Reviews of professor Matthew Shimazu

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Shimazu is great! He encourages his students to ask questions and really wants them to pass. Goes out of his way to help students, esp for office hours. There is a quiz, one lab experiment, online hw and workbook hw due every week. 1 midterm and 1 final worth 300 pts each. Everything is multiple choice. He also offers a lot of extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor was amazing! I took this class over summer and it was very tough but I would take him again if I could. He is very straight forward and tells you what he expects from you and tells you how to succeed. He is a great professor! Material is heavy so be ready to put in a lot of time and effort into this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Shimazu is a great presenter which makes his in-person lectures easy to sit through despite the concepts being challenging at times. He divides lecture time with one-to-one help and his course material (printable PDFs and a workbook) is excellent in visual explanation/practice problems. With some effort and tutoring, you can pass the class

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is not a hard class but it will spend lots of your time of watching lectures and doing homework. Wet labs are fun but you should be careful with lab reports. His lectures are quite easy to follow. Try to study ahead and be active in class if you have any confusion. The flow of this class is pretty fast. Quizzes and exams every (other) week.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor. Cares a lot for students well-being and gives great feedback. Very knowledgeable There is a quiz every week, one midterm and one final which is very fair. You will be well prepared for the test if you put in the work in HW, workbook, and quizzes. Get tutoring and get your A!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The instructor barely taught; they just had us complete the workbook. The course was a joke.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I struggled in this class. Learning content takes place out of class time. Lots of work for this class in regards to homework. Tests and labs are proctored. You have to be available for his office hours to get homework checked or you wont do well. A good guy, but you need to put a lot of effort into the class. If you do, you will likely do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really good professor who cares about his students. Made chem easy to understand and lectures were well detiled. Labs were fun and there was detailed instructions. Exams were somewhat hard but he prepares you well for them. Some extra credit assignments

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
hard subject/hard class, but he is the best choice according to people who retook the class after dropping other professors. Midterm and final define your gradelab and a quiz every week, which add up and makes attendance mandatory. The labs are more like a test and are timed; quizzes are difficult but VERY helpful for the tests. Use the tutors!