Reviews of professor John Fisk

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you watch his lectures and do the homework you will do well. O Chem is a hard class, but the way he teaches is very straightforward, he lays it out well. Hw is just like the exams so if you put in the effort you will do well. His lectures are not the most engaging, use class to ask questions!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is knowledgeable and passionate about the subject but just does not have the ability to teach. A few friends and I basically had to teach ourselves because his powerpoint slides are not helpful and overly complicate every topic. His example problems are horrible and he recommends that we look at the CU Boulder Exam Archive to prep for the exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is his first time teaching, it shows. You get nothing from his lectures, quickly flips thru slides obvi provided by book. 2nd exam mtrl was more clear to prep 4 b/c entire class was VERY upset w/ 1st exam results. Prepare to teach yourself, work hard and you can pass. I feel ripped off tbh, waste of $$. Final is by ACS which will save me.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Fisk was a pretty good professor. His tests matched up well with the weekly homework he gave. I would recommend doing as many problems from the book as possible, and reading chapters BEFORE lecture happens. He moves pretty quick through the lectures, but will do examples in class when asked.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
(CHEM 3421) This is a REALLY hard class. Very lecture heavy and mechanism heavy. Homework is long asf around 10 pages and same with exams with many questions. BUT, he allows for annotations on HW for full credit back so you can get 100's on all. And all exams get massive curves. You can get 60's on all exams and still pass with at least a B.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Weekly homework assignments saved my grade from exams. You can do annotations for missed questions on the homework to make up those points. Prof is reasonable for ochem.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I rated this professor poorly but am revising my review. His homework assignments are long and hard and you have to grade your own work with no real feedback, but success in his course is perfectly attainable if you put in the hard work. He curves exams and the overall course grade, and offers extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures look to be word-for-word from the textbook. He will read what he wrote verbatim on his slides. Lectures were posted online, making in-person useless. If you do show up for lecture, he will just go over practice problems the whole period. Coursework is not engaging, lots of homework, curves other reviews mention do not exist post-covid.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Curves exam scores and final grade. Sometimes says things backwards and might confuse you but if you do all of the homework assignments even though they are long you can get an A or B in the class even if you don't do well on the exams. Overall would take this professor again.