Mozol seems like a very nice lady, however her lectures were very disorganized and hard to follow. I ended up teaching myself the entire course material.

Doesn't help, cares more about her pen color than teaching

Try avoid her. Faculty of Science generally assigns poor instructors for engineering courses. Don't let one or two bad instructor stop you from becoming an engineer. You are not the problem, they are the cancer.

Probably has some of the worst slides and lectures. They do not help at all and leave you confused after as well as being super irrelevant. Come for top hat and learn the whole course at home.

100% of this class is testing... Go to lecture and you'll get tested on TopHat instead of learning the concept, go to tutorials and surprise they are all quizzes. You will not learn in this class unless you purchase and read the ENTIRE textbook. This class leaves you constantly flustered and confused, Good luck!

Get ready to teach yourself from the textbook. No point of going to the lectures

Vivian Mozol is 100% incompetent. Not only are her lectures impossible to follow, most of the time the information on the slides is incorrect as well. Every component of this course is testing, including lectures and tutorials. If you are in first year engg, you won't have a choice of prof so prepare to learn from the textbook.

Dr. Vivian Mozol has been one of the worst profs I have ever had in my entire life. In a course as tough as Chem 209, the prof being any short of outstanding is unacceptable and she doesn't even come close to that mark. She makes mistakes left right and center and half the time it seems like she doesn't know what she is talking about. BEWARE!

Dr. Mozol is a nice person, but a very bad professor. Like everyone else here says, you'll have to learn the course from the textbook or videos because the lectures are not useful at all.

Dr. Vivian Mozol's introductory chemistry class is nothing short of a disaster. Oftentimes, when taking up or asking a question during a lecture, she will end up saying "It depends" before moving on, leaving most students dazed and confused. I have seen brilliant students be absolutely bewildered by her constant state of convolutedness.

In my best judgement Mozol is a very smart individual, I believe she understands what she is teaching and all the fundamentals of chemistry. HOWEVER, she has absolutely no idea how to translate this knowledge into something her students can comprehend. Do not take this course, her lectures confuse you more than they teach you. Vague, skips over

Goes over new concepts way too quick, and expects every student to read ahead before lectures. She might understand everything very well but she is horrible at teaching it to us. Asks too many TopHat questions and doesn't take the time to teach it to us prior to quizzing us on it. Her notes are don't help as much either.

Unfortunately Dr. Mozol's goes by a "test first, teach after" approach. Her lecturing style consists of loosely ad-libbing content from the very short lecture pdfs, but she cannot cohesively speak to the topics off the cuff. It is true that she has office hours, but she has difficulty explaining very simple concepts. Use the textook only.

Dr. Mozol isn't the best when it comes to sharing her knowledge with students. She gives brief explanations to concepts, similar to her notes, and then gives TopHat questions on it in lectures to test your understanding. She either overcomplicates concepts or makes you more confused. It's best to go to another lecture or learn from the textbook.

No sure how on Earth they assign someone like Mozol to teach chemistry for engineers. She is always confused and confusing at the same time. Lectures were useless but she forced us to be there due to popup graded questions.

Dr Mozol is not capable of teaching introductory chemistry. She does not have a solid enough grasp of the topics covered to provide the necessary instruction. The Lab and Tutorial components are a pure headache. She can assist you with simple questions but is unable to answer more difficult questions which highlights her weaknesses as an educator.

I hated this class! I thought Mozol explained things very poorly and didnt actually answer my questions. Most classes were spent doing unhelpful TopHats, and I felt insufficiently prepared for exams. I thought she was boring and unfocused, and I ended up having to learn most of the material by myself. She is by far the worst prof I've had yet.

There's a huge discrepancy between the material taught in class, the material on the weekly quizzes, and the material on exams. It is a guessing game as how to prepare accordingly. Mozol is disorganized. Her lectures are convoluted and error-laden. Buy the textbook (but NOT the ebook, which you can't use for open-book quizzes).

This prof is hilariously bad. Uses Tophat as an excuse to get out of teaching. Makes students get into groups and do activities that do not contribute much to what we are learning as an effort to burn off class time. Very unclear and there is a discrepancy between what gets tested/quizzed and what is being taught in class.

Very disorganized and goes off-topic very easily. Obsessed with Tophat and wastes a lot of valuable class time making us partake in activities that she deems helps us. I'd advise buying the textbook and reading ahead.

Very contradictory, she seems to have her own ways of explaining things that are not consistent with explanations found in the textbook/trusted sources. Youre own your own with her. Would high not recommend.

Honestly amazing professor. She's very clear about what needs to be shown to get full marks on quizzes/tests, very lenient marker. Minimal homework and textbook is not needed as she nails all the important details down. She's honestly excellent at explaining and teaching. 10/10 would definitely recommend.

Please don't take this class with this prof, you'll regret it.

There's no clear explanation on how grades are awarded on tests/quizzes and will try and dock marks anyway possible. Did poorly on a quiz in tutorial and need Tophat grades to replace it? Oh well too bad, all the Tophat responses are out of 1 rather than 0.5 now. Have a question that needs to be answered? The answer is "it depends".

Hilariously bad. Tophat is the worst program a prof can use. Literally does not help AT ALL. Better have a textbook handy cause she does NOT TEACH.

Wonderful. Just. Wonderful. Top Hat might just be the best thing to happen to CHEM 209. The time wasted because of Top Hat is incredible. Instead of helping students, she loves to confuse them. If it wasn't for Top Hat marks, I would never attend a single lecture. Good Luck and Have Fun if u end up in her class.

WELP. did not want to give this teacher a 1, but the truth is the truth

Awful. She's horribly bad at teaching, and gives the hardest and trickiest questions on midterms. SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE YOU DO POORLY. I have her for Chem 209

Mozol trys to make her test fun and informative, but actually does the exact opposite

Get ready to use khanacademy and the textbook because her teaching is garbage. Switch out if you can, but its still possible to get a good grade without her. Skip class? She uses TOPHAT to quiz you without teaching you since she expects you to be ahead of her teaching. She is always trying to find ways to grade you unfairly during tophat. Goodluck

She simply cannot do simple math. She is unable to add valence shells and does a whole example in class only to realize at the end that 6 valence shells plus 6 valence shells does not in fact add up to 10 valence shells. She is scatter brained and jumps around in topics too much only to confuse you more. I suggest taking this class by yourself.

She simply cannot explain the easiest concepts, even those from high school like c1v1c2v2. You are literally better off learning from the textbook. Also, her top hats are horrible, where half the time her answers are wrong. If you plan on attending her lectures for some reason you better invest in noise cancelling headphones to do other homework.

So here's the thing about Mozol. She's a very nice person, and if you ask her questions, she will answer them. The issue is, she doesn't answer them clearly. To be honest, she is never clear. Lectures, tutorials, tophat questions. It's all very vague and you will end up more confused than before you asked something. Just buy the textbook and read.

Mozol is the worst professor I have ever seen, I will try to make a valid argument why. Dont get me wrong she is apparently a good person, but a terrible professor , she is more of a review section honestly. She will be assuming you did just know everything already and is there to review. My tip is study as much as you can alone.

Nice person and tries her best to help. Unfortunately, her style of teaching lectures left everyone confused but her powerpoints themselves were very helpful. Read the textbook a lot and her notes and do as many past exams as possible.

Her explanations in lecture leave out a lot of important details; when you go back to look at your notes, it is often hard to understand because they lack crucial points. She starts to explain new material one lecture before the actual midterm; Dr. Mozo does not spend a lot of time explaining new material but prefers to do top hat review ):

She makes very simple concepts from high school chemistry extremely confusing and nonsensical. She purposely tries to trick her students during tophat questions, opting to go off technicalities rather than fundamental concepts. She often answers the questions wrong and confused the entire class. If you are in engineering chem I'm sorry.

Honestly... the class i took with her was more useless than my appendix. I learnt the entire course from the textbook because every time I went to the class I almost always left more confused than when I just went over the content on my own. She treats each class like a review of the readings assigned rather than actually teaching it.

Thinks we already know more than we do and only teaches of top hat questions

She explained everything assuming you already know it. Lectures where almost purely top hats without answer explanation

Too many tophats and not enough examples.

You have to attend class to get the Top Hat marks. Her Top Hat answers are riddled with mistakes. Take a tutorial late in the week as she will go over quiz material after some have already written the quiz. Buy the textbook or source material for self learning. You will get through her class by teaching yourself chemistry.

Her explanation of contents is so confusing. Her She often gets sidetracked and ends up spending whole lecture time answering questions that were never asked.

She knows so much information regards to a topic but does not know how to phrase it in a way that students can understand. I studied by myself and understood the topic by reading the textbook. Also, the way she organizes her course is so messy.

If you remember most of high school chem you'll be fine. I stopped going to lectures because she managed to confuse me about material I previously had a solid understanding of. Either use her powerpoints or the textbook because she is not a good explainer. For material you don't know from high school, khan accedmy and youtube are your friend.

I dont think shes a good teacher for first years. Her notes are unorganized and she updates the new notes for an 8am class at 5am. If you are not the best in chem sciences you should try to choose another prof. She is a fast replier to emails, however, Ill give her that. But I wouldnt take a class with her again.

Honestly if you have her as your prof be prepared to do 90% of the work on your own. Her lectures are boring and disorganized. She can never get straight to the point. Just a terrible class.

I oly got a good grade from watching Doctor Kennepohl's lectures near the end of the semester. Lectures are disorganized and she posts the notes for lectures 5 minutes before they start, so you have no time to go over them. Doesn't even respond to emails if you need help. If you want a professor that does not care about their students, go to her.

Yes, she is a good person but not the best prof. Uploads lecture notes right before the lecture starts, once uploaded pre-tutorial file 20 hours before due. Tests are long answers, feedbacks are literally words like "incomplete," "wrong." Get ready to teach urself chemistry with textbook and YouTube vids. Final exam is 2 questions if you like that.

Self-directed learning so be prepared teach yourself. I watched countless youtube videos, practice worksheets online, and help from peers to pass this course.

Awful prof. Hundreds of people are currently miserable in her chem 201. Refuses to teach, expects you to know the content beforehand and even if you know the content her lecture will straight up confuse you more. She gives 1 word feedback like "ok" and berates students for asking questions infront of the class.

super disorganized. emails you lecture materials at 10pm. if you take this course you'll spend a ton of time teaching yourself. she shamed someone for asking a question. not the greatest prof.

She expects you to just know everything without practice and doesn't provide many resources.

DONT TAKE HER CLASS! she's a horrible explainer. very dizorganized. READ THE BOOK USE KHAN ACADEMY WATCH OPENSTAX LECTURES ON YT. She expects you to know EVERYTHING. Only grades using midterm and finals. So, youre dead if u dont understand a lecture. If you took AP CHEM, this will be easy. otherwise youre done. SELF STUDY. she has good music.

I never understood her lectures even though i do preclass activities and everytime i ask a question she just made me go bsck to her notes and never answer my questions I have to do double work so just i can pass her class because she never made sense would not recommend taking her classes

The structure of her classes are confusing for her students. It's hard to understand her the concepts she is trying to explain because she is not very good at explain the materials. Prepare to teach yourself

does not teach in her lectures

The class wasn't too hard, but Mozol made it absolutely dreadful. The first month and a half or so of lectures were literally just breakout room discussions, no actual teaching during lectures. On top of that, her D2L page was almost always disorganized and sometimes didn't have the notes posted. Mozol made me want to switch majors. And I did.

disorganized lectures, does not answer students' questions accurately, exams are terrible, very far from the lecture, makes mistakes on her test questions and you end up getting more confused but a tough grader, also not very consistent with the content that she lectures: give you different info at different times. get ready to study on your own.

Nice personality, but not a good prof. Expects you to teach yourself the material beforehand so that she can just go over detailed examples in lecture, which ultimately just confuse you more. You would be better off reading the textbook and finding other videos/lectures to watch. Get ready to teach yourself the whole course.

I won't have an opinion on Dr.M's teaching style - it works for some but not for many, so it's a subjective topic. What infuriates me, though, is how disorganized things are in this class, from having a lab activity that deals with unlearnt topics, to misleading Final Exam announcements. Just sad and terrible, even for an easy-going person like me.

just a really bad experience

Monzols lectures are very disorganized and hard to follow especially since she mostly uses pen and paper. A lot of time was wasted on padlets and breakout rooms so I didn't learn anything from her so there's really no use in attending her lectures. Makes the material seem more complicated than it actually is.I learned so much more from Dr. K.

awful. mozol is very nice but lord she cannot teach��. the D2L shell is very disorganized and the midterm/final have questions that are much harder than what was learned in class. i recommend allocating much time outside of the class to learn the concepts by yourself through youtube. material is not that hard, but the way it is taught is horrible

The worst professor I have had by far. Stopped going to her lectures after about a month of complete garbage. She would make slides for us to read BEFORE class with all the material she was supposed to teach, and then not go over it in class. So disorganized, could not complete a coherent lesson. If you are unfortunate enough to get her please swit

Mozol cannot teach. She is disorganized and rarely answers students questions. Mock exams tend to be very different from actual exams, and grades are nearly impossible to appeal or get clarification on. Her lectures are frequently behind the labs so my poor TA had to teach us the material for each lab because Mozol was a full week behind.

Super disorganized and notes were basically illegible, just a bunch of scribbles on paper. Expected you to fully understand the material before lecture, where she would only confuse you more. I stopped going to her lectures in the first month and the only reason I got an A is because I watched Dr. Ks lectures and the course material is fairly easy.

Dr. Mozol is a kind lady, however when it came to teaching online she was very ineffective. She would often go off on a tangent and continuously answer students questions so we barely got through any material. I would often be left confused at the end. She did not assign us any questions/homework so it was hard to know where to start in studying.

Nice person, seemed like she did care about students but her lectures were not good. I struggled all the way through this class, her lectures are scattered and confusing. At points I wouldnt even know what was happening in the class that day. Maybe in person it would have been better, but online was terrible. The midterm and final were awful.

Told everyone in the class that we were going to fail the midterm and that it was everyone’s fault except her own. She also expects us to attend both the chem lectures, read all of her notes, watch concept videos, and read multiple online textbooks. Overall a bad vibe and barely explains anything in class.

The lectures were hard to follow as she didn’t seem sure of herself.

A very nice lady but just not a good prof. Being expected to learn all the material by yourself before class would work if this was the only class you were taking, but unfortunately that is not the case. She would try to show you how to do things without teaching you the concepts behind it, and it was always just incredibly confusing.

She seems like an okay person but would release her notes the day of the class at 4 am and expects you to read over them before class because she wont go over them in the lecture. She expects you to already know stuff before she teaches. Not a good chem prof would not recommend her. Horrible exams

I pray for you if you have Mozol. She is so nice but has no clue what she is doing as far as teaching goes. Find another prof to attend their lectures if you have her. It's the literal only way you'll pass.

So hard to keep up with what she teaches in lectures. She is very disorganized making students confused as to what point she tries to get across in the lecture. You're better off teaching yourself the course material because she won't do you any help.

The most disorganized, unclear prof I've ever had. Pre-tutorials are in a different place on D2L every time, doesn't answer emails, expects you to teach yourself. She says she's there "to give you feedback to make you a better asynchronous learner" then doesn't give feedback. You're on your own if you have her.

Lectures are uninformative, Dr. Mozol's lessons are often disorganized and ineffectively communicate concepts. Exams test reading comprehension more than chemistry knowledge. Dr. Mozol takes pride in low class averages and difficult material when realistically CHEM 201 is the easiest university level course. Be prepared to do a lot self-teaching.

Joke of a professor. The other day she literally took out some jello and jiggled it on a plate to "explain electron density" in a lecture theatre with 400 students. Completely disorganized and talks about irrelevant stuff all the time. If there is another prof for the class, go to that one lol

Lectures don't make much sense unless you teach yourself the material beforehand, and even then... Only thing they really give you clues on are the specific way she likes things done on tests, so that's cool at least.

Awful.

The notes and class are very unorganized. Often it is more beneficial to use the online textbook and supplementary videos than the notes - if you miss a class and get the notes from a friend... good luck trying to decipher them. If another professor is available, take it with them or go to their lectures.

I had Mozol for CHEM 201, and although the material is really easy, her lectures are insanely confusing, using way to many metaphors, why do you need jello to grasp the concept of electron clouds? The online videos are way better then the lectures, so id advise using those instead. The midterm was more trick questions then chem knowledge.

Dr. Mozol seems like the sweetest lady ever, so I feel absolutely awful saying this, but she is a horrible prof. Her notes are practically illegible and instead of teaching, she basically "recites" what shes doing (like she doesn't explain why or how to do a lot of the concepts). She's very disorganized and I spent $120 on prep101 cause of her :)

Dr. Mozol is a very nice person, but not a great professor. She is very disorganised and confusing. DO NOT take this class if your have ADHD, as she does not post the notes afterwards and her disorganization can be incredibly distracting.

Mozol is a scatterbrained mess. While helpful if you go to her office hours, her lectures are nearly entirely useless. Mozol uses nonsensical metaphors to explain concepts and charges through content, often skipping important concepts. the only good things I have to say about her are that cares about her students and her tests are super fair.

Her lectures are very unorganized and she usually spent most of the class scribbling on one page with illegible words. I pray no one else gets her as a professor she is so incredibly confusing, there were times where I walked in knowing the content and walked out so confused. The only helpful thing was the videos on d2l which were uploaded.

Very self-led course. Dr. Mozol is very sweet and is accessible out of class, however her lectures are utterly useless. Everything she says is extremely confusing and she overcomplicates extremely simple topics. I would avoid if possible. If not, get ready to spend a lot of time self-studying!

The biggest reason why I understood the course's content is that I did the majority of the content in AP while in high school, other than that for the rest of the course I had to teach myself through the textbook. Her lectures are useless but going to a few helps with understanding what she wants from you. Merry Christmas and avoid this prof.

The notes she wrote during the lectures were not very organized or comprehensive. She is good at explaining but would often jump around and not acknowledge some important information that she expects us to know. Dr. Mozol gives us mock exams which is incredibly helpful as to get an idea of the layout of her exams and what she expects of us.

lectures are all over the place and very confusing. you basically learn the whole course yourself

Made basic content seem more confusing and difficult than it really was. Readings given often late the night before via email. Also had no office hours if you wanted to talk had to try and catch before or after class.

Mrs.Mozol is a very difficult professor to understand. She makes everything more complicated than what it has to. She is disorganized in her lectures and has very high standards. Taking a course with her is 100% self taught. I personally found that it is better to not go to her in-person lectures at all since it gets very confusing.

she is very chaotic and posts nothing after class so you have to come to lectures. she graded pretty fair tho

lack of logic

Lectures were very confusing and hard to follow along, as the material was presented in a very disorganized way. The 'notes' that are posted online after each lecture are literally just scribbles. Avoid taking this class with Mozol, if you can.

Genuinely the worst prof, she barely teaches anything, spent two whole weeks on one learning objective, one whole lecture on a demo. No practice questions, slides are unorganized. If you want to get good grades just read textbook.

Honestly a very bad prof. Her lecture slides are incredibly unorganized, will explain something in the most abstract way possible, jumps around from topic to topic randomly & wastes a lot of lecture time going on tangents and/or walking around while students answer questions they have no clue how to do due to poor explanations. Avoid at all costs.

She jumps around the curriculum instead of going in order, and instead of using slides, she uses onenote, where her notes are illegible. She also does not always upload the notes after the lectures, it can take days sometimes. I recommend going to lectures, but you will have to learn the content in your free time as well.

Prof often dismissed students and made unprofessional condescending comments. Certain professions were mocked and looked down on, students were told they were going to fail in front of a lecture theatre. Growth felt challenging not encouraged. Almost as though the prof wanted to demonstrate their talent and express their opinions over teaching.

Dr. Mozol is incredibly unorganized and extremely unprofessional.She would dismiss students' questions or make comments such as "I really hope you didn't just say that", or that they would fail the course for misunderstanding a concept. Don't bother asking for a regrade, even when the TA is at fault, as she will just ignore your email.

Unprofessional, unorganized, and condescending are the three words I would use to describe Dr. Mozol. She seems like a nice person and responds quickly to emails but you will leave her class feeling more confused.

If you love staring at the board in confusion and banging your head against a wall, then she's a great professor. Otherwise, get ready to use YouTube to teach you the concepts, because she NEVER teaches anything. Plus, her notes are so confusing to look at. I regret not dropping this class before the final because WOW.

Bad, confusing lectures. Goes on rants and gets no teaching done. Yells at students. Mocks people. Overall, bad attitude. Terrible notes. Awful slides that are not organized at all. Will tell you that you need to know something and then fully not teach it. I would learn more from staring at a blank wall!

Whatever you do DON'T take a course with Mozol as your prof. She can not explain simply topics without making them confusing. Better off using youtube videos/textbook instead of attending her lectures. What a waste of time truly.

Her slides are discombobulating, the content she TRIES to teach is incoherent, and she is overall not a good prof at all. At a certain point, a large portion of my lecture section stopped attending and I wish I had done the same. So many concepts that would be otherwise simple are made so convoluded and confusing by Mozol.

I can not believe they hired her to teach this course. They need to fix the chem department

She didn't really comprehensively teach anything and had no good resources for us to study. I think she just likes drawing and doesn't really explain anything.

If i could rate less i probably would. Notes are unorganized and confusing, even while attending lectures. Goes on rants, berates students for simply asking questions, and makes an overall unhelpful and annoying learning environment. Be prepared to use youtube or other outside resources to understand concepts, because Mozol teaching will not help.

the most useless prof i've had so far. The class slides, OneNote and D2L for the class are very unorganized and lectures are hard to follow. her handwriting is absolutely awful and she jumps around topics, goes on tangents and makes weird offensive comments. if you have mozol, be ready to teach yourself everything.

Really awful lectures, honestly a waste of time to go to. Her slides are FULL of paragraphs and I found it hard to follow. Not to mention her writing on onenote is basically scribbles. She would also often make comments in class that felt a little wrong to me, borderline offensive. Probably better off just learning yourself at home.

If you have this professor, please drop the class. There is a limit on how much I can write so I'll just say she should not be allowed to teach this class anymore. I honestly do not mean any disrespect towards this professor. I had a couple of conversations with her after lectures and she seems to be a nice person, but she can't teach.

She goes on needlessly long tangents that serve no educational purpose, and teaches in a way that is very conveluded and complicated for no reason on the offchance she decides to do her job. You know how in Harry Potter, they got Dementors? She's a Dementor the way she sucks every bit of happiness from my body.

In my case, Mozol was a great prof in first year. Without her I would never have learned how I can teach myself an entire course without a prof. If you are in her lecture, you might also learn this skill.

She's a spiteful, mean-spirited and sardonic prof. Her teachings are ineffective, composed primarily of "readings," which one has to do outside of class, and her in-class material involves her going on endless tangents and questions which she doesn't address in any meaningful way. Writing this fuels me with vile, which I'm sure fuels her giant ego.

she was extremely disorganized, and would constantly attack students when they answered questions. Her OneNote notes were scribbles and were not legible. If you are in the class, I recommend using external sources like youtube because her notes are not sufficient

Mozol is the worst professor you will ever have. She does not care about the students or their comprehension of the material. She constantly berates students that attempt to ask/answer questions. She said herself that she never wanted to be a teacher and she chooses to take her vindictiveness out on her students. Avoid her at all costs.

Worst professor ever, expects you to have a solid understanding of the material prior to coming to class although it is her literal job to help students develop a solid understanding of course content. She needs to rethink her "career." Her lectures are an utter waste of time and not up to university standard, I have stopped attending altogether.

actually the most traumatic experience of my first year, no professor will ever be as bad as her. good luck

Imagine a cross between the tweaker in the McDonald's bathroom and a crazy cat lady and you have Mozol. Informative lectures? Definitely not. Rants about AI and ChatGPT? Absolutely. Her notes are messy and hard to read, and she often goes off-topic. Have fun teaching yourself everything the week before the midterm and finals. Would not take again.

Dr Mozol teaches some things well until she introduces a new topic on the day of the midterm which will be on the test. She called our class "dyslexic" and "ADHD" as a joke...She explains things In such an unnecessary way and I swear she teleports around the room. And if she mentions the "corkscrew of knowledge" one more time ...

Dr. Mozol teaches some things well until she introduces a new topic on the day of the midterm which "will be on the midterm." She called our class "dyslexic" and "ADHD" as a joke...She explains things in such an unnecessary way and I swear she teleports around the room. And if she mentions the "corkscrew of knowledge" one more time...

You must know the content pretty well before coming to lectures. Even then, lectures are scattered and hard to follow. She is an intelligent person, and wants students to understand concepts on a deeper level. However, her ability to teach in that way effectively is limited. She is more helpful one on one. Basically, teach yourself the content.

She evokes an unsettling combination of the malevolent witch from Snow White and the predatory demeanor of a velociraptor. She frequently belittles the intelligence of the entire class. She possesses the uncanny ability to teleport around the room, appearing unexpectedly in various corners as she targets students with her sharp criticisms.

awful goes off topic messy templates skips all the time

Lecture slides are so disorganized and can't even read what she wrote

Absolutely horrid. She does not care about anyone or anything and is so insufferable as she constantly finds ways to discourage students. Worst professor I have ever encountered and is of no use even if you visit her during office hours. She will make you feel bad for anything you ask and answers so condescendingly. No idea how she still has a job.

Do not have her as a professor if you can't help it! Sadly, I was not granted this choice. She is very "quirky" and "eccentric". I would not reccomend

please someone buy her new tablet. Having technology issue in every lectures is so annoying.

completely disorganized. goodluck following her lectures.

I want new chemistry professor can you please retire.. please please.. her note is so disorganize it is impossible to study by looking at her note.

How did she become professor I l actually can't believe it.

So disorganized, hard to read notes and constant technical issues. Cannot study off her notes for anything. Very confusing.

Be prepared to learn a lot of the class material at home on your own, I have never met a teacher that doesnt have a IPAD that works 50 percent of lectures. I dont pay 4000 a semester for that kind of unprofessionalism

if you needed a reason to drop out, this is it

Her notes and lectures are extremely disorganized and illegible. Each class feels like you just got whiplash because she pulls stuff out from no where without explaining it and then spends more than half the class on the easiest concepts in the course. Asking her questions is very humbling as she treats you like a dog and talks down on you.

She makes it impossible to miss lectures because the hand writing is so horrendous to read and is very condensed so that a lot of important details are missing. Attending lectures can also be a snooze-fest because sometimes she spends the whole lecture doing one practice question instead of covering new material/details that should be known.

I remember I wasn't even in her lecture but she would sit in during my prof's lecture. I asked a question and she responded to me by basically saying "die dont even ask something like that" like her whole job and the reason she gets paid isn't to teach. Waste man prof stg

holy...........

I just gave up this class because of mozol. It's impossible to study by looking at her note and her lecture class is so confusing. If any of u guys have class with this prof in the future, just give up this class and focus on other classes

She is very confusing

Be ready to learn everything by yourself. She's pretty helpful if you go her office hours, but her lectures are something else. Good luck!

Lectures are next to useless, so get ready to learn on your own! Also she often goes ff her slides, and starts writing her own notes. At least she posts it though. If you ask questions she can sometimes explain something very well, but sometimes it's not as great.

Dear God, lectures made no sense. I felt so lost on the content because she explains very simple topics in very complicated ways. The threshold for an A is above 87%, which helps out. Don't want to discourage you - succeeding in this class is possible - just be prepared for picky marking on tutorials and finals.

I think the reviews speak for themselves. I never attended her lectures as everyone who did said they were useless and so I decided to use her notes instead and literally they are illegible, I'm not exaggerating. I'm teaching myself this course which is ridiculous with the amount of tuition I pay. Thank god for Organic Chemistry Tutor.

It's very hard to understand what she's trying to say when she's teaching, especially with her horrible handwriting, it's impossible to read or understand any of the posted notes. It was only when she did a review lecture answering questions, when many of the concepts she tried to explain finally clicked. She's good at answering questions at least.

She posts her slides which would be nice if her writing was not completely illegible. The only practice she really posted was in her lecture notes, which are very difficult to decipher. So you should be prepared to teach yourself the course with the textbook and Organic Chemistry Tutor on YouTube.

She is very unorganized and her notes are all over the place and difficult to read and decipher.

if youre going to take anything away from these reviews - do NOT take vivians class. ive emailed her 5 times this sem about regrades (the grading is incredibly tough, the TA's are even confused by her grading criteria), and she has not replied.ever. seems impossible to succeed when she doesnt even reply to students. vile lecturer, notes r so messy

Her notes do not make sense at all and are impossible to read/understand. She is always off topic in lectures. Not worth to take her class.

She makes easy concepts extremely confusing. If you miss a lecture you are in trouble because it is impossible to read her writing and her slides make no sense. Her lectures are all over the place and often are extremely confusing.

She ghosted me mid-email chain because I pointed out a mistake in her grading?! TAs and her are never on the same page(I got a comment back on an exam saying perfect w/ a smiley face and Mozol went back and gave me a 0 for the question). No accountability from the department because she has sucked for years. Doesn't see students as people. vv rude

Notes are terrible and hard to read her writing. Constantly looks down on students and thinks we should “work harder” because she thinks all everyone's wants to do is get into med school. Doesn't explain well and expects us to know everything from the get go. Will be extremely devastated if i had to sit in one of her lectures again.

Dr. Mozol is an amazing professor. Her handwriting is incredibly neat and easy to follow, making note-taking a breeze. Her lectures are so clear and well-structured that understanding the material comes effortlessly. She always takes the time to explain concepts thoroughly, ensuring no one is left behind. Ignore the other ratings.

Avoid at all costs. The rest of the ratings essentially sum up your experience. Any comments praising her are not real, and are done so to get naive first years to sign up to her class!!!

her notes are so awful omg made resonance so much more confusing then it needed to be

Honestly terrible run...run

Mozol is a good person and definitely cares about her students, but she is an awful lecturer. Her lectures are a mess and quite hard to follow. If you read ahead, her lectures can be somewhat beneficial. Read ahead, pay attention/review labs/tutorials, and keep attending her lectures, you can probably make it out with a decent grade.

probably the worst instructor i've had. extremely disorganized lectures and hard-to-read notes. spends whole classes going on tangents about particular, unimportant concepts or single examples with little useful explanation. i have not learned anything or been able to understand anything in this class since she began teaching us after the midterm.

good luck to anyone that has her! she needs to be forced into retirement immediately before she hurts anymore students education. This woman is actually insane with illegible hand writing and the most confusing notes you will ever see. She is so rude if you try ask questions and makes you feel incredibly done. Ive never hated a woman more

Her notes are absolutely terrible, they are messy and she jumps everywhere on the page. Hard to follow along. Makes simple concepts confusing. Do not recommend

Genuinely scares me a bit. Class itself wasn't too bad but Mozol teaching was borderline impossible to understand. She has no flow in her lectures and is very all over the place. I would say attend but honestly I found it pointless too when she was teaching. Use the textbook when you have her, it's the only thing that will help.

Her lectures are pretty much incomprehensible and her notes are very hard to follow. But she's very nice and helpful if you can talk to her one on one

She doesn't go over any of the slides during lectures. She gets easily sidetracked and doesn't go over everything that you need to know for the exams.

If you can, avoid taking chemistry with her. Her slides and her way of teaching were really confusing. I did chem AP in highschool, so I had technically already learned everything in this course, and she still managed to confuse me. She was also not very kind when we weren't understanding what she was teaching.

Very messy notes and lectures, all over the place.

Terrible handwriting, confusing lectures, unhelpful

Wrote in cursive which was annoying, and went off topic a lot. Went to her to explain my final exam, which I didn't do well on, and told me it was disrespectful that I took the exam and to reconsider medicine. Judged me in so many ways and got really personal. It was very mean and I had been going through some bad mental health atm. Never again.

NO. Im sorry but Dr Mozol is a bad professor, she often just rambles on in her lectures, not really teaching the core fundamentals of the class and the contents we needed for the exams. I often found myself lost pretty much every second, and I ended up teaching myself the entire 2nd half of the course. Bad professor. Good person, funny, but bad.

Nice person but a very poor prof. Her notes are not legible at all, and is organized in a very poor manner. I have never been more confused on where to find lecture materials and it stresses me out when I feel like I'm missing some notes.