Amazing professor to have and very helpful! To do well in her class you have to actually STUDY and not goof off. Go to her office hours, she's really smart and will help you loads because she has a way of explaining concepts in laymen's terms. and she's hot

Nice lady, but her tests are pretty hard. Clearly, she's not used to teaching gen chem, she's not good at explaining the basic concepts.

If you live in IV and don't have all day to study like your average dorm-living freshman, then Shea is gonna be tough. Lectures are manageable, except that she does not present the material on the exams in a similar fashion. If she curves tests, I sure didn't see it. It was her first time teaching 1B, definately room for improvement.

Compared to all the other professors available this quarter, Id say Shea was the best. Her lectures are kinda slow and she reviews a lot in the beginning so you can come in late, but other than that she is a good teacher. She made the class interesting by doing demos. Like the review below, cheat sheets and exams and the curve made the class doable

She's a pretty good prof. I liked how she used the chalkboard to teach instead of overhead slides. Allows 3x5 card for each midterm and a full page of notes for the final. Quizzes are simple and conceptual and exams are mostly problem solving. Grading is fair and she curves grades at the end of the quarter. Very nice prof, definitely approachable.

The concepts covered were pretty difficult but the teaching was pretty good and easy to follow. The quizzes were pretty easy, very conceptual, and one could really learn how to fit as many equations onto a 3x5 card for each midterm as a cheatsheet. Overall the class was well structured and passable.

i love her! she is the sweetest thing ever. and for the last two classes she did an experiment and she's so cute and clumsy. i loved the demos and she's just so nice and easy to talk to. her tests can be tricky, but if u know the material well enough, u should get an A. i cant wait to take another class with her next fall (physical chem 113a)

She is pretty young as a professor, I think she is pretty hot. She sometimes can be funny in the class but the class is pretty boring overall. Tests only have 3 questions, but will take you forever! and it is pretty hard! Compare to Watts and Sagermann, she is much much better.

Her teaching style is wack, as she justs takes one equation and makes it into another equation and never gives good thorough examples. Not too mention the class is super boring...

Hmm.. Lecture-wise, Shea gives somewhat boring lecture. Bunch of equations, but she doesn't provide good examples.. it was really hard for me to figure out HOW to use these equations in practical problems.. (Quiz/Midterm)-wise, you generally need to write down equations in a cheat sheet, if she allows you to have one. Fairly easy tests.

He is a great teacher! He is very into what he does, and he gets you into it. Definitely take the class, you won't regret it.

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Confusing in lecture, could have presented the material much clearer. Doesnt use the text book so all we have are her notes online. She makesw up her own problems so the is no way to check your answers in order ot learn the material. I'm so not taking 2C.

Horrible lecturer, Shea doesnt deserve to be a teacher. She is disorganized and had difficulty explaining her notes. Often she presents contradictory formulas in class and only explains her errors when pressed.

The class is very difficult but Shea is a great professor and strives for the class to understand concepts. If the class isnt keeping up, she'll take more time on the subject, unlike other profs. Tests are fairly graded.

Good lectures. Difficult exams but grades very fairly on curve.

Lectures a little too fast and is kind of hard to keep up, but she realizes this and grades accordingly.

Professor Shea is an outstanding professor. Her style seems dificult and confusing at first but it comes together at the end and she works very hard to make sure that the class understands the material. Tests straight from lecture and homework.

Skips a lot of steps in lecture, assumes the class knows a lot, very confusing. Scared almost everyone out of honors and back into regular chem.

It's a tough course compared to Chem 1B, but it is a much better course and you actually learn about chemistry. The professor's teaching style take's a few lectures to adjust to, but after making the adjustment the class has been a great experience.