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5 stars for the first semester content, 3 stars for the second semester content. The good part: The pedagogy of the course is inspiring, it doesn't just teach you to remember facts and equations, it teaches you how to think like a chemists, through inductive and deductive reasoning, through the question -> experiments -> model cycles. The Concept Development Studies in Chemistry book was a pleasure to read, at least the first half (up to and including the Lewis structure). However, the book is not self contained, one should reads it together with a traditional textbook, as suggested by the professor. The second half of book is almost impossible follow otherwise. Also, the chapter order of the book and the lecture order don't match in the second semester content, which is confusing and discouraging. For the exercises in the course, I did a large portion of them with the help of LLMs. Otherwise I don't know how to solve them. Finally, allow me to say: I really like the philosophy of the teaching but at the same time, I wish the book had done a better job, and I wish there be a standalone textbook that follows this teaching style.

My review can only be positive, very positive I would say. Being a Dr. in Mechanical Engineering, now retired, who learned some Chemistry (it was never be a major in my case) when I learned Engineering in a Basque Country University, it has been a pleasure to remember half-forgotten concepts, others even never learned before. The course lessons, the details, exactness of the presentations, the capacity of Dr. Hutchinson to transmit knowledge have been a delicious experience I would recommend to anyone who would like to enter into the marvellous world of Chemistry. I look forward to finding any other complementary course by Rice University on the same area of science. As a suggestion on aspects to improve on this course I would say, please make the hand calculations and presentations by Dr. Hutchinson bigger, otherwise in their present scale they are difficult to read on screen. To sum it up : An excellent course recommendable to anyone interested in Chemistry.

Good things first: 1) Concept Development makes a highly advantageous approach, far better than just trying to memorize those concepts without having a true grasp of their meaning. 2) A great teacher, capable of maintaining interest throughout all his lectures. 3) The use of century-old concepts following a contemporary approach, showing their long-lasting validity and usefulness in solving real-world problems once one understands their true meaning.

What to improve: unfortunately, the online course is ridden with several inaccuracies or even mistakes. Although these are never conceptual mistakes and, while attentively following the lectures, one can quickly pinpoint them as mere speech or transcription mistakes as the lecturer delivers his ideas, this fact can get confusing for a less experienced or slightly distracted student. This is the only reason why I gave the course four instead of five stars.

Congratulations! I truly enjoyed the course.