Bigest ****- Treats you like your 2 - Not helpful - CLASS SUCKS****!!!

Do not take this class. She is a total *****. She doesn't care about students and seems to hate teaching this course. Her exams are usually 10 pages long and I'm sure she is laughing as she grades them. She treats you like you are 2. Worst course I ever took at UWM!!!!!

By far the worst class I have ever taken! I had a better than 3.8 gpa going into this class and am not a slacker by any means! Exam averages of 50% ought to tell you something. Everyone I encountered from the Chem Dept. seemed terrible! TA's included. Murphy is the just the ring leader! Take any and all Chem classes elsewhere and then transfer!

worst teacher ever. she takes pride in seeing people fail.

She is not a good professor. The class averages are in the lower 50% range. It is a 100 level class and she treats it like a 300 level. her reviews are pointless even the TA's rip on her. The material that she claims "won't be on the exam" somehow shows up, which may be why the class averages are so terrible.

very incapable of teaching! I understood a lot of gen chem in high school, and it came easily. Murphy managed to screw up all of that and now i feel lost during most of her lectures. Biggest annoyance is how she will have timed, scored 'clicker' questions on the projector during lecture while she is teaching a concept.

For a chem 100 class she makes you do alot, and is a horrable teahcer. She makes you do 3 things at once: answer a clicker question, write down notes, and anwser a question on the board. Then she tricks you on the test all the time that why the average is always below 65 and she says that is good. She looks at you stuipd when you ask her a quest

She has the tendency to make you feel about 2 inches tall when you ask a question. She speaks complete jiberish and has no idea how to teach people who aren't already chem experts. You will leave her class knowing even less than what you came in with.

This class is ridiculous. Our averages on our exams have been between 40 and 60 percent, and I dont think any of us have any idea if we will pass.

one of the worse teachers i have ever had. moves extremely fast and she seems very confident that she will NEVER make a mistake

take other prof

This class is awful. Everyone who said you should take chem somewhere else, is DEFINITELY RIGHT. The entire department is unacceptable.This prof on particular is impossible to understand, extremely fast paced,and I had to retake this class 3 times to get a B.If you're premed,TAKE CHEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

terrible passed into the class without taking chem 101, wish i had now. I wouldn't even bother going to lecture if there weren't clicker questions because it doesn't help. oh and if you're a minute late you'll miss those points too--biochem was my major, not anymore

The most infuriating class I have ever taken, and I had to drop it after about 3 days. Apparently, students were allowed to enroll whether they qualified to take it. Half the class found out they did not on the first day. Would've been nice if the professor had notified us of this earlier. Book was about $90 and unreturnable.

Terrible teacher. Tests do not reflect what you cover in class. Flies through material in lecture. Not helpful during office hours. She is more interested in her research than students passing the class. Averages on all the tests were 60's. The average on part of our final was a 56. Take general chem at a different school, not here.

Terrible. Teaches entirely way too fast, isn't clear, and exams? Forget about even THINKING about passing

Without a doubt in my mind this is one of THE worst professors I have ever had. She moves very fast through lectures that don't cover nor teach anything that you need for the hw or tests. I just started this class and already wish I would have never signed up. I have no real idea what I'm doing in the class and what little i do know I taught myself

Ms. Murphy is really smart i give you that but class feels like sheldon talking to penny from the big bang theory. Lost nearly every day and exams are hard. dont ruin your gpa wait for another teacher (carlson or blecking)

She is all over the place when she teaches. Worst Teacher at UWM!!!!

Not a good chemistry 'teacher.' She's extremely knowledgeable and smart about the topic, but she's a horrible teacher. Worst college course I have taken so far only because I have no idea what she's even teaching in lecture (she talks too fast) and she answers her own questions in class and never gives her students the chance to ask questions.

She could be more clear and go into better detail.

She has no idea how to teach her students. Very intelligent but rushes through things and doesn't care if no one understands anything she just said. Her exams are nothing like her practice exams or work done in class. Horrible wording on exams, horrible teacher, horrible everything. Goodluck.

The worst professor I have ever had. If you have the chance, DO NOT TAKE CHEM 102 WITH HER. Her lectures are a mess, she words her exams in ways no one, not even the TA's can understand and pass them. The class is overly complicated when it could be taught in a much, much simpler way. Murphy is a smart person, she just has no right to be teaching.

Tough grader, lectures are long and boring, teaches above a 100 level.

She is one of the worst teachers I have ever dealt with. Even if you set an appointment with her she wouldn't respect your time and effort that you actually showed up! she would make you feel like you were wasting her time and she had better thing to do! The class material isn't hard but she makes it hard by all the unnecessary extra work!

Murphy likes to go very fast and doesn't take the time to explain many things. She teaches way above a 100 level course. This class will become your life so be prepared to make a lot of time just for this class.

Murphy has long boring lectures where she reads right out of our lecture acticity book.... she assigns problems that she hasn't even taught yet. And when you ask her questions she makes you feel bad for even asking them. Not a very easy prof to talk to when you have questions. Test are extremly hard and they don't give enough time to take them.

Dr. Murphy has a lot of material she needs to get through for this course, but the way it is currently being taught, it makes the material more confusing. I go in with a small understanding of the chapter and I leave more confused. There is so much homework, I could not study harder/longer if I wanted too for lack of time. Too many books also (4).

Does not answer students questions during class. Writes on the board and is already talking about the next thing while you're struggling to keep up with her. She flies through material and is impatient with student questions. I know there is a lot to cover, but other professors are much more competent at actually teaching.

Terrible. Second semester of gen chem 2 was with her. A good portion of her students failed which put her on watch with the higher ups. Hands out extra credit... I received an A in gen chem 1, and I am a 4.0 student tried to get a C to move on the org chem. She has ruined chem for me. At one point I was thinking to minor in chem. Not anymore!

Goes to fast and doesnt explain anything. There is no notes just answers questions in discussion book

We as students pay for D2L (an online grading site to help keep track of our progress throughout the semester), it is 1 week before my finals as I write this and I have YET to know my grade for this class. She gives over 1,000 homework problems (literally). You are expected to put in an extra 5 hr a day outside of class. She ruined chem for me.

Dr. Murphy went way too fast during class. She presented material in a very complicated way, and she was very hard to follow. Her exams were beyond difficult! Most of the problems on the exams were way to hard to solve! She was nice and somewhat helpful during office hours. She made Chem 104 way harder than is should've been!!!

Plenty of people do fine and pass, but you really need to work at it if Chemistry doesn't come easy to you. She does go through material really quickly. I got behind and when to her office hours to get help and she said to me that "there are such things as stupid questions, and you just asked one". Kind of lost respect for her after that.

I find it hilarious that the "extra credit" for this class ( which you will need since you are doomed to not do well ) is to participate in her own research. There is an extremely heavy workload expected by Murphy (which she does not even update grades on). The most demanding class I have taken at UWM. (and I am a first semester Senior)

Very bad at teaching and explains. Goes way to fast for understanding

for those looking into taking chem 104 wit murphy, good luck to you. I found that during lecture what was the most difficult for me about her teaching style was how she made the most easiest concepts very difficult to understand. She goes into too much detail, especially when working out problems. A problem that should take 5 min took 20 with her!

Overall one of the worst professors I've taken as a senior student at any school, and this class is definitely the result of a broken system. Kristin made simple concepts confusing and "monologues" the entire way through, seemingly interested in her own work instead of educating undergrads. Choppy, confused lecturing: professor to avoid.

Avoid her at all costs!

WAY too preoccupied with her own projects. It doesnt feel like she really wants to be teaching. And its kinda hard to do well when your professor doesnt want to teach.

The top three students in the class don't attend lecture. She makes everything seem so much harder than it is. Good luck following her. She blocks what she writes while talking at 100 mph. If you are able to take this class with a different professor do so. She is hands down the worst teacher I hav ever had.

The worst prof I've ever had. I'm a 4.0 student and I was worried about not passing with a C the entire semester. The class average on exams and quizzes sat at 48%. When you ask her for help she just tells you to read the book. Half of the 200 person class dropped. Dr. Murphy has been suspended before for failing too many students. Avoid her!!!

Dr. Murphy knows a lot about chemistry but not on how to teach the course online. There was a lack of communication & compromise for students success, grading was confusing, and you need to use other resources in order to learn the information for her very difficult exams. She was not willing to work with the students, especially during COVID.

If you have to take chemistry 104 with Murphy, don't even bother, just wait for the spring semester with Carlson. Professor Murphy is very intelligent don't get me wrong, but she can't make the material understandable enough to learn. I spent hours watching her videos outside of class and still did horrible on exams.

She does not care if you pass or not. I went to weekly study sessions with the TA and reached out to her for help and still didn't understand a single thing taught. Not helpful outside of class. Doesn't take COVID seriously. Horrible teacher. Horrible class. Makes me hate a subject I used to enjoy. I don't know a single student who got a good grade

Probably the worst class I have ever taken, only because of the professor.

If you have to take Muprhy for chem, you might as well change your major. She is by far the worst professor i've ever had in my life. I am typically a straight A student and loves chemistry but she failed majority of the class and ruined my future for me. Exams were on things she never taught and also got in trouble with the chemistry department.

I took this class in the fall and it was the hardest class I've ever taken. Out of my 18 credits I took, it was the class I spent the most time studying for. The exams are much harder than what her practice and homework entails, and the book can be very misleading. The only reason I pass this class was because of the little extra credit at the end.

I am otherwise a straight-A student but my ending grade for the course was a C- despite my hours of studying, attending CSI, and rewatching her lectures. I reached out for help many times and Dr. Murphy didn't seem to care that the majority of her class was failing. Currently retaking 104 with Carlson, learn from my mistake! Avoid Murphy if you can

If you care about your grade, I would avoid Murphy at all costs. She teaches at a level that is very hard to understand. This class is definitely a weed-out course and will require TONS of studying. Make sure to attend CSI and practice all moodle problems. To get an idea of the difficulty, only 8 people earned an A out of the 200 students.

Avoid Murphy if you can. Exams are extremely difficult & scores average 50%. Lectures go overtime and information is crammed at the last minute. Best grades were earned by those who didn't attend lecture. Goes on long, confusing monologues, only ever takes a breather when she's erasing the board. Covers what she writes. Do Moodle. Attend CSI.

Avoid if you can. Goes over the lecture time and towards the end of the semester gives up on responding to students. It is clear that she is passionate about the material, but she teaches as if we are her colleagues. The exam average is around 50-60%. She goes over examples in great detail, then says we will not be tested on those.

Definitely one of the hardest classes I've ever taken in my whole school career. The subject itself is already hard and Professor Murphy doesn't make it any better. Lectures are confusing. Pay attention in class!!! CSI is great help.

worst prof I have ever had. Makes chem much harder than it is. Average of exams was failing and acted like it was our fault. Didn't learn anything from lecture. Doesn't put any grades into canvas and at the end of the semester, she miss graded a lot of people. Lab practical was a lab that we never did, many kids failed it. TAKE CARLSON!

Her class made me consider changing my major. The first red flag was when we had to purchase 4 different books for her class. Her lectures are all based on the lecture activity book and she provides very few resources. Regarding lab, the instructors she chose are terrible. She doesn't use Canvas and makes you track your final grades yourself.

Lectures are essentially listening to non-stop talking while trying to write everything down in the tiny margins of the 30$ additional course manual that she helped write.

Lectures in this class are essentially trying to listen to non-stop talking for the entire class, which more times than not goes over the end time, while trying to write everything down in the tiny margins of the additional required 30$ course manual she helped to write.

Hi friends, please do me a favor and take this class at MATC instead. You'll thank me for it. The instructors there actually care and are great at their job. Or take with Arsenio.

Her teaching makes it way harder than the subject really is. If you have to take her you must be extremely locked in. I dropped the class and took it with Pacheco instead. Night and day difference. It was pretty easy then. Coming back to write this after taking Ochem, I think Murphy is still the worst prof I've had in Chem. Womp womp

She rushes through material and talks super-fast without even explaining what she is writing or talking about. She gets sassy when you ask her question when asking for clarification. I would 100% recommend having a different professor to help get you through chem 100.

Talks very fast and goes over the problems quickly. Co-teaches Chem 100 with another instructor and they are never on the same page. Teaches as if all students already know chemistry / topic even though course descriptions states it's an introductory course. 0/10 recommended taking chem 100 with them