Marian Douglas - University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Professor: Marian Douglas

Department: TBD

College: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's retiring soon and I wish I was lucky enough to need this class after then. Her tests are full of trick questions, she likes to make it hard. She gets off to deducting points for literally anything she can. Like if it's wrong by one decimal place, it's wrong and you get zero credit. Homework isn't for a grade but you better practice somehow.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you're not a Chem major good luck with this class. Assigns about 50 homework problems a night far more complicated than anything you'll do in class but thinks it's okay bc she doesn't grade any of them. Exams and quizzes are the only points you get but they're filled with trick questions and zero leniency, I was stuck taking her but try not to.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The professor enjoys destroying grades over minor details. This class is garbage. Get the credit somewhere you can actually learn it without catering to someone's need to exert their power at your expense. An unbelievable waste of time.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Somehow gets an excellence award teaching a class where she celebrates half the class having to retake it over pointlessly excruciating grading criteria. Structures the material to cram her tests with more than you can hope to study for on purpose. Acts like its all a students fault and that theyre undisciplined and stupid. Bad teacher.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

A disgrace to the profession. Relies on a tenured position and lack of administrative oversight to ruin GPA's, scholarship opportunities, and discourage young students. Hates any major that's not chem or engineering. Egotistical, gloats in the unnecessary challenge she makes of otherwise unintimidating subject. Celebrates pushing students to drop.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Took her during summer, dont unless youre prepared to devote all your time to the class. She grades hard and counts off for small errors, but she teaches the subject terrifically and I came out knowing the material instead of memorizing formulas. Dont let these reviews scare you, shes an absolutely amazing teacher.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Enjoys creating stress, making students feel stupid, and forcing people to drop. Take the class anywhere else. I made A's in more advanced subjects, but the grading criteria in this class is ridiculous. Makes it so stressful you'll get cankers. The way this course is "taught" is a disgrace to the profession. Chemistry is awesome, but this class..

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is a waste of time and money. It doesn't matter how much you are there to learn or how hard you are working. Points off for everything and anything. No leniency, no extra credit options. Implemented in a way to fail students. She enjoys playing a game with students' lives, time, and money. $1200 down the drain to play an ugly game.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1400
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have struggled to make an A, but it is possible. Chemistry is a very hard subject as it is, but Mrs. Douglas is tough. What she lectures is great, I got the material, but YOU HAVE TO GO TO CLASS. PERIOD. She is a tough grader and expects a lot, but it's doable. 1000 pts possible, 600 are exam pts. So study for exams!!! Lab is also a grade booster

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1400
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I was so scared when I read her reviews and she told the entire class on the first day that she does not recommed taking this course in the summer but I could not be anymore happy with my decision. I am no genius, average student, and I did so well. If you show that you are there to learn and want to succed then she will help you do it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1401
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hard but fair

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

GO TO CLASS. GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS. ASK QUESTIONS. Put in lots and lots of work, but she desires to see you succeed. Always available during office hours. Super nice but expects lots of hard work for her class. Very difficult course, but very doable if you work hard.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ms. Douglas is genuinely wonderful. I don't recommend this course to anyone simply wanting a science credit filled, but to science majors and pre-health students. It's challenging, but you will learn far more that way. Tests are multiple choice. One of the best teachers here, and a good sense of how chemistry at UALR is like!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1400
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a tough grader and does not have patients for students who do not understand the material, forget going to her office after class and trying to get help. She makes you feel stupid. I am now retaking it elsewhere and currently have an A. She makes the material impossible for someone who is not the best at math and/or chemistry. LOOK ELSEWHERE

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1302
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I've studied at 5 colleges, and she ranks as one of the best teachers I've ever had. When you attend the class, you leave the clssrm understanding the material. There aren't many profs that can do that. My only gripe IMO is grading is unfairly weighted. ie On a 1 pnt Q, you can do all the math right but miss a sigfig in your ans and lose 50%

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I'm a single mom of 2 kids who decided to go back to school. I finished the semester with a B+. Do not let her reviews mess with your head. If you want to get a good grade in her class 1) DO THE HOMEWORK! Even if you only do the odd problems which have answers in the back of book. 2) write down everything she says and puts on the board!!! Study it!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1400
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Mrs. Douglas is a tough teacher but keep in mind that chemistry is a tough subject as well. She is very caring when it comes to wanting to see her students succeed, but her bar is set very high. Be prepared to do a lot of work outside of class as she only really touches on the concept and expects you to do the work to learn it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1400
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

you will probably need therapy after taking her!!! Her teaching style is her own, she does not use the text book and even accuses the assigned text to be wrong. This is clearly a person who uses her so called awards as an ego boost. Being smart is a good thing but being a teacher requires compassion, fairness, and equality, traits she no longer has

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE! Toughest grader and will count off points for every thing. Explains concepts in the most difficult way possible. Went to her office after the 1st week to ask about study tips & was told I shouldn't have taken the class. We had 6 quizzes, a test and a final the last week of class. Had to watch youtube videos every night to teach myself

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1400
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Douglas is a great professor, very informative, gives good feedback on when you ask for help, super sweet, and makes lecture fun. Though she's a hard grader, no extra credit was given throughout the course, had homework on top of homework, you will learn a lot in a short amount of time, and she pretty much expects you to retain it.