Really nice and approachable professor! There's HW due every week that's graded by different TAs. He explains the material well, but it's still quantum, so don't take this class unless you really like quantum and you're good at it. He doesn't give a grade below a C and it's not that hard to get a B.

Genuinely the worst class I've ever taken at UCSB. Professor Kirtman was NOT equipped to teach this course. He is 89 and I think he forgot what it was like to learn. He answers questions with "I talked about it in lecture". The TA's are as lost as you. Good luck learning anything from him just cross your fingers that you pass.

This class is meant to suck. However, somehow this is worse than I imagined. I learned nothing from this class, felt panicked and lost the entire time, TAs can't even help us. I hope to god the curve saves us. Oh, and the professor is 89 and incredibly unhelpful with any questions. You essentially have to try to teach yourself quantum physics.

Kirtman is very old, like 89 years old, and yet, he is still teaching the hardest chemistry class UCSB has to offer. The material is so hard the TAs don't even know whats going on, and there were basically no resources to get help. You will have no idea whats going on the whole time, but hopefully the curve will save you.