Joseph John McCarthy - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Professor: Joseph John McCarthy

Department: Engineering

College: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHE0300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

McCarthy is a great professor. He's the head of the ChemE department currently, and I took him for Transport (300). He's organized, color-codes notes, and tries to help you learn. Homeworks can be tricky, but he's very helpful in office hours if you need it. In-class group quizzes, heat exchanger design group project, 2 midterms + cumulative final.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHE0200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

McCarthy is a good teacher, tests are doable if youre resasonably prepared. He is very clear and not too boring in lecture. The homeworks are long, but if you try the absolute worst you will get is 50%. An A is very doable.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHE200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't teach as good as Parker IMO. Notes are on a website, not in powerpoint form. Long homeworks, but graded on effort. Tests can be rough if you aren't prepared.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHE0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a great professor that makes the material very easy to learn and understand. He's funny and keeps the class interesting, and the tests are not hard if you just show up and pay attention. I'm thankful I had him as my first teacher in ChemE. If I could take all my pillars with him, I would.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHE0300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Class is preety easy, 40% of your grade is done as a group. He's helpful if you go to his office.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHE101
• 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:

Easy class to begin with, but helped if you needed it. Really nice guy and is very good at speaking in front of a bunch of people.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHE101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

i had him for chem engineering lab. he was very unorganized, didn't bother to show up some days, and didn't really seem to care about the 1 credit lab. grades were given at random and it was a total blow off

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHE35
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's the kind of guy you would want to go have a beer with, not the kind of guy you'd want teaching you.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHE0035
• 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:

Best class website you'll ever see from a Pitt professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHE1011
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent instructor! Very helpful to students. Easy Exams.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHE1011
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he CAN* teach *sarcastic tone

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHE0035
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. fun class. keeps notes online and a webpage better than any other

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHE0035
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

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