Michele Benard - University of Ottawa

Professor: Michele Benard
Department: Psychology
College: University of Ottawa
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PSY35QUELQCHOSE
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Really one of the best and most comprehensive profs at the faculty. Actually teaches real material instead of textbook paraphrases. Will go out of her way to help yo make the best out of your project, treats her students like adults, and gives them more freedom than a graduate student can have in making their projects.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She doesn't teach most of the material in class. You have to read and memorize her own notes that haven't been updated in 15 years. Shows lots of movies in class that aren't that helpful. Would NOT take another class with her. If you can avoid taking it with her, do so.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mme Bénard a une manière orthodoxe d'enseigner. Vous n'apprendrez pas dans ce cours, mais il est facile d'avoir une bonne note. Elle donne ne choix de faire un examen ou de faire un projet final de 7 pages qui prend plus de réflexion que de recherche. Je recommande pour la faciliter, pas pour l'apprentissage...
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • 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:
Professeur qui a une manière particulière d'enseigner, puisqu'elle n'est tout simplement pas préparé ! Laisse ces questions et vidéos inutilement trop long guider les cours et répète identiquement le narrateur de la vidéo, ce qui complète le cours. Elle se trouve très drôle et dévie du sujet constamment. J'ai jamais eu un professeur aussi "plate"!
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
J'ai beaucoup aimé cette classe bien qu'il est parfois difficile de savoir ce qui sera à l'examen.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boring class, spends most of the time 'discussing' with students but not in an effective way! Class needs WAY more structure and moves at a painfully slow pace. She posts summaries of the classes online which are all you need to study to do well on the exam - very helpful and makes it pointless to attend her dry classes!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mme Bénard a une façon bien particulière et peu orthodoxe d'enseigner. Elle ne balance pas la matière, ne nous la fait pas recracher sur une feuille d'examen. Si vous voulez vraiment apprendre à réfléchir, c'est la professeur qu'il vous faut.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It's not the popular opinion, but I think she is a good professor. She pass long time on a subject and at exam it's easy. But don't trust her, for exams you have to learn exacts sentences of her texts. Finally her final exam is more easy. But There are just two exam in the session. Do no miss a exam!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PSY35QUELQCHOSE
  • 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: Mandatory
Comment:
Took a few of her french classes for third year and wow, she's horrible. I understand wanting to get into more of a philo view of psych but when people would give their opinions, she would put them down. She wondered why students stopped participating.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3501
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
AMAZING PROF! I can see why textbook-cattle-minded students would not like her approach but hands down I can say this is one of the only university classes that changed my way of seeing things and actually taught me something that I couldn't find on google. I wrote 1 paper. 7 pages. Finished with an A+.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • 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:
This psych course barely discussed psych at all w the focus being on philosophy the entire time. Online notes are super hard to read because of an excessive use of emphasis on practically every other word. Tests were hard, and she's useless in office hrs, esp. if you're in immersion. Learned nothing and would not reccommend her to anyone
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2506
  • 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:
No comments...worst class ever o.0
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Elle a une approche différente. Son cours est intéressant (on regarde beaucoup de films). Il est facile de comprendre la matière. Les examens sont faciles, si il y auen bonne écoute en classe et une bonne étude.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Méthode d'enseignement différente. Personnellement je n'ai pas aimé parce que ce n'était pas claire ce qu'elle voulait transmettre ce qui rendait la prise de note difficile. Par contre, elle met en ligne des textes qui résume ce qu'elle disait en classe ce qui m'a permis de comprendre.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Plus side, you don't need to spend money for a textbook and she gives you the opportunity to either do journals or midterm and final (oh and for exams, you can justify your answers for multiple choice, don't know if the justifications are considered) On negative side: I get tired of a class that consists mostly of people's opinions... I don't care
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
we're all so used to being teached in the traditional textbook way and this teacher is the exact opposite. It was nice to have a prof that lets you figure things out through a journal and does not just throw things at you to memorise and vomit back up on an exam. I loved this class. Its a lot of work to keep up with the journal but worth it!
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PSY2505
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Different...but interesting. She teach her own way. Too much philosophy tho. It's not very clear what we are supose to learn neither.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3000
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing teacher. You learn a lot about life and not just about reading and memorizing text book. Makes you think about different aspects of life that do not really makes sense. A good life time experience just like Claude Lamontagnes classes! :) thank you!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PSYCH3140
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She was great! The first class where students were actually allowed to figure things out ourselves. Namely that our world isn't a place where there are fixed answers to everything (like a textbook might tell us), but rather, it's all subjective and ever changing. marvelous teacher!! don't take it if you're closed minded and memorizing oriented
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PSY3501
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You learn a lot in her class. She really makes the subject interesting and relates it to real life things!!!
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