Pretty cool course if you at least sort of like chemistry. Won’t like though kinds challenging at some points especially some of the last few units imo. Also kinda faced paced which would be challenging especially if some of the concepts are completely new and you didn’t learn them in highschool

Interesting but heavy.

Loved him so much. Did Chem crams on his own time to help students do well. Super nice guy, helpful in prof office hours as well.

Do lots of practice tests cause the questions on the practice test are most of the time not at all like the ones you do in class

I have very mixed feelings about this course. They give you SO many resources to prepare you for the tests. Sometimes, they are less efficient that I would like them to be, but obviously that's expected. I tried using the textbook, but there are no explanations to the solutions, which is not useful. Dr. G is very nice and likeable and his efforts to help the students succeed is admirable through the works of the ChemCram or IClickers for practice. Unfortunately, he can be confusing at times, but I think that's just because he answers questions in an elaborate way instead of it being concise. The organization of the class itself is not too bad. The content doesn't build on itself at first, and the pace is quite fast. I think once you get to unit 7 the units start making sense together, ...read more

Good course. Useful as it’s needed to take organic chem. Lots of work required to get a good mark and lots of studying required. The questions from tests and exam are a good mix of easy to hard. Lectures and modules were easy to follow and had practice questions. Mastering chem questions were annoying and sometimes difficult but not too hard. The labs were tedious but not hard and post lab quizzes are a bit challenging to do well on. The content quizzes required lots of studying and can be challenging. The content itself is almost identical to IB chem but with a few new concepts. There are a lot of units to cover compared to CHEM 1AA3.

Profs were good at going over content but some were slower than others. Dr Chen is a bit tough to understand

Study a lot for this course and you should do well. Also attend the Wize chemistry practice sessions.

Dr Chen and Chibba.

More math-based than 1AA3, which means some people find it more difficult, but I found this course decently fair when I took it. The labs were also rather chill and an easy way to earn high marks.

Chibba is an icon, enough said.

Past midterms are the best way to study for the tests and keep up with the weekly quizzes.