Gerald Takacs - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Professor: Gerald Takacs

Department: Science

College: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHMP441
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

All he does in class is derive equations, but you're tested on using those equations in context with other things. Use the practice tests and you'll be okay. grades on a big curve because no one passes because he's awful. Skip class and do something more productive with your time like eat nachos and make memes. Only tests count for grades.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 1011208
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Pretty easy class. 4 online exams and written final make up most of the grade but there are weekly quizzes and homework too. Very quiet and monotone professor so it was hard to stay awake in class sometimes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CCHEM1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very unhelpful during lecture, skip class and read the slides you're better off. The only thing that matters are the tests. He seems like a very nice guy and may be more helpful out of class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COLLCHEM
• 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:

Nice old man, but is quiet & boring. Flips through lots of cheap manufactured PowerPoint slides. Extremely helpful MasteringChemistry makes up for it. Don’t need iClicker. Takacs is not for the unmotivated student. He will not challenge you, he will only bring knowledge to the table which you then must quickly grab before the next slide comes up.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This man literally sits and reads slides to you. Though some people may learn this way, I do not and therefore learned nothing in this class. Really monotone and boring.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This guy is absolutely useless! He says dumb things like degrees Kelvin and water contracts when it freezes. Felt dumber after classes. This guy would be great as my grandpa, not instructor.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is absolutely awful. He reads his slides word for word. When he tries to do an example. On more than one ocassion he will tell us he doesn't know the answer. He doesn't seem to really know the material. Someone else makes his slideshows and he just reads them to us. I thought I liked chemistry until I came here and had to deal with him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This professor simply reads the slides that he does not make himself and does not go over it before hand so that he can understand what he is trying to teach. He makes many mistakes and puts his classes to sleep.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM208
• 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:

I am in class at this very moment and I am having a hard time staying awake. This professer simply reads the power points provided by the insanely expensive book, which by the way I have never opened. Whether he knows what he is talking about or not I do not know, but it does not seem like he does. In short, it is hard to stay awake and learn.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1234
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Reads /only/ from the power point slides. Let students use notes on every test and then a day before the last test said "and remember, notes won't be allowed on the final, all you get is the periodic table, nothing more" if I pass the final tomorrow it will be nothing short of an absolute miracle.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEMGEN
• 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:

He is very hard to get used to, but is a good professor. Reads straight from the slides, but is good at explaining answers on practice tests. Very friendly!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doesnt seem to really know what he's doing. often makes mistakes while doing problems on the board that students have to fix. you basically have to teach yourself chemistry, or at least enough to get by. other than attendance points, theres no reason to go to class. all notes are online. he goes through too many notes too quickly.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: KINET1
• 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:

Takacs is awesome! You take a TON of notes in the class - most of which you wont understand at all. Exams are based on if you "somewhat" understand the material. He'll help you out if you ask. If you HAVE to take this class - dont be too nervous.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEMCHEM
• 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:

If you take this class, prepare to learn the material alone. Also, he gives us recitation with quiz questions in the end. Then the quiz questions online are different than the questions on paper. He tries to trick you, and the tricking gets old. I would not take a class with him unless I have no choice. He also loves his red laser tag.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He goes through way too many power points each lecture, about 35 slides and rarely gives us time to think during recitation sessions. He says, "ok you have 7 mins to do this part" then asks for the answer in the next min without giving us the full amount of time. Basically I don't have time to process all the info when its thrown at me.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: THER1014
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Excellent Teacher. Gives all derivations on the dry erase board. Get ready to write a lot of notes. You won't need all the notes for the tests as the test focuses on the more important derived formulas. But write the notes in a nice bound notebook to reference later in your career as these are excellent notes. Thermodynamics (P-Chem)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 1014441
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

enjoyed his class and learned loads, Takacs is the man