couldn't understand a word he said

the material he teaches in class isn't on the test. the test is comepletely different from the material he explains, and the practice tests he gives as examples.

Not a hard class to pass. Practice ALL the free responses and time urself to make sure u can get through them easily during the midterms and final. The multiple choices are fairly hard. Dont sit too close to the front... he does a lot of in class experiments!

He failed me. I was only 5 points from a C-. He sucks.

Accent is horrible. Lectures are boring. If you go to his office hours, it seems like he doesnt want to help you. He goes over o-chem**** in 1b! stupid. I dont like the class. Wish i had wilson or even webster.

his class if ridiculous. he gives extra credit, but in order to receive extra credit, you have to earn over 2o pts on the webquiz. each question is worth 4 pts. therefore, receiving extra credit on the webquiz is impossible at times. his lectures are boring and no one pays attention because he has a thick accent.

hate his class and could not understand a word he was saying, good god get someone that speaks English! Plus he's lectures not helpful : you practicly teach yourself. Come on! HE sucks #*^&

Make's you memorize the periodic table and makes you use color pencils. enough said. I had to work my ass off to get a B. The other subjects I had taken suffered as a result.

Take someone else, unless of course you like to read the chem book, and in addition to that love to read powerpoint slides. He should stick to his research and leave the teaching to people who actually care if the students understand or not

he sucks, he is not a good general chem teacher, you probably wont learn anything from his class and his homework are horrible...too hard, including his tests and midterms.

Professor Bartels was AWFUL. I had no idea what we were learning in the class the whole time despite going to SI, office hours, and having an extra study group. His grading was very unfair and he didn't curve that much. He had demos in class that were USELESS, and wasted about 30 minutes of class time. DON'T TAKE HIM!

I believe Mr. Bartels is confusing Chem 1A with an upper division class. He tries to lower your grade in every way possible until you fail. No I am not exaggerating; every little thing drops your grade... Oh! for the midterm...Don't even try. -James H 11AM Class

Mr. Ludwig Bartels is without a doubt the worst teacher I have had at this school. He teaches intermediate aspects of chemistry without even bothering to teach the basics. He rushes through PPT's and the midterm tests your ability to understand concepts not taught by himself. Don't take this professor, unless you want a lower GPA.

Worst teacher Ive ever had. Drop this class. There are much easier chem teachers and it sucks sitting there watching others breeze by when you are failing and still having to work 20 hours a week for his class

Horrible professor. You have to attend lectures because there are clicker questions. There's so much homeowrk. Online homework is assigned every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Online homework is due before the next one is assigned. Written homework is assigned every Wednesday. Hard midterm. Doesn't curve. HORRIBLE TEACHER!

Hardest chem teacher in the world..avoid his class..if you are in the LC, YOU ARE SCREWED..seriouslly avoid him at all cost..he has a thick accent and is horrible at teaching..gives more homeowrk than necessary..

Seriously, Bartles is a really tough professor. He does not kid around when he says only 1/3 of the class will pass. He has mandotory class attendance, due to his idiotic clicker ?s, and if you miss 3 days you automatically fail the course. He doesn't prepaire you well for the midterms.I had a F in the class so I dropped.I would study 20 hrs a week

Worst teacher I have ever had. can not teach at all and his office hours consists of 200 people in a small office trying to get help. my friend who had 1a with another teacher got a B and im way smarter than her. his midterms and finals are curved down. example. the minimum requirement is 40 points for a d.if u get 39 points u automatically get a 0

This professor does not treat his students like adults. He assigns daily homework and required colored pencils on tests. Forces you to ask a question every week or else you fail. Average of first midterm was a 33%. Go to officer hours and you'll get TAs who say use Google cause they don't know how to do anything.(not all of them)

Super hard professor. No curve, useless extra credit. Drop the class if you have a chance.

I'm not going to repeat what has already been stated by other reviewers, but it is noteworthy that Prof Bartels makes exams extremely unfair. On the exams, rather than having the same problem but with different constants, you can have a completely different set of problems than the person next to you. This does not fairly evaluate each student...

How does it feel to be on teaching probation again? Bartels+Teaching Probation should say it all!

HE IS THE HARDEST PROFESSOR EVER. He uses clicker for attendance&if you missed more than 3 then you'll get an F. He makes you go ask a question in office hours every week, if you don't for more than twice you get an F. And he teaches organic chemistry in this class too. Prepare to fail if you're in a learning community and you're in his class.

Got A's in all of Organic chem classes and got a C+ in his class. Must I say anymore?

He is the worst professor I have experienced and really sucks at teaching. Has a German accent and sometimes goes into a mumble. Gives ridiculous HW that's impossible to do without help. Tests have unreasonable questions, stuff that was barely touched upon. PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE GRADES! Must participate and attend class or else you'll fail.

THE WORST TEACHER OF MY LIFE!!!!!!HE ruined my freshman year. You cant understand the stuff he says. His homework has ridiculous questions. Aleks is the worst. I have third year chem majors that cant even help me w/ my hw. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS! i decided to challenge myself with it...worst idea ever. I regret the day i entered his room!

Save yourself the grief. Any other professor teaching this subject is better. Was required to go to class everyday otherwise you will fail. Tests didn't resemble anything close to what was taught in lec. I thought I was taking Organic Chem when I took his tests. Stay away from this professor. If he is the only teacher left wait till next quarter.

HORRIBLE professor! He challenges you to the fullest and that would be cool if it was the only class i was taking! I would spend hours and hours doing his practice questions and his aleks hw. I tried very hard in his class to receive a C+. Be ready to work extremely hard!

Heavy German accent, homework was impossible, aleks was tedious, office hours/discussion was a disorganized mess. Somehow managed a B but I had to really work for it.

gives out hw problems that we can't even find the answers online. exams are ridiculously hard. doesn't provide answers to practice midterm/final. worst and toughest professor I've ever had. I should've post this on iEval but missed the deadline so came here.

Lots of homework on material that was for other classes. clicker questions are hit or miss so don't skip lectures. Free-response midterm that was insanely hard and he doesn't make you feel better by saying everyone fails the first time

He makes a mistake on hw or clicker quiz, acknowledges and apologizes, then says he can't do anything about it, which doesn't help anyone's grades. Put stuff on the midterm that he didn't teach, wasn't on the hw, and was in the textbook (as a caption for a picture). We were told to memorize the periodic table cuz there wasn't 1 hanging in the hall.

He's one of the hardest professor's I've ever had. His midterm for 2018 was all FRQ while the other professor's all had multiple choice. The class average for the first midterm was very low. I would suggest you go to lectures the clicker Qs during lecture help add points. It's really hard to study for his class and I suggest you drop it.

HORRIBLE. cannot teach. 20 free response questions for midterm (there were 2 midterms and he takes the highest grade). final is 40 free response questions. Every other professor is multiple choice and their teaching is more organized. i felt completely lost in his class. do not take his class please. HE ASSIGNED HW DURING THANKSGIVING BREAK! WTF

I was forced into this class because of my learning community. His tests are extremely difficult and are not multiple choice like other classes had. He assigned homework every day (including over Thanksgiving break). If possible, avoid this class at all costs.

Holy crap, where do I even begin with this dude? His tests are disproportionately harder than the other professors' (FRQ only vs. some multiple choice), terrible lecturer who overcomplicates simple topics, assigns homework even over breaks when some people can't access the internet, and just constantly makes things far harder than needed. AVOID!

His clicker questions at the beginning and sometimes end of lectures really saved my grade. Midterms and final were FRQ's and asked insanely difficult questions that even my genius friends couldn't answer. Introduced OChem and Quantum Mechanics to a GenChem class for some reason. Made easy concepts difficult. Even his TAs didn't know how to help us

This is probably the most difficult class you can take at UCR. Don't take this professor if you dont have to. Midterm and final where free response only. Topic covered were beyond the standard chemistry 1A material. Unnecessarily difficult class.

Show up to his lecture every day because he gives daily clicker questions (he has this dumb policy that if you get one clicker question wrong, the whole day's points are lost)He's the only chem1A prof that has given a written midterm/final and because of that you actually need to understand the material. no textbook needed unless you want more info

You don't actually know how to study. You can't find the reference online. Attending is mandatory, but it's just wasting of time.

Gives nightly homework that doesn't relate to the material discussed in class. Midterm and final study guides are almost identical to the test, so just study those - but even then, all his tests are short answer and nothing is curved. He was impressed that "only" half of the class failed the midterm. Lectures are a huge waste of time.

Ludwig makes this introductory to chemistry class unnecessarily hard for no reason. Some people are not chemistry majors but he talks about chem in very general and broad form that you will not even learn in Chem1A but in later chem according to him. Discussion is a lot of b*tch work also even though its just googling and drawing tons of sketches.

During a pandemic, this is not the professor to take! He does not take into account students complaints and his lectures are hard to follow. Assumes everyone took AP chem in high school and even teaches things higher level chem students are currently learning. Has an oral final and 2 midterms. If you work and are not full-time student do not take.

Horrible professor to take with and without the pandemic. Clearly does not care about his students and does not teach very well. Only chem1A professor to give free-response midterms and an ORAL final. The discussion does not even help anyone-just busy work. Also does not believe in curving. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL!!!

Hard to follow lectures. Assigns homework day of and expects it at 11:59pm. He does clicker questions on stuff you just learned a slide before. Discussion homework does not help. Discussion TAs are useless. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PERSON.

Bartel's is the type of professor that focuses on "Life" and not the content of the class.

DO NOT TAKE this professor! he lectures like he's talking to a bunch of organic chem students. I studied 24/7 and BARELY got an A. He expects you to have no life outside of his class. does not think students should collaborate on homework assignments and reports them to conduct. ON HOMEWORK!!!! save yourself, don't take him

Teaches like he assumes you know all of organic chemistry. Is not understandable or considerate especially at times like covid. do yourself a favor and don't take him

Switches between physics, ochem, and gen chem without any clarity. Assignments and expectations are unclear, and he WILL ignore your questions during lecture. His in-lecture questions are rushed and the website to turn them in crashes often. He relies on the TAs, who rely on him, making them all unhelpful. You'll do well if you can make sacrifices.

Awful teacher, His lecture is useless, you must spend a lot of time to study. WORST TEACHER I EVER KNOW. He gives us tons of discussion hw, and really hard to do. I don't why he teaches chem in UCR. I want to learn!!!!!!!!

Avoid this teacher if you can!! Ignores his students comments/concerns especially with the pandemic. Only thinks his way is the only/right way. Very unclear in his grading and assumes that you have taken AP chem before even though this is chem1a. Discussions are just busy work. Be prepared to study a lot on your own because his lectures dont help

Do not take Bartels. He does NOT care about his students. Class is mandatory and it doesnt even help. He doesnt explain anything good and complicates easy topics. Hes more detrimental than beneficial when learning chemistry. Terrible class to take online. Assumes you have all the time in the world outside of class. Oral final was terrible.

Do NOT take this professor. He does not care about his students during the pandemic. Teaches Physics and ochem concept (such as mass spec in chem8b) in chem1a?? Don't recommend, he was put in academic probation for failing too many students. Again, do NOT take and avoid at all cost

Terrible do not take avoid at all costs. Too much work and doesn't care about students.

He is so insanely out of touch with his students. At first, I was under the impression that he cared about his students but was a tough grader, but then he referred almost his entire class to conduct for being on a group chat. He also said that if students had trouble balancing work and school, they should quit their job and take out a bigger loan.

Good luck, As an "intro to chem class" you be better off learning from khan academy or the Organic Chem Tutor. Bartels is out of touch with the actual "intro to..." part he dives deep into the O-Chem root of chemistry. Hw are tedious and apparently you get reported to student conduct if you help each other out in gc.(majority students got reported)

horrible prof, avoid at all costs. Complicates easy topics and taught way above gen chem level (ochem and quantum physics). Doesnt care about students or answering questions. Reported majority of our class for academic misconduct for helping each other w hw in a gc. Lectures are confusing & dont correlate w textbook, and discussions arent helpfu

One of the worst professors at UCR. Doesn't teach well, hard to understand, super confusing, and has a horrible grading system which includes an Oral Final and tedious Discussion worksheets. Reported 200+ students for being in a Groupme and threatened to fail all of them. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!

Save yourself a HUGE favor and don't take this professor.

His lectures are really disorganized and your questions will not be answered if you ask using his terrible website. Clicker questions are stressful and he never goes back to them and explains. His oral final is a test of "do you know this random name", concepts, and no math (which is some students' strong point). Don't ever make a large GroupMe.

Terrible professor. Doesn't answer questions during lectures, does not answer well during OH. His lectures don't help at all, yet they are still mandatory. Assigns so much busy work (i.e. finding the industrial cost of niche chemical compounds) that can take hours. Daily homework assigned sporadically. Mass reported 200 students for being in a gc.

Bartels wasn't really a good professor or lecturer at all. I don't think he's a bad person tbh or a bad chemist (I assume he does a great job with his research). But I think he went hard with reporting when he shouldn't have (possibly greatly affect someone's academic career over homework mc answers). I wasn't in the GC so it didn't affect me.

Never take Chem with this professor. Will make you work the entire quarter and is probably one of the worst lecturers and you won't learn anything. It's all memorization and putting that onto his two midterms. This class is a joke don't take it.

Professor Bartels is the poorest performing professor I've ever had. He's not understanding and has his collar held too up high. He forgets that he teaches and introductory course. His poor performance is at the expense of students interested in stem. Unfortunately, I know of many who after taking this class will be leaving stem. Shame.

This prof is the worst prof I've ever had so far. He assigns homework daily, but he assigns them at random times. Furthermore, he barely gives any time to respond to his clicker questions at all. The group homework is ridiculously out of the course material's league. He'll never answer your questions during lectures or office hours. Overall 0/10.

This mad is the worst professor I have ever encountered. His lectures move too fast and contain abridged book material, however lectures are mandatory as he asks clicker questions for credit. He only gives half an hour for midterms, which often have material that isn't gone over and essentially says "deal with it" if you have any problems with them

Absolutely terrible. Very unorganized and very inattentive to his students. Group homework is way out of the courses league and we are only given 30 minutes to do the midterm, which is also way out of the courses league. His system is terrible and needs a lot of work and overall the worst professor Ive had so far.

Don't take this professor if you want to save yourself a headache. He has a habit of failing people and reporting them without sufficient evidence. Absolutely hated the class. I had a 97% in class before the final and during final he said that I cheated without proof because I was acting nervous. Took the class again and got a 100 in it. Don' take

Terrible. One of the worst professors at UCR.

He doesn't teach well at all and his exams are insanely difficult

God awful. I've never gotten a professor as bad as him. I got a C+ in the class and it sticks out like a sore thumb on my transcript since I get A's in pretty much all my other classes. Don't even consider taking. His oral final graded me on 3 questions that I screwed up because I was nervous... ridiculous.

If you value your sanity, avoid him at all costs. He mumble talks and its so hard to understand what hes saying. He sometimes posts hw at odd times (2-3AM) and makes it due at 2PM the same day. The discussions are no help at all, its just there to complete group work. If you get him make sure to attend student tutor sessions, otherwise RIP

Before taking this class I saw that he had a 2.8/5 rating but I took it as students being salty for not ending with a good grade in the class. However, after taking his class I saw first hand just how much of a horrible professor he is. It makes no sense his midterms are 40% of your grade and the final is only 10%. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COST

I've been pretty good at keeping up in "difficult" classes, but this class is something else. He gives you no direction in studying for midterm other than saying that "everything covered in the slides" will be covered. Discussion groups dont help and the TA's are just as harsh graders as he is. You go over stuff in hw that you probably didnt' learn

While it's hard to understand him while he mumbles through lecture slides, it doesn't help that a decent chunk of content dives into subjects like OChem. SI leader was confused on why we were learning these things in general chemistry but still tried to help. Midterm 30% grade, highest between prac/actual paper exam. FInal 10%???, 10 min oral.

Shouldnt have chosen his class. Totally unreasonable tests and discussions are pointless. Should have stayed away from him

Literally the worst professor that I have ever had. Would assign homework at the most random times including 2 or 3 am. Discussions were useless and grading was just so difficult for all homework assignments. The midterm is worth more than the final and you cant see your grade until the final week of school. Bad bad class, bad teacher too.

Avoid at all costs as he's just not worth the insane headache. Teaches Ochem in an intro chem class. Very hard to reach about anything and homework assigned everyday at random times. As well as a 10% final that's a 10 min oral interview. Good luck if you end up with him. You'll need it.

Family incident happened so I couldn't do an assignment and this guy says I cheated on the assignment I missed. Explained my situation and he still says I cheated. If I could rate a teacher lower I would. Plus he didn't teach anything and his final was oral, which is just nonsense.

Very annoying class. Too many group assignments that brought down my grade. Oral final was ridiculous with no way to study for it. Know he accused people in my class of cheating. I really did not enjoy his class and Iwould not reccommend you take CHEM001A with him if you can avoid it

Unlimited attempts on homework but he docks off points for each attempt

I would give a zero to this professor if I could. Be prepared to do a homework assignment everyday. The group homework assignments are time consuming and require unnecessary knowledge (such as knowledge on how to use programs such as excel) for the course that will result in a lot of googling. Avoid at all costs.

Taking this class was horrendous. Group homework was difficult to understand and would not give clear instructions. The midterm is less than an hour but expects almost a page of work per question. The Smartwork he gives a 10% penalty for each attempt so even that brings your grade down. Homework was given daily and at random times. AVOID!!!!!

Gives no time for clicker questions which are graded based on accuracy and require calculations. Goes very fast through topics and covers the bare minimum. The lectures are difficult to understand and some of the information is irrelevant to a introductory chemistry class. Shows no work and examples are all over the place.

it is SO BAD, i wanna give him a zero. but that's not possible, so i give him a one.

DO NOT TAKE. the midterm is impossible to pass, they tell you that from the start, and it's worth 30% of your grade. There's no periodic table or equation sheet, you must remember everything. The final for us is a verbal quiz. There's homework every day and he goes over the slides so fast and you cant write the slides as he talks.

The other reviews here are not exaggerating--Bartels is atrocious. Group homeworks require background in sheets/excel for an A. Midterm is impossible. No periodic table, no formulas, almost 0 study materials. Average for my class was 30%. No curve given. 10% attempt penalty on graded homework. Doing well is a matter of luck, not hard work.

Do not take his class! Class average on the midterm was 30% with a CURVE. There is no way to figure out your grade and he tells you to refer to the syllabus, where it is not clear. This class made me so stressed out and hurt my GPA. I put a lot of effort but he sets us up to fail. Nothing makes sense. If you are in an LC, drop his class.

DO NOT TAKE. He is an extremely harsh grader and his tests don't reflect his lectures. He assigns daily hw even on weekends and holidays and they are all due at random times. He has 1 TA that grades all of his students exam. He will hardly curve and overall just is a bad experience taking his class.

AWFUL! Avoid him at all costs please, legit drop him if you sign up for his class. Homework assignments are due at random times, group homework is unnecessarily difficult, no study guide for midterm that is MOST OF YOUR GRADE, and the final oral is only 10%. Truly, get out while you can.

Please do not take his class at all. Had so much stress from just this one class. Midterms and final are unfair. Homework is very messy. Have to be on top of everything to do well in the class. Do not put yourself through the stress it is so not worth it. Group HW is just another added and unnecessary stress. There are much better professors.

Very hard class. Would not recommend. The final is jeopardy based. Really hated this class lmao

his lectures were too fast, not detailed, gave too many group discussion assignments with no rubric, the hw were daily and given out and due at random times (2pm or 12am,,it varied). don't take his class unless you have a great SI leader or someone else to teach you

I dropped after 2 lectures and am SO glad I did. Everyone I knew either failed or withdrew. He was super rude if you asked for help, he makes the in-class polls IMPOSSIBLE and refuses to use new/better tech like canvas. First discussion section he made us do some absurd assignment involving content well beyond our POSSIBLE understanding. DROP HIM.

the absolute worst professor I've ever had, this is not an exaggeration. His class is set up to make you fail, assigns random assignments at 4 am and expects you to complete by 12 pm, gave 0 study materials, tests were impossible, average on exams was 30% with a curve. If I could go back and drop the class I would, I regret taking this class.

Professor Bartels made CHEM 001A, an entry-level general chemistry class, unnecessarily hard through his grading on a midterm that costs 30% of a student's grade and a horrid oral final. We covered content that related more towards organic chemistry and upper-division chemistry classes. Please avoid him at all costs.

Horrid

honestly would not take him again. rude during office hours and class was confusing af. slides were really outdated too.

Just completely disorganized. Published homework at random hours of the day (and night), lectures were quick and not entirely useful for understanding test content. Get ready to teach yourself the class and to get to know your TA very well.

Hello fellow students and teachers. I am a person that rarely holds a grudge however after taking Ludwig Bartel's Chemistry class, I have never felt such strong hatred for a person. I didn't realize struggling in an introductory chemistry course was possible, but it was horrid. The amount of times I have felt hopeless in his class was uncountable.

HIS TEACHING STYLE IS HORRIBLE AND COMPLETELY FAILS TO PREPARE US FOR BOTH THE MIDTERM AND CHEM 1B. GG gl my fellow students who are about to take his class. Better start praying once u realize u have him.

Just be prepared and organized. Homework could come daily or not you never know with him.

This professor makes me want to go to a community college. His lectures were completely different from what was asked on midterms and finals. There are clicker questions during class from material that is worth most of your grade. He refused to answer questions in class or emails, and is rude during office hours. Attendance is mandatory.

Just awful.

Very confusing and vague on what is to be tested on. Please avoid it at all cost, taking chem another time to avoid him is worth not suffering in his class.

R U N

STAY AWAY NOT WORTH THE HEADACJE

He's just terrible. Disrespectful to students who reach out for help and doesn't know how to teach properly. He acts as if you already know everything about chemistry??? I surprised he hasn't gotten fired by how rude he is and gets pure joy from seeing students suffer in his class..

I thought the reviews here was lying, but THEY ARE NOT LYING. He just mumbles most of the time, and acts like you already had knowledge in chemistry. Attendance is only mandatory because of the random multiple-choice questions and drawing (yes, you have to draw) during lecture.

The worst professor ever. one of the homework assignments, he wants you to teach 12 questions. that's literally your job to teach not us. he's proud to fail students?

Gave a midterm nothing like the practice mid term

Terrible professor. Assigns homework at random times and has it due at random times. Material that he teaches is barely reflective of what's on the midterm. Goes through the lectures at an extremely fast pace which makes it diffcult to copy notes. The only thing saving his job is the curve that he gives for his midterm. Do not take this class!!

run if you can please

Do not take this class if you are planning on doing a lot of units, the amount of work he assigns is abhorrent; online homework assigned at random times "daily", clickers done in class, entirely free response midterm and group projects. It's just way too much for an INTRODUCTORY course. If he taught well maybe it would be more manageable, but no.

As someone who also came from a "competitive high school" and took hl ib chem, this class was worse than the 15 page essay I had to write for that ib class. If 1 person slacks off for the group HW u get a C or lower and he assigns daily HW even during weekends/holidays. Would read off slides hella quick and refused to talk to students during OH

He taught us quantum mechanics on day one gen chem. GO TO CLASS AND DO THE CLICKER QUESTIONS AND DO ALL OF THE HOMEWORK!! When it comes down to it, those WILL make or break your grade. Oral final but he posts the slides on his website beforehand, look midterms up online (he repeats them). You'll be ok.

I took him in Fall 2020 and am now a medical student. I wanted to leave this review to say that his class sucks, he sucks, and anyone who says that people who complain about Bartels are stupid are wrong. He is a horrible man and professor who almost derailed my career before it began. Genuinely the worst tw

Ludwig M. Bartels. I cannot even describe how much I do not like him. No words. He literally puts ochem questions even though its GENERAL CHEMISTRY 001A. EMPHASIS ON 1A. I am literally just a first year trying to have a good college experience. but no! he assigns hw that are due on test days. not to mention he grades hard. let's do better ludwig

RUN RUN AWAAAAAY

I learned more from studying on my own than from class. Lectures lacked flow, focused on irrelevant details, and missed key concepts. Midterms didn't reflect my knowledge, with random questions. Grading was inconsistent, and homework offered little value. Smartwork reminders were unreliable. Overall, I was disappointed.

I hate this guy. Makes an entry level class a million time harder than it ever needs to be. Everything I learned from this class was from my own studying, lectures make no sense. Just read the textbook because that where he gets his lecture material from anyways. Make sure to look up past midterm questions and study those, or drop the class.

so much homework. there's one every day due at 2pm or 11pm i set an alarm to remind myself to check it. went to office hours and he was never there it was just TA's who were really nice but couldn't help. do all ways to make up points possible. half the class failed the midterm. hope to never see him again xoxo

Genuinely the worst professor and teacher I've ever gotten. If you were put in his class cause of an LC I suggest dropping it cause this class is terrible. Don't listen to the 5 star ratings, you genuinely won't learn a single thing in this class and the way his tests are set up will make you want to drop out entirely. 0 booms

Straight A's before this class. If you don't have to take this class then don't. TA's were okay. Make sure to study because he does post stuff to prepare you but the grading is what makes passing this class difficult.

TERRIBLE. you will not learn anything. use chatgpt + google for in class clickers and smartworks. look his midterms up bc he repeats questions. he was never at office hours so i got a lot of help from ARC, chemlibretexts, and youtube. had a whole academic misconduct scandal over a class groupchat be wary about joining class discord.

I would best recommend to avoid this professor. While I was able to achieve an A-, I would not recommend this as an intro to chemistry course. Here are some tips to succeed if you must take him; take notes and submit them to get extra clicker points, make the max videos to get points, study your butt off for the midterms and the final is all slides

Stay away, if you can't here is a guide to pass - Do every smart work/online hw and try to get 100% - Go to class to do the clickers if you miss one, do an EC opportunity (notes/video) get 100% on clickers - STUDY for midterms (both) 1st is easier - WORK on those group hw (not graded individually) - Final is exactly like the slides - Pray

just horrible. take any other prof.

avoid this teacher omg

The worst professor I've had! There are clickers every lecture, Smart work assignments almost everyday, group homework for the first few weeks of the quarter, a practice mid-term, real mid-term, and an oral final. His mid-terms is ALL free-response question so its you know it or you don't. He runs it like a upper-div class. Avoid this professor!

Dont do it

This professor is single-handedly the worst professor I have ever had. He is not accommodating whatsoever, the coursework is daily with no exceptions, and he has no remorse for his students. He is quite boring in lecture, hard to understand, and goes through the content too quickly for you to keep up. He teaches you absolutely nothing.

He is the worst chem professor I ever had. He was not accommodating. There are clickers in lectures that are 20 seconds each, so it's better to use GPT. He posts smartwork everyday due at random times, sometimes he accidentally made it due in 11:59 EST. The group homeworks has nothing to do with the class.

Doesn't know how to teach and expects you to know everything. Midterms are free response. He wants you to memorize element formulas, know how to create and balance equations, etc. His midterms are very hard and his final is an oral exam. He has hw everyday and has clickers (polls) in lecture, which are points that count to your grade.

no, just no.

I have never, ever been so defeated by a course. Bartels expects you to dedicate your entire bloodline to him. He is constantly assigning HW, group projects are awful, and his website is annoying, plus the final is verbal. There are group projects every single week. Pls save yourself and take this course with someone else if he is your only option.

The people who say that "it's not that hard", "just don't be lazy" are bootlickers. He is the worst possible professor and his grading system is absolute garbage. If you MUST take him, study hard for BOTH midterms. One is easier, but you won't know which one. Get 100% clickers, 100% on HW and you can pass. TA's are not helpful. Yt is ur BSF. pray.

The worst Professor I've ever had. He is not a bad lecturer, but the structure of the course is infuriating. If you can ace all the busy work, do alright on the oral final, and get at least a C- on the midterm, you can get a B/B+. But the midterm is worth too much, and if you study the wrong practice midterms (like I did), you won't get an A.