Reviews of professor Arianna Demmerly

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Study the homework and you'll do fine on the exams. The class was online due to COVID-19. Usually, 2 homework assignments a week, which were easy to do if you watched the lectures. Unlimited attempts on Smartwork homework. I HATE chemistry but didn't mind this class. You don't have to put in a lot of work to pass. I got an A w/ 10 hrs work a week.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took chem 105 *online* with Dr. Demmerly in summer 2020. There are less that 40 minutes of lecture each week and what she does go over is so surface-level that it's unhelpful. It's almost like she just lists the major concepts of the chapter instead of explaining them. I felt like I was paying to teach myself chemistry, so I withdrew midsemester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The lectures are so bad guys, there is NOTHING ON THEM. I am usually GREAT with online courses but I just cannot with this. The smartwork homework also has nothing to do with her lectures, it is so complicated. I am trying to drop the course, but I'm not sure that I can D=
BE AWARE the lab kit is like $400! I wish I knew that before hand, yikes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had trouble with Gen Chem 2 in general, but her teaching (or lack thereof) made things even harder. She's not the best lecturer, but sometimes she asks chem trivia Q's and throws candy at us. There will be plenty of opportunities for xtracredit so be sure to take them!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Although the material is at times difficult, Professor Demmerly was helpful, had well organized captioned lectures, and was always available to answer questions.