Awesome

Not the best teacher but a wonderful professor. I genuinely feel that he is a great man. He's fairly laid back and understanding, he always wants his students to succeed. Recommended. He curved exams, offered extra credit, and even extended the homework almost every week. A true Aggie. You can find his twitter for a good laugh #Tacos&Margs

Awesome

my first choice for chem 101 - you won't find someone like him - he is GREAT chem generally isn't easy, but he is the easiest prof you'll find caring, nice guy. average 10 points curve on every test, 5-8 points extra credit per test. study the practice tests, go to A+ and you should be fine good. pop quizzes are slightly hard but only takes top 7/10.

Awesome

Prof. Barondeau is the greatest professor out there. Don’t let anyone fool you or tell you otherwise. He genuinely cares about his students’ success and is extremely kind. He’s always willing to help as well. However, he gives lots of quizzes and takes the best 7. He curves the final and every exam. I would highly recommend him.

Awful

Barondeau is the worst teacher I have had in my years here. He simply reads off of his powerpoint, and he assigns way more homework than is expected from the quality of his teaching. The man doesn't even write the tests he gives out. Problems in class aren't worked out, he just gives out oddly specific quizzes on what was taught in the day. The Teacher Assistant wrote every test except for the final, so you can understand how the format changed entirely.

Average

As long as you read, you won't have to go to Prof. Barondeau's class. His test questions didn't actually make sense and even if you did the study guide and read, it wouldn't be helpful. What I only liked about him was the amount of extra credit he offered. I wouldn't recommend this if you don't want to teach yourself gen-chem.

Poor

Barondeau has a monotone voice that makes it really hard to concentrate. During office hours, he is quite kind and will gladly answer your questions! The pop quizzes are from the previous classes, and he really wants detailed answers. During class, he looks through a lot of lecture slides and FLIES through them, so he's way ahead of the lesson.

Average

Doctor Barondeau's class is very lecture heavy. Honestly, it was not efficient for an 8:00 am class. Also, he did not work out the examples with you. In addition, there's a lot of homework in this course. Pop quizzes were given as well so, you need to attend the class. On the other hand, he's a decent professor. He usually has to curve each exam so there is some extra credit. He also curves the final grades as well.

Poor

Professor Barondeau is great. However, he just literally reads the slides. Quizzes are a hit or miss. Also, he assigns a ton of homework. Depending on the class's performance, he sometimes curves it and provides extra credit. Also, ask about his research.

Average

Professor Barondeau is a really nice person. He just reads his slides. His pop quizzes may be a hit or miss in terms of difficulty. Just make sure you do the homework he assigns. It's a lot, but I found out that it helped me understand concepts or math portions, more than lectures. He gives good curves too which makes the class average 70.

Poor

Professor Barondeau is a nice guy. But his lectures don't help at all. His lectures consist of reading large paragraphs of text directly from the slides. Just be prepared to learn the material almost completely by doing your homework in OWL.

Average

Professor Barondeau's lectures are not helpful. You learn the best from homework, which is very long. However, his exams are not that bad and they are very curved. Also, pop quizzes were bad. However, they always seem to take place in the last period before homework is due. Overall, he's very good and as long as you put in your time, you can get by in this chemistry class.

Awful

Professor Barondeau reads directly from the slide, which is not helpful for learning. I only attended the class for the pop quizzes because they add up to a lot of points. Honestly, the only way I learned was by textbook and homework. Usually, the exams are curved though. Yes, there's an extra credit but it's too long to be worth it.

Awesome

Professor Barondeau is kind and cares a lot about Chemistry. He gives significant curves on each exam. Also, he genuinely wants his students to do well. Overall, this class is highly recommended.