Lewis has hard exams with low averages, but if you want to study hard, he is the best person you can met in UCSB. Always respond to email quickly and patiently. He is a great lecturer and teacher, hard exams is by no means a reason for not choosing his course

He is the best ochem professor ever. His teaching is really clear and straightforward. Go to the lecture and take notes, you will understand the knowledge. He really cares about students and he's really helpful (he replies emails quickly). Exams are difficult for sure, but if you get more than 75% in every exam, you can get an A.

Professor Lewis is the best ochem lecturer I have had at UCSB. His tests are difficult but 100% do-able if you read the book, attend lectures, and do ALL the book problems. The curve for his class is also super generous which is amazing. Utilize his office hours - he's so helpful and makes difficult concepts much more straightforward.

The course itself demands a lot of work, do the suggested problems and textbook readings. Clear lectures, participation is mandatory. and counts toward your grade. Has extra credit opportunities that help with a small boost. Tests are VERY fair to material covered in class, and he allows regrade requests with a written explanation.

Really solid lecturer and helpful during his office hours. Lewis was clear on what his exams were covered and imo they were all fair. Make sure you go to lecture, read the book, and do the txtbook problems. He also offers extra credit

Lewis is an amazing professor. He really cares about his students, his exams are fair as long as you do the book problems. Overall, this class was amazing! Definitely would take lewis again!

Prof Lewis is crazy, crazy good. Super helpful during office hours, and always tries to give students the maximum number of points possible. He has extra credit points, and re-grades tests himself. His tests are representative of book problems and Mastering Chemistry, which makes the homework less tedious. His lectures are slow and easy to follow.

You know they good when they get a 4.7 rating teaching only ochem. His handwriting is neat af and the explanations are great in lecture. Office hours also super helpful. Only thing is he needs to get active on reddit again :P

Very solid professor. He lectures very slowly and mostly uses the chalkboard when lecturing. His exams are very fair. I would definitely take this class with Lewis again.

He made the material easy to understand. Very fair exams. As long as you do all of the practice problems you're solid. Reading the book is a must to do well. Good choice for 109A.

Awesome Professor. Teaches the subject incredibly clearly.

Professor Lewis is the most incredible professor. He goes slow and writes everything out on the board. You leave the class actually understanding Ochem. His tests are long and free response, so it's important to manage time. Beware the last question on one test was worth fifteen points and I was unable to get to it don't make the same mistake.

Professor Lewis is one of my favorite professors to date. He will write out elaborate explanations for any question you have, even over email, and usually extremely quickly. You can tell he really wants his students to do well, and I'm so lucky to have taken one of his first taught courses here at UCSB. He comes across as very humble and caring.

RESPONDS TO EVERYTHING Professor Lewis has good lectures and will engage with questions in class to clarify. The class is hard but before exams, looking at the discussion posts is helpful. These posts are remarkable how he responds to all of the 80 questions online, in his own time and they're very helpful

had him for the whole 109 series, is a great lecturer and provides very useful practice exams before the exams. doing the practice book problems is necessary to succeed on exams. very kind and understanding when you dont complete hw on time and office hours are helpful to clear up confusion. difficult course but put in the time and you're good

Had lewis for 109 B/C, & he is one of the best professors I've had at UCSB. I don't understand how he manages to make such a complicated subject so well organized & so much easier to understand. He has the sweetest energy and is so kind. He wore Hawaiian shirts every Friday. He does his best to make Ochem as bearable as possible, & has fair exams.

Lewis is a great professor, despite the subject's challenges. He equips you with essential tools, you have to choose your own approach. Some require more time to grasp topics, while others need less, but success is attainable with effort. Dedicate as much study time as you need, utilize textbook, and attend office hours.

5% people got A/A+ and he said the class did pretty well and refused to apply any curve.

He is definitely a solid professor, I just feel he's a little overhyped. His lectures are clear cut--he teaches out of the book and you know what it is that he will be covering each day if you do the homework. He answers questions well, but I just feel that he can get stale. Quizzes/tests were challenging very doable. Preferred Gainer.

Hardest chem class I've taken, but that is partially due to my workload this quarter. Lewis is undeniably the best Ochem professor here, but it's still ochem. You WILL fail if you don't put in the work. As everyone has said before, DO THE BOOK PROBLEMS AND GO TO OFFICE HOURS IF YOU NEED HELP.

Lewis is amazing. I think he was meant to be an ochem professor, like this was his calling or something. He's clear, fair, direct, and knowledgable. His tests are difficult, but in my opinion COMPLETELY fair, it's just the nature of the class is difficult. Lewis makes this class reasonable and puts in a lot of time to answer questions on the forum.

He is the best professor for ochem hands down! His lectures are clear and he talks in such a calming manner. His tests really are fair, he doesn't try to trick you and he asks things that you should be able to do. Lecture is pretty important, and he often pulls questions from the small details of lecture, so take good notes and make sure to review!

Lewis is an amazing professor. His forum is a lifesaver!!! He will answer any question you have with paragraphs if necessary. Had him for 109A and B and I can't imagine taking ochem with anyone else. Ochem is a challenging class but Lewis makes it doable.

Professor Lewis is pretty accessible for help outside of class. I did pretty well and would recommend him as the stronger o-chem professor for UCSB.