Excellent prof, you can tell she enjoys teaching.

She's lovely, I like how she simplifies key concepts so that we actually understand the chemistry. Really glad I had this class with her.

Really enthusiastic and knows her stuff. I think its her first year this year teaching. Really tries to be clear and make sure students understand concepts via tophat questions. Always loves questions and answering them, even after class. Won't have time to make up extra practice questions, so use the textbook, and practice exams.

Enthusiastic, has engaging lectures. I definitely still needed some youtube videos to get through studying successfully, but she takes the time to make sure most of the students really understand the material. Expect a test every tutorial.

I want to emphasize that Dr. Carpenter is an excellent prof! She's great at explaining concepts, is enthusiastic and her tests are fair if you study. Take pictures of TopHat questions in class, she doesn't post the answers but they're very similar to what you'd expect on an exam. She also gives self-reflections on D2L to boost your midterm grades!

Students are really hard on the 1st year chem professors for some reason. Dr. Carpenter was a great prof. She gave engaging lectures and was always willing to answer questions during class and tutorials. She was surprisingly enthusiastic about teaching highschool review, which is all 203 really is.

She had some engaging and enthusastic lectures. Pay attention to Tophat questions and tutorial quizzes as those types of questions can be found on the exams. She is very clear on what is expected and gave self-reflections after each midterm to boost your grade. Previous practice exams don't have clear answers, but rather key questions.

She will make you listen to her with her strong voice and capability of making everyone pay attention as soon as she starts speaking, one of my favorite professors

It takes a lot of work to do well in this class. As an aside the labs are hard.

Lectures are well planned and she does a great job of teaching and explaining concepts. Going to lectures helped me out as I did not get the textbook but the course was easy enough that with a textbook going to class was not a must. I would recommend as a prof since she will appeal to the majority of learning styles.

She is very lovely and jokes around a lot in class. Also is constantly giving tips and tricks on how to be successful! Which is super helpful in a first year course

Great lecturer, always makes sure to answer questions carefully and completely. She is genuinely enthusiastic about what she teaches, sharing new things in the field of chemistry and relating it to the course. Top hat questions are super useful for review as well.

Class was super simple in my opinion. Took this class as an elective. Labs were pretty straight forward and easily marked(if you had Cheng Zhou). Tutroials were easy if you paid attention and made sure to know how to do the practice questions. Overall easy. Studied hours before midterms and final and still ended with A-.

Overall, good prof, the final exam average is 58%, refusing any curving saids a lot. Definitely, need out of class support to have a good chance of dreaming of an A. Personality was friendly and approachable, explains content better on a 1 on 1 basis. Be prepared to work hard in order to succeed and achieve the mark you desire. 4/5

For any students planning to take CHEM 203. Dr. Carpenter was an amazing professor and explained concepts clearly. People who gave her a rating of 1 out of 5 rated her teaching based on the mark that they received and this mark stems from simply not doing the recommended practice questions. If you put in the work, you will obtain your desired mark

Carpenter's class is a breeze if you pay attention and do the practice questions. Her practice exams are exact copies of the real exams, so if you can do those, you can do the midterms and final. She's very flamboyant, but once you get past the quirks, her lectures are quite enjoyable.

So many people said bad things about her, but overall she was an ok prof. Textbook is a must-have to go over a few concepts that weren't clear in acid-bases, but she is easily accessible through email and will likely re-explain. Questions on the midterm and final were identical to the ones on old practice tests and tutorials, so use those to study.

Dr Carpenter is by far the most amazing professor at the University of Calgary. She teaches her class by showing examples that would allow students to understand the concepts that she's teaching. My tips for passing this course with an A is to constantly read your textbook, pay attention in class and GO TO HER OFFICE. This is a university, not Gr.1

Definitely go to class and get the notes. That way you'll know whats being covered on the test. I found that I had to study really hard in this class. DO THE PAST MIDTERMS AND FINALS. DO ALL OF THEM. Most of the multiple choice were variations of the past tests. I had to watch a lot of kahn academy videos for the Acids & Bases unit(TheHardestUnit

Carpenter was the best prof I have ever had at this school. Learned so much from her,.I cant believe she does not teach senior courses because if she was I would take those course everyday of the the week. She cares so much about her students and made lectures enjoyable. I hope to one day have the honour of being in her class again.

Dr. Carpenter allows for many opportunities for extra help outside of class, as well as gives detailed lectures with lots of interactive material. Overall a very successful professor, who deserves a good rating.

She is really helpful during office hours and very patient as well. Her lecturing style isn't for everyone, but she gives you lots of opportunities to do well by providing enough office hours, and feedback if asked.

Honestly, great professor, but the course is way too high maintenance. Could do with a smaller workload. Other than that, attend class, practice enough, shouldn't be too hard to get an A in the class. I got a B because I'm not in her class lmao. I just started attending half-way through the semester.

Everyone here that is giving her a bad rating either didn't show up to class or didn't study all the materials provided. Her tests were 100% fair, she explains well, she even gives you a free extra 4% on the first midterm if you do a 5-minute exercise. Go to class, pay attention, do the coursework and stay on top of topics you'll crush the class.

I personally think she's a great prof, her marking is tough, but fair. The tophat in class is really helpful and she explains it well. If you're unclear with anything from the lecture, lab or tutorials, she does a really good job explaining during her office hours, which are very accessible so definitely utilize them. Notes are a bit messy at times

Honestly, I don't know why Carpenter has such a bad rating. She's a decent teacher, but her notes can sometimes get a little messy. She sounds really enthusiastic about her subject though. You have to pay attention in lectures though. The final this semester was tough though, a lot of the questions were just on small facts on the powerpoint.

I enjoyed her lectures, she's enthuastic and makes it easy to stay engaged. It's not an easy course but I found she was more than willing to explain things outside of class hours to help you understand. You'll have to work to do well but it's definetly achievable.

Dr. Carpentar was a fantastic teacher! She made clesr notes that were easy to follow and gave powerpoint documents so you could print them off prior to the lecture. She gave me good feedback on all my questions and assignments. She was passionate about chemistry and gave interesting demonstrations in class.

She is actually a great teacher, and really enthusiastic about what she does. If you don't want to put in effort this course isn't for you but if you study hard you can do well. As long as you takes notes in class, and do lots of practice tests and study the tutorials and top hat questions, you will be fine on the midterms and final.

I think that everyone else is just salty that the CHEM203 final screwed them over. Carpenter is a very good prof. Her notes are very detailed and she speaks in a clear and articulate manner. She cares about students' success. Would highly recommend.

I mean, she was alright. I wasnt doing good in the course in the beginning like I legitimately failed the first midterm but since she was the course coordinator, her midterms/finals had a pattern that I eventually figured out and thats what got me through the course. Just go over the practise midterms and finals, try to figure out the pattern.

Im not sure why there are so many harsh ratings because I really enjoyed taking this class with Dr. Carpenter. Her notes were clear, she emphasized what was important, and she went at a good pace. If you want to succeed you need to figure out her style of test questions (past midterms/finals are a great source). Overall she was a great prof!

Carpenter is a pretty solid prof! Her notes are kind of a disaster, but at this level you should know how to format your own notes in an organized manner. Try getting a lab section later in the week because she often teaches material for the reports throughout the week they're due. Study tutorials before midterms and exams!

Carpenter explains things very well and her notes are always accessible outside of class. She has office hours and is always willing to answers questions.

Seriously the sweetest professor, she makes lectures so interesting and engaging, and genuinely cares about her students. Top hat grades could be used to replace a low tutorial mark which was nice.

She is one of the nicest profs!! Although her notes are a mess, they make sense as you copy them done in class, then you look back and can not tell what going on. I actually was not 'assigned' this prof and I found her lectures much more clear and concise. The tests/labs were not easy, but they were doable. The marking is extremely hard.

Kindest chem prof Ive ever had. Also extremely caring and understanding. Pay attention in class and itll be a breeze.

Solid explanations and she's very happy to answer questions during lecture. Lots of TopHat which helps solidify concepts and makes sure she doesn't move past something that the class is struggling with.

Lectures can be confusing and seem disorganized as the teaching style is based on 'question, practice' vs 'concept, practice'. She cares a lot about her students though, is easy to approach and explains concepts really well in office hours. If you go over what you did wrong you will likely do much better the next assessment. Overall a great prof!

Amazingly sweet prof. She cares about her student and her office hours are phenomenal. If you have her as your tutorial TA, you will love her. She has been the coordinator for 203 for a long time, so she is the expert. Top hats matters! Her exam can be tricky (especially her wordings), so make sure to study and use practice exams. Great prof!

She is one of the best profs I have ever had! She is extremely good at explaining concepts in multiple different ways and helping you be more active in your learning. She is obviously very knowledgeable about the material and it shows. Her lectures are very easy to follow and her grading is very fair and she gives great feedback.

For an online course, it was very well-structured and organized. I felt that her teachings reflected well on the assignments and tests. All assessments were relatively fair. Her notes are VERY messy and incomprehensible if you were to look at them the next day which was a bit frustrating, but her lectures are good as long as you follow along

She does a really good job in explaining the basics and gives you a foundation of the course material (At least in online), it's just a lot of the midterms etc will require you to do extra work beyond just her lectures. But other than that, she is literally the most understanding prof ever. Gives extensions based on ur circumstance, overall a GEM.

Dr. Carpenter was a fantastic prof! The exercises in the lectures were super helpful to get immediate feedback on how well you know a concept. I recommend watching lectures live (if online) because sometimes the annotation can be hard to follow (writing all over the place) if you just look at posted slides after lectures. Very hard midterm though

I'd like to start off by saying I think she is a very pleasant and kind-hearted person. She is understanding and very considerate when asking for help. Although, I feel her delivery of the course notes may need some revisions as looking back through notes it makes it hard to follow due to the fact that she just make annotations all over the screen