....what a shame....a tenure professor, taking advantage .. may teach properly nd but gives the worst exams ever...miss one little thing nd there goes 10 points! take allen or struss..UT needs to do something bout this man

STAY away! His exams never ever covers what he teaches! No matter how many hours u put it, barely anyone passes in his class. AND he doesn't curve unlike all the other ORGO professors in the entire WORLD! NEVER take ballard. I sure wont ever agai.n He needs to change

He'll help you want to drop out of college

RUN. useless lectures. have to teach yourself. hard tests. barely curves final. pray to get a C

Although Dr. Ballard could care less if you attended class since he check attendance, go to class, or read the book like crazy. He is very lecture heavy, goes off of tangents and is quite monotone. He never curves tests and you are grateful if you can get a C, or if you just LOVE chemistry. STAY away from him, especially non-science majors!

Ok, Dr. Ballard is a great guy. He is understanding and caring but he is an extremely difficult professor. You really need to love chemistry to do well in his class. Lecture exams make up your whole grade he offers no extra credit, quizzes, or homework. If you want to pass you NEED to read, and spend at least 10 hours per week out of class.

Prof. Ballard is accessible for help,but you need to teach yourself everything. Nothing from the notes is on the exam except in conceptual ways.

Ballard is a horrible professor he is not helpful in anyway and he is too smart and the word choices he uses in his lectures are to advance for college students. I went to his office hours multiple times through the semester and I got NO help. I highly DO NOT recommend his classes to anyone get out while you can. You wont pass.

I highly DO NOT recommend his classes to anyone get out while you can. You wont pass.

Dr. Ballards lectures are overall really boring, his humor is cringe worthy. The tests cover almost nothing from his classes so you basically have to teach yourself chapters at a time.

Go to every lecture, do all the homework problems, and go to his office hours and you will still probably fail. Do not take, even as a last resort.

His teaching style is terrible. He teaches "here's what you do" without explaining. So I understand nothing. And it's a lot at once. You have to teach yourself outside of class. His examples in class don't match the textbook nor the homework.

Worst professor I've ever had, I went to the tutoring center at least three times a week and met with him, and I still ended up doing bad. Would not recommend, he gives a lot of homework and only four tests the entire semester including the final. Homework takes a lot of time to complete and doesn't help you prepare for the tests.

Had him for Gen Chem 1 and barely passed. Now I have him for Gen Chem 2 and I'm struggling to even pass his class with a 65. 10 people withdrew from my class this semester. Gives you his old tests form last semester, but on the questions are totally different from what he actually tests you on. Do not take if you're trying to maintain a 3.5 GPA.

Terrible teacher, went to every class for the first two tests and studied with the material he provided, got a 52 and a 58 on those tests. Skipped every class for the third test and only went to tutoring, got a 62 on that test. I can quote him saying the class before a test "Class is out early today because I don't want to review for your test."

UT really needs to do something about this man. You could understand most of the material he covers in class ,but only puts a few questions on his exams on what he actually covers. He makes his tests very tricky and twists information. Would study over a week for his exams to not get higher than a C. Would not take, make him your last resort.

Worst professor I've ever had. Didn't grade exams for 2+ weeks and did not prepare you for them in any way. Never could give a straight answer about grades and was late often. I had to teach myself organic chem 2 because he was no help.

Worst prof I've ever taken. Great guy, awful teacher. Horrible at explaining and only goes over everything once with a single example. Doesn't curve exams. Homework takes hours. Almost no opportunities for points. Wouldn't wish for my worst enemy to take this course with him. There's a reason he's the only org prof at UT with no waitlist.

avoid this man at all costs. put in final grades the day the new semester was starting and does not know how to teach well.

THE HARDEST PROFESSOR I'VE EVER HAD AT UT. DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HIM AS THE PROFESSOR!!! Average of each exam is around a 55 and he doesn't curve the exams & doesn't allow for corrections. If you're trying to at least pass organic chem I, this is NOT the professor to take it with.

Assigned hours worth of lecture videos in addition to class lectures and homework. Turned what should have been a 1 hour 15 minute class into a 3+ hour class. I stopped showing up to lectures and actually got better grades as a result - that's how useless his lectures are. Did better fully teaching myself from the book.

Honestly was one of the worst professors ive ever had. I went to every class, did every homework, studied for DAYS ON END for his exams and my scores looked like i never studied whatsoever. His teaching style makes it impossible to do good or show how much you actually know. Save your GPA, do not take him as a teacher.

I hated everything about this professor. We had hybrid classes and he just sat on his laptop and wrote notes every single time. No class discussions, no nothing. The averages on the tests were always bad. The final was multiple choice, but all math problems & impossible to finish in the time slot. No extra credit. Worst teacher I have EVER had.

In addition to his confusing lectures, he had us watch so many videos that were not helpful. I learned better from other resources. Also, I'm being accused of an academic integrity violation and his reasoning was "the question was posted on coursehero". The question wasn't answered nor do I have the money for a subscription. Don't take him.

Dr. Ballard was the least helpful professor I have ever had. He does not care about his students and his office hours are less than helpful. He ruined the whole semester for me. Do not take this professor.

DO NOT TAKE HIM IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY. he knows everyone is failing his class and instead of teaching, he's laying horizontal on the table trying to show orbitals. literally not even close to helpful. 40-50% average on exams. hours and hours of homework. be ready to withdraw because more than half of my class did within the first few weeks

The worst professor I've had, does not know how to teach. Writes on the board for his lectures and has no power points or resources for us to look at. Over half the class had to withdrawal because they are failing. Tests are impossible and the class average is an F. Your better off not going to class and looking at the textbook.

Do not take this teacher if you want to pass. Professor Ballard doesnt know how to teach and has the most monotone voices i've ever heard, i'm genuinely about to fall asleep every class. On top of this the tests are impossible and there is 4 hours of homework every week. Your only grades are homework and tests, so if you fail tests you fail class

Absolutely the worst professor I have ever had. Writes stuff on the board from a paper and provides no tools to his students other than pearson homework as how to be better. He makes himself available to you. I have never cried about a class before his. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS! AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Defer taking the class before taking his class!!!!!

He is absolutely TERRIBLE. All of the exam averages were F's and his response was "you should still be able to pass." He sits up there and writes on the board, yet never describes what he is writing. Exams are 90% of your grade and his exams are impossible and have content that has never been discussed. If you take him then good luck sweetheart.

failed his class beyond repair not even halfway through the semester, and had to withdraw. the ONLY grades are exams and homework that counts for almost nothing. he was good at explaining concepts, but terrible at math. and the exams were all math. i could not have passed this class no matter what i could have done differently.

Absolutely the worst professor I have ever had!!! Do not take him, the class was 90% exams which nobody passed, class averages were all below 50s on all exams and he does not curve them. The homework we spend hours on basically counts for nothing. I can't stress enough do not take this professor for this class.

DO NOT TAKE HIM IF YOU WANNA PASS! Beyond the worst professor I have ever had at this school. I showed up to every single class and it did absolutely nothing. His lectures dont make sense and none of the material has anything to do with the tests. Your grade is completely dependent on tests. Class average is an F and he doesnt care. Please dont.

Worst professor I have ever had in my entire life by a mile. He's a fine person but his lectures make zero sense, he is incredibly boring and you have 4 grades all year 3 exams and a final He is very slow and often runs out of time and then makes you learn the rest of the chapter on your own outside of class. Do not take him please it is miserable.

HE IS SUCH A DIFFICULT PROFESSOR. THERE WERE THREE QUIZZES A WEEK. the grade is composed of very few things. I had a great grade after exam one, and it after exam two and the final, i had a D. Retaking in the fall with a different professor.

If you want to pass orgo 1, do NOT take Eric Ballard. He reads slides in a monotone voice, then skips half of them and tells us to watch his pre-recorded videos. Doesn't teach actual strategies for applying knowledge, just some arbitrary examples. Condescending and unhelpful out of class.13 quizzes in 13 weeks, HW unrelated to quizzes/exams.

It seems like he genuinely wants his students to fail. AVOID his lecture AT ALL COSTS!