Good professor. Genuinely cares about the students and is more approachable and easy-going than Bruice. Gives more difficult exams than Bruice. Reading the book is IMPERATIVE to doing well in the class.

He gets his lecture material right out of the book and his tests are NOT HARD IF YOU STUDY. His grading is fair and basically gives a free 17% of your grade an A with homework and clicker points. Do the book problems, actually do the homework, and you'll get a good grade.

One of the worst lecturers I've ever witnessed. Quizes especially toward the latter half of the course see very low averages and the tests are written poorly. The Labs themselves were not bad as long as you have a good TA.

Gainer is a chill and approachable guy--I went to office hours just once but should have probably went more. The labs themselves are straight forward and simple, but quizzes were difficult and midterms were okay. Definitely read the associated text (both Mohrig and Bruice) to do well on exams. Overall not a bad class.

He is a nice guy but terrible professor. His tests are unbelievably hard that they are almost a joke. He teaches as if he is teaching a grad school class, not an undergrad class.

I feel bad for the guy because it's his first year. You can tell he really wants to teach well but is just inexperienced. He stands in front of the board during lecture so it's hard to read anything and his tests and quizzes are harder than the material taught. The textbook is the only way to get through this class.

Nice guy, but his inexperience in teaching shows. Quizzes were difficult and covered material taught in the same lecture, which was very frustrating. Lectures were thoroughly confusing, but if you read the book you will be fine. I expect Gainer will get better with time because he is a nice guy and you can tell he genuinely cares about his students

Gainer is a good professor; seems to care about students and has a thorough understanding of the material. Lectures can be very unclear if you have not read the textbook beforehand. There is iClicker, so attendance is mandatory.

Gainer is a good professor to take ochem with. While he is new and is shows in the clarity of his lectures, they are not hard to understand if you read the book. From my observations he's a better pick than Bruice who rushes through material. Gainer legitimately cares and is interested in doing a good job teaching us the material.

Professor Gainer seems very interested in the course he is teaching yet his lectures are extremely confusing and not helpful. The tests are also very difficult and not what one would expect after preparing for so much.