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    • Introduction to Teaching in Chemistry . CHEM 183

    Students will assist the teaching assistant in teaching a lab course in which the student previously received a grade of A- or better. Activities will be determined in consultation with the instructor and include instruction of 1 or 2 lab sections per week. Undergraduates enrolled in Chem 183 are learning assistants (LAs) in the general chemistry laboratory. LAs teach and mentor first-year university students. LAs assist students with experiments, lab technique, data analysis, calculations, learning chemistry concepts, and problem solving. As the LAs learn STEM education pedagogy, they can practice what they learn as LAs in the chemistry lab.

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    Prerequisites: Upper-division standing, a chemistry grade point average of 3.5 or above and consent of instructor.

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    Upper division only

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    Letters and science

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    These majors only chem chbcs bchem
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    GAINER M J
    Morgan Gainer
    3.4
    162 reviews

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    Fall 2025 . Gainer M J
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    15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
    Winter 2026 . Gainer M J
    GIRV 2115
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    11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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    CHEM 183 Buratto S K Fall 2024 Total: 28
    CHEM 183 Svadlenak N D Winter 2024 Total: 8
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    3.4
    CHEM6AL . Gainer M J 4 Months Ago

    Don't believe anyone who says the Final is hard!!! IT IS NOT! The final was similar to the midterms, it's difficult because there is partial credit since its multiple choice. Gainer is a pretty awesome professor I wish he could replace some of the faulty lab professors on campus. Again, the final exam is not hard! Please don't believe the others

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    6AL6BL . Gainer M J 6 Months Ago

    Tough as I am competing for the Nobel prize.

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    CHEM6AL . Gainer M J 10 Months Ago

    Gainer seems like he genuinely cares, and I will say that the actual labs didn't waste my time like the gen chem labs do; we learned relevant skills we could take into industry. He also curves to a B, which is very fair, and the tests weren't that hard. However, I don't understand his rationale for the impossible final.

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    CHEM6AL . Gainer M J 10 Months Ago

    Gainer was a nice guy who cared about his students. HOWEVER, that man has an evil final exam. I got As on all of the midterms and the final, not only felt out of the blue, but also brought me down almost 10%. There's no way to properly study for it, try to get the small points on everything else.

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    CHEM6AL . Gainer M J 10 Months Ago

    As long as you try to understand the fundamentals of the lab techniques and put effort into learning IR/NMR/Mass Spec, an A/B is pretty much guaranteed. Gainer gives you enough resources to succeed in the class. I'd recommend doing all the book problems, and showing up to lecture/labs so that you can drop the lab practical for your lowest lab.

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    CHEM6AL . Gainer M J 10 Months Ago

    why the hell are these 2-3 unit chem labs obsessed with giving impossible finals. my grade dropped 10%...

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