Kam Tong Leung - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Kam Tong Leung

Department: Chemistry

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His notes for CHEM 254 were terrible. They were all hand-written with illegible handwriting, and sometimes difficult to follow. His tests are not difficult, as long as you understand how to use equations. Use the textbook, but make sure you study smart, not hard. His lectures are dry, boring, and with a lot of information we were not tested on.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

he basically spends the entire lectures deriving equations. don't worry about this, his midterms are fairly straightforward you simply apply these equations. as long as you read through the textbook (which is very understandable) you should be fine. do practice problems too, answers are usually on the web since he doesn't post solutions

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MNS102
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to difficult.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MNS102
• 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:

Prof Leung was kind and helpful when I went to see him at his office hours. He is hard to understand and he reads off a power point. This is a memorization class, but his true and false midterms doable, but his exam is hard. . He will take attendance every once and a while and good attendence will help raise your mark.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MNS102
• 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:

Absolutely useless as a professor. His lectures consist of him reading the slides (seemingly for the first time) and are contradictory and filled with mistakes. True/false EXAMS designed to be as confusing as possible again, often full of mistakes. Unwilling to help students in any way. NEVER take one of this guy's courses.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MNS102
• 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:

Sadly, this is the worst prof of my first year. This course is new to UW so there is no guideline on what to learn. His lecture slides are messy and full of words and colours. His accent makes him incomprehensible. The material introduced are very hard and should be taught in upper years. Exams are hard such that we had to memorize all his slides.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• 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:

by far the WORSE PROFF EVER!!!! he appears to be really friendly,but he is terrible at teaching. He does not do any examples in class, and does not post up solutions to assignments. I almost failed =( Do not take this course if you don't have to. If you do.....take it with someone else.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM233
• 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:

Just search for the full answer manual for the course online and use that to study. The lectures are used to derive the various equations you'll be using, but very few examples are done. The professor is helpful if you ask and his clarity is fine despite having an accent. Just do enough sample questions and you'll be okay.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• 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:

He rushes through lectures, very hard to understand. I went to him for help a couple of times he still did not help. I learned everything from the textbook. Overall, bad prof

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• 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:

I am studying for the midterm tomorrow... I have never missed a class... I am looking back at what he taught and I am overcome with rage at the incoherent mess of lectures he has given us. If anyone does well or even passes it is without a doubt due to extensive amounts of reading and in no part due to his teaching. I hope he realizes that.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• 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:

He only wants students who want to learn in his class. He has a low tolerance for people talking during class. He could relax a little. His notes are good, but its pretty tough trying to keep up with him. He rushes things sometimes. Overall he is a pretty good prof, there are worse chem profs and there are better ones and he's right in the middle.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• 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:

Not as bad as you would think. Tends to go very fast when writing notes, I barely managed to write all the notes down in first year! Tests were fair and the final was fair as well. Mostly just studied from textbook, assignments, and practice midterms. Occasionally used his notes and still managed to get honours in first year, one of highest marks!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Got 90 in his course. You will do well if you are willing to practice assigned questions and UNDERSTAND THEM. For those Bio people out there, this chem course that requires you to learn and understand the content.This is not a MEMORIZATION course like most bio courses.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• 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:

8:30 class is the worst! I found him very difficult to understand. However, the lecture notes were very clear...I only wish he would post them. The tests were hard. The final was similar to the textbook questions. This course is not just memorizing equations and it's very practical to science and technology.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very smart man. There are much worse chemistry teachers in the world. He is very clear with his lessons and if you just take the notes down when he writes them on the overhead and review the notes before the test you shouldn't need to ever use the textbook. He does many good examples that show up on tests/finals. Occasionally goes a bit fast.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• 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:

the best prof ever.... take his course because he really cares about his students... very comprehensive and willing to answer questions

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

do assignments, cause he gives no examples in class, just equations. Changed the marking scheme for apparent "cheating", which was the accessing of answers he posted on the internet along with the questions. Extremely lenient marking schemes, just get some equations down.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• 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 learned absolutely nothing. waste of time.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM254
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM120
• Grade Received: N/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:

he's really boringgggggggggg....and doesn't help much!!i can hardly made myself to stay awake in his lecturess...sumtimes i just go home and read the txtbk!!