Fjetland does an amazing job of explaining labs to the class. Read the assigned readings and you will do well. Attend lab lecture because what he says goes in your lab discussion and often is also on the lab quizzes. I definitely recommend looking at someone's old reports to get an idea of what is expected/how to write a good report (hint: book).

The grading criteria for the lab reports is not clear, so write your lab reports a week before they're due and go to one of the TA's and see if they'll proof read it. Take good notes/record his in class lectures because they really have all of the information that you need, along with the quest procedure. The textbook was a joke in my opinion.

Very good lecturer; he explains clearly what we're doing in lab and is willing to help anyone out. Lab was pretty well organized, and reports were graded pretty leniently. The only negative with Fjetland is his emphasis on prelab quizzes, which are more than half of your grade and often cover ridiculously specific content.

Get ready to memorize kids! Your work in lab isn't graded and your reports will probably be easy. QUIZES ARE EVERYTHING! Know safety rules and everything he mentions in lecture. A question might be "what is the THIRD thing you do if there is a fire". Perfectly doable class, but it'll get annoying. Some experiments are actually pretty cool too.

Funny and short lectures, but the class really depends on your TA. Mine had a super vague grading criteria and gave pretty sub-par feedback. Also, your grade depends on your performance in relation to your TA section, so it's hard to gauge your performance in the class. Just do your quest assignments and ask your TA for feedback.

Labs were pretty easy to complete. Grading depends on your TA and some take off for stupid things. Pre-lab quizzes are eh... some questions you definitely know, some you don't. A lot of questions are lab safety and he can ask for 3 criteria from SOP (blank). These are questions i definitely bs'd on, but my TA was lax in this aspect.

Not as much work as gen chem lab. Hardest part are the quizzes. Extremely specific and cover lecture, guidelines, lab rules and safety. Class is graded based on rank, meaning the top of the class gets an A and lowest a C- so theres no grade cutoffs, just depends on the overall performance of your specific TA.

Not like you have a choice for a prof when it comes to Ochem lab but don't worry he's a good guy with great dad jokes. Especially when all went online he was really concerned about his students and helped us through the online labs.

Funny guy. Lectures are necessary to write lab report and get full points. Quizzes were super specific, but if you put in 1-2 hours studying, you should be okay. In lab, it was easy to follow the procedure and labs ended in 2-3 hours. After covid, we were just given data and wrote reports from that. I think I should have gotten a better grade.

ochem lab was a lot easier than chem lab in my opinion. Half of our semester was online bc corona, but even before then, it wasn't bad. TA is important bc they grade reports. Fjetland is super nice and helpful, as are his lectures. He always replied to emails and was willing to help with lab reports, etc. in office hours.

Best OChem prof Ive ever had

Spring 2019. Graded by lab reports and lab quizzes. Basically, your grade is determined by how you do compared to the class because they can only give out so many A's. So, you compete against the class. You end up having to study a ridiculous amount for quizzes and lab reports are graded on a curve, but labs are easy. Grading against students.

I was successful in this class despite low grades in ochem 1 and 2. Your grade is an average of all lab report grades, but there is no rubric or guideline on how to write them. This means that grades varied widely between different TA's and lab sections. I took notes on recorded lectures and included everything in my reports to get an A.

Dr. Fjetland had great lectures that helped me in the lab reports. I think he did as well as he could given the hybrid setup. However be cautious about your ta. I did not get any grades back until there were only 4 weeks left. This made it extremely difficult to correct my mistakes on future reports. Overall, just pay attention to lectures!

No drops for lab reports. Rubric on how to write the lab report is based on TA. Could not tell what my standing was in the class throughout the semester because of slow grading, but I included everything in lecture into my lab report to get an A.

My favorite class all semester for the Fall of 2021!

i had a great TA so I did well but I have friends who did not so it is very dependent on that. the lectures are straight forward and prof does a good job of making expectations clear but the quizzes totally tanked my grade so be prepared to know the most random of details

Grade is 100% dependent on your TA and their criteria for grading your lab reports. Mine was super sweet and answered emails quickly! If you want to do well on quizzes, I recommend going to lecture and recording Dr. Fjetland and then writing notes on the "main points" from lecture afterwards.

Go to office hours and ask Dr. Fjetland to help analyze your data and clear up ANY confusion you have. Write down EVERYTHING he says in lecture. Study every detail of the MSDS and safety website! Hope you have a nice TA who is a fair grader. This class was so much work with insane quizzes and constant reports. Dr. Fjetland is friendly and helpful.

Despite your grade being heavily dependent on your TA, Dr. Fjetland is funny and engaging in lectures. He usually gives most of the answers for the lab quiz in the lecture, so be sure to pay attention, and study safety SOPs. Otherwise, he was very clear about his standards, and was overall pretty great.

The lab reports for this class weren't bad at all, but quizzes were difficult! Definitely make sure you memorize the experiment procedure, everything on Quest, and everything in lecture to do well. I had a B the entire semester but was rounded to an A at the end so the curve at the end can be really generous but depends on your section.

Dr. Fjetland has an interesting sense of humor which made the lectures entertaining. This was especially valuable because lecture material is tested on quizzes. The quizzes were not nearly as bad as some may suggest, but studying for them can be daunting. Labs were fun and well organized. Grading scheme was fair.

A professor like Dr. Fjetland is a rare thing. Lectures are very relevant to industry and they force you to think like an engineer and problem solve. He's not the academia type who's "industry-ignorant". An excellent professor to have as a ChemE. Super easy to get him to laugh... all you need is a dad joke :) 11/10 prof, wish I could take again.

Dr. Fjetland has a process and it works. Go to lecture, take notes and use them in the lab report. The difficulty depends on your TA, but you're graded on a curve against your classmates, so just stay above it and you'll get an A- at least. Don't hesitate to ask your TA for lab report extensions, they will always give you one (don't abuse it).

Only thing difficult are the quizzes. But it's really just intense memorization and knowing every little detail on lecture, quest, and theory. I ended up enjoying this lab overall and had a great TA. Lab reports aren't insane and I learned a lot. Dr. Fjetland is such a dad. You're also graded amongst your peers so stay above that curve

The grading consists of prelabs, lab quizzes, and lab reports. The quizzes are very hard and you should study 1-2 hours for them but the other two parts of the grade are basically completion. Very TA-dependent class though. His lectures are pretty enjoyable and he always throws in a dad joke at the end. Labs usually get out in 1.5-2.5 hours, not 4.

lab reports are extremely easy and short. No abstract, intro, just straight to the point. You might get bad grades for the first few reports but once you get feedback, the remaining report should be very easy. Quizzes are insanely hard, my section got 60 on avg but he curves heavily at the end so your grade will bump up a lot.

This class is heavily dependent on which TA you have and how they decide to grade your lab reports. The quizzes at the beginning of lab are hard, but you begin to learn the patterns and catch up by the end. I passed maybe 2 or 3 quizzes out of 11 or so, and I still made an A in the class. So you got this :)

This class was rough but doable. The worst part was the quizzes. They required extensive time to memorize details from the book and from the quest pages. The lab reports were long but doable. The actual labs were super fun. The class is heavily curved in the end, so you can do quite poorly and still get a really high grade.

Fjetland was a very nice guy and made the lectures entertaining with his jokes. The labs however are dependent on your TA as each section is graded by being compared to only those in your lab section. Lab reports are easy once you get feedback on the first few. Experiments are doable if videos are watched but quizzes were pretty difficult.

Overall this lab is very TA-dependent, I didn't have any problems. Fjetland made lectures entertaining with jokes and stories. Lab reports are very easy and the criteria were laid out. The only problem I had was that the quizzes were very memory-based and a lot of information needed to be understood to do well on the quizzes.

Fjetland was my favorite professor this semester. He is very straight-to-the-point, no bs, he will tell you exactly everything for what he expects you to know, I wish I had him for gen chem or ochem. You need to go to lecture, take detailed notes. Lab isn't hard, the quizzes can be out of pocket. Fjetland is amazing at explaining concepts.

No grades were posted online so you had to ask your TA what your grade was. Plus the class was graded on a point system- they would tell us how many points we had + the average, but not the total points, so you wouldn't know your letter grade. I had no gauge on my performance in the class until my final grade was posted to my official grade report.

Dr Fjetland prepared us quite well for the lab portion of class with his focused lectures and assigned prelabs. Quizzes are extremely difficult if you haven't already taken Ochem before this class. Lab reports are graded easily (TA dependent). Labs were interesting and fun (Waltuh). Grade is very TA dependent but curve should make up for that.

Summer 2023. Quizzes are the main source of variation in final grades, with material coming from lecture, textbook, basic chemistry knowledge, or MSDS. Lab reports are easy, but definitely TA dependent. Just don't break big pieces of glassware or you'll pay a lot of money for replacing.

The lab reports are TA dependent, but the real hard thing is the quizzes. They pull from content from the assigned chapters for the experiment, things said in lecture, safety procedures, and MSDS information. It is too much to all know, but it is definitely possible to do good on them. Hope you have a good TA, mine was amazing. You will be fine.

Honestly, this class in notoriously difficult. The prelab quizzes are difficult no matter how hard you study. However, the lab reports are simple and clear. While you get feedback during the course of the semester, it is difficult to understand where your grade stands because most sections are graded on a curve. He's nice/ accommodating during OH.

Dr. Fjetland made the worst jokes I have ever heard and was a very understanding professor when it came to accommodations and make up labs. The quizzes at the start of each lab asked pretty specific information and required quite a bit of memorization. Other than that, the lab was straightforward and curved at the end.

Funny man, go to his lectures if you want to pass. Go to lab if you want a B. Read the textbook before class if you want an A. It's that simple. The quizzes are tough but I would skim the book and procedure 30 mins before class and did decent on them.

Didn't know my cumulative grade all semester - may want to ask TA periodically for updates. Lab reports are straight forward, and the quizzes are what you'll want to focus on. Pay close attention in lecture and read the textbook carefully to be prepared for the quiz. Dr. Fjetland is hilarious (loved his lectures) and experiments were cool.

This class ENTIRELY depends on your TA, pray you get a chill one. The labs themselves are not hard, never spent more than 2.5/3 hours in lab. Reports are easy. Quizzes are rough but as long as you're above your section average you'll get at least a B+. Study the SDS sheets and read the textbook, and go to his lectures to prepare.

Dr. Fjetland is super likeable and tells terrible dad jokes (the best part). Grades depend on TA, but it doesn't matter much since they're curved within your individual lab. It's competitive—top ~15–20% get A's I believe. Most do similarly on reports, so quizzes matter most. But go to lecture, read the book, and you'll do better than most.

The quizzes are terrible, but you don't have to do amazing on all of them to get an A. Really depends on who your TA is and how lenient they are in grading lab reports.

The quizzes in this class are horrific. I managed to pass all of them by studying the procedure, MSDS sheets, and the assigned textbook reading. Additionally, ALWAYS go to the prelab lectures because he gives answers to questions you cannot get elsewhere. Grading depends entirely on TA. Mine was very helpful but also made me work very hard to get A

Quizzes are hard bc lots of the questions are like ive never heard of this. a tip is to understand the procedure and each reactant and its purpose. if u go to lecture, read the textbook and other texts youll be semi ok for quizzes. so many lab reports (2 a week). ask TA how to get maximum points on lab report and quizzes, most are pretty nice.

Dr. Fjetland's o-chem 2 lab is known for being difficult. Honestly, it wasn't as bad as most people say. Pre-lab quizzes were hard, but if you study the Quest modules, you'll do well. Reports were doable, just time consuming. Most people get at least a B in the class, so it isn't that bad. His lectures are fun and experiments are interesting!

To prepare for the quizzes, read the textbook. If you don't know what the answer is, put something; there is typically partial credit. The only reason I didn't give him a five is that some of the protocols are bad, so no one gets a yield because of a professor's error.

The class isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. Most labs only take around 2 hours or so, and the reports are condensed. Quizzes are very specific, but it's expected that most people do poorly, so it's still manageable to get an A. Fjetland likes to crack some jokes at every lecture, although the lectures cover basically what's on quest

It's not that bad! The class is so TA dependent. I got lucky with a really good/lenient one. Quizzes are insanely difficult unless you memorize everything, but most of your grade comes from lab reports. The reports are easy just time consuming. As long as you have a general idea of what you did in lab and why you got your data/results, you're good.

Spring 2025. Fjetland provides weekly modules and readings that SHOW you what to do in the wet lab. Lecture before covers almost all the same information, though he will pull content from the textbook on quizzes. Quizzes are MEANT to be difficult, but just stay on top of it! Lab reports are very straightforward, and all grading is TA-dependent.

The labs aren't difficult, the only thing that's hard are the quizzes. Make sure you know the theory and at least skim the textbook. Your grade is curved based on the grades in your section. He will go over the experiment in lecture before lab, but you will still need to study for quizzes.

It was challenging but rewarding. Dr. Fjetland's dry humor kept lectures engaging, and while the quizzes were difficult, the grading was fair and centered on lab reports. Study the manual thoroughly aka mechanisms, safety, and lab details are all essential to succeed. Also please go to this and especially the TAs office hours as they are helpful!!

I had THE hardest grader (statistically, he told us after their TA review) and I still liked him. The part that sucks is that you are literally competing with your lab section...grade cutoffs are determined by ranking performance, so its a terrible grading system. Quizzes were hard but study and you'll live. really interesting labs.

Fjetland is inevitable, so I've learned to accept the hard quizzes and gambling on which sections has a good TA. TA does make or break your lab, but rubrics are usually available before deadlines and you'll eventually get used to what types of questions are on the quizzes. Labs usually took me 1-2 hours from opening the book to submitting.

Going to lecture is actually not mandatory. Obvi going to lab is, but if you miss it you will be able to make it up. It's way easier to get the grade you want than he makes it seem tbh it's obvious he just wants ppl to work hard.

Take THOROUGH notes in lecture. Lab reports are easy. Read textbook and take notes. Understand procedure for quiz. Review safety procedure every week as it will be on every quiz. It is manageable if you put in the time. He is a really good lecturer. you do not have to be good in ochem to be good at this lab.

Dr. Fjetland is nice and likes his jokes. He also gives you everything you need to succeed. That being said, the quizzes were unnecessarily difficult. I would never take 128K or 128L ever again just due to the quizzes. But Fjetland is still pretty good overall and willing to help.

Make sure to study for the weekly quizzes. Read the textbook and take good notes since lectures aren't recorded. It's time consuming but manageable. I just didn't like that your grade is scaled and depends on the people in your section. Lab reports are graded pretty easily. If you have a good TA, that makes it a little less stressful.