Very clear and straightforward. Lectures and practice tests are available online.

I did all the recommended book probs and practice tests and scored high on midterms but performed significantly worse on the final. I got A grades in CHEM 1AB though, so I would say his exams vary too much. Fortunately, people enjoy how animated he is as a professor like in his intros. Additionally, his lecture quality is not bad, so go to class!

I think he is an all round good professor to take Chem with as his tests and lectures are very straightforwards. The unfortunate thing is that the final is the most important thing for your grade. It sucked how since the 1st midterm average was so high, he had to make the next 2 tests extra hard to bring the average down. Don't procrastinate.

If you are taking gen chem. TAKE JOSEPH. His tests are taken from book problems and he gives plenty of practice test. He does not try and trick you on the test, as long as you put in the work to study you'll be fine. He posts lectures that are really helpful and clear. Definitely the best gen chem professor.

Chrisjoe was a great chem prof. Outlined very clearly how to succeed in class. Missed the first midterm due to COVID but having the final replace my missing score saved me. Do EVERY SINGLE practice book problem; he takes them verbatim onto the midterms and final. Also has online lecture videos on YT so if you miss a lecture it's not a big deal.

All of gen chem sucks and all of the teachers are difficult, but Joseph is engaging in his lectures and you can tell he cares about his students. The tests were hard but just study a lot more than you think you need to. Do the book problems multiple times because he uses some of them on the tests, and keep up with ALEKS.

I had Joseph for the whole gen chem series and I absolutely loved his class. If you want to do well, you have to put in a lot of time and effort. You don't really need to read the textbook as long as you go to the lecture. If you want to do well, do the book problems at least once. Also, take advantage of CLAS and office hours.

He was great for 1A/B and I found it relatively easy w him. But the final for 1C was rough (avg 58%). But because of the curve still got a good grade. It's very important to do book problems as it will help with ur exams (except for chem1C final lol). Overall he is a great choice for the gen chem series.

I've had Prof. Joseph for the whole gen chem series at UCSB and my experience was great.. until our final for Chem 1C. For all the past finals and midterms, to suceed one needed to go over given past practice exams and know the book problems very well, but this final was so obscure to lower the high averages in the 77, 80 range. Go to office hours!

Save yourself the heartbreak and don't take Joseph for Chem 1C. His final was so difficult and not covered in the lectures, that the average was an F. I did great with the other professors, Joseph was unclear in his lectures. His midterms were confusing and the curve was poor. By far one of the worst professors imaginable, try taking someone else.

Joseph is probably the most understanding of the Chem Professors. While other professors were sometimes condescending or flat-out mean, he was more encouraging to students. Most important thing is to do the book problems and Aleksit really helps for midterms. Don't let the midterms lull you into a false sense of securitystudy up for the final.

Joseph is a great professor. Hes very patient and stays over office hours until every single question is answered. Going to office hours helps so much and doing book problems!!! everyones complaining saying the final was hard (it was) but i dont think it should completely discredit him.

The final was so out of pocket, nothing could have prepared me for it. I would have gotten the same score if I took it on the first day of class. I studied all week for the final and did horribly. None of the practice tests or book problems helped on the exam. Our other 3 midterms were bad as well, but nothing could have prepared for the final.

this class was extremely challenging, but exams 1-3 were not impossible if you studied hard. I got an A on the last exam and a 50% on the final. the final literally came out of h e double hockey sticks, nothing could have prepared you. this guy just has a kink for low averages. i did better on the exams than I did in 1a-b but worse overall grade.

Like others have said, I dropped a full letter grade because of the final. The final had questions that combined concepts we had never seen combined before, and doing book problems/practice tests basically did nothing in terms of preparing us well. Kind of ridiculous how the average for the final was in the 50s. I believe this was intentional.

This class was brutal. When you do well on the midterms he gives out the most unfair final I have ever seen to lower the average. His lectures are also just worse than Prices. Take Price if possible.

Final average was in the 50s, versus close to 80 for the midterms. Literally got the lowest score I've ever gotten on a test on the final. Also significant portions of it were not reviewed in class. Take any other prof, just so you don't get screwed by a final that dropped me a full letter grade.

His 1C final was brutal none of the studying I did could have possibly prepared me. None of the content was stuff that had been gone over before, test was designed to kill averages. I dropped a full 9% and maybe a letter grade even though I was doing well before. Hes a nice guy but dont put yourself through this lol

Midterms were pretty reasonable, focus on the practice tests and book problems and you were good. The final was really out of pocket, the worst I've done in any test ever. It dropped some people full letter grades. His lectures were okay, he talks so slowly but you can just put him on 2x speed. I felt like Price's lectures were more clear.

Nice enough man but tests were kind of outrageous. My grade dropped a full 10% after the final, so Im upset. I dont understand why Joseph thought it was a bad thing that people were doing well in his class. Focus on book problems for midterms, but give up for the final. Its not worth your time- questions are unlike anything youve seen before.

Midterms were fair, based on book problems and homework. Final was horrible, contained stuff that was not reviewed, it dropped the average of myself and others by 10%. Take another professor if you can, even if lectures aren't as good, finals are more fair.

Good Professor. Difficult Subject material. His final was really hard, midterms weren't too bad. Grind textbook problems.

Joseph's tests are incredibly conceptual and have almost no calculation based questions. This sounds good at first but it can be very tricky so beware. Lectures were absolutely useless. He barely works any problems on the board so be ready to figure it out yourself. He also over-complicates everything. I got a higher grade in 1B which is "harder"

Homework, lectures, exams are different things. Lecture is interesting but homework is not helpful for exams. Exams are not easy.