Reviews of professor Alex Buyanin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was afraid to take chemistry because I'm not great at math, but this professor explains things very well! If you complete your Aleks homework and get help when you need it then you will have no problem passing the course.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He was AWFUL for online lab. Rubrics were unorganized, unclear, and had tons of typos. He would go over experiments for 30 seconds on Zoom, then leave you to decipher incomplete, unformatted, and typo-ridden instructions. This class was extremely disorganized and he seemed to have 0 interest in teaching it. I would avoid at all costs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Buyanin's lectures were relatively easy to follow and entertaining... for chemistry LOL. My advice is to keep up with all of the assignments, study the examples given in lecture as well as the study guides you're required to create throughout the course, and ask questions! Overall, a great professor imo :^)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Buyanin deserves a higher rating than this, he's very considerate if you put in the work. Homework makes a majority of your grade. Watch out for weekend quizzes, you can't make them up. Lab tests are difficult, but lecture tests are alright. He's pretty funny though, and understands when life gets in the way.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Buyanin is great chemist and pretty good instructor. His videos were very specific and included all the info we needed to know. His hands on labs were really fun and gave me a better understanding on what we were learning. The only complaint I have is that the only interaction we had was through canvas. He never utilized zoom.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very interesting lectures, the guy knows his stuff. There is some extra credit offered once in a while. My only complaints would be that there is a LOT of self teaching involved if you aren't very good at calculations, but if you pay attention in lectures and do your homework you will pass!