Reviews of professor John Swierk

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof-ok, grading scheme - atrocious. Hard to get full score first try, grading criteria inconsistent. If prompt asks for the third power of 2, be prepared to explain basic arithmetic, why math works that way, and why  third root of 8 equals 2. Expect a grade of 3/4, 0 partial credit, and a comment of "that's correct, but we want an in depth answer"

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Literally gives you the questions to the LO, just study all of them and you WILL get an A. No exams, what more can you ask for.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Swierk is a good guy and knows his stuff. You can tell he wants the best for his students. I did not like his grading style or the structure of his lectures at all. Wasted a lot of time in lectures answering every little question. Lab and discussion are run by TAs and they are the ones determining your grades.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Work hard in the class. Retries on assignments. Learning objectives are annoying but it forces you to know your stuff. No tests.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
his grading criteria is absolute bullshit. it's just a bunch of 1-4 point assignments and if you mess up one thing you get a 0 and have to revise it (revisions are limited). he rambles in his lectures and goes way too fast. he should not be allowed to teach a gen chem class. if i hadn't gone to tutoring i wouldn't have done as well as i did

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I honestly hated the grading style in the beginning of the class, but it really grew on me. It forces you to sit down and actually understand the concepts, and it gives you the opportunity to get a 100% on every assignment. If you pay attention during lecture and go to TA office hours, and you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Swierk was amazing. My advice would be to go to office hours as soon as a topic is not clear, because he makes Chem easier. He gives a lot of revisions, so carefully read the syllabus. The grading system will permit you to get a decent grade if you work hard for all the quizzes, even though you fail the final. Take Chem 104 if you're premed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Good class! very easy take it if you are a transfer student.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor goes over lecture content very well, asks if there are questions after 2-3 slides. 4q weekly quizzes, q are given at the start of the week. Given tokens to retry an assignment if you don't do well (3 for quizzes and 3 for lab). No partial credit given for any assignment but go to office hour if you need guidance on a response!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk was an amazing professor for CHEM 107. He made sure that students understood the course guidelines and what was expected of them, and he was always helping students to succeed. It was clear from day 1 that he cared about the success and health of all his students, and I would highly recommend him as a professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm a graduate student, and I took this class for a deficiency; It was the most annoying class by far.