Really interesting and relevant class highly recommend! He's also an engaging and entertaining professor. You need to read the textbook to know the material well for the weekly quizzes because it's usually a time crunch. He even had quite a few guest lectures from other amazing professors!
Very friendly and approachable. Make sure to schedule office hours in advance because he is really busy. I loved his class and he seemed so interested in the subject matter that it made me want to go out and learn more.
One of the best professors i've ever had!! He makes class really interesting, and goes on a lot of interesting and funny tangents! GO TO CLASS. Sure, you can get most of the information from the book, but it makes much more sense if you have him explain it. The tests are pretty easy for an UD Chem class! AMAZING PROF - HIS MOTHER WOULD BE PROUD ;))
Plaxco is an amazing professor. He's hilarious, which makes lectures very entertaining. You'll find that he goes on a lot of tangents, but he plans class time for them so you don't miss out on any material because of them and they are also almost always completely relevant to the subject. His tests are easy as long as you go to class.
If Dr. Plaxco is teaching a class TAKE IT! no questions asked! One of the best profs in UCSB. He's just excellent! He's easy to talk to, friendly, easy to understand, explains very well, funny and makes you want to show up for class and inspires you to think outside of box. Very captivating professor/scientist. If he's teaching just take him.
Kevin is full of really cool and hilarious stories and insight that you won't get anywhere else. The quizzes were tough but if you study even a little they're nothing. Probably one of the coolest professors I have ever had
Plaxco is an excellent teacher who is definitely passionate in what he is teaching. he is very enthusiastic about the subject which makes you interested as well. His lectures are super important aka GO TO ALL OF THEM!!! know all his drawings and the bond distances and everything about hemoglobin
Professor Plaxco is one of the remaining true gentleman professors in the chemistry department at UCSB. I definitely recommend taking him for whatever class he teaches that interests you, for he brings with it a part of himself and his lectures are some of the best here at UCSB.
Plaxco is the best! Fun and interesting class! Here's to the hotness points and margaritas!
Plaxco is a very enthusiastic professor and really brings interest into the course topics. His tests are relatively easy, but come to lecture! The material covered in lecture is the same as his text, but listening to him in class is much more entertaining. Overall a nice guy and easy to understand.
Really enthusiastic. His chem 147 class, astrobiology, is one of my favorite classes I've taken at UCSB. Helps to have a chemistry background. Awesome guy!
Plaxico is a great person, a horrible professor. Its not even that he is a boring, its just that his concepts are hard to understand and he all he does is derive fomulas all lecture which are simply printed in the book. When tests come, you dont know how to do things, plaxico is a must read book professor. Lectures are worthless.
TERRIBLE. This teacher was funny and entertaining...but I learned nothing by going to his lectures! I would leave confused and wishing I hadn't biked all the way there because it was a waste of time. Exams are harder than expected and take a lot of time.
at frist i went to his class but eventually stopped going. CLAS really helps. his tests are crazy hard, no matter how much you study, he has this amazing ability to give you the trickiest questions. i left the final feeling like s*** but overall he's a pretty cool guy. Has alot of personality and is actually funny. his lectures are entertaing.
He is a great prof! Very entertaining lectures! Good personality!
very good and funny lecturer. knows how to grasp student's attention. but exams are very tricky and difficult
Plaxco is an awesome guy. Really funny and a clear lecturer. Although tests are hard he gives a very fair curve.
nice professor, funny lectures, he sometimes makes mistakes but is acceptable, really clear lecture, but his test was pretty hard. His lectures are worth to go
He is an intersting teacher, but he sometimes gets confused during lectures, makes mistakes, and his tests are very hard and he offers no practice tests. He does have a big curve but why would you want to teach a class and have everyone fail the tests? Doesn't make sense to me. Maybe thats a sign that we dont understand the material.
Although many people think his tests are hard (he shoots for an average of 55%) he gives a huge curve that makes up for it. He's very funny and catches your attention on the subject.
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