Reviews of professor Adam Van Wart

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Such a wonderful teacher! He is always there to help any student, he will walk you through any problems and help you to solve it. Most of his quizzes and test questions are from his lecture notes. I would definitely take his class again. Very easy going professor!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Adam is very kind hearted and caring. He cares about all his students and toys to meet all the needs. Many extra credit opportunities. I loved to have deep conversations about research topics in physics and chemistry. He often goes off the topic to explain something in more details and losses some of the students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Van Wart is very understanding, willing to give extra time for the at home labs bc he knows its a different experience from physical labs. Lecturing based on slides, he provides the slides on Canvas and even records the zoom lectures. He goes over the OLI lectures/quizzes, hw/lab every week. Tests are difficult, you are timed and recorded

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Chemistry itself is a hard class, but his lectures make it even more difficult than it should be. He starts off on one subject and then gets distracted and talks about something completely different. Due to COVID-19, we've been taking exams online, but he never gives us enough time to complete our exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Covid-19 made everything crazy. Professor Van Wart was amazing though. He is super understanding and made the exams open book. His lectures were clear and he recorded them if you asked. I'm so glad he talked me out of dropping when the class switched to online.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really nice and cares about his students, but falls short when it comes to lecturing. Ill prepared and seems to not know what hes doing most of the time. It is an easy A though if you just read the textbook and do the homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
for online exams, he will say it took him about 1 hour and 10 mins to do it so it should take us the same, he doesn't realize he has a degree in this subject so obviously he will be faster. Lectures become pointless because he talks so briefly about the subject or gets sidetracked, then expects you to know everything even things he didn't teach

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is very enthusiastic about science. I would recommend his class if you have little to no knowledge about chemistry as he can help you individually too, unlike other big classes where professors are too busy. Grading was fair and not complicated. The labs were sometimes not planned well, but he manages everything well at the last minute.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The take home lab was a bit hard because it isn't the same as when you are physically around your peers, but Professor Van Wart was there on zoom to answer any questions. He went over the material from OLI and homework. Encourages students to not give up and to keep trying. Offers extra credit. Lectures are recorded. Exams are proctored.