Andrew MacFarlane - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Andrew MacFarlane

Department: Chemistry

College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM417
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. MacFarlane was clearly well-versed in the material, and provided helpful notes every class (even printed them out for us!) Very considerate and lenient on marking with good feedback. Took us to tour TRIUMF too! The only thing is he's probably busy running experiments at TRIUMF and may be late.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's not the best lecturer but he's a good teacher. He gets nervous teaching sometimes, but if you need help, he is very approachable, patient and kind.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Pretty boring, but not terrible. He goes through a lot of example problems in class, which can be helpful. Honestly, in this class, if you want a good grade, just do the CHIRP problems a few times over, and you'll be gold. If you need extra inspiration, Dr. MacFarlane isn't supplying... but you won't earn a worse grade than with someone else.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

in office hours takes the time to explain stuff to you, super nice, but in lecture does not go through enough examples or explain the material well enough. often better to read material/do the problems at home, no clickrs

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Quizzes seriously demand you to be prepared as if you were writing the midterm. He designs it that way..even though it's a quiz..Don't bother going to class. Learn from txtbook. His notes don't help and he speaks in a monotone voice. Go to other prof lectures instead. I actually don't have anything against chem but he makes me hate it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Very boring prof. Im falling asleep every time on his lectures. There are way better profs than that!!! if you have a choice, better go with shorter lecture 3 times a week than listening to him for 2 hours 2 times a week.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

just a terrible prof. In my class he just stands there on the same spot for the entire lecture. Very boring class especially it's 2 hours long. No break whatsoever and he just keeps talking and talking in a dead voice that's hard to follow after 3o mins. I find the textbook better.Wish I had a better Prof. !!!!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He gets better as the course goes along. He is kinda weird and just writes down the notes straight from Vista. He does weird examples of things too. There are better profs

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• 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:

Little dry but good teacher. He goes a bit fast in lecture but if you review the notes he gives you and do the problem sets you're set for midterms/final. I learned a lot from him.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• 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:

needs to make class more interesting

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have the BIGGEST crush on dr. MacFarlane. He is very approachable, and teaches chemistry in an interesting and straightforward way. He makes learning chemistry fun. I despised chemistry, but after this class I feel more capable in my abilities. His jokes are pretty witty, he is a clever, clever man!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM123
• 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:

Dr. MacFarlane is pretty good, though he is very wordy. He writes down everything and usually in the way he says it. However, I find him pretty easy to understand because he will first say it then write it. BUT do listen and write your own notes, since he does write too much and sometimes repeats himself, unless you want to waste pages and pages.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Material is very hard but He was very helpful and very approachable.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM299
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible prof. unbelievably boring. His voice is monotone. He doesn?t really explain, just reads out the notes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Uninteresting and a terrible teacher. I hope he never teaches again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Really unclear prof, notes really hard to study from, and aren't applicable to midterm and exam, and the same can be said for the quizzes. I would NOT reccomend having him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Bad prof. Boring and the notes he gave us were useless. I ended up taking notes from another prof. Online quizzes did not reflect material on midterm and final at all.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Has a nice voice to listen to. He writes his notes on the overhead while he teaches so we can keep up, however, his notes are usually pointless. Online quizzes were very hard. Demos in class were kind of pointless but were cool to watch.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

i think he was an alright prof. his notes, not super great. you just gotta study hard for the course. his online quizzes were kind of brutal though it does reflect the final exam.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM121
• 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:

Online quizzes are free marks, some notes ARE posted online, just find them on webct and additional midterms and finals are posted there too (not posted for some other sections). Without buying a textbook and just using his notes, I managed to do really well. Not super clear, but not bad, chem is hard for everyone, deal with it ppl.