Reviews of professor John Swierk

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took this class with Swierk a year ago. The class is set up with a unique syllabus and grading system where you take one exam and a bunch of quizzes, where he gives you the questions a week in advance to study for. Extremely easy to get a B of some sort.  He gives tons of extra credit throughout the semester

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Swierk is a clearly knowledgeable and good professor. He will pause his lectures at any time to take questions and makes a real effort to learn all of his students' names, even in larger lectures. His grading style is unique and occasionally frustrating, but it works well to make you really learn the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Sweirk is very laid back and a nice guy. He wants his students to succeed. The class is fairly easy, he gives previews of what the quizzes will look like each week and they are very straightforward. He gives you a few "tokens" to use in an attempt to retake any quiz or lab that you received a bad grade on.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's really nice and care about his students. He made the class easy to succeed in as long as you put in the effort. He doesn't prepare well for chem 108 or tests because he's very easy and doesn't give tests. He teaches the materials very well and makes sure you understand the concepts. Makes his class not stressful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk is a fantastic professor. At this point in the game, you are a vetted Chemistry major, don't be shy of hard work. His online classes were excellent during the covid era, and he is every more fantastic to work with in person. I would occasionally ask him for life advice as well. His research group is top-tier as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very harsh grading - weekly quizzes with no partial credit. One small detail wrong and you get no credit for the question, but you do get a limited amount of tokens for retakes. B is attainable if you prepare for the quizzes, he gives the questions beforehand.