Jacques Barbier - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Professor: Jacques Barbier

Department: Chemistry

College: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

Not a very good lecturer, but what he lacks in that he makes up for with his amazing review materials for tests and clear powerpoint slides. Also a very easy to understand french-ish accent

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

Nice, good hearted guy, funny accent, mumbling, very sloppy handwriting, even messier demos (hilarious! "uh-ohh, don't do this..."). His classes are worst mess I've seen, students are way too noisy, shouting, throwing paper planes at him etc. He is good in 1on1 or small groups but completely overpowered in front of 100+ immature 1st year punks.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEMC01
• 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:

He has awesome demos, and an even more awesome accent!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

His lectures got a little dull once in awhile

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1EO3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

very willing to answer questions during and after class. super accent and amazing demos! CON: bsb 147 will make you Sleeepppp :(

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

Demos were great, but his accent was hard to understand and his writing was really messy. I feel like I learned nothing from the lectures that I couldn't have learned better from the text. Not the best at answering your questions. Quizzes can be unnecessarily hard.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

Best accent ever. His hair is always sticking up like he just woke up too. Demos are awesome and he always brings them in his little box. Class was surprisingly easy, coming from someone who hates chemistry. You still have to work on it though, as his lectures aren't the greatest with bad writing. Other then that hes pretty good.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

the only gud this about his class is demos.Which is nicely done and little bit funny.As a teacher 1/5.Doesn't teach anything .just read over his notes but he is nice guy

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A03
• 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:

Very good teacher, very engaging, very good responsivness to questions. While is good to know about, he spends a disproportionate (maybe not) amount of time elabourating on real-life applications of particular compounds which doesn't directly help with the equations, labs, or tests, but interesting nevertheless. Great and interesting demos!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pretty much fine. Not really too bad at all, but just a little short of awesome. His demos were great, but many students in the class found his overhead slides hard to read, due to his mediocre handwriting.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: IEO3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

best CHem proff ever.....but too bad..funi one too..no help on exam...u gootta study on ur own to do goood..

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• 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:

hard to understand, illegible writing (which is also scanned onto webct) and the spittle is kinda gross

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1E03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

UMMM... at first i thought he was the worst prof ever.. but as time passed.. i got used to him.. and now i think he's pretty good... he has an odd sence of humour.. but is humourous.. lol! demos were pretty interesting.. lol... funny too! and let's not forget the terminator accent. lol.. yeah.. he wasn't bad.. some days better than others.. lol!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

"and now for a so called Demo, As you can see this is poisonas gas..." lol Demos were the BEST ever !!!!!!! thats why i went. Crazy accent. :)

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The only class i went to all the time... his notes were great and his demos were hilarious! other than that he made me ace chem!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Hmm...I skipped most of his classes...but I still aced the class (probably because I really like Chem)...when I did go he was nice and energetic. Accent is kind of hard to understand...looks like a Swiss Yodel boy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1AO3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Nice prof. Enthusiastic and very nice manner of teaching. Great demmos!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

great demos, crazy accent

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is demo crazy (explosions, etc) which makes chem way more interesting.