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friggin' hard and can't seem to grade consistantly.
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soooo much extra work compared to other chem 403 classes
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He a great, very solid teacher. Alot of people complained about his class but if you attend regularly, do the work (yes, it's a lot), and keep a repoire with him, you'll do fine. It's demanding but you get out of their knowing your stuff.
He's a good basic Chemistry teacher, only people that shouldn't be in science won't like him.
Not bad, it helps if you've already had chemistry for 2 years previous. He has decent verbal examples that make sense, which is rare for science teachers, at least those that I've come across.
Bauer assigns a ton of work but it makes u learn it. The national standardized test at the end of the year was a breeze after his class. I haven't been able to find a chem teacher more effective anywhere,and ive transfered 3 times
VERY HARD - with so much extra work! Even though you learn alot your test scores tend not to reflect that - very solid teacher, knows what hes talking about, although sometimes too hard to understand.If you havent had chem before you will be lost.GOODLUCK
Knows his stuff but is very difficult.
i hate chemistry even more because of this teacher. i had to change my major because of the grade i got in this class. the class was too big and had way too much work. bad grading system.
Good teacher. knows what he's talking about. Really hard tests.. alot of work. need to keep on top of things.
Awesome porf, one of my favorites. Great teacher, if you pay attention and do the homework you'll do fine. Really good class- makes me consider becoming a chem major.
Hard tests, but he explained everything so that I could actually understand it. He was able to explain topics that i struggled with all through AP
VERY HARD but a great guy and willing to help you out when needed. You will fail this class if you don't study study study unless your a chem whiz.
Loved the way this guy taught-- he made chemistry easy to understand. I put in no effort whatsoever outside of class and pulled a B.
Bauer is the best chem professor at UNH. He is always willing to help. There is no reason anyone should fail his class.
very well informed, does an excellent job empathizing with students... in return he expects har work and demonstration of unerstanding on your part.
Fairly good teacher, goes through materail quickly without many examples. His strengh is with helping on indivdual or in small groups. He is always willing to answer any questions, and often puts in extra office hours to help students out.
Not a teribble teach, but probably not the easiest guy in the world either
This class was challenging. He went through the material very quickly with few examples. Very hard exams. However, he knows the material well and is very willing to answer questions.
arrogant as all hell
Terrible professor, extremely rude, doesn't help with anything. Don't even bother trying to e-mail him his responses will only make you more mad because hes just rude and inconsiderate.
exams are not bad ONLY and ONLY if you do online homework and long problems assigned in book. hard teacher if you don't study. grading system is bogus and you have no idea where you fall into place at the end of the semester. Final exam is very unfair with the time frame given... Choose different professor if you want an easy going semester. =)
Hard Professor is the shorts explanation for him. This is coming from a student that got an A in the class. Assigns so much extra work, and I don't even think he knows how his grading system works. Loves using clickers for attendance so don't skip his class to much. Another thing, never e-mail about your grade hes just going to**** on you rudely.
Bauer is such an arrogant man. He doesn't care when you email him with questions or grades and isn't a very good teacher at all.
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you can all go to hell, how dare you say bad things about dr bauer, once i was really stupid and actually forgot to go to an exam and her let me take it in his office the next day
Knows his stuff but does a bad job getting it across to students. Horrible, unclear grading system. Very arrogant, and EXTREMELY rude to most students, except those he decides he likes. Tests are either badly written, inexcusably hard, or both. I have prior chem experience and got a C-. Absolutely horrible professor. Do not recommend for anyone.
A very tricky teacher. The classes are very helpful, however this year a student teacher was up too, you don't get what you sign up for
Typical prof who knows the material but cannot teach worth a lick. Very arrogant and rude with students, does not care if he answered a question or not. Hard class overall, but probably not the worst chemistry prof out there. But if you are looking for an easy year, do not go with prof Bauer.
Worst prof. Ive had at UNH. Very unclear style of teaching also arrogant.
very nice man. He is willing to make accommodations if necessary. He's very helpful. His class is definitely really hard and I had to get a tutor for it, but he teaches you alot.
By far the worst professor I have ever encountered. Extremely rude and condescending. The TA's involved are terrible as well. You're completely on your own with this class, don't even think for a second that lectures will help you. GO FOR any other professor, this guy was an absolute nightmare.
Easily the worst Chem teacher I've ever had. Tests are needlessly long and difficult. He doesn't show up to class when its time to explain chem-math problems, letting an incomprehensible TA do it for him. This = test failure. Extremely rude and arrogant. In his mind, Chem is superior all of your time should be spent doing it. Take a different prof.
I have no clue where to start. Terrible, rude, unwilling to help, will not answer questions, makes you doubt your self, makes you feel like a complete idiot. Cannot teach despite how good or bad he knows the material. This guy will ruin your life with sooo much extra work that he never even teaches.
Worst teacher in the history of teaching. Doesnt care about anything and the tests have nothing to do with anything he talks about
He is a tough grader and it is hard material. But personality wise he is a nice guy. If you need help he will help you. He talks to you like your a person which is better than some other professors that teach 400person lectures. You can learn from him if you want to learn, but it takes some work.
CFB isn't a very good teacher but there isn't any way to get around him unless by some miracle you get a general chemistry class that he isn't teaching. The class sucks, the exam sucks, everything is horrible. But if it gives you any hope, just remember: it can't get any worse- and it's only one year.
Difficult material, Grumpy but ok professor.Ooften uses identical questions from year to year so if you find his old tests it's not too bad.
Arrogant, smirks and rolls his eyes when asked a question in class. Does not always teach class. Makes a difficult subject impossible. Poor leader.
Arguably the most arrogant teacher I've ever experienced. I was warned of teachers like him, it was a nightmare having him for a terrible class such as chemistry. If you are stuck in his class, take as many notes as possible and please take advantage of group studying, you can't manage his class alone.
Bauer has little tolerance for not understanding things. He is very scatterbrained and not always the faster at returning exams. I was not a fan of his teaching style nor his attitude towards the students. Highly educated man though.
Really wasnt bad at all. He was fairly decent at explaining things. He was humorous and was very lenient with grading. Big scale. HW was easy, Lab was easy, tests were not that difficult especially with the grading curve.
Bauer's teaching style kind of sucks. The lecture is about 200 students and he tries to do make people do group work. It's just annoying. He's also not very clear.
Worst chem prof I've ever had. Don't take it with this clown. Wasn't helpful, sped through material and assumed you understood it, tried to force group work. Winans is way better.
Worst Professor I have ever had. He teaches the class like you already know the material. Doesn't help out of class if you see him, he only says that you should do the problems in the book. Since he doesn't teach well you don't understand the book. In addition the book is useless and doesn't give you good exampled. *Get the Workbook with textbook!!
Had him for 403 and 404 (Gen Chem I and II). Better at explaining stuff in 404. Very good at teaching abstract material, but not enough examples. Book is very dense, problems in book not helpful with exams. Difficult exams, but doable if you really study and really think through the problems. Participate in PLTL (chem study group), it really helps!
Chemistry is not easy, but he tries his best to use a variety of learning methods to make learning chem work for everyone
Professor Bauer is an extremely intelligent man, however he does not know how to teach first year chem students. His exams are extremely difficult, but manageable especially with the curve. Go to his office hours if you don't understand something, he's much better at explaining things one on one
Completely incomprehensible, and this coming from a once A+ Chem student. Hire a private tutor if you can. I've had ppl explain to me in 10 minutes what took him hours to never clearly explain. Most of the time he doesn't attempt to teach in class, you're expected to just know the material. Despite working dilligently, I will probably fail.
literally the worst professor ever. shouldn't be allowed to teach. ever.
He is not a very good professor at all. I am a freshman and his teaching method is for middle schoolers,not college students. Everything i have learned in that class is by me teaching myself how to do it.
Worst teacher I have ever had, he is not helpful at all. He does not care about his students or care about teaching.
Worst teacher I have ever had, refuses to help with any questions. Passes off any in class questions to tutoring and extra help time. Very narcissistic, only ever wears white pants. Not helpful, try to avoid this professor at all costs, he is very rude and belittling. Should not be allowed to teach
I wish he would explain things before setting the class off on their own. Does try to have review sessions, which do help.
He is hard to understand,But if you go to his OFFICE HOURS with questions and you are trying to understand the material you will be fine. In the beginning I didn't like him but now he is very helpful and I enjoy his class.
Be prepared to teach yourself. Thinks doing worksheets in groups are sufficient to teach chemistry. Will put things on quizzes and exams that he NEVER talked about in class. TA's will hate you in lab because you won't know what you're doing, to no fault of your own, it's because he doesn't teach.
If you end up with him as a professor, TURN BACK NOW. Very unclear, hands out pointless worksheets, and exams are basically UNRELATED to anything that he "teaches"
Heard terrible things about the guy...it was the only section left and I got stuck so gave it a shot. He is not clear at all, knows way too much about chemistry but not how to portray it to students. Worst professor I have had yet...I learned more my first day in Orgo about Gen Chem than I did a whole semester with this guy. AVOID!
Easily my favorite professor freshman year. Bauer is not an easy professor by any means. Material is tough, homework is challenging, but I would recommend Bauer to anyone entering a chemistry/biology field because you will learn more from him than any of the other professors put together.
I really liked the subject matter, his office hours are helpful, so are the curves, study hard for the exams and they are very manageable! You need to do a lot of learning from the book and taking notes from the book as well as the class to succeed.
I like Professor Bauer as a person, but I do have a bone or two to pick with his style of teaching/assessments. He encourages group work, which I find very helpful. On the other hand, his tests are very long for how much time you are given. He is actually a very understanding person though. A lot of effort is needed to do well.
He was disrespectful to his students and he wasted my time and money with his reverse teaching methods.
most likely one of the worst professor I've ever had. he didnt go through how to do equations, just posted them on powerpoints, and assumes everyone knows alot about chemistry. I failed his class but managed to pass 404 with no problem cuz i had a better teacher
When I took this prof's class, I immediately disagreed with the ratings which I went through ahead of time. Chemistry is a tough subject, you should know that, but Dr. B is very fair and respectful, and is good at explaining the complex material and offering opportunities to understand it. Also, understands personal issues that pop up before exams.
Like many others have said, chemistry is a hard subject. However, Bauer does the best he can to help his students learn it. He's a good guy who gives hard tests and has to teach some hard material. If you work hard, you can do well in this class. I hated chemistry and high school, but I'm actually doing really well now with Bauer as my professor.
He's not miserable as a lecturer, but he doesn't teach you much. Have to be prepared to teach yourself. One huge benefit to this is that he can't teach so everyone does poorly on his exams. His curves are ridiculous, sometimes up to 30 points.
Ok this class is notorious for being a very tough class. Luckily for me I had two years of chemistry experience prior to this class. For me it was simple and aced all the exams except for one where I was one point away! The exams are scaled so theres that. Take this class seriously if you are not good at chemistry. If you are good you'll be fine.
I came in as a Bio major and Bauer is the reason I switched. Chem with Bauer was by far the hardest class I've taken. Required us to buy a clicker and 80% of the time he couldn't get the technology for it to work. He also didn't teach - told us to talk to our neighbors and figure it out. SO much work. HATED it. But he does bump up grades at the end
heard before that he was tough and shouldn't be allowed to teach, but i disagree. yes you do need to he ready to teach yourself some things, but that's what college is about. if you can't handle that get an easier major. not his fault. anyways he's very helpful if you're willing to put in the time.
Assumes you know a lot of chemistry and goes from there... Majority of the class failed including myself, retook it with another professor and passed with an A... And they asked if I'd be their TA... Bauer is just not helpful
Does the best he can with a 100+ student lecture in my opinion. Actually gives worksheets, which, while they are not for credit, are often done in groups to introduce a new subject; see if you can figure it out before he explains. Much more engaging than just lecture. Tests are hard but scaled a ton. Could maybe seem unapproachable but is nice.
This class is known for being hard and most of the class failing. It is a hard class, not going to lie. But it is doable. He makes you work for it and the exams are pretty hard. He scales a ton though. So if you failed an exam, you probably got a C with the curve. Expect clicker questions every class that count for participation(can get them wrong)
Dr. Bauer can be a rude awakening to freshman or people who have never had to put effort into a class - he has high expectations of his students. Attendance matters. If you put effort in, take the time to review material, participate in PLTL, and go to his office hours: you will be just fine. He takes the time to learn everyone's name - he cares.
The online homework was a nightmare. His exams are very tough, and I barely made it through and I studied everyday.
The online homework was a nightmare. His exams are very tough, and I barely made it through and I studied everyday. I would not recommend him
Imagine someone explains the concept of reading to you, then demands you have to read an excerpt from Anna Karenina in front of the class. That's how the tests feel.
Prof Bauer expects that the students going into his class already have a very advanced background in chemistry. If, like me, you didn't you are going to have to work very hard for your grades. He is very bad at explaining things in a simple way that students can understand and his tests are extremely difficult, would not recommend having him.
His tests are wicked hard. You have multiple online assignments a week. If you don't understand one topic, too bad you're already learning 3 more.
Did not enjoy my experience.
His exams are irrelvent and unclear. He writes his exam questions in the most confusing and unnecessary ways. The class average is normally failing or nearly failing.
He will do practice questions and problems in class and then put the most opposite things on the actual exam. His questions are very unclear and difficult. The class average for the exams are usually a D or lower. He makes complicated things EXTRA complicated! Horrible experience
Take all your lame chemistry jokes and barium. I can't express my frustration with him in 350 characters, so just take my word that you'll be better off with another professor.
Bauer expects a lot out of his students. You will have to devote a lot of time to homework and studying along with going to every lecture if you want to earn a high grade. His exams are wicked hard and confusing. He does scale grades at the end of the semester which is great
Okay, attend class, take lots of notes, and ask lots of questions! Especially take advantage of office hours and practice exams. Bauer was great! Chem was really hard, but if you're dedicated, you'll make it.
Bauer's tests can be difficult because he really makes you apply the knowledge from class. But as long as you go to class, and complete the online homework, you should be able to do really well on the exams. He also posts past exams to help study so definitely go through those. It was my main study tool.
Be prepared for zero grading transparency and to be treated like a child. I hated this class. Best not to be on his bad side.
Many people thought that Bauer was tough but I did very well him. Make sure you do the online homework throughout the week so you don't cram it in the last day. The homework and practice tests are very helpful the exams. If you do all the prior years exams that he posts on blackboard you should do fine on his exams. Also, PLTL was a great help.
He's willing to help students. If you follow up everything he taught, it will be fine.
There is a lot of homework but doing it pays off when it's exam time.
His lectures I find aren't helpful. I mainly learn from the required class programs ALEKs and Sapling (each has certain assignments/objectives due each week). Tests are usually pretty difficult - however they are scaled pretty heavily. Uses clickers and easy group reports which may mean he records attendance.
Awful Lectures, he presents his material in a way that is unorganized and incredibly difficult to follow. Not only are his exams very unsimilar from the exams given by the other chem professors but they are unsimilar to the material he covers in his lectures and the material given as homework on the online resources. He makes it very difficult.
Lectures do not teach you a lot. I learned it all from sapling and aleks and studying past exams. He scales everything very well. Really smart man but terrible teaching methods. Also you have to have at least two friends in the class because you do group work everyday.
Hes just a bad professor. He doesn't explain how to do problems he just does them then moves on. Not only that but he hardly goes over equations he goes over concepts.
Bauer is a nice guy, but is WAYYYY too overqualified to be teaching intro level chemistry. He has trouble understand how hard chemistry can be, and assumes everyone in the class took AP Chem in high school. Exams are tough and worth almost 60% of your grade. The only saving grace is the massive curve at the end.
He teaches through lecture so if you don't show up, you're probably going to fail. Most people complain about him, but he's not that bad, if you pay attention in class, do the online assignments each week, study, and seek the help available to you if you need it, you will do fine in the class.
Bauer is a really nice guy, and he's very smart. The only homework is ALEKS, which is pretty tedious but the tests were scaled a lot, so my final grade was ten points above what i actually earned. If you study youll be fine
Great person, terrible professor. Full of knowledge but tends to forget how hard chemistry can be for students. Doesn't let you know your grade for the class until the end of the semester which is very stressful.
Bauer is an extremely intelligent individual but he is far too intelligent to be teaching an intro Chemistry class. The quizzes themselves require you to have an in-depth knowledge of the topic which requires a LOT of outside study time. On top of studying for his quizzes, he requires an asynchronies homework. Be ready to self teach.
Really really bad professor. Really nice guy but really bad professor. Does not actually teach anything just introduces topics and then tests you on them like youve been doing chem youre whole life. Do not take this class if you can get out it.
could I have done better as a student? yes, but this class felt like he threw it together in a week. we had to do online practice problems (18% of final grade) which were useless and extremely time consuming. lectures relate vaguely to information on quizzes as he shows no examples in class. You have to live and breathe the textbook to feel just ok
I like to call this class a "collective failure." Each quiz was scaled twenty points; one of the few things which will count towards your grade. Didn't make it clear what skills and topics we should be focusing on. Will learn more in lab and from studying practice problems than in lecture. Does make himself available through frequent office hours.
This was one of my hardest classes. In class, you’re working with a group of other students. This is super annoying because I’m not learning. We just get worksheets of paper with no explanation that we have to figure out in our groups. There’s nothing to take notes on in lecture. Tests are very hard and there’s lots of homework
did not actually teach in lectures just hands you a paper and you are expected to work through the questions without any previous knowledge
Lectures are completely useless. He teaches absolutely nothing during them. Entire class was self taught for me. He gives out lots of homework that takes hours to complete. His tests looks like they were made with him blindfolded. Class average on tests is usually 40-60%.
Hmm yes, slides shouldn't actually have any information in them. Just include topic titles and *maybe* one example. Quizes/exams might as well be on the SAT/ACT.
Lecture speed is very fast paced, you can't even take notes properly. Slide shows he posts are just plain useless because they just have no information on them. Quizzes feel like they were translated through google translate 50 times before being sent out to us. He constantly has to curb quizzes because the class average is always around 50-60%.
he is way too intelligent to be teaching chem for beginners. does not know how to explain things and has his entire class confused during lectures which is clearly reflected in the overall quiz grades. infact, many people consistently fail the quizzes because they are straight up confusing.
We did a lot of quizzes and we all failed, but then he would curve them so much we all would pass.
Material does not match up with quizzes. He teaches at a level much higher than a general chemistry class. Curves grades accordingly at the end of the semester. On academic probation so he cannot give tests. He is very caring and takes the time to learn your name. He is just not cut out for general chemistry. Having previously taken chem is a must.
This Professor has no idea how to teach lower level students. Despite his numerous errors in his own work, he acts condescending towards students who do not understand the material, but gives us work meant for higher level students. Lectures will not help with quizzes, nothing will. Take another professor if you can.
TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE. The worst professor I've ever had here (as a sophomore). The quizzes (which he writes himself and don't make any sense) have nothing to do with what he is teaching in lecture.
Worst professor by far during my entire 4 years here. I hope he gets fired.
Trying to already cram a years worth of work into a semester is hard enough, but when you have a prof that sucks at teaching just makes everything that much worse. His lectures are slide heavy, with little to no information on them. They are not posted, if you miss a lecture you're screwed. Good luck contacting him out of class... Good luck...
Bauer was a miserable professor to take, grades would never be in on time, and the material on the quizzes and tests never would line up with the material in class or the textbook.
My experience in Professor Bauer class was an absolute dumpster fire. His teaching method involved overcomplicating things to the highest degree possible and giving the most absurd examples. And OH MY GOD the quizzes were actually impossible. They had absolutely nothing to do with the course. If you have class with this man, drop it immediately.
Bauer gets a bad reputation. He teaches a fall semester class with Freshmen who don't understand what most college course structures are like. The class is difficult. You should expect to study from the book, in-class activities, and homework. Grading criteria on quizzes is obscure and frustrating but the curve is very friendly.
He was horrible and didnt teach me anything.
Professor Bauer is an incredibly sweet man but it is very apparent that his skill level is too high to be teaching general chemistry to a class of mostly first year college students. In order to succeed in his class, you need to have a background in chemistry because he provides little to no context in his lectures to the content he's teaching.
Bauer's class is notoriously challenging, but with the right approach, you can succeed. Stay on top of the coursework, utilize the textbook and study tools like unstuck AI, and you'll make it through. The grading curve helps, but it's still a tough course.
Very difficult and frustrating class. This class brought the most stress for me out of any class that I have ever taken. Prof. Bauer is very intelligent. However, he should not be teaching 1st-year students. His lectures are confusing and do not prepare you well for quizzes/exams. This class was self-taught for me, unfortunately. Do not recommend!
Get ready to study EVERY material he provides before quizzes. He likes to use his old quiz's so definitely utilize that. Go to lectures and do the homework every week because it will pile up at the end. This class was my hardest by far but you can get a good grade if you study a good amount.
If you are a COLSA major and remember stuff from high school chemistry you will be fine. All it really takes for this class is a little bit of studying and if you're struggling you should go to his review sessions. Lectures get the basics of each topic but actually doing the hw and going to reviews will help a lot.
Disaster of a class. There are quizzes every other week that have nothing to do with lectures. He will assign take-home exams over thanksgiving break or any long weekend when you would typically go home. His scaling format that he uses at the end of the year is ridiculous, your grade will go down. Avoid this class and professor if you can.
If you can get out of his class, do so ASAP. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and push through but I regret it. He ruined my love for chem and overcomplicated everything. "Teaching" style was awful and quizzes were SO unpredictable. He was very unorganized and also kind of rude at office hours.
Almost everything you will do in lectures is group work, so if you don't learn like that you're kind of screwed. Going to lectures is basically mandatory because his slides are useless without his explanations. Bauer has review sessions every Sunday which I recommend, and he has a very generous end of year curve. Quizzes are biweekly, and difficult
I had Dr. Bauer for CHEM 403. The class is very group-heavy, so teamwork is essential. There's a lot of homework, and participation is required to avoid losing points. His teaching style didn't work for me, quizzes were TOUGH and unpredictable, but the generous curve helps (saved me). His slides make no sense without explanation too.
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Textbook Required
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