Ludwig Bartels - University of California Riverside

Professor: Ludwig Bartels
Department: Chemistry
College: University of California Riverside
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM1B
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
God awful. I've never gotten a professor as bad as him. I got a C+ in the class and it sticks out like a sore thumb on my transcript since I get A's in pretty much all my other classes. Don't even consider taking. His oral final graded me on 3 questions that I screwed up because I was nervous... ridiculous.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM1B
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He doesn't teach well at all and his exams are insanely difficult
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Terrible. One of the worst professors at UCR.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Don't take this professor if you want to save yourself a headache. He has a habit of failing people and reporting them without sufficient evidence. Absolutely hated the class. I had a 97% in class before the final and during final he said that I cheated without proof because I was acting nervous. Took the class again and got a 100 in it. Don' take
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM1B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Absolutely terrible. Very unorganized and very inattentive to his students. Group homework is way out of the courses league and we are only given 30 minutes to do the midterm, which is also way out of the courses league. His system is terrible and needs a lot of work and overall the worst professor Ive had so far.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM1B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This mad is the worst professor I have ever encountered. His lectures move too fast and contain abridged book material, however lectures are mandatory as he asks clicker questions for credit. He only gives half an hour for midterms, which often have material that isn't gone over and essentially says "deal with it" if you have any problems with them
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This prof is the worst prof I've ever had so far. He assigns homework daily, but he assigns them at random times. Furthermore, he barely gives any time to respond to his clicker questions at all. The group homework is ridiculously out of the course material's league. He'll never answer your questions during lectures or office hours. Overall 0/10.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Bartels is the poorest performing professor I've ever had. He's not understanding and has his collar held too up high. He forgets that he teaches and introductory course. His poor performance is at the expense of students interested in stem. Unfortunately, I know of many who after taking this class will be leaving stem. Shame.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Never take Chem with this professor. Will make you work the entire quarter and is probably one of the worst lecturers and you won't learn anything. It's all memorization and putting that onto his two midterms. This class is a joke don't take it.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Bartels wasn't really a good professor or lecturer at all. I don't think he's a bad person tbh or a bad chemist (I assume he does a great job with his research). But I think he went hard with reporting when he shouldn't have (possibly greatly affect someone's academic career over homework mc answers). I wasn't in the GC so it didn't affect me.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Terrible professor. Doesn't answer questions during lectures, does not answer well during OH. His lectures don't help at all, yet they are still mandatory. Assigns so much busy work (i.e. finding the industrial cost of niche chemical compounds) that can take hours. Daily homework assigned sporadically. Mass reported 200 students for being in a gc.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His lectures are really disorganized and your questions will not be answered if you ask using his terrible website. Clicker questions are stressful and he never goes back to them and explains. His oral final is a test of "do you know this random name", concepts, and no math (which is some students' strong point). Don't ever make a large GroupMe.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Save yourself a HUGE favor and don't take this professor.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
One of the worst professors at UCR. Doesn't teach well, hard to understand, super confusing, and has a horrible grading system which includes an Oral Final and tedious Discussion worksheets. Reported 200+ students for being in a Groupme and threatened to fail all of them. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
horrible prof, avoid at all costs. Complicates easy topics and taught way above gen chem level (ochem and quantum physics). Doesnt care about students or answering questions. Reported majority of our class for academic misconduct for helping each other w hw in a gc. Lectures are confusing & dont correlate w textbook, and discussions arent helpfu
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good luck, As an "intro to chem class" you be better off learning from khan academy or the Organic Chem Tutor. Bartels is out of touch with the actual "intro to..." part he dives deep into the O-Chem root of chemistry. Hw are tedious and apparently you get reported to student conduct if you help each other out in gc.(majority students got reported)
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is so insanely out of touch with his students. At first, I was under the impression that he cared about his students but was a tough grader, but then he referred almost his entire class to conduct for being on a group chat. He also said that if students had trouble balancing work and school, they should quit their job and take out a bigger loan.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Terrible do not take avoid at all costs. Too much work and doesn't care about students.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Do NOT take this professor. He does not care about his students during the pandemic. Teaches Physics and ochem concept (such as mass spec in chem8b) in chem1a?? Don't recommend, he was put in academic probation for failing too many students. Again, do NOT take and avoid at all cost
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM001A
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Do not take Bartels. He does NOT care about his students. Class is mandatory and it doesnt even help. He doesnt explain anything good and complicates easy topics. Hes more detrimental than beneficial when learning chemistry. Terrible class to take online. Assumes you have all the time in the world outside of class. Oral final was terrible.
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