Reviews of professor James Davies

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is heavily based on tests. Usually people don't do well on the first midterm. His tests are made to test if you can really master what he taught, hence why it is so hard. For the final make sure you do practices in the textbook, redo 2 midterms and the practice tests. The curve for the whole class at the end is very generous.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
like the others say, cool accent. was his first time teaching chem110a so there was definitely stuff he could improve on. test heavy, but the curve is nice. the final was ridiculous though. 5/6 of the class didn't finish by the time 3 hours was up. drops half the homework and half the quizzes because he knows they will be hard. posts lecture slides

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. James is knowledgeable, he's actually quite good its just that his practice exams are sometimes hard to learn from because some questions are hard to figure out. Pay attention in class to concepts because those come up the most on his poll questions. Like everyone else is saying there's a generous curve. His accent is cool but get old quick.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Attendance is not required, however the polleverywhere questions are the participation in your grade. Class lecture slides repeat exactly what's already in the textbook. No curve on midterms or final, which are WAY harder than practice exams, but he does drop lowest discussion quiz; quizzes are on material not yet taught in class, so read ahead.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Get all the easy points you can (homework, discussion attendance, lecture clicker questions) to pad your grade for midterm(s) and final. The first midterm is very fair so study hard and do your best right out of the gate so you have some buffer room for the second midterm and final. His exams are very challenging and calculation heavy.