced, class average historically has been in C to C+ range; note this is with 5 most recent exams posted online.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: 2010
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Enthusiastic teaching style, but A is easily manageable without attending any lectures! Some level of ambiguity in test questions, and he overrides textbook information if it conflicts with his lecture without prior notice. Textbook is must however. If you are interested in plants, take the course seriously.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: 2010
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Roger Lew is great. one of the best prof in York. i got B+ and could get better if i studied harder. he is very clear , the only problem is some student do not go to his class and they expect A , well impossible. grow up, its Biology not a visual art class. i enjoyed the plant. i recommend you go to every single class and take GOOD notes.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr Lew's lecture are fun to listen to but they do little in the way of helping you pass the course. No help from slides here, you have to read and read and read the book. He recycles his test questions with minor changes but still with 8 prompts and tricky wording, you will need a lot of luck to do well on them. Nice person, horrible teacher.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: 2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
good luck surviving this class. his tests are SO HARD they're 30 multiple choice questions A-H and they're so brutal idk how i DIDN'T fail... labs were ok
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing and dedicated professor. Probably the best professor I have had. He is animated and genuinely cares about his students. Tests are difficult but he provides tests and exams from the past 4 years with similar and identical questions to those on his current tests. Also, probably the only professor to take the time to help out in lab.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
AMAZING PROFF! but midterms and exams were brutal! they were really hard and was not easy at all to get a good grade in this course. Attendance is MANDATORY!!!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PLANTS2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The class is not easy. But the weighting is made so that you can do well if you put in the effort. If you are willing to put in the effort i would absolutely take this class. As long as you do your labs and study for the test you can get a good mark
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing prof, he is very enthusiastic about the subject and he comes to your labs and points things out. Labs were REALLY easy. His tests are tricky, and the SAME question on a test one year with the same ans list has a diff ans another year. However, I really enjoyed his class - just not his tests! Attendance is essential.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • 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:
His tests are extremely difficult and he's unclear as to what he wants on tests. If you can avoid this class i would. he's pretty nice and enthusiastic though, that was probably the most enjoyable part of the class. one good thing is that if the average is bad he does actually curve quite a bit.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: BIO2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
VERY HARD, nice guy tho. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS...
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is a hard prof, but if you study hard, you can get an A/A+. The problem that his lectures are out of the book, and he is confusing!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: BPHS2090
  • 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:
misleading questions on assignments and tests. ambiguous teaching. avoid at all costs!!!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: BPHS2090
  • 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:
gives ambiguous questions on assignments with completely arbitrary answers that he comes up AFTER grading the assignment. no clear expectations, no guidelines, ZERO help. by far the worst prof at York. STAY AWAY FROM HIS CLASSES!
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Alot of bad reviews here, but I found him to be a good prof. Yes, he jumped around and his tests are very detail-oriented but that should not come as a shock to anyone with a bio major. If you listened carefully and studied an A is possible.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Tests are hard (options A-H), but provides you with previous tests so high grades should not be hard. His lectures are horrendously unfocused, which makes writing class notes v.difficult. You'll need these notes to study what topics are on the test. Given his low rating, I will say that he is the only prof to visit each lab each session and talk.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The first test this year was not very hard, my main complaint is the way this man teaches! He jumps from one topic to the other,waltzes around students' questions and leaves us confused at the end of the day. Labs are useless. He is enthusiastic though...
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The tests are extremely extremely hard. So hard that even if you keep the test afterward, there is a bit chance that you won't find the answers in the book. Very nit-picky on the questions, he requires the students to know the smallest details in the book.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PLANT2010
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He'll be teaching one thing then jump over to another completely random subject. To add to that, his tests are brutally hard and follow no structure. Also the labs (for Plants) are a complete waste of time and are of no value except to waste 3 hours of every week.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: BIO2010
  • 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:
Miserably confusing tests and very hard marking. Both laboratory work and tests are not organized at all. Test questions are very ambiguous. Professor uses the same tricky questions every year. Even after the test (which we are allowed to keep and mark ourselves) the answers to the questions can not be found anywhere. He admitted his ambiguity.
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