Bart Kahr - University of Washington

Professor: Bart Kahr

Department: TBD

College: University of Washington

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM225
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Excellent teacher. Really cares about the subject and the students. Plus talk about "chemistry" for an older guy he's pretty hot. Just the way he relates and looks at you when he explains things is a turn-on. Heather Waldenburg.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM239
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Kahr is really chill and funny...but he taught straight out of the book, so it was almost pointless to go to class. (It was, however, his first time teaching 239). Either way, he tested on a lot of random material that wasn't relevant to 239. Like the final, many students felt that he wasn't testing us on 239 material at all.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM239
• 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:

Kahr is funny and obviously knows a lot about chem but i learned nothing from him! Everything I learned in his class was from the book. His tests are not particularly difficult but one or two mistakes and you have a C! I would not suggest taking him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM335
• 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:

Super funny, very smart and nice. Welcomes question, ready to help and explain any chemical noncence. The lectures are very lively. A bit of mess in his power point slides (thought not a lot of people have neat notes), but he know what is going on and guides prettty well. Very interesting, did not want to miss a class. Great

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM237
• 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:

Don't take him!!! He won't teach you what you're supposed to be learning...Instead, he'll just talk about his friend who won the Nobel Prize.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM237
• 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:

When the prof starts taking about why polar bears are white and how it is conencted to queen latifah, something is wrong. Though some of the exam questions are from the book, many of the questions he writes are far more weighted; missing one of them can drop you one or two whole letter grades.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

"I could do lots of IUPAC naming of compounds, but that's brainless." -Kahr. Kahr CAN explain chem,but like many UW chem profs,he does not explicitly state the purpose of lecture material. consequently the lectures don't seem logically ordered or pertinent until you read the book; he doesn't reference the book directly, so read it to keep up.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

dont take him

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures were complete nonsense. Everything I learned was from the book or the TA

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bart Kahr is a very nice man. With a lot of work, his organic chemistry class is enjoyable and rewarding.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Kahr was a blast. He wasn't easy, but he definitely made you think and understand the concepts completely. His best moments were always when he verged off subject and started talking about the "Real World" of Chemistry. The man was, and still is, a great teacher. Nevertheless, don't expect to have him giving you moral support. It's honors ochem, that's your job..... not his.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM335
• 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:

Is this dude serious?

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM336
• 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:

This guy is hilarious. He made organic chemistry even more wonderful. He has a bumbling but personable manner, and is quite appealing. Yet another reason to take the honors sequence.