Anyone who has taken CHE 317 and CH 353 (Physical Chemistry)

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>For anyone who has taking CH 353 and CHE 317, Can anyone tell me how difficult the course load is and how well of a professor Maynard is for 317 and Webb is for CH 353?</p>

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<p>I have a friend taking ch 353 with Webb, and he said she was terrible… low curves. bad lectures… and not being friendly to help students other than office hours</p>

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<p>things like this make me wonder, why do people become “teachers / professors”? etc.</p>

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<p>@ pierrechn</p>

<p>why cant you just defer from posting your opinion for the sole fact of getting your post count up? you’re giving people false hopes that their question has been answered. i’m sure there’s better ways for you to spend your time than post 24/7.</p>

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<p>I wondered the same thing, with a couple of profs I had. They could have made a living doing something else and spared us the misery! Fortunately, that kind of teacher was very rare.</p>

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<p>@MaineLonghorn </p>

<p>its just crazy how some teachers are jerks</p>

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<p>Mainelonghorn, I would not agree with those teachers being rare here at UT. For example, I have a professor who is “tired” of answering questions during office hours, so then the homework was dumbed down to like “plug and chug” problems. Of course He seems enthusiastic when I come to his office hours, but from the level of homework I have seen hime give now compared to the beginning of the semester, there is quite a difference</p>

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<p>pierrechn, I knew you would be commenting here with nothing about the topic.</p>

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<p>Teaching is only part of being a professor at a research institution like UT, and it’s sometimes a small part of the job. The real job pressures come in getting published and bringing in grant money. UT also employs lecturers, whose job is primarily teaching, but with the economy being what it is they’re laying off lecturers and forcing tenured professors to teach more. Smaller schools are known more as “teaching colleges,” and at those schools quality teaching is more important than research (although research remains an essential piece of the job the same way teaching is at UT). UT has some great teachers and some really lousy ones, just as it has some great students and some really lousy ones.</p>