great teacher with a passion and love of chem!

A little bit more clear than Cohen, but that's it. Teaches from the book, basically.

He's so cute and if you go to office hours, he's really helpful. He's got these life lessons intertwined in his lectures. He's very interesting. His tests aren't hard and he goes pretty much by the book.

hes a little hard to understand at times, but hes a great guy! Hes kinda grandpa-like, in a "blow things up" way. Be nice to him, even though hes not as "cool" as Kubinec. That is all.

classes r interesting

nitsche is a funny man, he says whatever that goes through his mind.. i enjoyed his lecture a lot.

This man is a genius. He can answer any question you ask him about Chem 1A with a wonderful and coherent response. But his lectures can be a trifle difficult to grasp. He has a wonderful personality, unlike Kubinec who IS stuck up. He cares about his students. Class overall = mildly challenging.

awesome...he teaches really well n his classes r funny...keeps the class lively...

I liked Nitsche a lot; he's a very funny, sweet, adorable man. (Once set himself on fire in class and made jokes about it!) Lectures are sometimes cluttered and he is difficult to understand at times, but overall, they are enjoyable and fun to go to.

hes very nice very polite set himself on fire funny freaking smart guy!

not the clearest of teachers, but his explainations are comprehensible. He only goes over the basic principles so do the HW even tho its not required. The class is pretty easy but you'll need to rely more on self study. Demos are pretty good.

His lectures are difficult to grasp, however, I fall asleep in his lecture as well as Kubinec's one way or another. He is very helpful and nice guy, esp. if you talk to him one-on-one. Make sure you know how to do the practice problems.

Nitsche was a good guy, and could be funny if you like dumb jokes, but i gained a lot of respect for him after the last lecture, when he highlighted the achievements of the berkeley chem department. Kubinec was more entertaining, but nitsche was peachy.

If you want professor that is funny and caring, enroll in his class but if you only care about understanding the material and the clarity of the subject, go to Kubinec's lecture.

Very nice man, always willing to explain things and chat. His explanations are not clear, so even after he explains it the third time, at least half of the lecture hall was still confused. Read on your own if you want to take his class.

Very awesome professor. I think as a person there is no other who I was drawn to; he was like a father or grandfather in sorts. When I took it he was constrained by power point slides that were made by another professor teaching the course as well, but overall I think he is a great teacher.

Go to office hours! He is a good guy. If he sees that you try he will be very helpful.

Don't listen to these people who obviously didn't put forth any effort and expected Chem 1A to be a breezy A. The class is hard, and Nitsche isn't the best linguist when it comes to the English language, but he is still one of the best professors of chemistry that I've had. It is also always great to learn from a pioneer in the field as well.

He gave resonable tests! If you read the book and GO TO OFFICE HOURS you'll be fine. Study groups are very helpful because the some of the concepts are not easy. Lectures can be hard and not understandable if you do not read the material before hand. His a nice professor, cares about the students learning.

Lectures are useless for learning due to his rambling, unclear style, but he gives attendance credit which is good. He is very willing to help his students and is a nice guy. His tests are not too bad, but have some tricky/detailed questions unrelated to leacture. Textbook reading is where you will learn everything for the class.

Never taken chem before, didn't read the textbook at all, went to every other lecture and learned everything just fine. Except for the valence shell/quantum level stuff, his explanations and lectures seemed clear to me. Fairly boring though, and I found it impossible to listen to the webcast version. Very very friendly and approachable; a nice guy.

Very nice and funny but not the greatest lecturer...you learn the Chemistry from the book not from lecture. Pretty easy B. Sort of annoying that Kubinec wrote the tests and Nitsche lectured because it caused content problems on the test. My lab GSI was incompetent.

Professor Nitsche is very knowledgeable and enthousiastic about the subject. He is well organized and does his very best to make the lectures clear and the material understandable. He is sweet enough to make powerpoint outline slides and send them out to the students the night before every lecture!!! I really enjoyed being in his class :)

Funny professor, but his accent can make his lectures hard to understand sometimes. His tests were multiple choice with the majority of questions testing a few important concepts (ie Le Chatelier's principle) which I found to be fairly easy.

sometimes can be a bit unclear, but the book will clear that up. tests are really easy as long as you put in the time (which isn't all that much anyway).

He is an amazing teacher!! Chemistry is a hard class, especially when it's chem 1A, but nitsche is great! If you ask questions, he will answer perfectly clear. He's really nice and funny!! Don't forget: no matter who you have for Chem, it will be a hard class. But this guy is awesome!

Its a hard class but if you go to his office hours he helps you out alot and he really cares, its a hard class and if you dont get an A .. dont complain its because you didnt put as much work as the people who did get an A, gettting a C is pretty doable but higher than that your going to have to work your butt off!

nitsche was pretty cool. he was funny man, making jokes here and there. his 50 extra credit points help so much. tests are fair. hes not the best professor, but hes a nice guy and will help u if u need it.

As someone else has already mentioned, take advantage of the gimme points! There are around 400 of them (you get extra credit for going to lecture!). Your GSI is definitely the key to a high grade, so pay attention and ask questions in lab. And if you go over your hw and key concepts, you'll be ready for the exams.

Chem 1A is such a challenging class, espcecially for the people that did not take a high school chem. Don;t get me wrong ,Nitsche is such a lovely guy. He is always interested in helping people. Com'on he gives you 5o bones points for just showin to his class and the homeworks are not even hard as long as you go to his offic hour and ask for help.

Heino is a great lecturer and often inserts fun jokes or comments to keep things interesting. Lonnie is great too. As long as you read and understand the book before each midterm, the class should be a breeze.

Easy A if you keep up with homework, reading, and labs. The lectures seem unnecessary and somewhat confusing yet he is entertaining to watch. Lectures are just meant to get credit for iClicker. Most of the learning is done from reading. PS. GO TO STUDY GROUPS!!

iclickers are 50 bonus points, in addition he gives extra credit after everymidterm by coming to class and answering a question from the midterm. he uses alot of old midterm questions in his midterms. the final has atleast 10 old midterm questions on the final so study the midterms. midterms harder than the final.

This chem class was fun in that the Professor was interesting and fun to listen to. His tests were fair, but you need to read the text book, otherwise your dead. Hard class if you do not read.

Kept lectures entertaining, and remained enthusiastic about even boring material. Genuinely cared if everyone learned the material. Tests were predictable and fair. The class just gives away lots of free points, which is something to be cherished at Cal.

This class wasn't that bad, from talking to other friends who took chem first semester, Prof. Nitsche is WAY easier. Those 50 extra points are a major help, they make up if you do poorly on one of the midterms, don't get discouraged if you don't do so great on one of them. Also, SLC study groups were a major help, but most importantly READ THE BOOK

His lecturers are clearer if you read the book beforehand. You should definitely read the book eventually anyway. He's a very funny, nice guy. All the tests were very fair and the final had many of the questions of the midterm on it. And he practically GIVES you 5% extra credit. What more could you want?

this man is THE GREATEST, made watching the webcasts totally worth it. the class is great because you get extra credit if you attend, and the midterms/finals are all posted online from previous semesters. you have this class MADE.

A very interesting lecturer. He is an enthusiastic professor, and it's not hard to hear through his accent. However, his lectures have a strong focus on concept - they don't teach calculations very well.

Prof. Nitsche is very good professor! He keeps lecture interesting with his demos. I love that he gives extra credit to go to lecture. Haven't missed one yet. Midterm are difficult, but if you read and do a lot of practice you will do good. He's a cute old man! :)

Nitsche is a great and funny lecturer, however he had trouble explaining some of the more difficult and conceptual topics. I found the book useful and necessary for teaching myself some of the material. His midterms weren't too bad and hopefully his final isn't either. And attending class gets you xtra credit!

Easy class! Fun, cute old professor, does interesting demos during lecture. There are sooo many buffer points, you're practically guaranteed an A (I got a C on the final and a midterm); Tests are all based aroune either HW/suggested problems, chemquizzes, or labs/discussions.

I disagree. The class was NOT very easy. Entertaining lectures, but you should read the book. WebAssign is annoying too. Get help if you need it. i-clickers are great for bonus points, but listen to lecture too. Sometimes unclear. And lastly, his red cat (for electrochemistry unit), Shotsy, is awesome!

Very entertaining professor who engages the class with jokes and personal stories. Bonus points are a blessing. Midterms get progressively harder. Final exam consists of many recycled midterm questions. Reading the book outside of class is absolutely necessary. WebAssign homework is nearly impossible without doing the assigned readings. Good guy!

He's an awesome dude with a great sense of humor. He teaches the concepts fairly well, but the math parts of the exams and homework you basically have to learn on your own. I loved going to lecture, but I honestly don't think I learned that much from just the lectures. His exams are very fair, but the homework is often much harder than the exams.

Awesome professor. His accent is cool, and I don't know why so many people say they have trouble understanding him, because his English is pretty impeccable. He has a great sense of humor and totally has the "crazy German scientist" thing down. He also gave EXTRA CREDIT for lecture attendance, unlike most who take AWAY credit for absences.

He is an amazing professor, i really enjoyed his lectures and it was an amazing experience listening to his lectures. he engages students and is amazing!

Would definitely retake a class with Prof. Nitsche. He's very funny and makes the subject very interesting. His test aren't too difficult, yet they do require a lot of studying. I wouldn't say that he's the most clear of instructor, but he certainly is a great person.

Professor Nitsche is excellent! He really cares about his students, and the tries to be as clear and helpful as he can in office hours and while lecturing. I also find him to be very ligh hearted and humorous at times. I highly recommend taking Chem1a in the spring with professor Nitsche!

Nitche is a good professor. He's funny and tries to keep the lectures interesting. The lectures are not very helpful at all. The OWL homework is time consuming and useless for the tests. The tests are hard. Spring Chem 1A is graded much more fairly than Fall but either way its a hard class.

I LOVE HEINO! He is by far the most exciting Chem Professor ever! He is so so funny and keeps lectures really interesting with his goofs and cool experiments in class. The class itself isn't easy but it's definitely do-able. If you have the opportunity to have him as a professor TAKE IT! you wont regret :)

I loved taking Chem with Professor Nitsche! He made lectures so fun, I never even wanted to miss class. Chemistry does not come naturally to me but his encouragement inspired me to work hard. I only wish I had discovered his office hours much earlier in the year- I definitely recommend everyone to go to them!

Pros: awesome professor: funny, engaging, and passionate about the subject, albeit not very clear. 50 iClicker points and 9 midterm bonus points are heaven-sent. Cons: OWL is hard, and the book is utterly useless. The time I would've spent trying to decipher the book I instead allocated to study groups, which helped tremendously.

Great Professor! I came in knowing how notorious Chem 1A was, but professor Nitsche made it very manageable. Lectures were always interesting and fun! I came into this class loathing chemistry, and it turned out to be one of my better classes. It is by no means easy, but if you work hard, its very doable, especially with the extra iclicker points!

Great professor! Nitsche may not be the clearest of lecturers, but his passion for the subject & his sense of humor makes chemistry very interesting. The class itself is manageable, coming from a person who had a poor background in HS chemistry. Put in the right amount of studying, go to study group, and you'll do fine. The only con: OWL sucks

Professor Nitsche is the BEST! He's really funny but he doesn't know it, and it makes going to lectures super fun. However, he doesn't explain things crystal clear in class. I always have to listen to webcasts again in order to understand him, but Chem1A is hard regardless. I recommend going to SLC study group and mock exams. SUPER helpful!

I recommend taking Chem1A in the spring. It's way easier than it is in the fall, especially when you have Nitsche teaching the class! For midterms, relisten to all the webcasts in the unit and everything will suddenly make sense. Also take advantage of the SLC!

This was a wonderful class. There are really cool demos and Dr. Nitsche is rather funny, so I went to lecture even though it wasn't mandatory. He gives extra credit for attendance, though. Labs and discussion are okay. GSIs usually don't grade hard. All the exams were multiple choice and easy if you studied. The webcast is very helpful for review.

He's so much fun! Most science professors (from what I've heard) make subjects that are already not-so-interesting even worse, but he actually made me want to go to class :D

pretty funny professor although he can be a bit arrogant at times. but his arrogance isn't really bothering. pretty clear in lecutre. chem quizzes really help. do them in lecture, and redo them before exams. practice midterms and past exams are very useful. do them all. he uses questions over. make sure you also understand your labs because there w

Prof Nitsche was an amazing professor! He was always incredibly helpful and he seemed to really like his students and the class. Tests weren't too difficult, very straightforward. I didn't find him arrogant at all, lectures were always very entertaining, he's a funny professor. And iClicker bonus points were a plus.

He's a really sweet guy. He can be a little hard to follow in lecture, so read the book and do the practice problems. I didn't have good chem in high school, so I took the SLC study group, which saved my ass (I ended up with an A). Go to every lecture for the extra credit. And make sure you understand the labs! Follow all instructions on lab report