Jim Kemp - University of Prince Edward Island

Professor: Jim Kemp

Department: TBD

College: University of Prince Edward Island

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO202
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Most people don't see this man for the brilliant professor he is; their loss. He is humorous, passionate, and challenges students for a reason: not have the curriculum crammed for at testing time, but to truly be taught, learned, understood, and remembered as the crucial, long-term knowledge it should be to any Earth-dweller.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Jim is such a great prof. He scared me at first but I quickly learned to love him. He is honest about everything in school and life. He loves his field and wants you to love bio too. Lectures posted, midterm and final MC and fill in blank. Study and you're fine. In lectures he does notes but also just talks to us and is very inspirational. My fav!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I thought he was going to be really nice and inspiring. He told us to never give up on our dreams but then told us that most of us wouldnt graduate. He couldnt get through a lecture without telling us how much harder he had it in school and that students these days think we can get whatever we want. Hes arrogant and my least fav prof at upei.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• 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:

I found Jim to be a very inspirational professor, he tells stories to make concepts stay in your head and to make his lectures more interesting!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The material isn't hard but Kemp's teaching methods make it hard for me to study. He often has slides that are crammed with information (sometimes outdated) & doesn't give you much time to take notes. He posts notes online but are posted sometimes weeks after the material was covered. He also gets tend to get off-topic and run out of lecture time.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO312
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Jim is a very caring and loving man But, he often goes on off topic tangents that you aren't sure if they're important-sometimes will waste classes on non-course related things. Midterm was super tricky, but he gave bonus points. Final was a walk in the park. Only thing is you will not have a good idea of your final mark until you get it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Took the class as an upper-year, and was bored out of my mind in lecture. The content isn't easy, but he makes it almost tediously easy to pass. Great prof for first years, needs to be better at posting his notes.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very good at giving real world examples of everything he is talking about to make the material clear to students. Gives an easy midterm, practically the same each year. Wants his students to succeed, and very approachable.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's hard to understand the structure of his lectures. Disorganized. Rambles. No textbook to follow along with. Lecture material doesn't correspond with labs.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 202
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He just goes on rant , is completely not pertinent, keep saying how things will be easy and he wants us to succeed but doesn't actually go into the material or content of the class. Can't follow his class structure either. He will reply to your emails and say he will help out and I think he means well but completely irrelevant and hard to understan

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: 132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof who really cares for his students! He was a little intimidating at first, but he got a lot better. He honestly has your back and will make sure you succeed!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took his Plants and People course and its offered every second year! I loved it! so much fun! hes an amazing prof in that class cause its a biology elective so he isnt as hard as he was in plant diversity and first year bio! I really enjoyed the course and he has a big heart! I got 80+ on midterms and hopefully do well on the final as well!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Kemp cares so much about how his students do. He is a wonderful person and wants us all to succeed; he often gives little talks about how we have to try our best and believe in ourselves. His lecturing is...good, but often very scattered and unstructured. I was often uncertain of the bigger picture. But he really cares & this makes him a good prof.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kemp is an amazing professor , he is not easy but incredibly fair. who ever put negative comments on here should seriously reevaluate why (anger over a grade?). Very helpful and personable.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A good prof. that has a passion for the subject. Will always help whenever you have questions, you just have to ask them.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Emphasized what you needed to know and did not follow through at all when it came to the tests. Was very repetitive with information. He always explains things the same way even though it didn't work the first time. I hated that there were no tests prior to the midterm. Found his classes boring. No textbook to go by.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Did not enjoy this class at all. I attended all the classes and still found it hard to learn from him. He is all over the place, unclear with what is expected, and his questions sometimes have nothing to do with what we learned. I would not recommend it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Stressed what will be tested. Very passionate about Bio. Doesn't make you read everything in the text only what you need to review. Overall made the class enjoyable and very fair tests.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Kemp is a wonderful professor. He does care very much about ensuring that his students succeed, and he is always clear about what you are expected to know. GO TO CLASS or you will miss a bunch of material. As to the 'creationist' comment, nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone who has actually attended his class would get that.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

SAYS he doesn't want memorization, but if he asks a short answer question to explain something, no matter how well you understand it, he need to see a certain combination "specific words". Sounds like memorization to me.