CHEM 1611

This class was pretty bad. You mainly interact with your TA, so depending on that is how your grade will be. The class is more about learning chem techniques and trying to salvage your grade than actually learning chem. Definitely do not take this if you don't have to.

I had a negative experience with this class. You do not interact with Prof. Grisham at all, but rather with your TA. I had a real problem with the way the course is structured. Assignments seemed to be given for no real reason but to trip up students, forcing us to just try and meet guidelines rather than learn chemistry. For example, most lab reports had sections which were not taught in lecture, which resulted in straight Googling. Grading is needlessly picky and especially the engineering lab drags on for far too long (3.5 hours!). The workload was more than what you would expect a 1 credit course to be. Avoid if possible.

The course was very unstructured and the TAs took off points on the most random things, but the labs/workload was definitely manageable, and most people got As with my TA. I don't actually know what Prof Grisham looks like, since most of the time is spent with graduate TAs, but they were all nice and understanding.

This course is unnecessarily difficult and should not be an engineering requirement. Just try to make sure that you complete all parts of the report and listen to your ta's feedback on previous reports

This class is DANGEROUS!!! It operates in this limbo where the workload isn't light enough that you can put it off till the very last minute, but it isn't enough work for you to actually prioritize it and care about it. I did poorly because I missed a lot of deadlines. I know plenty of other people who did fine since the class is not difficult, but the labs are boring to a mind-numbing extent. Just remember to give yourself plenty of time for the assignments since some of them took way longer than anticipated.

A lot of work for a 1-credit class. Lab reports, mathematica work, and actual labs were all not super fun. If you're reading this, you probably have no choice but to take the class. If you put forth effort you can get an A.