CHEM 1820

Read the textbook and you'll be fine. Prof. Sundberg is a good professor, but orgo itself is a huge subject to cover, so he is forced to cover material pretty quickly. Read the textbook!

I absolutely love Sundberg! He is different from Harman, so I was a bit thrown off at first. But having him for two semesters was wonderful. He cares about his students, so I made him my major advisor. Just remember, organic chemistry is a HARD subject. I would recommend taking the 80s series over the 40s because you can get more individual attention, class interaction, and you get to know the professor and your classmates over four semesters.

Professor Sundberg wasn't the best professor, which was bad for a class with very difficult material. That being said, organic chemistry could be pretty interesting at times and wasn't as horrible as people said. Overall, the class was okay.

Professor Sundberg has an excellent grasp on the subject however I found the textbook more useful for learning the material. You really need to put the time in memorizing reactions and mechanisms, as well as for understanding the general concepts from the beginning of this class because its very easy to fall behind and almost impossible to catch up. We had four exams plus a final and 5 problem sets. There was a curve at the end of the class that takes care of you but its pretty frustrating not knowing what you actually have the entire time. I had a 77 and got a B+.