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CHEM209 - 1.0 rating“Labs are terrible, she doesn't explain how to do a writeup”
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My biggest gripe with Dr. Jackson is the lack of any usable course materials aside from the textbook. This could however be attributed to how the course is set up. Relies far too heavily on TopHat questions. Being 15 minutes late can lead to missing upwards of 3 TopHat questions.
Roxanne doesnt really explain anything. She kinda just says things for how they are without giving us a reason. Confusing, boring, and the lecture nots arent very comprehensive. The teacher is like a squirrel.
Relies wayyyy too much on TopHat. Doesn't really teach, just sort of breezes past notes/foncepts and assumes we know everything. Notes are barely accessible.
Dr. Jackson is probably a nice person, but her teaching consists of excessive tophats which are not explained with much clarity, breezing over important topics, and going over notes too quickly. I honestly can't tell you what I learned from her, you're better off learning from the textbook. Oh, and the D2L is a pain to navigate. Stay Away from her!
She does way too many tophats and doesn't explain anything. She also gives you the wrong info. For example, for our midterm she said that acid base questions were gonna be on it but it ended up being a lot of rate law questions which we didn't really study for. She also breathes and heaves into the mic while lecturing. Just the worst.
WORST PROF EVER
She never explains anything properly. She's told us multiple times that the lectures don't contain the complete notes, so where's the complete notes? She doesn't post notes. Labs are terrible, she doesn't explain how to do a writeup. Tutorials are the worst thing I've ever done because the lecture doesn't relate to the topic being tested.
She is terrible, one of my 5th grade teachers could teach her class better than her. All she does is use top hat(a kahoot type program), she rarely goes into depth about materials. She quizes you about stuff and then teaches it. She never posted a single note and used 5 different websites for the course.
Absolutely awful, everything bad that other people have said has only gotten worse with online teaching. Doesn't know how to explain concepts and gets passive-aggressive when people ask questions. Skips over important concepts and literally tells the class to "figure it out yourself" for some of them. Like what the hell?
She is probably the worst professor I have had so far in my first year of university. She has the worst notes ever, actually, she doesn't even have notes, we timed her lectures and 45 minutes of her lecture is TopHat and 20 minutes is actually teaching, which her teaching is trash. She doesn't ever post notes, and should just not teach PERIOD.
Absolute worst prof ever. Doesn't post any notes or make any effort to help students learn. Class is a complete waste of time as she does TopHat questions for 90% of the time and "teaches" the other 10%. Much better off teaching yourself the entire course. She also often makes mistakes and has no idea what she is talking about.
Roxanne is a nice human being, but her teaching is just extra-ordinarily bad. I believe she should focus her research on how to better her teaching and actually win over her students than whatever she's doing right now. If she was a high school teacher, I believe she would have been replaced by some more experienced, skilled and caring teacher.
Spends most of the lecture doing tophat and not teachings. Explanations lack clarity and detail. Lectures were extremely dull and expectations for labs and tutorials were not made clear. Doesn't post any notes or any material at all.
Uhh where do I start, the course is first off terrible because the chem department is ran by incompetents who have no clue how to time things. Labs reports take days to complete and tutorials are either really easy or completely unrelated to what we learn in class. Roxanne is a terrible prof, her notes are god awful and she doesn't reply to emails.
just get the textbook and take notes off that. the entire chem 209 course revolves around the textbook. dont go to her lectures they're top tier garbage. you literally do kahoot the entire time
Absolutely the worst. Please just drop the course if you're stuck with her, all hope is lost. What should be an easy course is a nightmare thanks to her.
I felt messy and disorganized listening to the lectures. She rarely actually explained concepts, she taught as if she was teaching a review of things we all already knew. The entire lecture was spent on examples and tophat questions, I had to either try to catch on and learn through practice or teach myself everything from the textbook later on.
Dr. Jackson is kind but every time I've come to her for questions, I leave twice as confused. Her lectures consist of writing incomprehensible notes on a powerpoint that we don't even get access to. While we're rushing to copy down the notes, she throws a tophat question (which take up 50 mins of lecture) that half the class gets wrong anyways.
Absolutely horrendous professor. Just terrible with teaching. Isn't accessible outside of class. And does not provide any resources. Nenver even replied to my 2 follow up emails about a question. Learn from prep 1o1 or WIZE.
terrible. please select any other available prof.
bad. dont take her.
Overall cant teach. Suprised she became a prof.
She's terrible, dont waste your time with her
Oh my god. I can not even comprehend how she became a professor. She is definitely the worst prof you can take as an engg student. She was definitely the worst prof this year from any block any class by far. Trust all the other ratings and try to get another prof if u can.
Not as bad as I suspected considering all of the negative comments. I found her to be kind, and caring, shes one of the first profs I had that asked us about our goals, which immediately made me more focused. Unlike other science profs she doesnt look down on you if your confused about something, if you have a question ask her!!! she replys fast.
Course was done online due to pandemic, worst course to do in this situation especially when taught by this prof. We are given minimal instruction for both lecture and lab, our labs are literally "watch this short video" and then are given a formula and some values. Then we are given almost no time to complete it. TAs are mostly useless as well
The workload for this course is absolutely ludicrous, especially for an online course during a Spring semester and in a pandemic. Tutorial worksheets are several pages long AND you have to complete an online D2L quiz which wont allow you to review your answers. This all honestly feels designed to artificially lower the average grade... 1/10
Dr Jackson is great and she is so patient and explains everything in simple ways. However, this class is unbelievably HARD! Especially for an online class. The labs and tutorials are horrible and require a miracle to get done successfully. The workload is too much. The exams are so far good despite some weird questions not related to the material.
Professor Jackson is very caring if you ever have a question about anything and she will do what she can to help you out, and explains things rather well and is willing to repeat and simplify concepts several times if asked. However, the workload is massive. The post-tutorial quizzes also seem like they're only there to lower the class average.
This is by far the most ridiculous class I have taken. Labs are graded unfairly, the difficulty level was ratcheted up to an 11/10. The final exam was an absolute joke. The professor was made aware of how poorly the concepts were being taught, and in response the final was made more difficult, took six hours to finish. Is this the MCAT or CHEM 203?
I will be repeating this class, not because I recieved a bad grade, but due to the fact that I feel like this was taught in such a subpar manner. I definitely have gaps in my knowledge that will hamper my progress in senior level chemistry courses. Prof didn't acknowledge that the grading scheme was inappropriate for online delivery.
Dr. Jacksons Chem 203 class has been the most nerve-wracking, stress-inducing course I have taken In university. Not because of the difficulty of material, but the lack of being taught that material only to show up to lab and tutorial and lack the knowledge to do well in it. Let alone the RIDICULOUS 20 min tutorial tests.
Contrary to a lot of the reviews on here, I actually really enjoyed CHEM 203 with Dr. Jackson. She is a kind and caring professor and was very quick and meticulous in her replies to my emails. Furthermore, she was willing to go over concepts multiple times in class, and that too in a very simple and straightforward manner. While initially, the form
Contrary to what the some reviews here state, this was a ridiculous course that was not taught with any sort of passion, talent or commitment to higher education. Mrs. Jackson fell very short of the bare minimum for teaching this course, I would advise the head of the chemistry department to assign a better instructor for chem 203.
Dr. Jackson is a very caring prof! Shell answer the same question 5 times because people werent paying attention and wont be annoyed. Grading criteria is clear, and the examples given in class via top hat and practice questions were exactly like those on the exams which is nice! Overall really great prof.
Watch out for her grading of written components. She is often incorrect and gets balancing reactions wrong. As follow up questions rely on correctly balancing the first reaction, she marks the entire thing as incorrect, even though the first step was done properly. When asked if she will regrade anything, she will ignore your email.
Her classes dont make any sense.
The labs and tutorials are an absolute joke in this class. 20 minutes for a tutorial quiz is completely unfair. The lab are also due 24 hours after the lab which makes no sense, never had a class like that before. Aside from all that shes not the greatest at teaching and far from it.
This review is kind of late but I had Dr. Jackson both in the winter and spring for 201 and 203. I know that a lot of people gave her flack for stuff, but I thought overall, she was a really great prof. She was accessible outside of class, really understanding, and had really clear and concise notes.
Lectures are organized and pretty good, worth attending. If you can do the practice problem sets she posts your good. She never looks down on you for being confused. Responds to emails really fast, if you have a few questions she'll just book a zoom with you and go through them all. Overall extremely helpful!
Literally the worst prof in this entire University. The chem department is an absolute joke and so are the profs that come along with it. I honestly do not understand how we are paying this much for tuition and the university is still hiring profs this bad. Her lectures are terrible, she is all over the place, and she doesn't respond to emails.
Chem209 has been one of the worst experiences in University so far. Not because of the concepts, but the way they were taught. If you end up with Dr. Jackson for 209, get ready to binge read the textbook and watch youtube. She barely covered any topics and abbreviates far too much in her notes. All-in-all her teaching style is very lazy.
Terrible at teaching. Gives too little time for work to be done, while also never being prepared to give you the work on time. Reading the textbook is both more interesting and more informative than any of her lectures.
She doesn't deserve as low a rating as she has right now. She was nice enough and did seem to care about us, but her explanations were often unclear. This course as a whole was organized terribly, half their answer keys were wrong, they regularly asked assignment questions that don't make sense, and so on. But as a prof, she was okay.
she is a real gem who cares about her class. she is going explicitly through examples and makes it easy to understand the concepts. so i don't really get it, why would she have such a low rating
It was very apparent that this was her first time teaching this course. We were required to watch 30-40 minutes of videos outside of lecture time as our "lecture material". These videos were very broad and did not have enough examples to actually learn anything. In addition to this, we did not receive nearly enough practice material for exams.
Dr. Jackson is amazing! Her lectures are always super clear and she goes over lots of examples of problems in class. She is always willing to answer questions and her lectures are honestly pretty chill. There is a textbook available but I find that I don't have to read it to do well in her class. I honestly have no idea why she has a low rating.
Such a caring and chill prof with great lectures.
She is very kind and good at what she does.
Overall after retaking this class I really enjoyed the way Dr. Jackson teaches, I found it much easier to follow and understand than the other profs ive had before for this course. The material is really heavy so participation will impact how well you do but overall she teaches very clearly.
I really liked Dr. Jackson and I am shocked she has such a low rating. Her lectures are clear and shes been super accessible and understanding outside of class! I would be thrilled to have more courses with her
Roxanne's lectures are spent wasting time on the most basic of basics, and then she tests on the fringe cases that she herself doesn't understand very well. Her teaching style is based around memorizing surface-level results instead of truly understanding the why and how. Her lectures also often contradict the practice problems she assigns.
Dr.Jackson has a clear way of lecturing but this class is very content heavy, with quite a bit of out of class work. She is very lenient when it come to extra chances on work which is very nice and is understanding when it comes to having to redo prelabs and such!
She was very nice whenever I asked questions, and she explained the simple concepts clearly. However, she makes a lot of mistakes when she writes examples on slides, it can get confusing, and tests had concepts that were barely covered in class.
The chem department does not are about its students! The final had an average of 58% after the midterm also had a very low average. They did not bother to change the format of the final even after the bad midterm results. The format of the exams in 100% the reason of the low scores (select all that apply) cuz most did well on labs (exam-50%).
Dr. Jackson was definitely a better prof than what I've experienced so far in the chemistry department. Her lectures were structured very well and she had great notes with examples. My only complaint is that the examples she often does in class are too "easy" compared to what we're tested on. The midterm and final were super difficult.
Dr. Jackson was always helpful after classes, and she was quite responsive to emails. I found her clear and concise in class and online lectures. I personally found the material of CHEM 203 was much easier than my previous CHEM 201, but the tests felt equally challenging to me. I do wish there were more advanced questions walked through in class.
Roxanne is very caring and helpful. Some people don't like how she does lots of TopHat questions throughout the lecture but I found that it made me pay attention and learn better. Tests were very fair. She was always willing to help and was very kind when someone asked a question. Overall one of the better profs I've had!
Dr Jackson was a great prof! I really found her lectures very clear, she was great in office hours, and I really appreciated the amount of practice problems she gave. The exams were VERY hard (57% class average on the final). Overall, I found the tests/lab reports hard but her to be a really good prof despite this
Lazy teaching style, labs are horrendous (not her fault necessarily) but she can definitely teach her TA's how to mark better, as I had one of the worst TA's that ensured I never got above C in any lab, whereas my friends with more lenient TA's could have lower quality lab reports and still get better marks than me due to their lenient TA's.
Little surprised by how low she is, in terms of lecturing I would say she is pretty ok at it and is very kind during the workshops. That being said, the biggest issue I have with her is that she is really hard to access outside of class as she often times does not respond to emails which was a big issue this semester as she was the lab coordinator.
Dr Jackson is such a nice person and she's very lenient with deadlines however, her lectures will end up leaving you so confused. Most of the time, they don't make much sense and she's very hard to get a hold of through email as well.
Didn't like how lectures were online and pre-recorded, but Jackson always summarized nicely at the beginning of class and was happy to clarify if you asked questions. As mentioned by others, she was hard to reach outside of class and never replies to emails. Other than that, she was very understanding and nice!
Despite what others may say, I found Dr. Jackson to be very accessible outside of class and responsive to emails. She is kind and lenient, and likes to highlight common exam mistakes clearly. Her lectures are usually good, but can sometimes be a bit slow and in rare cases present less-efficient techniques to solve problems.
She wasnt exactly the prof but the course cordinator. She made this course extremely difficult by giving random questions on the final. She never responded once to any of my many emails. The course consisted of watching videos online and going to do labs which was extremely unhelpful and the occasional quiz. Just a poorly done course overall.
Took CHEM 203 in spring 2023 with Roxanne, and she was an excellent prof. Memorized almost everyone in the classes names and personally addressed many of us during her walk arounds when we were doing practice problems. She is easy to talk to and can be reached outside of class/before. Definitely recommend her, and the TA Toni for this semester too!
She is very strict
Dr. Jackson isn't a bad professor at all but not a very good one either. The exams were quite difficult and we weren't given much time to complete our lab reports. This may have been up to the course coordinator but regardless, these issues were only fixed the semester afterwards. She is fairly responsive to emails however which is a plus.
Dr. Jackson is very accessible out of class, and is willing to put in the time and effort to help you. Overall she was great!
She rushes into class examples too quickly without providing a complete, thorough explanation of the material. Additionally, the demo labs felt rushed at the end of class, and you weren't fully able to understand them. Overall, she didn't deliver the content material very well, and external resources and reliance on Chem 30 were needed to succeed.
bad teacher
Even though she is accessible outside of class, in class she just makes you more confused with the material and her overall teaching isn't the best. She just skims the surface of the material you actually need to know for the tutorial quizzes and exams. Addtionally the exams were pretty hard with a class avearge for the midterm being 57%.
Confusing lectures with virtually no explanation. For students who don't already understand the content, lectures provided very little. Also, it feels like they want students to fail/have to repeat it. Even if you do well in labs/tutorials and show that you know the material, if you fail the exams you fail the course regardless of your average.
lectures weren't clear at all and made even the simplest concepts confusing.
her lectures are ehhhh
Why is she always out of breath.
Caring professor that explains concepts well and provided pretty good practice questions. However, the course itself is EXTREMELY hard and exam-heavy. The average for both exams were 57, showing an issue with the course and not the students. If you aren't amazing at chemistry, I'd recommend getting a tutor or exploring other resources.
Her lectures were good and easy to understand but the exams were so difficult. The averages were in the 50s, so clearly it isn't a student issue, especially in a first year course.
She is amazing at responding to emails and is very helpful!
She knew the names of everyone in the class, was knowledgeable, and offered lots of in-class time to go through questions as a class. I don't really understand all the bad reviews haha, them 203 is generally a tough class but Dr. Jackson made it enjoyable and understandable even in a shortened term (spring).
though she's a nice person, her teaching isn't the best as she didn't explain the material well in-depth and zipped through areas that might have needed more explaining/clarification before jumping into examples.
Nice but wasn't great at teaching
She was nice but her teaching made it seem like she did not understand the material herself.
Not a very good teaching style and lectures were difficult to follow with minimal explanation provided.
Didn't have entertaining lectures but they taught all material covered (exams had no surprises). Exam was only made challenging due to time constraints (a lot of students felt rushed). Her notes were great to look over if you missed class.
trust just switch profs. she doesnt know what she's talking about in class and doesn't prepare you well at all for the assessments.
Lectures were ok, but didn't represent the difficulty of exams. She wasn't very helpful, couldn't answer questions about content in her own slides, or dismissed questions as 'not on the test' instead of just explaining things. Not enough time on exams and tutorials.
worst prof ive ever had in my life,I used to get 90's in chem in hs and yet I failed this class,she teaches the class as if she genuinely doesn't know it herself.if u ask her a question she just repeats the question AND THATS IT. I've noticed the info is not consistent at all with previous semesters especially for fall and winter. avoid this prof.
Goes too fast through the course, doesn't explain important details for mid terms/tests. Expects you to know things that she doesn't even teach
Goes very fast through course and skims through some needed content.
good teacher, not a lot of preparation materials for exams. thought she explained things well, not sure why she's rated so poorly.
her teaching is not good lol. she could be a lot better. i asked her a question once and she caught an attitude for no reason. if she was better at explaining things and was actually nice to the people who asked her questions she'd be better !
Fairly clear lectures, good notes format. Sometimes things that she only mentions once or twice will end up being important!
She delivers her instruction effectively, though at a rapid pace. I found that the organic chemistry instructional videos available on YouTube significantly improved my understanding of the material.
notes are well organized and explains well if you really pay attention
Jackson explains things quite well, if not a little rushed. If you are at all confused on anything, please go and talk to her after your lecture since she explains things MUCH better one on one.
Dr. Jackson is the best CHEM 201 prof there is at this university. I will agree amongst many others that she can go through material fast and it is important to show up/pay attention to her in lecture. But she goes through the content in a clear and organized manner, and is even better to speak to 1 on 1 if you need a deeper understanding.
Dr. Jackson is a great chemistry professor. Her notes were extremely helpful to study with, as they were organized and contained the necessary information you needed to know for the midterm. Between the practice in the notes and the top hat questions I was able to understand the content just fine. Put in the work, and you will do great!
She is amazing, teaches in such a simple way that's understandable and interesting. Hated chemistry in high school but this class changed that. If you don't understand something make your life 100 times easier and ask her because she is also really good at explaining it 1 on 1 so you understand. Her notes are also very helpful and straightforward.
She's alright. She explains stuff well in her lectures, but doesn't answer questions too well in the lecture, and says that you will learn it later. But her lectures and posted slides are good.
Dr. Jackson was amazing at answering questions about the content and was very kind and respectful. she also prepared her students well for the midterm with lots of practice questions
Dr Jackson is a solid professor. I have had her for Chem 203 and Chem 201, and she is quite good at teaching. At times she goes a bit fast, but overall easy to understand and her notes that she posts are phenomenal.
Her notes are really good and she explains things very well when asked in tutorials or in-class. She just doesn't go over things very well and introduces new topics very fast without slowing down to explain them fully. Overall good though.
Dr. Jackson was really nice. She was very helpful, and her lectures were interesting and laid things out really clearly.
Dr. Jackson is underrated- she is an exceptional professor who teaches very well. Notes are easy to follow, and she is very caring she is willing to answer questions whenever and will not make you feel stupid. She should teach more upper year chem courses!
Dr jackson is honestly extremely underrated. She has amazing notes that are very very easy to follow. Explains things very clearly during the lectures. The pace might be a little fast for some people but overall, she is very good. May you have any questions, she answers your questions very good one on one and overall an AMAZING prof!
Extremely good notes. Very clear way of teaching. States what you have to know for tests very clearly.
Very very good notes and clear as to what we have to study
I am not sure why Professor Jackson is rated so low, I thought she was a super great professor. Her lectures were definitely not the most entertaining, but she demonstrated a very good knowledge of the subject, and presented the information in a way that was super simple to understand. Her notes were spectacular, and she was always super organized.
dr. jackson is a pretty solid chem professor. i found her lectures easy to understand and her notes were well-written, with lots of in-class practice which made studying for the midterm easier. i was lucky enough to have her around throughout the tutorial component in this course, and she was super helpful there as well - much better than the TA.
Its weird to me why she has low ratings, I thought she was a good teacher with organized notes who taught concepts well. Had a solid time when she taught us
She is one of my favourite professors this semester! Her lecture notes are well-organized and her speaking is also very clear. (overall: not perfect but well above average) I hope she can get promoted to a permanent position soon. She did a great job this semester.
I don't understand why she has such a low rating as I really enjoyed her teaching style. The course itself is a lot but it's very manageable if you attend the lectures. She was very clear and helpful when it came to tutorials.
Super kind, good notes, easy to talk to
Her slides were well organized and she was great at explaining things. She seemed a little sharp at times, but was still really helpful when I asked for help. There were a few things that ended up on exams that we didn't cover, but she was really good for the most part.
Although Dr. Jackson is a good lecturer she tends to rush through the notes without deeper explanations. Some topics on the midterm were also not covered in class, which was not very fair. There was no practice for this course. She was very helpful during office hours and after class if you had any questions and do not rely solely on her notes.
Pretty decent teacher, slides are organized well and she explains things in enough detail where you can understand her, does lots of examples in class to help and is very approachable during office hours, where she'll clarify and help to deepen your understanding. Overall good and fair
sets prelab questions unfamiliar to students and course material doesnt cover, no hints or total coverage of prlab questions. first lab prelab is sets of questions far from the text covere.
Don't know why she gets such a bad rap. Great notes, very caring and helpful in class. She is the best chem prof I have come across so far!
was responsive to emails.
Idk why her rating is low, her lectures are very organized and she's very approachable and will elaborate on things if you ask.
Great prof tbh, had her for spring sem and her lectures were easy to follow, just a little slow. She also engages with us, asking us to solve a question and she walks around giving help and tips. Overall a really good prof, I did find the final exam quite hard compared to the 2 midterms though, and brought my avg down a bit, thats just me though :)
Roxanne was a caring professor and had a personal connection with the students. However, I hated the way the tutorial quizzes and first midterm were set up. You get around 40% of your mark on a subject she goes over for 2 lectures and expects you to use this online textbook that is hard to find. STUDY YOUR NOMENCLATURE AT THE START OF THE COURSE.
Lectures, labs, and tutorials don't prepare you for her exams. Make sure not to study the main topics covered in lecture because apparently those aren't supposed to go on the exams. Study up on all the topics that were brushed over, and focus on theory because why would any of the practice we covered in lecture be on the exams either!
Her lectures were good in the sense that she would walk around and help people if they needed it and she always gave opportunities to do so while students solved the problems on the board. However, I feel like her notes weren't always thorough and some concepts were not well explained.
Gives lots of time for practice during lectures. Explains content well. The only complaint I have is following along with the slides is pay to win, since you need an Ipad or a touchscreen laptop to fill in all of the blanks on her slides. The filled slides are posted afterwards, but the quality of the slides isn't very good.
She was clear in her speaking but her slides lacked any kind of information. Very difficult to grasp concepts in her lectures. Kind and good at answering questions in person, but the lectures are purely practice questions without a whole lot of substance
grim reaper
wallah she took my soul away
Her slides were not detailed at all. She explains well in lectures but talks fast so it is hard to follow along. Her slides are confusing to use when studying. She splits the topics by dates which is also confusing when you're trying to categorize the topics. Her handwriting isn't neat.
Her teaching was Okay, could be better. Did slur sometimes and was hard to understand at times. Concepts that were given probably like 20 minutes total were the main ones in the final. Does give time and lots of in class practice. Didn't adequately prepare us for the final but could be worse I guess.
She's a really good prof, and even though some may say that her lectures lack information, as they're mostly practice, I personally think that practicing in class and being able to ask questions is what helps me grasp the contents more. She's very patient too, as she gives us a lot of time to do the practice questions!
Jackson was okay. She did not have enough information on her slides, so reviewing would be more difficult as a result. But she provided lots of time to practice in class, but it might not help everyone, and I felt like she could have gone over more content rather than spending 20 minutes on one question. She will teach the basics, and that's it.
Dr. Roxanne overall was easy to understand and follow, and made really organized slides that weren't messy or all over the place. Complex and simple, like it should be. She did practice problems during the lectures which aided in understanding.
Very kind and approachable.
Very helpful when answering questions, and responds quickly to emails. She did a lot of examples during lecture which was helpful. It would have been nice if there was more information in her slides, as they only covered the basic concepts.
Her slides are bad, she cuts corners in lecture, and she waits for you to ask if that's how she wants it on the test and then says no. She just confuses you and misleads you. But she is nice if you ask her questions and her answers are decent
Dr. Jackson was an OK professor. She made mistakes during lectures sometimes, and her slides were not good compared to Dr. Jalilehvand's who taught the first half of the course. The info on the slides were minimal, and sometimes unclear. She also claimed the boiling point of palmitic acid was 351,000°C which is absurd to anyone. (It's 351°)
She was easy to follow in class but her posted notes were not that great, on top of that, the grading criteria for midterms and finals was not clear at all. The final was unreasonably difficult in comparison to the rest of the course material and there was a lack of adequate study material provided, which meant almost everyone was unprepared.
Dr. Jackson's portion of this course felt like a step down from Dr. Jalilehvand's. Her lectures were okay, but often more confusing and with less available resources. This made our tutorial quizzes (made by the same person for both halves) harder due to a general lack of clarity. She was generally responsive and courteous outside of class, though.
Very kind and willing to answer questions inside of class and outside of class. Unfortunately, slides were not very good and lacked information. Final was very unfair, many questions exceeded the level of difficulty that was taught to students. Okay at explaining concepts in lecture.
I had her for both my 201, and 203 courses in one semester. When she changed courses to begin teaching my 201 class my grades in 203 got better and my 201 grades dropped. Her slides are the very bare bones of any of the information that you need for tutorials or tests. Spends a lot of time on information that does not show up on tests.
She is very kind and approachable, but she is also a bad explainer, sometimes using one sentence in emails to explain complex topics. Her lecture notes are poor - a few sentences with a "fill in the blanks" style. She is a fast speaker, and her exams are far, far more difficult in comparison to the lecture questions.
Prof was alright. They had bad notes and a very hard final exam.
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