Waste of time. We could learn more about actual chemistry if we didn't spend so much time writing about everything we do in lab (which is graded strictly btw). The projects and experiments are not overly complicated, but hardly even apply chemistry, mostly just math.

4 projects, group-based. You learn some good chemistry techniques such as vacuum filtration, titration, and spectroscopy. However, more time is spent writing than actually doing experiments. We spend >2 hours of each lab just writing in nauseating detail about our experimental set-up, observations, and project design, some of which is necessary, but not worth submitting 15 pages of writing every week. We even have to write out what we plan on putting on powerpoint slides.

Professor wasn't really involved. TA's ran the labs and were very unhelpful and rude at times. They often told people conflicting information.

Be prepared for your hand to be sore from writing. The redundancy is agonizing. Also they grade on how neat your handwriting is. You only have 7 days after the experiment to finish the project (presentation or report) so get it done quickly. This class will test your patience because they run it so inefficiently and the structure caters towards 18 year olds who don't have structure or work ethic. Not hard to 4.0 but a total waste of 1 credit.