Joan Shea

35 reviews
Amazing lectures Gives good feedback Respected Would take again Lots of homework Tough grader Participation matters Skip class? You won't pass. EXTRA CREDIT Clear grading criteria Inspirational Caring Accessible outside class
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CHEM 113A
53 / 40 Full
Physical Chemistry
Joan Shea 3.6
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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CHEM113A . 5 Years Ago

Prof Shea makes the first part of pchem so understandable and not intimidating. She makes you do book problems as HW so if you have chegg it's free. Her lectures are good and she doesnt go too fast. Midterms are just harder versions of book problems and Quizzes are actual book problem. Final was a little hard but the curve was pretty good.

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CHEM112A . 5 Years Ago

Good

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CHEM113A . 5 Years Ago

She is one of the nicest profs I've ever had! If you take all the notes in class and make sure you understand all of the hw problems, you'll have no problem in that class. She posts some notes online, but it's not as helpful as in class notes. She dedicates like 30 min of lecture to show you how to approach the hw, V straight forward.

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CHEM113A . 5 Years Ago

Probably the nicest professor I've had in the Chem department. Go to class, take good lecture notes, and make sure you understand how to do all of the homework problems. You can get at least a B if you do those things. A true queen!!

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CHEM113A . 7 Years Ago

Absolutely deplorable. The first exam average was 40% and second exam average was 51%. I fully learned the materials by myself without her help by reading all chapters. She does not teach, doesn't post notes on BB, doesn't respond to email, doesn't care about any of the students! worst professor ever.

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CHEM113A . 8 Years Ago

I really wish she was teaching the whole 113 series because she's the best prof! Although the class was a lot easier than I thought it would be, I think I still learned everything I needed to. She's so nice and sweet and even more helpful. She's so passionate about everything she talks about and never makes her students feel stupid for asking a q.

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CHEM113A . 8 Years Ago

Best professor to take 113series with! She really cares about her students & wants them all to pass. Quizzes are straight from homework so they're super easy but don't let this fool you into thinking that the actual exams are easy. Go to office hours, look at examples from lectures & do the hw! nice curve at the end too.

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112A . 9 Years Ago

Shes very attentive and a fair grader. Hw is worth a good amount of the grade (not hard) and there are 2 midterms and one final (they are fair, just do practice problems). She makes a hard subject easier. I would definitely take her class again, shes one of my favorite proffs. Also, she gives lots of study material and puts the textbook on reserve.

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CHEM112A . 9 Years Ago

Shea is incredible at explaining concepts and getting them across. Her tests were questions very similar to homework problemsextra problems assigned, as well as problems that were gone over in lecture. I loved this class and wish I had her for all of my classes. If you understand how to do the homework problems, you'll get an A.

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CHEM112A . 12 Years Ago

She's a nice lady, but this class was rather difficult. I failed the first quiz, D' on exam#1, A' on the 2nd quiz, & probably bombed the final. BUT! I had nearly perfect HW scores, & did the extra credit assignment. Ended up with a C' in the class. Try to do good in the beginning of the class, it'll help a lot. TA was very helpful too.

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CHEM2C . 13 Years Ago

Not very clear in class, she's a genius so she sometimes doesn't get that normal people are a little slow. She definitely goes out of her way to help you. Office hours will clear up everything. Tests were easy. She's understandable, nice, compassionate. I didn't like her at first, but I loved her by the end. Great professor.

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CHEM2B . 14 Years Ago

Really helpful, friendly, passionate. LOVE HER!

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