Ridiculously hard to understand, not because of his accent but because of his sentence and lecture structure. In my opinion his train of thought was all over the place and for most of the time I couldn't follow where he was going.

Do not take! He is horrible at explaining the concepts. He can't dumb it down enough for students to understand. Half of the things on the test he never talked about nor were they on the homework. Difficult to do well in his class, have to teach yourself. Must show up to class for clicker questions

Professor Hilty's chemistry class was one of the most difficult classes I have ever taken. His lectures are confusing and he assigns way too much homework. He does answer his emails quickly which is nice but other than that, I would avoid his class!!

HORRIBLE professor. Doesn't know how to teach and is unhelpful in office hours. His lectures don't follow the order of the book and doesn't post lectures until the day of class so it doesn't give you time to read ahead and be prepared. Then, in lecture, he speaks of the subject as if you're a colleagues and not students. I would never take again

Dr. Hilty is a nice guy, but he is not a good professor. He doesn't explain topics well, and he NEVER answers questions in a clear way. Several times I have asked a question and wound up more confused. You can pass the class if you get a tutor/ go to SI sessions/ are a genius, but it'd be easier to just find a better professor.

I ended up hating chemistry by the end of this course. Dr. Hilty reads straight from PowerPoint slides and his slides do absolutely nothing to help...I had to go to SI or outside tutoring in order to further understand the content. He'd explain it in such a complex way that never made sense to me. Most frustrating class I've ever had.

Very hard chem professor. He does not communicate in office hours clearly, and does not seem to care very much. LOTS OF HOMEWORK with not very helpful lectures. I recommend a different professor.

Professor Hilty is a very smart guy who does not know how to teach the material. Chemistry is a very hard concept but professor Hilty only made it really hard to understand. He would curve his exams generously because the average was often pretty low. This is what happens when professors prioritize their research labs over their actual classes.

Dr. Hilty struggles with engaging his students. He is very smart and nice, but he has the tendency to ramble and often times stutters. In the lectures, some pieces of info needed for the HW is skipped over or not explained in enough detail. If you take him, get a tutor ASAP.

I hated this class I came in with little to no knowledge and he fully went straight in. He never fully taught the material well. So I seemed outside tutoring.

Of all the profs to take Chem from at A&M, Hilty is not the worst, but he's not great either. Labs are easy but time-consuming. ALEKS is assigned several times throughout the week and is frustrating and time-consuming, but don't get behind. Lecture videos are well explained, but he can overexplain in class. I wouldn't recommend for your first chem.

He teaches complicated parts of lectures before giving us the background information. Isnt open to extra credit/grade help at all. Doesnt teach in depth. If you didnt take chemistry your senior year of high school dont sign up for his class

I don't understand anything he talked about during his lecture, but you have to attend them for a grade. He also talks very quietly so if you don't sit on the right side of the room you can't even hear him. Also doesn't explain concepts or problems well if you don't understand them the first time he explains them. He'll just repeat what he said.

His lectures are very slow, so he is always having to cram content right before a quiz or exam. No partial credit on quizzes or exams makes it difficult to do well on them. If you haven't taken AP chem and take Hilty, all I can say is good luck or find someone else who teaches and answers questions more efficiently and clearly.

I am not one to bash on professors, but do not take Hilty. He does not teach well, I did not take chem in highschool nor did my friends and we hardly ever knew what was going on in class, he does not give many practice problems and the ones he does are clicker questions. You can barely understand him and his writing is illegible. This class sucked.

I try to give teachers the benefit of the doubt, but Hilty simply does not teach well at all. Lots of stuttering and very bad at explaining important course materials. Most of the learning is on your own and youll have a very difficult time without a heavy background in chem.

Probs 2 stars but wanted to lower the average. The study materials are unviewable unless you attend the SI sessions, his lectures are awful and you leave with hardly any new knowledge, instead its more like heres what youre supposed to learn, go learn it. Quizzes are unforgiving, dont listen to people saying he curves, he doesnt.

Probably one of the worst teachers I have ever had, you need to teach yourself everything, Dr. Hilty is not a good lecturer and the slides that he uses to teach are of little to no use. The quizzes are very difficult and you don't know what to expect on them because the lectures in class are so vague. Please do not take Hilty for Chem

Dr. Hilty is a great human and knowledgeable in chemistry, but he is a terrible teacher. Most lectures you sit there and wonder what is going on. Most of the class is deriving equations. There is no structure in this class, and most times we dont cover half of the slides. Quizzes are impossible and worth a large portion of your grade.

You can tell he is nice and cares about his students, but he is AWFUL at teaching. He stutters constantly, lectures are very slow and confusing, and he does not cover what is on the quizzes/exams. Almost all of your learning is done on your own, and he is terrible at explaining concepts. Find another prof for CHEM107 if you can.

Dr. Hilty is no doubt a professor that cares, but if you are able to choose another professor you should do so. He is very knowledgeable in what he does and teaches but he has no idea on how to explain himself. He is a slow lecturer as well and doesn't tell you what will be on exams/quizzes. There is also no extra credit or curve in this class.

Hilty does not have very good lecture skills. He is unable to control the class and he rambles on and on about irrelevant bits of information. I got an A in this class merely on my high school AP Chemistry knowledge.

Smart Guy, terrible teacher. The only learning opportunity was the homework, lectures were completely useless but daily questions meant you had to go. Seems to care about students but that only goes so far when he cant teach in general.

His lectures were very slow and didn't explain things. I learned outside of class by doing the homework problems. You never knew how to prepare for quizzes/tests because lectures were incomplete. He's a nice guy but avoid if possible.

I am taking this class and am not grasping any of the concepts. He is great if you're good with thick accents and ok with high pressure of tests. 1/5

Avoid Dr.Hilty. He fails at engaging the class, does not thoroughly explain difficult concepts, and quizzes often include material that is not presented or elaborated on in the lecture. His quiz average is always below 80 and does not curve any tests or quizzes. As someone who loves chemistry, he has assisted me in hating this subject now. AVOID!

He explains barely anything and he is bad at lecturing. He makes me despise chemistry. The class is way too hard for his teaching skills. Don't take.

Christian Hilty was a horrible teacher. He likes to ramble on about chem related topics that are not related to the class which just confuses most students. I completely relied on tutoring to get me a B, the teacher didn't teach me anything. I don't wish anybody to have him as a teacher. I am very studious and did good in other classes.

If you can avoid Hilty, do it. He is a smart guy, but not meant to teach intro chem. He overcomplicates it heavily. I ended up not going to lectures any more and suffered a bad attendance grade because it became pointless to go to his lectures. He constantly explains simple things in a much more difficult manner and confuses a lot of the students.

This is my first ever rate because this class was by far the hardest class I've taken in my life, I'm not good at chemistry, and professor Hilty made it even more difficult. Lectures and HWs are okay, but quizzes and exams were the hardest part of the course, quizzes were way harder than what we saw on the lecture, choose another professor!

Hilty is one of the worst profs I have every had.He is smart but his lectures are useless(But he takes participation grades), he doesn't explain where he is getting things or why he is doing things with certain variables Tutoring and his TA's review videos carried me through the year, and are the only reasons that I am not going to fail this class.

Nice guy, but awful teacher. He makes the lectures as unclear as humanly possible. He overexplains massively. Attendance is needed due to iclicker questions and the fact that the lectures slides are very unclear. Highly do not recommend. Has a very profound stutter and accent.

Awful at lectures, awful at teaching, and the exams were all failing (around a flat 50) for our class. Huge curve saved my life (usually 20-30 points of curve) and despite not learning a single thing from this class I did enjoy how the exams were literally just 50 minutes of me role playing as a physicist.

I know nothing about pchem and with the way he teaches, you would think he also knows nothing.

guy below me doesn't know what he's talking about or is the alleged relative he had in his class. worst professor i've ever taken and genuinely never seen so many people confused about a class in my life. if you take this man good luck.

How do you get a job as a professor at tamu and what are the qualifications needed because I'm trying to understand how a professor so bad at teaching and making exams somehow came to be teaching one of the hardest courses in my degree plan

I truly do not think studying or not studying will make a difference on any of the exams you take. Avoid at all costs if possible. Not worth the gpa drop.

not worth taking. please avoid if possible. i have never taken a more nauseating class in my life

This guy does not care about the fact our exam averages were consistently in the low 50s. Our final average was a 43. Clearly nobody learned anything from this class unless they also had no life outside of class. Curves heavy but truthfully, not worth your time taking. Go actually learn w someone else

Absolute horrible professor, and is extremely unhelpful. Classes make no sense, and is pointless to study for exams. Best lecture of the semester was one with a substitute professor, who is known for not being great, yet infinitely better than Hilty. Avoid at all costs. I cannot write here words that can describe how much I dislike this professor.

He wasn't really interesting and skim through many of the important topics. Homework didn't help at all and found them useless for the exams.

Anyone who says it's a discipline thing and not a prof thing, is trolling you. the homework and slides are maybe 20% of the content on the real exam and I can confidently say I knew the material on those well and yet it just didn't matter. You won't fail this class because of the curve but you won't have fun.