Reviews of professor Andrew Kauffmann

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. K is a solid choice for a chem professor. He is super chill and really easy to talk to and will help go over anything you are having trouble with. Would definitely recommend for any gen chem classes at Truman. Make sure to read each section before going to lecture to understand each topic. Quizzes are every weekend and exams are challenging.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For a chemistry class, Dr. Kauffmann offered a lot of extra credit and cushion points through homework and assignments. Weekly quizzes are rough so you need to consistently study throughout the week. All exam material came directly from lecture and quizzes, so take good notes. He'll give partial credit just for writing something.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kauffman is really good about making sure his students' specific questions are always answered. He's really good about his office hours too. His teaching style didn't work well for me personally, since he mainly teaches verbally while writing out the mathematical work on a slide that you can copy. Good at making concepts relatable.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr.Kauffmann's lectures in a nutshell: he writes a bunch of equations and does math on the board, and just talks at you, making connections that we end up not needing for exams or for the class. I had to teach myself a lot and most of the labs were confusing as it was stuff we had not learned in class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This is a great class for any non-stem majors. There are no tests, just 3 projects. Only downfall is that the lectures can be boring at the beginning of the semester and there are 2 group presentations which was annoying. Other than that, super chill and easy class.