Reviews of professor Gregory Wiedman

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He gives thorough lectures. Exams are hard because everything is open-ended but he is very generous with curves and is always available to discuss exam grades. I think many people are overwhelmed because he tests knowledge through application questions that may not have 1 definitive answer but he appreciates ur thought processes - just explain.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took this class as a nursing prereq. He makes it clear that he hates teaching students that are not chem majors/interested in chem. Exams did not reflect what we learned in class. Never available for office hours and does not take requests for meetings. Annoying because he is the only prof who teaches CHEM1301 for nursing majors.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Without a doubt the worse professor you will ever have. He is HORRIBLE at teaching. Get ready for 20 minute tangents about random chemistry topics that he doesn't even know about and will work through on the board just to say "nevermind this is wrong and wont be on your exam" & the exams... might as well just circle randoms answers

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You have to do a lot of critical thinking. I would say that about 5 problems in each exam are almost impossible but the rest are solvable by applying your best critical thinking skills. The problem with having 5 hard problems is that there aren't many questions on the exam so those 5 questions or so put you at a B or B-.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid at all costs. "Just studying" is not enough to pass this class. Simply put, it seems that the difference between challenging and impossible has been lost. The professor will not help you as he confuses himself while trying to teach, and nearly every question on your exam requires prior advanced chemistry knowledge. A nice professor, but awful

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Just no. I am normally a student that accepts nothing below a B+.... for this course I would have gladly accepted anything that was considered passing for my program. I dedicated so much time studying for this course and still failed most of my exams! Never would take again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are the basic skeletal form of what you need to know, but his exams spread the material that you learned from lectures so thin, that it's hard to choose the right one. During lectures, he'll explain something in a complicated manner then take it back. One exam, there wasn't a right answer, & he said "choose the least wrong one?" HORRIBLE!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is the sweetest professor ever. VERY hard class but the students were very rude throughout the entire semester it was frustrating to watch he did not deserve that. Super smart man and exams are very hard but he will have extra credit. Also lab counts for 20% of grade so that also boosts your grade. Cute bow ties too :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
i asked the bursar if i could get my money back because you will learn nothing in this course. Wiedman just cant teach. He is nice but isnt make to teach... im sure hes good at research... or something