Reviews of professor Gerald Knizia

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Knizia is a decent professor. The class itself is very hard but if you put in the work outside of class really teaching yourself from the hws, pre-lecture quizzes, and recitations you can do well in this class. Prof Knizia has a German accent so it was a little tough to understand him, and the chem department gives a lot of hw. Tests are hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is impossible to understand.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Knizia is nice. If you have a question in lecture he will stop and explain things. I think the way that the assignments are split up throughout the week make it easier to learn as long as you spread them out enough and take them seriously. There is a lot of resources to help with this class (study guides, review sessions, prelec videos)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No matter which professor you have, CHEM 110 will be a HARD course for anyone that takes it. Knizia was a good professor, but it was very hard to understand him due to his thick german accent. As long as you take notes from the eBook, go to lecture, take the practice exams and actually study hard, you can do poorly and earn a B, just like I did.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly, he is pretty funny and enjoyable at some times. However, he does have a heavy accent and it may be difficult to understand him. Some lectures were super boring. I sat in the front and sometimes was trying to force myself to stay awake. I had a 66% average on my midterm but still got a B in the class so honestly anything is possible!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
can be difficult to understand, you will need to do the weekly readings and go to every lecture as they are mandatory. despite this he can be kinda funny sometimes. just hope you get a good ta

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
gerald sounds like stewie griffin on crack. good luck understanding him. ive learned more from youtube than i have in any single class this whole semester. over half the class gets the tophats wrong but he still grades them for accuracy. takes over 2 weeks to answer his emails and does not update grades so you have no idea how youre actually doing

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible, DO NOT TAKE! His lectures are not related to the exam. Get ready to learn on your own. Most TA's are terrible and are no help at recitation. Ex. Uday

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Undoubtedly a hard class, but Professor Knizia is honestly a great professor. Hard to understand at times, but is super hilarious and very enthusiastic about chemistry (does several fun experiments). His lectures are understandable/well-made and he's always willing to answer question mid-class. The exams are hard and there are a lot of assignments!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In lectures, Knizia explains the most irrelevant topics that are unrelated to what you have to know for the course and exams. He also never finishes the lectures. Personally I did not learn anything from him. I learned from watching the pre lecture videos. He is also extremely hard to understand with a heavy accent and mumbling.