Carl David - University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Professor: Carl David

Department: Science

College: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Take him in the summer! The class is an easy A. Exams are multiple choice and are short. He also gives clues on the exam if you ask. Not very easy during the semester

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You have to go to class in order to get credit for the clicker questions. He just reads off the slides, so it's boring, but it's a moderately easy class. Read the book to learn the material and go to the lab because there's always a quiz and it'll help your grade in the long run. Good luck!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1127
• 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:

Fantastic sense of humor, but doesn't use the most effective teaching method. I got an A, but stopped attending lecture after the 3rd week. Just read the book instead - it's a lot more clear than the powerpoint slides. Make sure you attend discussion - it's incredibly helpful with the right TA.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easiest chem class every. Tests were taken mostly from the study guide, which you go over during discussion with your TA....labs are extremely easy, just show up and you get 10 out of 10. My TA helped with the quizzes!!! The clicker questions are the only things that kept me going to class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

It should be an easy A class. THere are online assignments and in-class clicker questions that you need to be in class for, as others pointed out. His lectures are practically a short version of the problems from textbook. Exams are very very basic

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1127
• 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:

Screw this teacher...Prolly the worst teacher out there. Tells stupid jokes and laughs at it. Talks about the stone age a lot, I think he should just go back to that and not teach..Switch out of his class now if u can

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I could teach this class about 15 times better than this man. He makes it SO unnecessarily hard and incomprehensible. Ridiculous. He is technologically retarded but still tries using this clicker system? Easy class if you took Chem in high school, but if you don't remember a lot, he's not gonna help you at all. Easy lab, quizzes and exams. BAD prof

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

There will never be a day when this guy does not mess up on a powerpoint slide. This semester you had to go to class becuase we had "clickers" that we had to respond to questions too and your clicker grade is part of your grade. The class itself is easy if you've taken general chem in high school. The quizzes and labs are really easy too.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you're smart you'll love this class...if not then sorry you should just switch your major now.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM127
• 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:

This guy is terrible. Had a substitute for one week and there was a huge difference. All he does is click through power point slides and do problems, he doesn't actually explain the concepts at all.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Well, he certainly likes to hear himself talk. "Well I just took 15 minutes going over this, but it's an outdated method that won't be on any test or quiz, and actually it's scientifically incorrect." Have fun teaching yourself chemistry if you take him.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

he really means well but his lectures are useless and he doesn't explain things well. make sure you read the book because there are alot of things on the exam that he doesn't discuss in class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I think he's a great professor. Hes not always very clear, but he tries to joke around and you can tell that he is very passionate abobut what he teaches. I found his class very easy and the thursday-night quizzes really prepared us for the exams.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This prof. means well butits his time to retire. You can't get much from his lecture, so make sure you read the book. Always check web-assign nightly for new quizzes and assignments b/c he forgets to tell you when they are. His exams aren't too difficult. He likes a lot of math. I have been out of school for 12 years and don't remember any algeb

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM122
• 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:

Although he uses a lot of powerpoint slides, which professor doesn't? The work in that class is understandable and the material is absorbed at a much slower pace. His downfall is not reminding his students that there will always be a quiz every Thursday evenings, which is a bummer! His homework is tedious but the things are pretty easy if you are n

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

hated this professor..dont take him..his notes are unclear, and shows no regard for the students in his class, he doesnt care if you understand what he's talking about. You should definitely consider taking another teacher for chem!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

he's not a great teacher if ur dtuck with him, then definatly attend the review sessions they will really help!!! He tells really stupid jokes though and he means well, just needs to take a few new teaching classes instead of relying on the ones he took in the stone age.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM127Q
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He tends to trivialize concepts that are not as easy as he may believe they are and he is very difficult to understand because of his improper or lack of use of a microphone and the fact that he will write on the board, in small letters, with the lights still dimmed... Prof. Neth substituted for him one day and there was a marked difference.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM128Q
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I decided to not listen to the ratings thinking that he couldn't be as bad as people were saying he was, he is. I have the hardest time understanding anything. Out of a lecture that started with a about 100-150 students, only 19 are still attending lectures. DON'T TAKE ANY CLASS WITH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM127Q
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy is the biggest loser ever... he teaches NOTHING and leaves you even more confused right before the exams... If you take chem take it with NETH