You'd be better off teaching yourself. Not to mention no extra credit. Quizzes and tests make up your entire grade. I love chemistry, I'm switching my major to chemistry but it's definitely not because of this professor. If my only experience in chemistry was this class, I'd hate it. For the love of med school, don't do it.

I get the vibe that he enjoys making people feel stupid. He takes off more points for significant figures than any professor I have ever encountered. He seems miserable 24/7 and just looks for ways to screw over your grade.

So I had the worst experience with this professor. He is actually so mean and the attitude he brings into class is just horrible. It's a pretty basic class, not hard nor easy, but just the way that he handled stuff was horrible. Be ready for pop quizzes after he finishes a chapter. Only 3 tests(one being the final) and the quizzes. Don't take him.

I recommend to not take Dr. Murray for lab. I'm not sure how he is in lecture, but lab is the worst. Each lab has a pop quiz of 4/5 questions that are extremely random. He reads them aloud and only gives us a min to do the whole pop quiz. He takes a lot points off of tiny mistakes. I have a better grade in lecture, and lab should be an easy A.

Hes great in lecture, but a nightmare in lab. DO NOT TAKE HIM FOR LAB. Takes a lot of points off for small mistakes in lab, almost impossible to get a good grade. Chem 2 lab is easy to pass with an A with any other teacher

DO NOT TAKE FOR LAB! RUNNNNNNN! He seems to completely hate his life and wants you to hate yours, too. He grades extremely harshly (it actually seems a bit unfair). I've never had a professor give a 70 just for sig figs on a few problems. There are pre-lab quizzes which is fine, however his are extremely random..

Not helpful unless he likes you. He is rude and will take off major points for stupid little mistakes. He has this major "I'm better than you" attitude and likes to make you feel stupid.

Ive never had a teacher be so hostile towards students. He avoids helping students, and has even laughed at some questions asked. He is the reason so many students are afraid to ask questions. Email correspondence with him has been impossible, and when possible is futile. Love the material, hate the professor.

Dr. Murray is by far the worst professor at Tampa. If you ask a question, not only does he make you feel stupid, but he makes you 10x more confused. If you question why you have points taken off, instead of clarifying, his face will get red and he will basically tell you "it is what it is". On top of this all, he does not give partial credit.

Totally delusional about summer class expectations. Expects us to learn 2 full chapters within 4 days & take an exam on the 5th. Class average for exams was so low and he basically was like work harder, on top of that no curve. Gives off a figure it out on your own type deal which is frustrating because its all online due to covid19. RIP gpa

Jeez, dude is making me want to change my major the first semester. Were in hybrid classes, and you cant see the board when on zoom. When we ask him about it he basically just says tough luck and moves on. Quizzes every almost twice a week on stuff he doesnt teach. Grades hard. If youre even slightly off with sig figs you get a zero. Withdraw

I hate this man. He teaches nothing and blames you if you have issues. I had covid and he refused to send me the zoom links anD lecture notes I missed. He gives you 0's on quizzes even if you have the right answer if your sig fig isnt perfect. He isn't easy to reach and when you reach out for help he says try harder. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

He wasn't flexible at all and every quiz and exam seemed to have topics or problems that we'd never gone over or were impossible.

I hate this man with everything I have. Never take his course. He is so rude and does not respect his students. I hope he gets fired.

This man does not care about his students. He is only there to get paid. I am contemplating emailing the school and putting in a formal complaint. If he even thinks you're cheating you will get an academic integrity violation. It does not matter if you were not. NEVER take this class. If you get put in it drop it.

I was a bit confused about why he has such high ratings and then I realized that he has two accounts on here. If you would like to see more ratings look up "phillip murray" his rating is more appropriate there. Don't take him unless your goal is to make your GPA drop. He's a strict grader. Rather disrespectful when it comes to answering questions.

If I could rate Phil 0/5 I would. Honestly such a mean guy. Very hostile towards his students. He also believes covid is fake.... Do your mental health a favor and DO NOT TAKE PHILLIP MURRAYS CLASS.

Terrible, terrible, terrible. If you get placed in his class, I truly feel for you. Withdraw, switch, do whatever you can for your sanity. The worse professor ever at UT.

Avoid him at all costs!! I was in the hospital and have numerous doctor notes... doesn't matter to him. He is truly mean and if you ask for help, he will be rude about it & not help. I feel sorry for anyone who has him! I took chem lab and got an A, had to retake it because I am a transfer student, got an F with him! He is the worst

DO NOT TAKE HIM. Literally the worst professor i have ever had. you cant make up anything. homework doesnt count for anything so theres no point in doing it. my roommate found out she needs glasses from this class BECAUSE HE WRITES SO TINY. he mumbles and slurs his words like dude speak english. just dont take him if you wanna pass a class.

The only good thing about this man is NOTHING. I beg of you to get out while you still can!!!! He is an AWFUL professor and grades so hard, and doesn't round up 2 measly points in order for you to pass. He will make you SUFFER and want to set yourself on fire. BEWARE!!!!!!! You have been warned! :)

I really didn't like his attitude and his way of teaching

Had to drop this class halfway through, his lecture goes so fast it is very hard to keep up, and he lacks in explaining chemistry concepts (he will put equations and numbers on the board expecting you to understand that with little explanation). I know many other people who also had to withdraw due to the challenging quizzes, exams, and pace.

I love chemistry and it has always made sense to me. Professor Murray made it so much more difficult. He went too fast and didn't provide a lot of examples. I tried studying and made worse grades than if I didn't. My major is Chemistry as well, so it really hurts my credit and my GPA. I went from Jackman semester 1 to him semester 2.

By far, he's the worst professor I've had in three years. Please don't take him. He's also rude and has a nasty attitude. He is the least bit helpful. Our class average was really low and he blamed it on us as if he ever helped us.

This professor doesn't communicate well with students in general. My child had such a rough time starting Freshman year because of his class. My child was doing perfect in Chemistry Lab, the same topics as this class, but this professor is very strict on grading quizzes and homeworks. This professor is disrespectful to my child's accomodations too.

save yourself, very rude and unhelpful. made this class 100 times harder than it had to be. wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy

He was an awful professor, I had to drop out of the class and retake it because of him. He does not care about his students; I tried reaching out to him, and he only advised me to drop out and give up. He doesn't help students, rarely does. If you visit him during his office hours, he's very unwelcoming. The way he teaches makes no sense.

This was by far the worst professor I have ever had he is rude,not kind a tough grader,and take this if you want to be lost not knowing anything about chemistry and probably fail the standardized final and all of his tests that have nothing to do with what he teaches. Additionally,he will accuse kids around you in the class of cheating who are not.

PLS DONT TAKE HIM! He does not even let you use your lab manual on exams like every other professor does. While I can tell he cares, he simply is the worst prof I've ever had. He has no idea how to actually teach. He literally brags about how low his class average is. SAVE YOURSELF

Philip Murray. I thought I would be fine with this professor after I got appointed him my first-year. I was not fine. He makes things so much more difficult than it needs to be and adds extra things that you wouldn't need to know in other classes. I get that I didn't put as much effort in as I could, but I felt like I was drowning in this class.

I would rather harm a unicorn than take him again. He doesn't allow us to work the problems ourselves he just does it and expects us to learn. I put in hours of work outside of class and had an AP Chem background so this class wasn't insane. His tests are 40 mcq but in 80 mins. The first time I ran out of time and had to guess completely.

V further more to what I said it's absolutely insane how a professor can threaten students like that, I can't take no further action because he's threatening for an F and just to even go to his office to talk about it, completely inappropriate and disrespectful.

Worst prof ever. Accused whole class of using ChatGPT over basic dimensional analysis. I had an A until the last lab when he dropped everyone to a C. When we asked to talk, he said we could go to office hours “with consequences” accept the C or risk an F if we pursued it further.

This was one of the worst professors I've had by far. Talked about how he failed more than half of his students for a summer course. He threatened to drop the class average after accusing everyone of using chat gpt when the equation we used came from simple dimensional analysis!

I'd rather be trapped in a porta-potty at Coachella in August than retake his class. He teaches like he's being paid per student mental breakdown. If I ever had nightmares, they were about Dr. Murray.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR even if he's the only one to choose from just take it another semester!!! Trust me I didn't listen to theses reviews and he is genuinely the worst threatened to fail the whole class and dropped everyone's overall grade by 10 points after the last day of class!

AVOID THIS PROFFESOR AT ALL COSTS! He won't answer simple questions during the lab when asking for confirmation about the procedural steps, is the only proff that doesn't allow open notes and has failed multiple students openly!

I took lab with him and lecture with another proff (thank god) and half the people in my lecture were all retaking the course because of Murray!!! He was awful as a lab proff so i couldn't imagine having him for lecture too! I'd genuinely drop out!!

Literally terrible, laughed in multiple peoples faces after asking for help. Not understanding and you will pretty much have to teach everything to yourself bc he doesn't teach or explain anything clearly.

i took him a few semesters ago, but i just have to come back. genuinely the worst professor ive had during my time here. i would rather get struck by lightning than take him again. he was never any help, laughed at you when you didn't know what to do, and was so rude all the time. it was a miserable time and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy

Avoid at all cost, genuinely. Never failed a class ever but he is my first. Should have dropped when I had the option. His class has made me so academically discouraged and even hindered my other classes trying to keep up with his. He has laughed in multiple of my classmates faces when asked for help, and then doesn't. Brags abt being poorly rated.

this mans class made me rethink my entire life choices. really not that helpful and you have weekly pearsons homework and quizzes that will throw you for such a loop. unless if you want to spend 5 hours studying after each class because he doesn't know what he's saving take another professor and save yourself

Not writing this out of spite, genuinely just don't take his class. So rude and passive aggressive. A terrible teacher and thinks he is Jesus himself resurrected. There's a quiz every class to “prepare” you for the exams but then he says anything that WASN'T on the quiz WILL be on the exam. He'll also laugh in ur face if u ask any question at all.

No. Just no.