Back when I took this class, he got mad at me for asking questions in his class during an inverted classroom setup. Like “omg you don't know that?”. YES. That's why I'm asking the fricken question. Also was disrespectful in office hours. Guy has an ego as well.

I cant stand Norbert. If you can avoid taking his class please do. He has an attitude and is not patient at all with his students. It is graded so strictly. The class average was a 32%. The curve bumped me down to a 26. Please find someone else if you can.

A horrid professor, someone who cares little about you. If you're a women be cautious around him as he's known to make sexualizing remarks towards his students.

Avoid him at any cost! He brings the disgrace to this university.

This was the worst professor I have ever had at my time at UCSB. He does not specify what the requirements are and grades based off of his personal mood/productivity. I didn't recieve any feedback on an exam as he claimed that he was "busy with research" and that I should ask other people. He has made several racist and misogynistic remarks.

I have never had a professor have more unclear guidelines of what he was expecting from his students. He is the opposite of motivating and extremely discouraging. Bottom line, he is just mean.

He is misogynistic and does not care about his students. All he cares about is his research. He has VERY unclear instructions and guidelines so you never know what you are supposed to be doing. He is completely unbearable

Rambles a lot without making a point.

His grading rubric was not clear at all. The assignments were graded very subjectively by him and his TA. A lot of reading and writing is awaiting if you want to attend CHEM 149.

Absolutely the most disorganized and least caring professor I have ever seen. Strangest grading and sometimes even breaks promises. Avoid him at all cost. Too bad for rmp to not have 0 as an option.

hes nice, but not the best lecturer. He does the inverted classroom setup but then gets really distracted by random topics and ends up wasting time so you have to work harder on your own time. he also will end up arguing with undergrads and not realize hes wrong so thats frustrating TLDR: hes the super boomer. not bad just not as smart anymore

One of the worst classes I've had the displeasure of taking. Reich does not lecture, so you have to teach everything to yourself by scouring the textbook. Smart prof, but with very flawed pedagogy. With the amount of content covered, the lack of actual lectures makes this class an enormous pain, even if you find the subject interesting like I do.

For the love of god do NOT be a biochemistry major in the chem department unless you are positive you want to be a biochemistry researcher. The 1 year lab series with Kalju Kahn is 60-70+ hours of work a week and will destroy your GPA (go see his ratemyprof). Chem majors, Reich is the easier choice for 142A. Premeds, read the first sentence again.

iClickers & in-class assignments are worth about 25% of your grade. Uses a flipped classroom model but doesn't answer any questions once you're in class. He'll throw up questions that aren't pertinent to the material you're going over, but expects you to be able to "think like a scientist." Sarcastic and rude to students. Terrible professor.

great professor, those who complain don't put in much effort and don't do well; it's a tough subject, but reich makes it better. Go to class, study, and you'll be fine

Reich was given a grant to run this class discussion style. It's heavily question based so you have to read the material in detail before coming to class. Very little material presented in class; we usually spend the hour making snarky comments and arguing about answers (biochem banter). The tests are hard with a heavy focus on experimental design.

Asks horribly worded questions ALL the time, on homework, quizzes, and even exams. Part of the challenge is understanding the what he's trying to say. For example, "Compare and contrast the role of Ca2+ as a secondary messenger, and its reliance on calmodulin." Uhh, compare and contrast to WHAT?? Jeez.. You just have to ignore parts of the sentence

He's easily one of the worst professors I've ever had. Can't write a coherent sentence to save his life, unwilling to answer questions, doesn't lecture and expects you to read the terribly written book instead to learn everything. Gives insufficient time for tests intentionally. Unless you are a a genius you'll probably fail or get a C at best.

Mediocre at best. He's trying to employ a new teaching technique that is more interactive which in theory would be great but in practice kind of sucks. His quizzes online and questions in class are full of errors. Also he's rude. He only gives A, B, C, D, and Fs. No +/-s and the class is curved to a C. Try to avoid him.

No matter how hard you try to study, you always get a C on it. He never lectures in class instead he asks question and give assignment. As he says the in class assignment counts 15% of your grade, I attend every single class but I only have 50% in class assignment (smile). You need to learn al the material all by yourself.

Enthusiastic but very disorganized and confusing. You have to learn everything yourself by reading the whole textbook and in class discussions are not very helpful for midterm/tests. He is trying an experiment where he gives questions (short ans/iclicker) and does not lecture. These questions+online quizzes are riddled with errors

Can tend to be sarcastic at times, especially if you come to class and don't engage in meaningful contributions to class discussion; he will randomly call on people for answers to in class lectures, clicker questions, or short answers be prepared to have SOMETHING to say. Tests can be difficult, but there's a curve.

He does not teach. Learning the material is completely dependent on you. He is rude, but he is smart and willing to help. He spends time on the learning goals but does not teach you the learning goals.

Great prof. Difficult tests, but tried his best to make the material doable. Very passionate about his field.