I already knew all the class content from previous experience, but Dr. Joseph's lectures were nonetheless very good review and very thorough, and he's funny too :) When the class got lower than expected scores on a midterm, Dr. Joseph greeted the class with compassion and hefty extra-credit assignments for all. Final was challenging, but not crazy.

Dr. Joseph was great. Everything in lecture was explained very clearly, and his office hours were really helpful for clarifying material. Do all the book problems (very important for success in the class), practice tests (timed!), and textbook readings and you should be fine. Midterms are a time crunch but the final wasn't which was nice.

Genuinely such a cool professor. Chem will always be hard but Joseph tried his best to teach everyone. If you need help, he is always available. I loved his chem 1A calendar to get things done, super helpful! The practice exams were kinda like the actual exams but please look into the concept and take your time to learn it because you can get lost.

Joseph is an engaging professor, and you can tell he really wants us to learn. Chem itself is hard, but Joseph did his best to make it less stressful. He puts a lot of book problems in the exams so make sure to study those. Aleks wasn't really that helpful, but it's good practice for general concepts. Also, don't rely on the curve too much

Gives somewhat helpful lectures, also have posted them on YouTube (covers the basics). Tries to help in OH so highly recommend. Shares past exams, which were really useful and somewhat similar to actual ones. Curved the final grade to help students pass. best chem prof by far.

Joseph does a good job at teaching concepts. Chemistry is a hard topic regardless of professor but as long as you do book problems and the practice tests the class is manageable. A lot of material is thrown at you during lectures which can be overwhelming.

Joseph is a vey kind guy, however, did not love him as a professor. He explains the easiest concepts in class and goes over easy problems, and then his exams are extremely complex and much harder than what he taught. Practice exams are useful, book problems not so much. The curve for my class did nothing unless you were failing

Joseph described hard topics pretty easy, but some topics on exams were a lot harder than in class, the practice exams are VERY useful, book problems didn't help me much personally but to each their own. Overall, lectures were very dense, sections were helpful & mostly mandatory, homework wasn't bad, exams were pretty hard but he's awesome sauce

I genuinely adored Joseph. He's notoriously the GOAT and for good reason. He made chemistry feel doable. He sincerely cares about his students and teaches the class so clearly. I did very few book problems but I should be passing the course with a B. Do the practice exams, and actually understand the concepts!! Memorization only goes so far.

if you're gonna take chem 1a, go for joseph or price. joseph took the time to explain concepts from the ground up and made it clear what was going to be on exams. if you want to pass, i recommend clas, ALL book problems, and practice exams, in addition to paying attention in lecture. my biggest tip is to ask for help the second u dont get something

This class was SO TOUGH. I didn't take AP Chem in high school so it felt like I was constantly behind; I strongly recommend taking the Intro Chem (25) if you're in my situation. With Professor Joseph, imo his tests were way harder than his reviews. His class is also slides-heavy, which I realized isn't how I learn best, but to each their own.

chill guy while still being serious and respected. shows care for students and does his best to help them, esp in a class like CHEM 1A thats a lot of students' first legit hard college class. after a medical emergency, I petitioned to take it as an incomplete and he was flexible with when to take the final and waived assignments/points I missed.