difficult class for general chemistry, notes are online, classtime is used doing problems, uses clicker reef, gives little time for tests and quizzes, quizzes are pass or no pass

Too demanding. Dont be surprised if you fail because class average for test scores is in the 50s. He tells you to read before you come to class, and reading is the only way you might pass the class. *MIGHT*. This is coming from someone who aced Physics 04A-04C . Doesnt allow enough time to finish his tests he should consider giving them in lab.

Expects you to read before class, then come to class ready for examples. You lose points through an app called REEF which you have to answer the examples on. He forces you to read/annotate your book, which is helpful for the UC. BUT HIS TESTS ARE TOO BRUTAL. More than half the class dropped. Avoid if u can. Had to drop twice. Dont make my mistakes

Doesn't lecture, only does questions in class and expects you to know them. His homework is online and they are a bunch of curveballs. He should stick to giving homework out the openstax book. Tests u inappropriately hard, I was left questioning my ability to learn after his class. Dropped almost at the end. Took it at another college and got an A+

One of the worst teachers Ive ever had the displeasure of taking. He expects you to be able to answer complicated and in depth questions when the lectures he gives you barely scratch the surface. Dont even think about asking a question if youre lost. Hell just hit you with what do yo think it is? If you need to take science just take Davies

Definitely not an easy to learn from teacher. He's a pretty nice guy and I think he means well but I couldn't learn anything. He expects you to read the whole chapter before coming to class and barely goes over anything in lecture OR lab. Sapling is a TERRIBLE online system he uses. DO NOT TAKE HIM. I had to drop with a W.

Uses Reef, but does not actually teach during class, making class a waste of time. i lost points because of Reef, tests were a drag, and half of the class dropped in only 2 months. Don't bother asking for help, he just responds with another question wasting your time. All I would give him is that he bumps your grade if you do you homework.

Thee worst Professor I have ever had! I had to take a W two months into the semester because there was no way I was going to pass. He does not actually teach anything, he expects you to learn everything yourself outside of class. He also does mandatory 'benchmark quizzes' that you have to pass, its only pass or fail no in between. He is the worst!!

Worst professor I ever had. Uses reef in lecture instead of teaching, making lectures a waste of time. I had to try to teach myself the subject because he could not. Half of the class dropped in a month because that class was impossible. His methods of "teaching" are unorthodox, useless to anyone wanting to learn, and just plain bad.

I tutor math 10 and everytime a student from his math class comes to the tutorial center for help, no one is able to help, not even the best tutors! because his math assignments are like phd level. It's outside the scope of what other professors have taught us. I think something should be done about this because his students keep failing every year

Horrible. If you asks questions he doesnt explain it to you he just makes you feel more stupid and acts like you should know it. Tests are so long that no one in the class can finish it within an hour. Save your time and dont.

awful. I would honestly never take him again. If you absolutely need to take this class, take anyone else.

Bleh. I just barely passed because I had to do the work myself, but the only problem was that I did not have the time, I mean, we all have lives outside of class. Plus, I learned nothing from lectures and had no notes to refer to because of that reef thing.

Not a good professor. You won't learn ANYTHING. I had to drop the class. Save your time and money and don't take this professor

I would recommend you NOT to take this teacher. It is more like a self taught class you have to watch videos and take notes from them. Most difficult class that I have had attending Merced College. The exams are impossible he expects a 50% average on the first exam. Does not provide a study guide!

DOESN'T REPLY TO STUDENTS IN PRONTO, HE NEVER LOOKS AT IT UNTIL A WEEK LATER SO IF STUDENTS HAVE A QUESTION, AND OTHER STUDENTS DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, THEY WON'T GET HELP SINCE HE IS NEVER THERE. HE MAKES YOU WATCH HIS VIDEOS WHICH ARE NOT CLEAR AND THEN EXPECTS YOU DO SHOW UP AND KNOW THE WORK. TERRIBLE PROFESSOR, NOT RECOMMENDED

Hands down worst professor at Merced College, do not take if you have the choice! I'm not exaggerating! HE DOES NOT TEACH! He only holds classes for questions! DOES NOT LECTURE! He expects you to learn everything on your own then he will only answer questions about content. His tests are ridiculous he says he expects average score of 50% on exams.

I've always been a pretty solid A/B student but this class had me sincerely doubting myself with everything. Lecture is just review of the videos he posts, most of which aren't really in depth enough for the material. Takes forever to grade anything. There's a ton of Knewton homework, most of which isn't anything like exams. Take anyone else.

Next week marks the start of the 9th week of this semester, and I am just now starting to get it. He does not lecture. I would have dropped this class if I hadn't spent so much money on books. He assigns anywhere from 15 to 25 assignments per week. In this climate with remote learning, he took no time to see how we learn, just threw work at us.

Does not lecture, he only gives you the assignments with a brief explanation but does not actually teach you how to do it. He also gives a lot of work. For me chemistry has not been my strength but with him I believed I struggled much more than I needed to. Unless you're good at chem and already know a lot don't take him.

Do not take this professor, he makes up all of his work therefore it is very confusing. Also I should mention he dont really message you back! I would definitely NOT recommend taking this class with him take it with someone else..I went to tutoring but even they were confused of his work!! Science is hard but this professor makes it harder sucks.

Did not have a pleasant experience. I was struggling and reached out to him but he said to read the textbook or watch YouTube videos. He did not provide any lecture videos or Zoom calls either. Therefore, I dropped his class as I was not going to struggle to teach myself because it's his job. There were so many assignments and quizzes/tests.

Grades work off of learning credits rather than the actual percentage you received from the assignment. Claimed to always be available, but never responded back to emails.

Met the professor in person told me no HW for the 1st week, came home to 13 modules. Assignments were more like an English class participate in discussions. Bought digital copies of the book now I'm in debt because they aren't returnable. I hope to find a better professor or at least something that isn't online. He's difficult read other reviews.

You have up to three quizzes every week which dont even go toward your grade if you dont reach his benchmark. Example if you get 6/8 you get a zero. He has his own grading system which is hard to achieve. You should expect quizzes, ALEKS(5-15 topics weekly)discussions and labs every week. And he uses a made up periodic table sometimes. DO NOT TAKE

If your looking for a bad semester take this class, He fills students with lots of work and makes his own problem which makes chemistry even harder . Upon his tough assignments he is a tough grader which makes quizzes and homework ten times harder. At the end of the semester there were only 5 students in his class, that shows something.

Unclear lectures. Very picky grader. LOTS of homework.

If you are someone with a high amount of daily responsibilities other than school, DONT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR.The amount of homework is crazy and you HAVE to handwrite your notes or else he will not accept them.The notes are considered as an assignment and will dock off points if they are not properly structured. Group discussions are also REQUIRED.

The grading system and heavy homework pissed me off.Can you imagine a C after aleks with 90%, 73% lab And passed all quizes(25).Attented classes every day, just by 1 credit I got a C.I know how much hard work I paid in very less time still got a C.Good teachers would give me one credit to get a B after tons hard work.never take this teacher again.

Save yourself the headache. The amount of work you get is awful. Maybe if this was your only class and had nothing else going on in your life it would be tolerable. Doesn't do lecture and doesn't teach the material. His belief is that if you know how to read you can teach yourself. Defeats the purpose of teaching all together. Wish I could add more

This class is an absolute sh*tshow. Tenn does not teach you on the subjects unless specifically asked to. You are expected to do upwards of 20 hours a week of homework on your own time. The notes done each week don't match up with the work done in class half of the time, and he changes topics constantly. If I could fit more in this review I would.

Most awful four months of my life. This class has been the source of my stress and I'm counting down the days. His grading system is horrendous, and he assigns upward of 20 hours of work per week. I had no free time from the beginning of the end to the class and stayed up every night until midnight getting work done.

do not take this course, one week of chemist assignments was more than my 3 other classes combined. notes have to be handwritten taken from his notes he took from the book. Uses his own measurements and periodic tables which make chemistry more confusing.

Horrendous professor he is the absolute worst person that has stepped foot in a room he cannot add any value to a students mind. He is pushing topics and not explaining anything he then gives quizzes and lecture all over the place. Does not give any incentive to following order of syllabus because he teds to be everywhere when quizzes are given.

I took the AP equivalent of this class in high school and loved it; I even passed the class with extra credit. Yet somehow when I came here, all the work he does is completely different, and he just calls it "his method." Grading is unclear, and he doesn't even teach but will judge you for not knowing something. terrible time with this professor.

Professor Tenn is a sweet/nice person. However, he seems to have an unconventional teaching style. He requires you to have read chapters of readings before entering his class. He only gives work, no teaching. His grading policy is very strict: quizzes and exams require high scores in order to count. Kind but needs to improve his teaching approach.

PLEASE LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY THIS, DO NOT TAKE HIM HE WILL STRESS YOU OUT SO MUCH, HE MAKES UP HIS OWN AND WANTS EVERYTHING HIS WAY AND JUDGES STUDENTS FOR THINGS HE DOESNT EVEN TEACH.

He's a nice person and he had no issues helping me with my work. He also allows late work with no penalty. However, his teaching style and the amount of homework he gives is sort of ridiculous. Handwritten Cornell style notes required for every section. He has his own confusing grading point system too. Good luck if you work or have other classes.

Don't recommend if you have a busy schedule, this course gives out a ton of assignments per week.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!! This professor requires you to do everything his way, specifically and if you don't, he punishes you for it. He uses his own grading system, which doesn't make sense. Non of the tutors can help nor can he. 6-8 assignments per week, including 10 topics on ALEKS and you will get behind if you put off for one day. Horrible

This guy is amazing, but his workload is TERRIBLE. This is the worst class I have ever taken when it comes to work. He has a weird grading system. He is TONS of work. I only took 3 classes this semester and this class alone felt like 2 of them. Very nice but very hard, I dropped out a month before ending the class, it was just too much.