Reviews of professor James Davies

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He was one of the worst and most difficult teachers I have ever taken. He has an unrealistic expectation for his students. His quizzes were extremely difficult because he would not teach the material on the quiz until afterward. there were 60 questions on the final that were extremely tedious and not enough time Also, his class is SUPER BORING

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Davies' lectures aren't the best as he is very monotone and isn't very enthusiastic. However, his class curve at the end is generous. But DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE FINAL OR HIS MIDTERMS! His midterms and his final are almost all calculation heavy, with about 3-4 steps to each question. Study as many practice questions possible!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he's boring . just writes down the notes n reads off it. but i like his accent!! you do not have to go to class bc he puts the annotated notes online. no practice exams or anything. first mt was alright, the second was uh.. the final is a joke lol (u might leave like couple pages blank) well its a UPDIV but still, im not at a phd level. HUGE curve

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Davies has a cool accent. So, that was nice. His lectures are very boring, though. He just annotates slides, so to be honest, if you missed class -- you didn't miss much. However, his exams are CRAZY and are NOTHING like the homework, lecture, OR the quizzes. The curve is really good, but I didn't really learn anything.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have taken AP Chemistry and passed the AP Exam in high school, however Davies manages to make me unlearn every single concept I learned in high school. On top of that, his hw policy is utter garbage. He manages to make the easiest concept seem hard to understand. His tests aren't bad but the final is an endurance test with 3-4 parts per 60 quest

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Crazy hard tests, but really push everyone's knowledge of the material. Derivation based and exam questions for the first two exams were pulled directly from the slides.... If you skip class he posts notes online, but sometimes can be difficult to read. He needs a practice test and some clairty on his exams.... Other than that totally doable.