Topics covered: atomic structure of matter; reaction stoichiometry; solution stoichiometry; gasses; quantum chemistry and the electronic structure of atoms; chemical bonding (molecular shapes, hybridization, and molecular orbital theory. First quarter of general chemistry intended for Chemistry Pre-Majors and Chemical Engineering Majors and others requiring astrong basis in chemistry.

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Omar Saleh
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Mahdi Abu-Omar
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CHEM3A . Abu-Omar M 22 Days Ago

AO was a sweet professor although his lecture wasn't helpful. He curves your overall end grade by a decent amount and does not want to fail you. He gives partial credit on the tests and the tests are not unreasonably hard if you do the textbook problems. I recommend taking him and staying consistent with the textbook problems.

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CHEM3A . Abu-Omar M A Month Ago

Super passionate about chemistry and lectures are genuinely interesting. He teaches a lot of conceptual topics, so I'd highly recommend going to office hours with questions about textbook problems because they're similar to the test. Class is pretty difficult and time consuming (I spent probably 12hrs/day studying during final and midterm weeks).

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CHEM3A . Abu-Omar M 8 Months Ago

This was absolutely the worst class I have ever taken. I'm not a lazy student either. Those giving positive marks to this professor had a strong background in AP Chemistry before coming to UCSB DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Jokes more than he teaches. A cynic. No communication.Awful TA's. Took same class with a different professor next qrtr got an A+

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CHEM3A . Abu-Omar M 1 Year, 23 Days Ago

Super awesome guy super fun class occasionally he goes on incredibly long tangents completely unrelated to material we are learning but he is so charismatic it hardly matters.

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CHEM3A . Abu-Omar M 1 Year, 25 Days Ago

super enthusiastic and interested teacher. explains things well and homework is minimal. definitely recommend.

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CHEM3A . Abu-Omar M 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

He is the BEST professor I have ever met at UCSB. He easily explained hard things. Often go to his office hours, and he will always give you something interesting. However, his TAs are useless and always teach the wrong stuff. Don't trust them, just go to ask the prof. He is always welcome to answer. He is nice and his tests are easy.

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