The course was thought out really well, with many aspects taught at the beginning of the term coming back later to support one's understanding in the later portions of the course.

The content involves VSEPR Theory, a bit of quantum mechanics (one-particle-in-a-box model only), electron orbitals, Molecular Orbital Theory, and Valence Bond Theory (with hybridization). Unfortunately, as I am planning on specializing in CS, I don't really need this course unless I decide I want to work closely with chemwhile in CS (probably not). I also did not enjoy the lab portion (completely unrelated to the lecture content), but that is a personal thing.

The professor was amazing! His voice carried throughout the lecture hall, and he always answered any questions (+ many office hours - good explanations). Additionally, he incorporated many visuals on Desmos and other websites to demonstrate what is happening when pi or sigma orbitals form.

Personally, I found the course relatively easy; however, the midterm averages were 54% and 60%, respectively. I believe this is likely due to people underestimating the use of pre-reading and actually doing the additional problems given in the CHIRP. Furthermore, many people were overcomplicating concepts (e.g. counting the electrons in a conjugated pi system) that had to be completed in ~10 secs max.