Reviews of professor Eric Neuscamman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This is the best lecturer and mentor I have ever met.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is very passionate about chemistry, but sometimes forgets that this is an introductory course. It's really easy to lose him when he goes through sample problems because he makes them more complicated than they are. I highly suggest attending discussions because that is where I learned all the material.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
An overall good class and professor for learning chem. Exams can be difficult, and homework is reasonably long.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were very elementary and information was not helpful for difficult midterms and final

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was very friendly. He did move a bit fast, but he did answer questions. His midterms looked super similar to the practice ones. As long as you take time to understand the material you will do well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Was a mediocre lecturer who forgot we were in an intro course. He would use overly complex language to explain simple concepts, and unless you regularly attended discussion and office hours, it was easy to lose track of the lectures and concepts. Locked grades, and you had no idea what grade you got until the last day. Wouldn't recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It is clear that Professor Neuscamman truly cares about his students. The course is well-organized and offers lots of preparation before exams. Advice: attend office hours regularly (hard to get questions answered when it gets busier right before an exam), and focus more on taking detailed notes from lectures rather than the textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great course if you have strong chem background. Lectures moved fast but were well-explained + interesting and recordings are really helpful for review. Do the reading if you want to fill in the gaps, but you don't need it for tests. Prof was kind and very much aware that people stress over the course-- he really tries to make it doable for people.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
i enjoyed chem1a with prof. neuscamman. he's not a bad teacher - there's just not much special about his lectures. it's usually engaging enough with his dry humour and his slides but the class does move pretty fast. he did choke a bit on the quantum unit though, had to go to khan academy for that one. the gsis were really helpful too

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were very concept-heavy and fast-paced; difficult with no background knowledge. I'd highly recommend using the GSI-led review sessions and taking your time on the homework. Textbook is good for supplemental learning. Tests were pretty difficult, acids and bases sucked. Lectures were recorded which was nice for review.