AGGGGGHHH

Unclear, lazy, mumbles; makes staying awake near utterly impossible.

lectures using powerpoint (seemed to be a summary of the chapters and nothing else)...does not go over enough examples on how to do the calculations and review session before the midterm was not very helpful..

Worst bio-chem professor ever! First time teaching bio-chem, and should be the last! Even though I did well in the class, I had to work my butt off studying on my own for the class. Very unhelpful, unclear, and not understanding. I'd recommend Hilt over Toney.

this guy sucks so much that i must comment now. first time teaching 118B...he thinks we are spoiled since we want practice exams...and he mumbles when lecturing so no one understands and pretty much falls asleep. and half of his test were multiple choice! god! i hope he doesnt teach ochem series anymore!

Prof. Toney is a terrible lecturer. His voice is extremely low and he does not explain concepts well at all. Take another professor if possible.

First time ever teaching CHEM 118B, and you can really tell. His classes are so boring and you can't even ubderstand him. He is not helpful and even tell you to shut up... You have to study on your own.... I will recommend Nasiri even if her tests are harder at least you enjoy the class...

I don't know how this person below can put all 5's saying that ochem is easy & that he's clear. Take my advice (from someone who is doing just a bit above avg but still struggling): just take someone else. You'll be better off, trust me. Hard to pay attention in class because he's boring and doesn't teach the material well. PASS HIM UP.

I swear he lectures ****. Watch the guy stumble around and mess up equations because he is incoherent, it's hysterical. I taught myself chem because the lectures didn't help at all. Avoid this guy if you can.

His lectures are so boring that I fell asleep in class every time in the front row...and I'm not that type of person. His notes are so messy and he is always yawning and sighing. He makes me feel like I'm not the only one who doesn't want to be there.

Prepare to teach yourself Biochemistry! Wish I had gone with Hilt or taken another quarter with different professor. Toney is very disorganized and unclear in expectations. His class is frustrating! Especially don't take if you need BIS 103, because you'll be unprepared to draw on any biochemistry after this course.

Probably the worst teacher ever. Can't even tell what's going on at all.

UGH! This guy is so disorganized! He just posted the practice final on monday of finals week! Totally missed out on weekend studying because this guy can't seem to get his act together! You'll basically use the book and TA to teach you the subject.

Cool man outside of class. Terrible teacher... take it from someone else please. So disorganized and really a mess.

Tests are not too hard, but really different from the practice tests. Went too fast on lecture. Some stuffs that he showed us are different from the book, so sometime, I don't know whether to follow the book or him. He is very confusing and he's one of those teachers who speeds up at the end of the quarter when he ran out of time

He's a smart nice guy but can't teach. You have to learn 100% from the book because he just copies mechanisms on the board with no explanation. He constantly comes in late which makes him rush through lecture. Practice tests were not like real test. Midterms arent that hard but final is long and detailed. worth it to take harder teacher

TERRIBLE. Lectures are disorganized and all over the place. Final really is LONG and HARD. Practice midterms useless, as they are all multiple choice, but the real midterms are not. No answers are given for practice midterms.

TERRIBLE. Condescending and rude. You can't even study for his tests because, half of the time, he puts ranking problems (which you either happen to know, or you don't). He teaches from powerpoints (even though he admitted that people had complained about it last quarter). If I didn't hate O-Chem before, I most certainly do now.

I got an A+ from his class but this is my conclusion: If you get Nasari you get good lectures and bad exam. If you get Toney you get bad lectures and bad exams. You can learn nothing from his class and his pratice test is useless as he does not give you the answers. God Bless you if you get him as an O chem teacher.

This man is the worst professor I have ever had. He doesn't care whether or not the students learn, has mocked them openly during class, shows up late, refuses to explain, mutters through the whole lecture, and writes very hard midterms while refusing to even share what will be on them. If you have any choice at all, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

If you go to lecture, be prepared to waste time on your phone because literally nothing he says is of importance anyways. Very tough exams, got a C on the first and less than F on the second. This is his first time teaching this course and it showed. No practice exams, HW questions can be found online, and very little help. Avoid at all costs.

Prof. Tony is new to teaching this class, but problems lie mostly with his refusal to accept his inability to each a lower division class effectively. Students that take this class are mostly 2nd to 3rd year leveled, yet his resolution to dropping class averages was a document named "I studied SO much for this organic chemistry exam".

Prof. Toney's class wasn't the worst thing in the world like everyone makes it out to be. I probably went to 3-4 lectures the entire quarter and managed to perform significantly better than the class. His tests aren't impossible. Just read the book and you'll be fine.

Prof. Toney was extremely unprofessional and sent out extremely rude and sarcastic emails claiming that it was the fault of the students and their study habits when the majority (around 80-90%) of the class failed the tests. Didn't follow his own grading scale, made rude remarks in class, and was not helpful when students asked him questions.

Toney was pretty condescending and rude to us. He'd ask the class questions and when no one answered, he got mad and started saying how we were incompetent. He would always say that he wouldn't test on every little detail of every lecture slide, but that was such a lie. His test questions are so specific and obscure. Avoid Toney.

Toney sure loves to torture his students. He kept adjusting our grade scale and gave everyone false hope that grades could go up. TONEY IS NOT ONLY A HORRIBLE PROFESSOR, BUT ALSO A HORRIBLE PERSON. Good luck to you if you end up with this joke of a professor.

After taking Toney's class, I literally learned nothing about organic chemistry. I could not rely on his lectures (he put in minimal effort to teach and would sit while yelling at us), so I studied the book like crazy. Sadly, this was not enough to get a C in his class. I retook it with Dr. Franz, and I learned SO MUCH MORE, it's not even funny.

Toney puts no effort into lectures. Does the bare minimum by pointing at PowerPoint slides and talking as quickly as he can. Relies on students constantly asking questions to compensate for his lack of preparation. Provides no practice material except several very short HW assignments. Tests are fair, but a lot of self study is required to do well.

His lectures are unorganized and he harassed a fellow student for asking for more practice problems. By harassed, I mean he stalked her social media and contacted her work. He does not believe in practice problems. He showed up to class 5 minutes late each class which totals 135 minutes. He does not answer questions in class nor in office hours.

Avoid this professor at all costs, he teaches solely off powerpoints and yet even those are riddled with typos. He constantly shows up to class late and cold calls students for questions that he never explained how to do, then when they get it wrong he makes a buzzer noise and tells them to pay more attention. Terrible professor as well as person.

Exams are difficult with very limited amount of time provided, given during the difficulties during the pandemic. Assumes and forces all students to "deal with any internet issues", have no sympathy for students with difficulties. To be honest, the list can go on, but man... worst way to learn pchem and no ty to michael toney

He is super paranoid with unreasonably LONG open book exams, time-restricted exams to 50min + 15min to upload, 1 min late 1% deduction policy. Received 3% total grade deduction due to uploading because of slightly delayed with no compensation. This professor's policy gave me anxiety, unnecessary stress in the pandemic for education.

With the current situation going on I would have thought that our professor would be understanding. This isnt the case Dr. Toney. If you have the opportunity to take this class with someone else... please do.

I dont know what kind of magic that made him become a professor because he shouldnt be. The grading scale is crazy. The class average would be a C+ no matter what normal grading policy is. Dont take him if you have chance

Lacks the ability to empathize with students. I took his class during COVID-19 and he asked us to go to the grocery store or Starbucks to access wifi if we wanted to take his exams he refused to reschedule when the city was experiencing internet issues. (I am immunocompromised and this is dangerous for me). Avoid this instructor at all costs.

Toney seemed to not be able to adjust to online teaching, but made his students pay for it. Lectures were unhelpful and horribly boring. Told students to go to starbucks or safeway for wifi during the pandemic. Used a gaussian curve, making it impossible to get an A. Has no understanding for his students, but can take a day off for not feeling well

Non-responsive and is not willing to accommodate for students. Many students expressed that they did not have a printer to access during COVID as campus was closed and he basically stated that printers are $60 which is relatively cheap now a days. Many students and their family lost jobs during COVID but that didn't seem to bother Toney.

Not necessarily the hardest course I've taken, but he just makes it especially hard during these trying times of global pandemic. If this class was held normally on campus, I would just suck it up and would not complain. There are many challenges that students have to face. He has zero compassion and makes no efforts to help students.

Material was not extremely difficult. Solutions manual and textbook will be your teacher. Try TA office hours instead of this professor...

Avoid him if you can . Show no sympathy for students' situation

Don't take him if possible. Exams are hard and don't give any practice papers or helpful in any ways.

Student can't print his answer sheet? Go buy a printer. Student has connectivity issues? Ask a neighbor or go to Safeway for wifi. Student asks about the final grading logistics? He's causing mass hysteria and spreading false information, report to SJA! Best way to grade students? Gaussian curve where your grade depends on everyone else.

It is obvious that Prof. Toney is only at UCD to research, he just does not care about teaching and it is obvious in his boring lectures. Exams were relatively simple and the final had repeat info from exams. Enzyme kinetics lectures were good, quantum mechanics lectures were horrible. He grades based on a Gaussian curve (info not in syllabus).

He is just lazy and not excited to teach. Uses old recordings that have sound issues, you can barely hear him. Extremely rude if he ever replies to your emails. Test and quizzes have nothing to do with most of what he showed in the lecture. The bad curve that we can't even see during the quarter. No one was able to finish his exams.