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.

ALEKS are easy free points so it sucks but do them. His lectures are great so I never needed to do the readings in the textbook. EMPHASIS ON BOOK PROBLEMS! Do them and you will do well in the tests.

Joseph is a solid choice for Chem 1B. I also had him for chem 1A, which was an easier course. 1B is a very difficult class but joseph is a good teacher. He does only go through easier problems in the lectures so you NEED to go to office hours. memorize the hard book problems because they almost always will be on the exams.

ALEKS helps the grade a lot, dont skip it. Good lectures and recommended office hours. If you do good on one midterm and the final you will be fine. Book problems your biggest friend

He's a nice guy, and his lectures are good, but it's so difficult to get help on problems during office hours because there are SO many people there. I understand it's a difficult time but I felt I had no chance of getting help from him. Also, his lectures go over only the easy stuff/problems when on the tests, he puts really advanced problems

Joseph's tests are not bad at all if you do the practice problems and if you review the old midterms, you will be fine on the final. Super organized and kind. Keep up on the book problems and you will pass easily

Do homework problems and make sure you understand lectures. Reuses some midterm questions on final. Chem1B is hard in general (tough tests and minimal curving) but Joseph is nice and his lecture videos are short.

I think chem is just a hard class in general for me, but this class seemed especially hard. Exams were difficult, you HAVE to do the practice problems to pass, but he was a nice guy. Only good part is that it was all async. Not a big curve either on exams.

Cool teacher. Took online/summer for 6 weeks, which made it so much harder! But he let us retake exams & offered lots of extra credit. One week students werent ready for the 3rd midterm so he gave more days to prepare. This isn't his fault but remote learning made it so much harder to grasp the material. Even so I felt like he was there for us.

I would definitely recommend him! Hard class but he and the TA made it very accommodating & worthwhile. Lecture videos were very well organized. He really cares about the students learning the material and that was proved several times throughout the course. Saw my performance improve significantly by doing book problems and going to office hours!

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

Quizzes & exams MUCH harder than practice ones. Good lecturer, on par with Price; however, in order to cover all the material he goes pretty fast, so you gotta be alert/not fall asleep. It helps your grade tremendously just to go to lecture & keep up with ALEKs. Sign up for CLAS-- if you don't like your tutor, switch ASAP & use Drop-In hours!

A very nice professor! Once I wrote my parscore wrong, he helped me find back without losing points. Good at explaining things, and preparing for lectures

No matter how much you study (even if you do every single textbook problem, Aleks, CLAS, and practice quizzes) you will not be prepared for the exams or quizzes. They are EXTREMELY tricky and not a good representation of the stuff he posts online. He changes questions from lectures and text book problems to make sure youve never seen it before.

Professor Joseph is pretty great! Every time I retake chemistry with him I get a significantly higher grade, even after having failed the class hard the previous quarter with another professor. His lecture style is my favorite of the three other chem professors I had (Price and Kunkel). So glad to have had him twice.

I had Joseph for chem 1A and 1B. Overall hes a really great professor! Hes very good at explaining how to get a good grade in the class, and as long as you stay diligent youre gold. Attend all lectures and make sure that you can do the book problems on your own! Aleks is good too, but its not so helpful when it comes to exam prep.

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"