Reviews of professor Russell Larsen

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Larsen is an amazing professor, but he mainly focuses on the conceptual aspect of the material. The best way to prepare for each exam is to take the practice exams that he provides in addition to the practice problems he posts on canvas. At UH, chemistry is a class that is mostly self-taught, so don't just rely on the professor to get a good grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The best professor for Chem at UH. His lectures are clear and he livestreams them and records them for you to be able to assess later. You can tell he is passionate about what he teaches and he is just overall such a sweet and wholesome person. This class is difficult, but as long as you do the homework and practice tests, you should be fine.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Larsen is one of the best chemistry professors there is. All though im not great at chemistry, he made it understandable. He cares about his students and he cares about chemistry. His lectures are really good, so try not to miss it even though its not mandatory to attend. He does in person and online lecture for the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Way too much for one class. PIQs are due practically every day of the week for a measly two points. His lectures were difficult to follow and trying to join in through MS teams was worse. No good online set up to accommodate the mass amount of students. Watch Tom Teets on youtube to learn.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Larsen brings a positive energy in class and inspires students a lot. There are 4 short quizzes every week that count towards extra credit, but they really help you with keeping up with the material learned in class that week as chem can get overwhelming if you were to cram it all at once. Many resources to practice the concepts.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Larsen the best out of the other chem profs but I still found him hard to learn from. I wish he did more practice problems, he mostly explains concepts. He isn't lenient with grading; I got an exam question wrong for putting in '11.0' when the answer key said '10.96378...' and he said that the answer had to be within +/-0.02... no partial credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
one of the best out of the chem 1311 profs. he is super excited to teach and eager to answer questions. expect one untimed online hw assignment (~10-15 qs) and one timed online quiz (~5-10 qs) per week. exams are difficult but he posts several practice problems, tests, and review materials to help you prepare. will rephrase concepts if you need it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Attendance was optional and the  lecture recordings are posted on MS teams. It was very easy to follow along. 4 Participation quizzes a week add up at the end of the year for extra credit. Really helped stay on track. Homework due on sundays. Lots of resources for practice questions and extra notes from the textbook or txtbk "slide notes"