Reviews of professor Khanh-Hoa Tran-Ba

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only had 5 actual labs which means 10 weeks of lecture in a lab class. Did not provide feedback on previous assignments before the next ones were due. Expect to stay longer than the 4 hour class slot. Assigned 2 labs during finals week which are 15+ pages. Refused to share what was on the final and wagered points due to lack of teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was Tran-Ba's first attempt at teaching this specific course and if I were grading him, he would fail. He does a poor job of explaining how to complete post-labs and only usually offers ONE OFFICE HOUR PER WEEK. Ridiculous. He's clueless and I had him during quarantine, he took away notebook/prelab quiz points so it was graded only on postlabs

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very caring, respectful and sensitive professor. Pchem is obviously hard but he made it so much easier to understand. His practice problems are very similar to homework problems and exams/quizzes. Derivation lectures could be a bit tedious and long but other than that hes really a great professor. Probably the best professor I came across so far

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is the first lab that I feel I actually learned a lot in! Dr. Tran-Ba definitely cares about us and wants us to do well in his class. You can email him for help at any time and he is more than happy to assist you. The post labs are tedious and difficult but if you put in effort you can do really well, especially if you ask for help. Take him!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very nice guy, has a thick accent but really tries to make information understandable. The subject is difficult in general, but he give lots of extra credit. Only complaint is that he teaches too fast for a 50min lecture.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sometimes his grading and questions are unfair, but he is generally nice and tries to be helpful. He is not the best at explaining things, but he will constantly ask if there are any questions, and it is a hard class in nature.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Tran-Ba teaches a very difficult session of classes. P. Chem is not easy and succeeding in these classes can be difficult. However, he does greatly care about his student population. He wants nothing but our success, but has very high expectations. He did everything he could during the pandemic for us, and will do so when classes start again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Tran-Ba is new. He's still learning. As long as you communicate with him, he will do his best to help you. He adjusts his lectures to his students and to what we think we need most help on. 50 minutes is very short for a PChem lecture, but he does try. He curves (probably because he's new). Material isn't THAT hard, but it is challenging.