honestly he's a good lecturer but the exams were just way too hard. he assumed we'd be prepared for hard exam questions because a lot of people didnt go to office hours.

Lectures were super easy to follow, and were also recorded to review after class. Joseph taught at a great pace and made sure to provide plenty of resources for studying the material on your own time. He's a really sweet and caring guy, and if you put in the work into the class, you should be able to get a decent grade.

Lectures are helpful and well-organized. Do the "optional" book problems!!!! The exam questions are always taken from the book problems with just the numbers changed. Don't fall behind on ALEKS and do the iClicker (super easy points). Very lenient grading policy; your lowest midterm is replaced by your final.

Great lecturer, super funny, and so nice. If you struggle, watch lecture vids and sign up for CLAS. Says you need a textbook, but you only need the chapter problems (can find online or get from someone). Ur only graded on 2 midterms, the final, ALEKS, and iClicker. Final replaces lowest midterm score. Only curves ur final grade.

Caring professor with great lectures. This course is meant to weed out students, and it's undoubtedly good at doing so. However, Joseph tries his best to help students out and give them hints on how to do well on the upcoming midterm/final. That being said, the tests are very difficult, especially for students with no college level stem experience

Chem 1A is a hard course, regardless of who you have. However, Joseph did a pretty good job teaching the difficult concepts in the easiest way possible. What sucks in this class is that each question in the three exams is weighted very heavily. If you miss 2/20 questions on a test, you're already at a B+. This has a big impact on your final grade.

Amazing professor, clear lectures and cares a lot about the students. Grades all the exams super fast and gives lots of feedback. This class is very tough, but he does his best to help his students succeed. This is a weeder course, don't be down if the first time doesn't work out! Do the book problems and study more than a week before the exam!

The tests or super hard, and even if you took AP classes for this class, don't even think about skipping the practice problems. Lectures are really good, he will make you understand the material better, but the tests are a very big drawback.

obviously this is a rly hard class and ngl the tests are really hard but the class is curved which helps. i thought joseph did a really good job of explaining things just make sure to also put in the hours studying outside of class and you should pass especially because your lowest midterm grade gets replaced by your final if you do better :)

Tests are extremely difficult. I studied for hours upon hours and still failed both midterms extremely bad.

really difficult tests, exams are nothing like the practice exams

I had him for the entire Gen Chem series and LOVED him. I only got a bad grade due to my own lack of study habits, but he has very informational lectures, is super accessible and accommodating outside of class, and cares about his students' success. I guarantee negative reviews are by people who just struggled with the content/ didn't study.

Tough grader, I will never ever take this class again.

the GOAT of gen chem. super hard classes in general but josephs lectures are very helpful and easy to follow. he has lectures posted online which is helpful. work through all the book problems and practice problems until you understand them inside and out. his office hours are super helpful and accessible

I had Joseph for the whole gen chem series and I personally loved him. Lectures are incredibly important so make sure you watch the videos or attend class. The class is hard but if you put in the work, you will be okay. I came in having barely any knowledge of chem and passed each time with a B and 1C with a B+. Good luck!

Crisjoe is definitely one of the best chem professors out there. The class itself is hard, but his organized lectures and clear instructions of paying attention to the book for tests are very helpful, and he cares that his students succeed. There is a curve on the class as a whole, but not on individual tests. Recommend taking him for gen chem!

This class is brutal, compared to other standard 1st year stem classes (Math, phys, etc..) this class is more like 8 units of work not 3. There is a ton of material to cover, and the exams are very hard. However, the professor is very upfront about this, and does his best to help everyone despite the large class size.

Chem is a difficult class, but Crisjoe is clear about what he expects on the midterms and final. He provides practice problems and practice exams, and he uses those question formats on the tests. He also has a youtube channel with all of his lectures. Overall a great professor!

My favorite chem professor!! Really thorough and clear lectures, very clear what will be on the exam. Make sure to do all the book problems, take notes and go through the slides/videos if you miss class. He's a really kind person and is pretty funny too! Gen chem is hard but it's obvious he wants you to succeed :))

I had Crisjoe for Chem 1 A, B, and C and he was so great. Definitely a tough class but it's because of the material, he makes it no harder than it needs to be. His lectures were great and he is super helpful and responsive. Definitely recommend taking Gen Chem with Joseph!

Very organized lecturer with helpful online recordings of past years. He clearly has taught this class many times and knows his stuff. Do the book problems and the practice tests, and his office hours are so helpful, so take advantage of them. ALEKS sucks but is actually useful, so do it.

Great lecturer, every lecture and homework problem is carefully chosen

Lovely lad. Straight up G. Tries his best to help everyone. Love all his intros to his lectures.

I really loved him as a professor and his lectures were always engaging. Do some if not all of the book problems and definitely do the practice exams. Aleks is good practice but it's hard to learn from unless you read through the explanations and write it down too. Most of his material for the 1A final was repeated from the practice exams.