Chad Emmett - Brigham Young University

Professor: Chad Emmett

Department: TBD

College: Brigham Young University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEOG271
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

While Professor Emmett clearly cares about the subject matter and his students, that fails to compensate for his incomplete study guides, erratic lectures, and incredibly difficult exams that often include subject matter well beyond the scope of the class. Id love to have this guy at a dinner party but not in another lecture.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GEOG120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Emmett is passionate about his class, and knows his stuff. He's chill, and class is mostly lecture. There are map quizzes, but he tells you what to expect, so if you prepare it's easy to get full points on those. Same with most of the grades in his class. For tests I just used the textbook to go over the terms he gave us and did fine.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I love Dr. Emmett. He was funny and his lectures were so interesting. Take good notes in class because there's not really any words on the powerpoints-they're just his pictures. The test reviews were pretty pointless and the TAs took a really long time to grade anything. Do the extra credit because you can get almost 2% on each one.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEOG120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I learned SO much from Dr. Emmett about the world! He truly loves what he teaches and his lectures are so good because he incorporates stories and pictures from his travels to help you remember important concepts. Take good notes for the exams and find some friends to study with. He is the professor you want to take if you really want to learn.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He does not give out any study guides for tests so you'll get to read every single one of your notes before the tests and hope you can memorize it all. The reviews are pretty useless and will only help you out with maybe 10% of the tests. The TA's weren't prepared. You'll wait at least a month for test scores, and then don't expect them to be fair.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

All of the comments above are accurate. If you take notes in class, you should be alright. However, there is a lot of information about him traveling the world. It's extremely interesting, however, he doesn't reiterate stuff that is on the test, such as religion, physical geography, and language. If you miss it, that's it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEOG341
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

My favorite class at BYU. I hate politics but he makes this subject fascinating! Tests are easy if you go to class and pay attention. Lots of focus on current events in the tests and the assignments. He gives many small assignments to buffer the 3 big test grades. Very kind and approachable outside of class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

great professor, really enthusiastic about geography. Tests over what is talked about in class so make sure you attend and take notes. Tests are easy if you study. One of my favorite professors!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

To begin, his whole system is wrong. He lets his TA's grade everything and he says to expect grading errors, so you really never know if you are wrong or right on tests. You will never know your test scores until 2 months after you take the test. His lectures consist of his vacations and then he will test you on things he never talked about.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class was pointless. Emmett is too about himself and all his "traveling" that he has done and that is all he talks about. Good luck taking notes because you will never know what to write down. Just come to class and catch a fat nap cause the only thing that matters are the test reviews given by his less than qualified TA's.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

great professor, covers everything on tests in lectures so you should go to class in order to do better on tests.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awsome lectures and fun classes. Quizzes are easy A's but the tests can be a bit tough. As long as you study fairly hard and attend class (even though it's not mandatory), it will be a solid A to high B range. Make sure to take good notes though.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Emmett is by far my favorite professor! He is so good at what he does and gets so excited about Geography. If you take ANY geography class, try to take it form him. He makes the material fun and personal along with just making the class a good time. He truly cares about his students as well. Solid guy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEO120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I LOVED this course, Prof Emmett has a way of telling stories. I feel his lectures were very clear. If you focus on what he emphasizes in the lectures and study well you should do fine on the test. He really knows what he is talking about. but notice DOES NOT GIVE A STUDY GUIDE !!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GEOG341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Political Geography with Dr Emmett has been my favorite class in my entire time at BYU. The lecture material and homework assignments are fun and super easy! Take this class if you love geography and want an easy and fun A.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GEOG271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Emmett is probably one of my favorite professors at BYU. I loved his Middle East class and it significantly increased my interest in this part of the world. The papers for this class seem intimidating but they're not; if you do the reading you'll be to write extensively. I've taken 3 classes with Dr. Emmett and would take another one if I could

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEOG341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Emmett was one of the best professors I've ever had. He's very approachable and I thought his lectures were very interesting. His classes aren't easy though. His tests are tough and there's some heavy reading involved but he gives plenty of easy points assignments to balance the grade. I would take a class from him again.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEOG271
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Emmet is a super nice guy. However, he doesn't know how to teach. His class is set up in a way that doesn't make sense. His tests are impossible to study for. I recorded his lessons, took detailed notes, did the readings, studied for hours on end, and in the end couldn't do well on his tests. There are big papers as well.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEOG120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved this course! Professor Emmett is the best professor I had on campus and he was super inspiring and thought provoking. I became a geography major in large part because of him.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEOG341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Emmett is awesome. He's gone everywhere and uses his own photos in lectures. He's incredibly knowledgeable and qualified but doesn't sit on a high horse, but don't relax just because he's a laid back professor. You still need to study for the tests, but they aren't too difficult. I recommend this interesting class.