CHEM 1410

Welch is a very passionate professor. The course is divided into a lecture and "expo" (group work) segment each week. You are expected to read a chapter before lecture, then complete a summary assignment before expo at the beginning of the next week. Expo pushes the content to further to complete your understanding with a small group. Then, you complete to one final summary assignment (B.I.T., Bringing It Together) after the expo. Overall this repetition of practice problems does well to make sure you actually learn the content. I built good study habits for this course since chemistry was not something I took advanced courses on in high school. Welch's lectures themselves were thorough, if not a tad boring since he works slowly. 75 minutes seems a little long for what he has to say, 50 minutes like other courses would be just fine in most cases.

The chapters themselves are pretty simple if you have good reading comprehension. Not all are created equally, however. Lewis Structures/VSEPR are super important and I would recommend focusing on them if you are taking the class yourself. The exams are fair summaries of the content that will challenge your learning. If you review the TopHat assignments you will do just fine.

Overall, Chem with Welch was a fair and engaging enough class. I highly recommend you take it with him, as I have heard less positive things about other professors.