Professor
Alexander Levine
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Fall 2016 - The professor is incredibly unclear. He teaches as if we already knew the material. TAs didn't communicate with the professor which made them completely useless when it came to clarification on tests and it felt like they hardly knew the material themselves. Levine's office hours were right after class, so many people weren't able to go to them. Tests were mainly conceptual and involved problems that we had never seen before or involved a very deep understanding of the material. I would avoid taking Levine again at all costs.
Fall 2016 - The professor is incredibly unclear. He teaches as if we already knew the material. TAs didn't communicate with the professor which made them completely useless when it came to clarification on tests and it felt like they hardly knew the material themselves. Levine's office hours were right after class, so many people weren't able to go to them. Tests were mainly conceptual and involved problems that we had never seen before or involved a very deep understanding of the material. I would avoid taking Levine again at all costs.
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Summer 2018 - Professor Levine really cares about his students and that is evident. His lectures really focus on the applications of the material, and how topics we are learning are related to upper-division chemistry. The homework assigned as well as textbook readings supported what was learned in class.
Summer 2018 - Professor Levine really cares about his students and that is evident. His lectures really focus on the applications of the material, and how topics we are learning are related to upper-division chemistry. The homework assigned as well as textbook readings supported what was learned in class.
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Winter 2017 - I really don't recommend taking this class unless if you're a post-doc or a professor. If you sign up for this class, be prepared to learn nothing and be expected to know the material already. I quote from Professor Levine: "I know it's bad to assume what you don't know, so therefore I'll assume you already know how to do this [high level mathematical concept]." He likes to "teach" by showing off what he knows. I'm not sure what in his life made him so insecure that he needs students to stroke his ego, but he has a terrible teaching ethic. He also one time said in lecture: "this exponent value is called the engineering exponent because it's wrong and engineers are dumb. Hey, that's fun to say: engineers are dumb." Honestly, the only students that got along with Alex are those who painfully lack basic social skills (e.g. being polite) and disgustingly elistist. I realize that work life outside of school will destroy this kind of student demographic, but I hate to see our students with potential be discouraged by this teacher-peer combo. Advice: stay strong and rise above!
Winter 2017 - I really don't recommend taking this class unless if you're a post-doc or a professor. If you sign up for this class, be prepared to learn nothing and be expected to know the material already. I quote from Professor Levine: "I know it's bad to assume what you don't know, so therefore I'll assume you already know how to do this [high level mathematical concept]." He likes to "teach" by showing off what he knows. I'm not sure what in his life made him so insecure that he needs students to stroke his ego, but he has a terrible teaching ethic. He also one time said in lecture: "this exponent value is called the engineering exponent because it's wrong and engineers are dumb. Hey, that's fun to say: engineers are dumb." Honestly, the only students that got along with Alex are those who painfully lack basic social skills (e.g. being polite) and disgustingly elistist. I realize that work life outside of school will destroy this kind of student demographic, but I hate to see our students with potential be discouraged by this teacher-peer combo. Advice: stay strong and rise above!
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