Chemical thermodynamics: laws of thermodynamics, phase equilibria, chemical equilibria, equations of state.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 1C or 2C; and, Mathematics 2A-B or 3A-B, and 6A; and, Physics 7A-B-C-L, or, Physics 1-2-3-3L-4-4L, or, Physics 6A-AL-B-BL-C-CL.

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Letters and science

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Unlocks CH E 160 CHEM 118 CHEM 145 CHEM 245 CHEM 115A CHEM 173A
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Joan Shea
3.6
35 reviews
Vojtech Vlcek
2.3
7 reviews
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
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Fall 2025 . Bowers M T
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2.95
CHEM113A . 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

This professor assigns math-heavy homework for chem majors. However, during his office hours, he struggles to smoothly calculate even the second derivative when providing examples. TAs are much more helpful than him. You should take advantage if you have to take the class: he might award you an 'A' even if your grade is B if you satisfy his egotism

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CHEM113A . 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

He seems to pretend to care about students, but in reality, it's similar to what other comments have mentioned: he takes great pleasure in tormenting students. He holds strong opinions about individual student behaviors and exhibits a drastically negative attitude, almost like insulting you if he doesn't like you: focus on making him happy.

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CHEM113A . 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

There's a lot of negative reviews for this professor, but when the alternative professor is Bowers - widely regarded as a very mean professor - Vojtech is actually a very good prof. He cares about students a lot, and is very passionate about the material, which is nice to see. Hard exams, but as typical with chem - there will be a big curve!

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CHEM113A . 6 Years Ago

Prof Shea makes the first part of pchem so understandable and not intimidating. She makes you do book problems as HW so if you have chegg it's free. Her lectures are good and she doesnt go too fast. Midterms are just harder versions of book problems and Quizzes are actual book problem. Final was a little hard but the curve was pretty good.

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CHEM113A . 6 Years Ago

She is one of the nicest profs I've ever had! If you take all the notes in class and make sure you understand all of the hw problems, you'll have no problem in that class. She posts some notes online, but it's not as helpful as in class notes. She dedicates like 30 min of lecture to show you how to approach the hw, V straight forward.

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CHEM113A . 6 Years Ago

Probably the nicest professor I've had in the Chem department. Go to class, take good lecture notes, and make sure you understand how to do all of the homework problems. You can get at least a B if you do those things. A true queen!!

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