Ram is super enthusiastic about teaching, and it makes the class fun. He goes off topic fairly often, but the digressions are usually pretty interesting, and he still manages to cover the material you need for tests. Tests were also very easy. Homework was written by the TAs, so it was often quite difficult.

He is an odd man. Professor Seshadri can be funny much of the time. Other times though he seems to mock you a bit when you're one on one in his office hours or answer a "dumb question." Overall though he is an approachable person. The class is not that rigorous or difficult and it interesting.

Gave great engaging lectures with many interesting applications of the material we were learning. Probably will prepare you worse for ochem, but you'll have a nicer time in this course. I agree with one of the reviews that he does have a little bit of a tendency to talk down to you if you are not understanding it at his level. Very knowledgeable!

The best professors I had in UCSB. His lectures inspire you to think. Compared to other professors of general chemistry he does not focus on teaching calculations. The exams are easy.

He's a hilarious guy and really passionate about chemistry. He does go on tangents, and it slowed us down, but it was worth it because lectures were so much fun. Reading the book will give you a good backbone. The tests were easy, barely had to study. You might be less prepared by this than the regular lecture but just self-study and enjoy it :)

This class was basically a loosely structured flow of topics he finds interesting about materials (most notably his strange obsession with perovskites), without ever going into much detail. It's without a doubt the easiest block of credits I took for the materials PhD program. Expect lectures in a stream of consciousness style.