I thought it wasn't a challenging course at all. This is subjective, of course, but people generally exaggerate the difficulty of the exams. The first exam was easier than any test I've done in grade 12 chemistry, and while the second and final exams were challenging, they were very fair. The grading scheme is also forgiving, with them making like 20% of your mark 100% as long as you do the online quizzes every two weeks and give minimal effort in the lab reports, which are marked with AI anyway. The final exam could hardly be called a final exam as 90% of the content was just the last 3 units that weren't tested on midterms, so that made studying far less voluminous.

It was mostly grade 12 but a little harder.

Yurji was kind and really enjoyed chemistry. However, he is a little hard to understand and moves very fast, so sitting in the front is mandatory if you want to get anything out of the lectures.

You can stay on top of course content by doing textbook practice once in a while, and save the practice tests for midterm study. I never used the textbook because I'd always cram with practice tests the night before, but I wouldn't recommend that.

Mixed feelings. I loved chem in high school and always did well. Alot of the concepts are just expansions of grade 12 chem. I will say they make the exams extremely hard. Labs are easy which makes up for it.

They give a lot of practice questions but it is nothing like the exam so there is no point of only doing that as you won't be any more prepared.

Yurji was an amazing prof, very passionate about what he was teaching and was always willing to answer questions about anything. He went a little fast but nothing impossible to keep up with.