He's an extremely nice man, but has trouble teaching well. He is rather funny though; we took home 3 pages worth of quotes, but very little chem.

Dr. Carter was the most easily distracted and off-task teacher I have had. He knows some much about chemistry, but lacks any ability to convey it to his students. He is willing to help, but can't do it within 10 minutes. The class is hard because he is hard to follow, not because of the workload.

really random and gets side-tracked really really easily. but it can be very entertaining. this is a pretty easy course - but don't expect to learn much.

Dr. Carter is one of the nicest people I've ever met, but he's not a very good professor. He absolutely loves chemistry, but doesn't understand that not all of his students are on the same level that he is. He is easily distracted and will talk about his life during class rather than teaching and expect students to do well on tests. I went to his office once for a 5 second question and was in there for an hour and a half. He's super sweet though. Know him as a person instead of a prof.

Dr. Carter is an awesome guy,(really funny too) but he has trouble claifying what needs to be said. If you really need to know this stuff, let's say for the MCAT, don't take him! Unless you are really REALLY familiar with chemistry then you'll be fine. I had to drop his class to take it with someone who could bring better clarification to me.

Dr. Carter = great person but HORRIBLE teacher. However, the class isn't that hard ... understanding is what takes all of your time. If you can teach yourself out of class, you'll be fine. If you rely on actual instruction, you're screwed.

He's such a nice guy but he cannot teach at all! If you just need CHEM 120 and not 121, it's no big deal. If you're a chem. major, avoid him at all cases possible.

Dr. Carter is hilarious and very caring towards his students, but don't take him if you actually plan on learning from class. If you want to do sudoku the whole time to keep yourself entertained then go for it. If you do the reading you can squeak by with a B possibly an A. But he is soooo random.

Do not take this class if you don't have a strong background in Chemistry. Dr. Carter does not teach/lecture he just hands out a worksheet and expects you to magically learn the concepts. He is helpful but it takes him like 20minutes to answer one question. He is the most random person ever, you will learn everything but Chemistry.

Dr. Carter is the worst teacher. I'm a Chemistry major and was somehow put in his class. All he does is hand out worksheets for us to do by ourselves or he just stands in front of the class with his backpack on or his random ski mask on talking about nothing you need to know. Also, he's late for class every day and isn't helpful at all.

You basically teach yourself because his lectures never make sense and he rambles about random things not even related to chem. However half of our tests were take home, and I missed multiple labs that he let me make up with other people's data,so I made up points and did well overall.

Dr.Carter is a nice man. With that said, try to never take him for a class. Even though I only had him for seminar, I got a taste of how he teaches, ALL OVER THE PLACE. He just doesnt know how to stay on a topic, at all.

He doesn't teach anything and you completely have to teach yourself. It is stupid.

Carter babbles a lot. He was always late for class, and he often got sidetracked during lecture. That said, he didn't require much work; he gave us one test, one "open note, group size of our choice" test (i.e., class turned in one test) and collected a couple of assignments. He wasn't hard, but if you are a Chem major, avoid him.

Dr. Carter was extremely frustrating because he simply did not teach. Although he is a nice guy and enthusiastic, avoid his class if you want to learn any chemistry at all.

Dr. Carter really does seem like a nice guy. I don't doubt that he knows his chemistry. He just doesn't know how to teach it. We never get homework. Its been a month and WE STILL HAVEN'T RECIEVED A SYLLABUS! Like everyone else has said, If you really wanna learn chemistry, DONT TAKE HIS CLASS. Im just staying in it to get and easy A and keep my GPA

The labs were super easy, show up and you had an A. Be glad he doesn't do many tests, the ones he did with us were so ultra specific you had trouble getting above a C if you hadn't just recently scoured the textbook for details. Like others have said, it's a teach yourself course with attendance taken.

Are you a pre-med student hoping to not get into medical school? Are you a chemistry major looking to not learn in basic chemistry and be unprepared for any subsequent courses? If so, Carter is for you!

It's hard to talk about such a nice guy who teaches like Carter does. Well, he doesn't teach. We received the syllabus about 3 months into the semester which was a huge wake up call to HOW MUCH WE HADN'T LEARNED. Not to mention we never knew our grade before the final. His stories are entertaining until you start to realize the trouble you're in.

I agree that he is semi-approachable, but the powerpoint and the lectures are not good at all. He tells entertaining stories and tries to somehow tie them to Chemistry, but in the end he is an awful chemistry teacher. Actually, he's not really a teacher, come to think of it. He's a man that comes to class in goofy apparel and does not teach.

Very nice guy, but a HORRIBLE professor! What would normally be a 3-5 minute in-class explanation somehow always turned into a 15-20 minute analysis of something off topic. Very abstract when teaching which makes it hard to follow in class. The labs were the worst! Only take him if there is no one else available.

This guy is nice and that all. He simply can't teach. Plain and simple. Avoid if at all possible because you won't learn a thing.

If you've had good chemistry teachers before and remember it well or you can learn chemistry by reading a book, you'll be fine. Carter doesn't teach. You learn absolutely nothing in class. The tests are hard because you have no idea what will be on them. The tests are the only grades you know, so you never know what your overall grade is. Avoid

Dr. Carter is a really nice guy. He rounds up grades and gives a lot of extra credit. However, he is not a good teacher and you won't learn much from him. Just go to class, attend the labs, and you shouldn't get anything less than a B.

It's April 14th and I truthfully say I have learned 1 thing in these three months...and I was high the day I learned it. Correlation? Show up. Make sure he knows your name. And you should do fine. Bring stuff to do in class. You'll need it to entertain yourself during class.

All of these bad reviews are true! When I signed up for Carter, I just thought these reviews aren't all true, but after taking his class, I see that they are! He's a nice guy, but at least 25 minutes of class everyday is spent on him telling us random stories that have nothing to do with anything. He doesn't communicate clearly. Avoid!!!

He won't teach you anything, but literally he gives you the test AND the questions AND the answers ahead of time! Literally changes nothing before real test. I memorized the #s and letters, did the final in 15 minutes, and got an A. if you're trying to pass a mode, this is the way to go. And yes...bring something to entertain yourself in calss with

He is very talkative and gets sidetracked easily during lectures and will forget to explain things more thoroughly. The book and online resources can be very helpful. He is not the best organized though and is not always clear on material. He does post past tests on Blackboard though and they are pretty much the same as current tests.

Dr. Carter is a very personable and kind-hearted individual. He could talk to you for days about the most obscure topic while you stand there smiling and nodding. However, I learned practically nothing about Chemistry. To pass, you only need to memorize the previous tests he puts on blackboard and sign the attendance sheet. Very easy "class".

Such a funny guy! He is very passionate about chemistry and that shows in class. All of his previous tests are online so that makes it easy. However, I didnt learn anything in his class because he goes off topic after 30 seconds of talking about chemistry. He assigns homework but you will never turn it in. Lookin for an easy A, TAKE CARTER

Dr. Carter was all over the place, but here's the deal. If you go through old tests, you can get an A. He does have some new questions, but not for the final. His policy was that the final grade can replace the tests. So you're golden. He's a gem, but a boring, and off-topic professor. Lectures were honestly worthless, unless you're a major.

If you want to fulfill a lab science perspective with an easy A, Dr. Carter is your man. His zooms are very boring and I found myself dosing off a lot. Very little chemistry was actually learning (I learned more in high school). All homework was just busywork and didn't help my learning. Sometimes, I wish I would have taken a harder course.