He sucks, he's dumb can't do questions students ask him hard exams/midterms

useless guy doesnt care about students, lazy prof hard exams

Should realise teaching is not a competitive sport, be there to teach

I don't know why they put him is associate dean, he should be there at all, also gives uneasy questions and hard ones that will give you the lowst grade possible

This is the worst professor I have this first year.The others are great.His lectures are totally useless and he is not friednly-a total jerk.Doesn't explain well at all.Every1 goes to the other chemistry section and no one comes to his class(total waste)

NOT approachable..seems like an ass..Proffessor Root is much better. Guess that PhD was for nothing.

to quote his problem solving..."you take a little of this and a little of that and you do some calculations and you drink some toluene and you do some calculations which I don't know how to do and you drink some toluene.

EXTREMELY unclear when solving problems, cocky, insensitive, and makes being a 1st yr university student even harder. To all who get him next year - avoid his lectures and go to another professor's.

absolute worst prof ever...better off going to other class, where you will actually be taught the material on the exam, not what to do if sulfur gets in ur eyes.

I havent met any one lower human being than him yet

A pompous fool. Has no respect for undergraduates, and is full of himself for he is the Associate Dean of Science. If you need to appeal any decision of his go straight to the UWSA for assistance. If there is another section, avoid his section.

went to him for counseling. He BREAKS the rules written in the U of W calandar..and according to him he doesn't have to explain ANYTHING..if u have issues..go thru a FORMAL appeal process. And he won't listen ..all he says is "NO...NO ...NO&qu

Gets off topic frequently, is not clear at all in problem solving, and is very pompous and arrogant, and therefore quite unapproachable. Avoid his section if you can.

I have never in all my life seen a professor that did not care about his students and only cared about pleasing females and his motorcylce. If you can avoid him DO IT.. and if you cant dont take the class. Dutton is the professor from hell.

He thinks he is smart and cute. He is not that smart and not that cute! and he can't even teach!

Going to class is sooo useless.... he copies the examples straight out of the book. Doesnt even bother figuring out his own method to solve a problem!!

going to his class is useless and his not good...DON'T TAKE HIM

This man cannot give a straight answer to a question. Even if you ask a simple question, you will get a 15 minute answer that has nothing to do with what you asked. It's unfortunate that he's the head of the department.

He's so pretentious. Literally do all the textbook questions, because he barely teaches anything useful. He also gives the hardest midterms ever. I did better in my algebra-stats courses than in chemistry. Went from a 98 in high school to a 70. That says a lot.

He will post the slides online and they are full. He doesn't go over practice of math set problems and that is what his midterms are. If you really want to do well in this class I would recommend doing many practice problems from the textbook or buy mastering chemistry.

Took Chem 140 with him and thought I sucked at chem but it was actually just his horrible teaching skills. I even went to his office for extra help and he made everything seem more complicated. I retook 140 with another prof and it was night and day- made me realize it was him!!! If you can't avoid him as prof just read textbook, ignore him!

Showing up to class will get you a lower mark than if you skipped and learned everything on your own.

Lectures are very off topic, he expects you to know a lot for a second year course and he isn't great at teaching at a basic level. I wouldn't recommend taking a class with him at all if Organic chemistry isn't your strength as you're basically learning on your own since he's a bad teacher.

Duttons lectures were all over the place and not very helpful. He did encourage office hours, but those only helped so much. Exams were extremely difficult for the course level and not remotely close to exams from previous years. Everyone I knew in that class was having a difficult time.

This man straight up said we have to spend at least 40 hours a week on just his class, and that if we worked at our jobs more than 10 hours a week we wouldn't succeed in the class. Do not take him if you don't have to.

Absolutely awful professor who should not be the course coordinator. Has office hours twice a week but if you try to contact him via email, expect no reply. You are much better off skipping the class and just reading the textbook to teach yourself. The exams were nothing like previous exams given as examples. Avoid him if possible!!!!

Class is only made up of 2 midterms and a final so mess up one and you basically are screwed. The exams were really hard but marked fairly as he gives part marks where possible. His lectures are disorganized and hard to follow.

Do not ever take this class with him, lousy professor.

Awful...

This professor had many issues using Mastering Chemistry and when you would appeal your grade for the issues Mastering chem caused you he wouldn't believe you or do anything about your grade. He was very arrogant and acted like it was our fault for the computer issues. Very unfair!

HORRIBLE during online school. Exams were lengthy, and formatted horribly. The entire structure of the online course was set up for students to fail. Caused so much unnecessary stress. Would not take again.

Dont even bother going to class. He definitely doesnt know how to teach. Not sure how he made it this far as a professor. Self-study and that will get you through the semester.

Doesnt go over necessary material, making class pointless. To pass this class, youll need to teach yourself the material.

Really didn't seem like he cared about students and left some pretty sassy/questionable remarks on blackboard when there were technical issues due to online learning. The content was fine but not a big fan of him...

dont bother with lectures, get ready to teach yourselves. also very rude when asking for help.

His first midterm had VERY low averages (59%). I don't understand how he even made it this far into his career. He leaves very sassy responses, like what's the point? It's your job to help students. Don't get mad at us for reaching out for help and wanting to learn the content that YOU teach us. If you have other options, pick anyone else but him.

He's super rude to students. 75% of your grade will be based on 2 midterms and the final, which is stupid. He doesn't care about students, basically refuses to answer personal emails, doesn't want to talk about grades, etc. Gives way more questions than you have time for on the midterm so beware. Even well-studied people can only do average in chem

Not helpful whatsoever. Would not answer emails or questions from students. Made online midterm so difficult to avoid cheating that almost no one finished.

Honestly, the materials covered in the syllabus is pretty basic if you did chemistry in highschool . But the online course was designed poorly and made learning chemistry awfully boring. You will also not be able to approach professor Dutton regarding any concerns, hell either not respond, or go off about how silly your questions are.

The lectures are very useless. You're going to have to teach yourself all the course material which is extremely difficult. He is also very rude and intimidating.

Dutton should not be teaching. His lectures are useless and he is arrogant and rude. If you cannot keep up with the material yourself, you won't do good in this class.

Worst professor I've ever had, he has a short temper, he's not patient and not kind at all, gets upset easily, avoid talking to him if you can!

Easily the worst course I've taken. Lectures were rushed, unclear, and didn't match what we were tested on. Asking questions often led to rude or dismissive replies. No amount of tutoring or studying felt enough. This course is far more manageable with other profs. Avoid if possible.

Worst professor I've ever had in my entire academic career. Just so condescending and rude to students. Lectures made no sense, tests had no correlation to class lectures and he would never explain anything properly. This is the worst I have ever done in a class in my whole life. I can't even explain how mentally drained I am from this class.

for the first time in my life, i did so horrible. the lecture notes made no sense whatsoever and he was very dismissive. very unorganized prof and should be replaced for future students success.

if the course is with him, would suggest to transfer the course from Queens University rather than take it with him. respect to how he teaches but i will never ever in my life take this class with him again. if you want to save your gpa from an exponential decrease, take my advice and take it with another prof or take it at a different institution

pick a god and start praying

I sit at the very front but cannot understand what he's saying no matter how hard I try.

Talks down to students , always upset about something and taking it out on everyone else, I have no words.