Todd Whitcombe - University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC

Professor: Todd Whitcombe

Department: Chemistry

College: University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tends to go off topic during lectures and tests you on irrelavant material from the package. He's an extremely tough grader and picks apart essay but I was able to get feedback. I wouldn't take him again, he also hates to be proven wrong or corrected.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Super easy course, textbook is 12$, lectures were entertaining and I genuinely learned a lot.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The quizzes are surprisingly hard. He gives you the answer key for the final exam ahead of time and grades the paper easily, so there's no reason to fail.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great Prof. I enjoyed going to class because the lectures were fun and the material was presented well. He is an easy-going guy, even when I see him in the hallways its easy to strike up a conversation. He explains the material in a way that you can easily understand.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He hates on people who come to ask for help by saying things like: " why don't you know this?"Additionally, he will go on random tangents which are basically irrelevant to the lecture. Will spend an hour on the easiest slide and will speed through the later, tougher slides.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: NRES700
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Having this man teach the intro course to a graduate NRES program is the worst decision ever made by the department. He knows nothing about methods, wastes time with irrelevant stories, and is inappropriate towards some of the women in class. This man is not fit to teach at the grad level and someone needs to address his incompetency ASAP

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This is the hardest class I have ever taken. When he teaches, it really feels like I'm getting it, but as soon as it's test time, it's 10000x harder than anticipated.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• 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:

Positive:Todd is enthuastic and passionate about teaching. Negative: His class material is completely off topic when quizzes are involved. He is THAT teacher who chooses the smallest sentence to quiz you on. Not easy to get an "A". Attendance not mandatory. Useless to talk to and he is not clear on assignemnts and expectations.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very smart professor. Not very approachable in class, but very approachable in office. Calculation days are quite useful, and his humour keeps you awake in class. His multiple choice on exams are unfortunate, but written is very basic. Good Prof!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• 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:

He was an alright prof. His lectures were entertaining and his calculations days were extremely helpful. The multiple choice on his tests are ridiculous, but his finals are easy and he'll drop midterms.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• 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:

He is brutally awful as a prof! Goes off topic for 20 to 40 mins every lecture. Midterms do not reflect course material, but final was not too difficult. I attended every lecture and barely learned a thing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent lectures, but gets a bit off topic with his anecdotes and examples. Often confuses himself when trying to explain things with examples. Multiple choice is like a lottery, but written questions are very fair. Just fail the midterms and you can have 95% of the grade based on the final, which is much easier.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The best teacher i have ever had. He is amazing and deserves to win a nobel peace prize

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• 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:

Easily gets off topic during lectures, multiple choice is more like trivial pursuit unless you like memorizing textbooks for fun...

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• 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:

He often got distracted and talked about irrelevant topics and never focused on the material that he expected you to know for the exams.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• 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:

If you think you are going to learn things in the course please do NOT take it. Spent most of my time Googling things that Whitcombe taught and discovering for the most part that they were not true.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• 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:

There's no doubt that the guy is smart. He probably knows everything there is to know about chemistry, but I found him to be a poor instructor. Everything I learned was thanks to the tutors in the Nucleus, where, unless you have a good amount of prior chemistry knowledge you will need to get help in order to complete the daily problem sets.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Entertaining to listen to in class, but never really teaches you anything. Goes on tangents about his life often. Makes you feel idiotic if you go to his office for help. Fair marker and fair exams.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

An outstanding teaching experience obtained by Dr. W. He teaches well, expects the best, and finishes off the course with a great class average. I like this prof for his style of teaching. Keep up the great work and remember you can achieve anything just be positive like Todd.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

interesting and fun prof but lectures are not always relevant to learning. can get sidetracked and does not really teach. need to go to SI and do assignments with friends or TAs