While this class was really difficult, Price gave great lectures and was very clear about the subject. Textbook problems are necessary if you want to pass this class. The midterms were pretty difficult but with a lot of studying a high grade is definitely possible. The final was rough though despite lots of studying but he curves the overall grade.

good at making chemistry somewhat understandable! lectures (< the online videos) are very straightforward and clear to follow. prepare to put effort to pass and study heavily on doing the practice tests and book problems since he pulls similar questions from there. it's a difficult subject, but he makes learning it as simple as possible!

Good professor. Out of all the CHEM1A midterms/final, Price's was, in my opinion, the easiest and the shortest. I work better on my own pace so I just looked at the recorded lectures. 20% of grade comes from ALEKS which is an easy grade booster.

Lectures very fast so instead I watched his online lectures where I could control the speed. Very good explainer, except for quantum numbers IMO. Avg. for midterms was 60, 60, 64 final curve 15% People who say do textbook problems are studying inefficiently: his midterms are identical to his practice tests so just drill those. Start aleks early!

Although I did not pass chem, Price was an excellent teacher. He prepares you for the tests and the rest is up to you to prepare yourself. If you want to pass this class you have to study on your own time! You will not pass if you do not go out of your way to prepare to pass.

Doctor Price is amazing. His lectures go a little fast but they are always clear and interesting and he takes time to answer questions during lecture and is always available outside of class. His midterms aren't too difficult. His final was slightly harder than the midterms but it was a still a fair exam.

Arguably the best CHEM 1A professor, but still a difficult class nonetheless. Read the book, do the optional questions, show up to lecture and you'll pass. The final was overly difficult but it seems like that was an issue with all the professors.

Prof price is easily the best chem professor at ucsb. Do book problems and go to lectures, I wouldve gotten a higher grade if I did. Lectures are amazing, he moves fast but is very concise with explanations. Final was very challenging though.

Great lectures but tests are difficult

Coming into the infamous gen chem series I was extremely worried from all of the horror stories but Professor Price was an amazing teacher and his lectures were clear and concise. Based on other classes, I'd say Professor Price is your best bet for Chem 1A. Still not an easy class, but if you put the work in it will show in your test grades.

Best chem professor at UCSB... nothing else to it!

The best chem prof at ucsb! Explains concepts so well, and really cares about students doing well in class. Tests are fair and you'll do well if you do ALEKS, book problems (pretty crucial!) and practice exams. His lectures went by so fast because he makes chemistry interesting and does lots of practice problems.

Took Price for CHEM 1A, and I loved him. He moved fast but definitely taught well and was clear. Also pretty funny sometimes. 10/10 would take again

Price is a great professor. You can tell he cares about teaching in the best way he can. I was always able to grasp everything he taught in lecture, he is good at making chemistry understandable. Tests are based on book problems so do them if you want to do well. Lectures are about concepts and the book questions are on application of the concepts.

He is a good professor. Lectures are not boring, but very informative. Try to go to all the lectures and do all the homework assigned and prepare to do extra homework from the textbook to do good on tests. 3 midterms, 1 final. 1 midterm gets dropped, and the curve will save you. Any chem 1A prof is good, but I think Price rocks.

He suddenly jumped and yelled in class without any reason, and even cursed in the direction of seats that students were sitting in. He didn't manage the order of the class and final exam room at all, students, his TA, and himself all could yell at the air or at others at will in class and in the final exam room at any time.

If you suddenly find the very rare coincidence that he tended to always say 'she ...' in the direction of every seat you sit in at random, it would be a little bit intimidating and irritating.

During the final exam, Dr. Price kept walking back and forth, saying 'she is simple nurse.' After the extreme chaos in the examination room, he remained silent, then shouted 'she is silly,' 'she was very smart,' 'I am upset about the class,' 'she...' He never apologized and offered a compensatory solution for such a rare test room management issue.

Professor won the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018 and is the chair for the Committee for the Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award. Don't know why he chose not to manage the order of the classroom and the final exam room of Chem 1C at all in Fall 2019, and even yelled in the final examination room with his TA and students.

In the examination room, professor price dramatically didnt care about his TA and students yelling dramatically loudly together in the classroom for no reason and disrupting the order of the examination room. He even didnt reply to students when they called his name, stared at him, and spoke loudly enough to him that Price is moral!"

Dr. Price taught knowledge clearly and accurately in class. However, after the appearance of chaos in the classroom and examination hall, effective management and handling were not carried out in time, which further enlarged and exacerbated the problems. Some of his words and deeds in the classroom are difficult to understand and uncivilized.

Wonderful professor. Explains everything clear. Tries to make the class interesting. Final is hard but curved.

Dr. Price completed the content of the course and offered relatively good course materials, but he had uncivilized words and deeds in class and brought personal moods into the class, needing to strengthen the management of the class and examination to play a positive role in guiding students. Hope to further improve personal career quality.

Had Price online my first quarter in college. Not a bad professor, nice guy. Midterms are difficult and heavily draw from practice textbook problems. ALEKS helps a bit but not a ton. DO BOOK PROBLEMS and I recommend office hours as well. Final was extremely difficult and brought me down a lot, barely passed.