He is very unhelpful. Tells you to go to office hours but then doesnt help you. does not give straight forward answers. goes off and changes subject all the time. very hard to follow notes. you have one test its the midterm all year until the final which does not help to learn any mistakes that you make because the rest of the quizzes are on webCT

Horrible. Very unclear, off topic, and unhelpful. Makes you feel stupid upon asking questions, and gives a run-around answer when you ask one. I would never take him again EVER.

He teaches way above everyone's head. Expects everyone to know everything even though he says he doesn't. This is a basic science course and he acts like we all are chem majors. However in lab he is a different person entirely and is very helpful. Do not take for lecture but okay for lab!

This guy is HORRIBLE. Thinks that by teaching chem he is saving lives. This guy finds joy in watching others who know nothing about chem struggle. He puts quizzes up on webct, they all end at 11:55 pm...all of a sudden he puts one up that ends at 11:55 AM. Why esle do that unless you are trying to make people fail, and finds it amusing. HORRIBLE

Oh my goodness he is terrible! at one point the entire class had sucked on a test and he sent out an email saying that since we all got the same questions wrong that we were not studying. OR MAYBE YOU JUST CAN"T TEACH

This man is the worst teacher I've ever had. He's rude, impossible to understand, and makes his students literally cry. He's yelled at his class because everyone got the lab wrong, like it was all our fault we didn't understand. He says we are chemists, not students, and expects us to know everything already. Big attitude problem. Avoid at all cost

Worst professor I've ever had!! Don't take him!! Rude & no sympathy for students. I had him for lecture & lab. His lectures are not useful at all! I tried to pay attention & take notes but the content is never used & never applied to quizzes or lab. At least the labs are decent, he goes through the experiment throughly.

I had him for just chem 102 lecture. The only good thing he did was have a bunch of quizzes online instead of lecture exams. His final was cumulative, so if you do well on your quizzes and in lab you should be fine. His lectures were extremely boring and he tends to go off topic. SI saved me in the class, so go if you have him!

Did not learn a single thing in this class.. Took a whole class period to watch a video on spider silk? Which had nothing to do with organic chem?? No exams just online quizzes and a final worth 10% of your grade

Horrible professor DO NOT TAKE!! Barely teaches you tells you to remember things and doesn't put them on the test. He will tell u to do example problems from the book and great you might understand them. But guess what the problems on the test will be very confusing and nothing like you learned not practiced. GOD SPEED if you take him

DO NOT TAKE. I wish I would have read the comments on here before I scheduled. This guy acts like Chemistry is the most important thing in the world and expects you to feel the same way. His notes are useless and unless you read the book before hand and take your own notes, you'll have no idea what is happening. He is also very arrogant.

Literally the worst professor to ever exist. Does not teach in class and expects you to know how to do everything. Only gives 2 exams which are the midterm and final. Rude, sarcastic, and thinks that you are stupid if you don't know the answer. Does not teach at all and I have no idea how he is still a professor. Avoid at all costs.

I only missed one class this entire semester, studied my butt off for like 20 hours a week and went to almost all the SI tutoring sessions. He doesn't teach and wants you to know everything. He expects you to listen and hang on every word he said, which would be fine if he didn't criticize you for taking notes. He's sarcastic and disrespectful.

Ford was a really tough teacher. We only have 2 exams- midterm and final and they were both next to impossible. If you put in the work you can definitely pass, but it is a tough class. The only reason i passed was because of the quizzes. Got a 37 & 33 on the exams and I just don't recommend him at all if you can avoid it.

He is the worst professor i've had and i sadly had him for lab too! The lectures are way to long and confusing, he embarrasses people who don't know the correct answer. I really did not like him at all.

Dr. Ford is the worst. He once said "Youll do better next year" and when someone sneezed he told them to shutup. Very rude. Doesn't really teach. Tests are nothing like we do in class. Labs are boring.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Ford is highly belittling and honestly makes learning dreadful. The arrogant manner in which he presents himself is ridiculous. He constantly says he is going to do something and just doesnt. Out of 14 assignments I have received grades for 4. Each time I leave his classroom I feel so inferior and usually just want to cry.

Probably going to take the L if you take Ford. Midterm average was a 52%. Expects you to put in super human effort into his class like the world depends on it. Will shout and scream when class preforms poorly. Will tell you to "read the text book" if you have any questions.

Do not take this class, this professor is not helpful at all and is extremely rude. He will randomly call you out in classs and gives a 12 page final.

Very rude and condescending in class. Will pick on people and embarrass them during lecture. Will sometimes hand out participation points in class (go to class because those are the only things that will help you pass). Haven't touched the book once all year and was okay. Expects the most and assumes his students should all be chemists.

Do not take him if you're taking him for a general chemistry. I am sure he is good for the higher level chemistry, but for a general chemistry lab, he makes me feel stupid. I try and ask question but when he answers them he confused me more and was kind of condescending. I wasn't a chemistry major and he didn't really try and help make it easier.

Took this course in highschool and passed with an A+, only difference? The professor does not give one crap if you pass his class. It amazes me that someone higher up hasn't made a complaint about so many students failing. The only things that graded are tests and the final. SO beyond ridiculously hard, no one passes any test. DO NOT TAKE. for any

Expects you to know everything about chemistry. I suggest studying your lecture material really well before going to lab (it might help).

Dr. Ford is the worst professor I've had. He is EXTREMELY hard and believes that everyone legit needs to know every little thing he teaches even though hes said in class that he know some students don't need to know. This is a lower chem course and im struggle SO MUCH. He is rude and randomly calls on students to answer questions. DOES NOT CURVE!!!

Not only does this professor teach the WRONG material for Nutrition based Bio-Chem but he does not explain what he is teaching. The entire class has no idea whats going on. He is not willing to help us with material and when he does every once and awhile he teaches stuff thats NOT ON THE TEST. Please dont take this Professor.

During the online classes he told the entire class that he was "ignoring emails except for the ones who were experiencing technical difficulties". He does not listen to what you are telling him. He interrupts you when you are speaking and does not let you finish until he is done. He does not communicate plans and thinks he does nothing wrong.

He is very annoying and hard to follow. He gets mad for asking simple questions or if we are right and he is wrong. He doesn't teach well and tells us useless information about each problem he goes over. Do not take him he is an awful professor.

Dr. Ford is a sweet man and he cares about his students but don't bother asking him a question because he will get mad that you don't understand the material. A few weeks ago he had us take a test and told us that we had to teach ourselves chapter 4. Some of us haven't had chemistry since high school & most of us never learned this stuff. Good luck

Worst professor ever. Do everything you can to never have him. He doesn't answer your questions and makes you feel stupid.

Dr. Ford is very difficult. Not accessible outside of class, explained nothing on the labs, you must teach yourself everything. Even then, his lab reports and quizzes were nothing like the experiment. Very passive aggressive when he sent emails once a month. I strongly recommend you don't take him for your own education + well-being!!

Made an in person Chem lab 100% online. Never communicated with students. Waits until end of semester to grade labs/quizzes. Lab quizzes were nothing like the lab videos that we watched.

most of the material is very hard to understand and he does not answer questions or emails. Reads off of PP and expects you to read everything in the book since most of the test questions are based off of the reading. There is only about 100 total points in the class. do whatever you can to avoid taking him, especially if the class is online.

This professor was the hardest one Ive ever had. I got an A in the class, but wow I had to work way to hard for a science 102 course. Did not give study guides or explain well and makes the test super hard. Content quizzes were annoying. Tons of labs also and he graded those hard as well.

Prof. Ford never puts grades in so you never know what your grade is. If you email him about a question or need help more than often he is not going to answer and when he does he has attitude and is not nice at all. He teaches as if you should know everything already and doesn't give you proper things to actually know how to do an assignment.