David Coker - Boston University, Boston, MA

Professor: David Coker

Department: Chemistry

College: Boston University, Boston, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CH352
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very animated in lecture, which keeps things interesting. His derivations are pretty clear and does a good job explaining concepts; however, he doesn't really do very many examples relevant to the homeworks and exams, so you're often left figuring out the applications of the material on your own.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Coker is an awful teacher. He is so hyper and all over the place that it becomes very difficult to understand exactly what he's talking about. Material is not presented in an efficient manner, and the problems he writes on the board are nothing like those of the exams. He was absent 6 weeks of the semester and a TF had to take over.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CH102
• 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:

He's a nice guy and tries to make the lectures fun but he is so unorganized and impossible to follow. He doesn't really teach the material, he just does problems on the board. His handwritting is hard to read and he skips around topics. Very frustrating to listen too. Nice guy but doesn't know how to teach a big lecture at all

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CH102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A very animated teacher. Walks around the room a lot. Very messy handwriting on the chalkboard. Makes a lot of mistakes while teaching. Very fun teacher to be in lecture with. Explanations are a little confusing but he is the best of the lecture teachers.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I can't understand these positive ratings; his lectures confused me beyond belief. He runs up and down the aisles and from and to the board. While I admire his passion, I almost feel like it gets in the way of him clearly explaining the material. This class literally crushed my spirit and made me drop out of pre-med.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a very smart professor but never explains things clearly...makes things look more complicated than they acually are. If you took a class with him, don't bothers attending lectures. Study from the book and go to discussion and you should get a B+ easily if you do that.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Well I love chemistry. It's no lie, but prf. Coker was a great teacher, especially when it came to the quantum mechanics portion, the most difficult part of the class. He's really funny and a nice guy. I wish I had him for my prof next semester in 102. The class is not too difficult if you actually do the homework and readings and go to office hrs.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, one rater can really ruin a professor's reputation. His methods are bit unorthodox, but he's still a brilliant chemist who can clearly convey the message to his students about 85% of the time. Compared to Dan Dill, Coker is the greatest professor ever. The guy is also hillarious. Just do the reading and practice problems.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Hilarious. Sometimes helpful, but overall, not all that useful. Read the handouts and online pdfs that they assign. Tests are easy if you understand the material, but most people seem to do poorly on them for some strange reason. Also, the textbook is aweful.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

avoid this class with coker at all costs! coker is soooo confusing! dont even bother going to lectures..just go to discussions and youll be fine. coker is soo confusing and unbelievably disorganized.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CH101102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

In Lecture he is a scatterbrain. Very energetic. Will embarrass you if you sleep. Tries explaining too much too quickly at times, and since he is not very organized, he can be hard to follow. Go to discussions and you should be fine.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Actually, the concepts tested on exams are very much emphasized in his lectures - more so than with the other profs. Extremely interesting, brilliant professor. He tells you exactly what you should know for the exams. However, it's up to you to manipulate these tools in order to understand the concepts. He made a challenging course enjoyable.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He's a really cool guy. I like all of his little stories when he goes off on tangents. For everyone who says this class is hard, just read the book. The textbook reads like it's made for kids in high school is so straight forward it's ridiculous. . As long as you do that, you don't even need to pay attention in lecture

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The exams are the same for CH101 regardless of the professor. Professor Coker, however, can become unclear at times and the concepts tested on the exams are not the concepts emphasized in class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

totally can't follow this guy, he is all over the place, there is no order to what he's saying, and whoever told him that he should teach intro chem was clearly bathing in a pool of alligators.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This guy is great. Very interesting and energetic. Class was easy but then again it was intro chem so what do you expect.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• 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:

agree with the spastic comments and the idea that he thinks we all automatically should have complete knowledge of all this stuff

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

no order to lectures...shows answer but doesn't explain process to find answer on own. TAKE STRAUB. i had coker first sem, straub second...straub uses colors and formats notes, coker is ALL OVER THE PLACE. GO TO OFFICE HOURS BEFORE EXAMS

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice guy, but doesn't explain material very well. Seems very arrogant. Try to go to Straub's lecture.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

a tad crazy (ask him about his relation to the croc hunter, and the shark story)can be hard to follow, forgets we don't have PhD's in chemistry -although the disscussion leaders seemed thrown at times. go to Straub's lec if you can