Andreas Toupadakis

School: UC Davis
Department: Chemistry
Location: Davis, CA
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Pros: He prepares you for future chem classes by emphasizing what fundamental concepts will show up again. His reader is very well written and easy to understand.
Cons: He may be a little hard to understand at first, but it only took me 2 lectures to get used to his accent.
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Pros: Good Curve
Cons: Accent
Gets off topic frequently
Exam Questions Worded Poorly
Buy his reader. It is essentially lecture notes, summary of textbook and extra practice problems.
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Pros: Very nice guy, seems to be happy with life and likes to share that with his students.
Cons: Unfortunately, his accent is a bit difficult, and he would rather be a philosopher than a teacher.
I went to lecture but never took away anything much extra than what I learned from the reader.
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Pros: No homework is ever given.
Cons: Professor Toupadkis goes off on tangents far too often and it is more like a life-coach than a professor.
You have to really be disciplined to do well in this class.
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Pros: I loved him because I actually learned a lot of chemistry in his class, while I did not learn anything in high school
Cons: His tests were do-able, but there were always those little tricks that got everyone.
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Pros: good guy
Cons: hard concept
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Pros: awesome professor
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Pros: Straightforward
Cons: Boring
Overall Safe Teacher
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Pros: Really know his stuff. Very cool teacher.
Cons: Lectures arent very very clear. Sometimes goes off topic.
As long as you have a reader you will be fine.
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Pros: CHEM READER! its like a summery of the text book.. big time saver on studying
Cons: toup talks really fast sometimes in lecture.
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Pros: He is very philosophical and cares about his students a lot! He has a good curve at the end of the quarter.
Cons: Hard to understand with his accent...
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Pros: good teacher! explains things well, uses a reader which is quite helpful
Cons: sometimes hard to understand
I recommend this teacher, I will be taking a second class taught by him
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Pros: Professor Toupadakis wants his students to understand the material. He is a good chemistry professor. It is up to the student to do the homework and practice problems.
Cons: He has an accent but it is possible to understand. I do not know what his office hours are like.
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Pros: Explains important concepts well. Has a course reader, which helps a lot. Enjoys teaching and has great review sessions.
Cons: Likes to give life lessons during lecture. Accent can be difficult at first.
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Use his reader, it's very helpful especially for deciphering what he is trying to say. Not a great professor but his reader is excellent. He's not an easy professor so beware and study, curves can be great depending on your luck and the rest of your class.

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