Pam Wolff - Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Pam Wolff

Department: Chemistry

College: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent professor. She cares about you and the material even though the lectures are quite dry, it is an easy course to pass if you show up and pay attention. Easy grader.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Pam stands out as one of the best professors I've had in engineering so far. I have not seen this level of dedication in a teacher since high school. Her assignments were great practice for the exams, her marking scheme was fair, and she had a very friendly disposition. All around wholesome experience being in her class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very fair marker and funny in class. She explains everything you need to know, always very precise when she explains something, and gives lots of practice questions which are helpful for the exam. DO NOT get the textbook for CHEM 1101

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amazing prof and really cares about the students. The course material is not hard, but it is easy to lose marks on midterms and exams for little mistakes, so pay attention to every little detail of every problem! Labs are easy and if you spend the time on them, you will do well. Go to her office hours, she is very good at explaining things.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is a nice prof. If you study properly and attend all lectures, you will be good. However she is a very tough grader and will take out many marks for small errors. But I think this is because of the nature of the subject. Textbook was not required. Take the VOD option if possible. The course will feel much easier and less boring.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great Teacher, if you can get by her boring classes. I would suggest to go to the classes as she shows you the way she wants the questions done and if you follow her procedure you will do well. Do the assignments and practice problems as the are the same questions from her midterms and final. Her marking schemes suck. The labs take a long time

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The assignments, midterms, and final exam question were all taken almost straight from the slide. She really works hard to make it easy for the students. You don't even have to really pay attention in class, as long as you do the assignments and understand them, you are golden for the midterms and exam.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's alright

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very annoying

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Loved her teaching method. Print her slides and add the notes to them during lecture. Her evaluations come exactly from her notes, assignments, and practice problems. Review the notes and do the problems after every lecture and you are guaranteed an A. Labs require good preparation! Be ware of the lab final, easy but time is a factor!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Amazing prof. Helps if you're ask anything that's related to the subject.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent prof. Makes tests and exam really easy, and goes way out of her way to explain concepts, which can make the class extremely boring as she drones on endlessly explaining every nook and cranny of a concept. Annoying at times, but if you need the help she is most certainly there.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her marking scheme is terrible. You lose most of the marks in a question for a small error. Terribly boring class, terrible notes, and has an annoying monotonous voice that makes u wanna smack her.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1005
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Personally think she's great. Have had three courses with her and got 2A's and a B. She gets personal if you take your course as serious as she takes her work. The notes are very important to go over and the practice tests she posts.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pam knows her material, however cannot teach this material to students. Her marking schemes for midterms are very unfair as she takes off a lot of marks for errors worth only a few marks. Lectures drag on endlessly and she goes off on tangents that sap your energy. This course should have been a repeat of grade 12 but I'm even more confused now.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1002
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a million times better than Bob... if I had known she was teaching the class in the summer, I would have waited to take CHEM with her. If like me you couldn't stand Bob and he taught you nothing, just wait and take the class with her. Save yourself some suffering. She explains everything perfectly.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

pros : her color coding for notes makes a BIG difference , easy to follow ,welcomes all kinds of question and she posts all notes and practice solutions on Culearn . cons : UNFAIR GRADER , she invents reasons to subtract marks from you even for most little detail . she hates Giving partial marks and loves giving zero on questions.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pam is very enjoyable to listen to, and is extremely clear and concise in his explanations.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Seems like a good prof, but she spends way too much time trying to elaborate on what she's talking about, and her lectures become extremely boring and difficult to pay attention to. Fair grader, will make the time to listen to your questions. DO NOT BUY THE TEXTBOOK IN THIS COURSE.I didn't open the textbook once throughout the entire course.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ISCI2000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Here is my situation, I went back to school after 17 years of getting my high school, I've always HATED math, chemistry and calculations. (ADHD), I freaked out at the start, however, Ms. Wolff is a really GREAT instructor and explains everything in a very simple and clear way. Just watch lectures online so you can reward and pause when needed