ZK
Aug 28, 2015
If I'd had access to this material when I first failed freshman chemistry 40 years ago, I probably wouldn't have failed. Kudos to Dean Hutchinson for bringing us his innovative approach.
BM
Oct 1, 2018
DEMAND
I would inform you that i wish to receive my certificate according to general chemistry :concept development and application, then your feed back will rejoice more thank you.
By Dr. S J M
•May 2, 2020
The course was very helpful to understand the concepts in chemistry and their applications. All the lectures were amazing. Thank you.
By Rain
•Jul 18, 2019
This is an extremely flawed course, both technically and academically. Half of the math used in the first week is incorrect (anyone using a calculator would discover this, but I also worked as an accountant for many years, as well as previously working in the financial markets as an investment analyst, so my math skills are above-average), and even when they made one correction in the video, they missed the other 20 or so. Even the textbook written by the professor has math errors in it (such as 12 X 0.99 supposedly being equal o 11.98 - not on this plant, or any other I know of, since it's actually 11.88). There are mix-ups in what shows up in what areas of the quizzes (such as Rutherford's gold foil experiment being in the first test, but the first week covers an entirely different area), and the first quiz talks about stuff that isn't discussed at all. Please explain how anyone would know grams per litre of SF6 at sea level when it isn't covered anywhere in the textbook or the lectures or the test itself. Not once did he explain the terms diatomic vs. monatomic (only the brief blip with Avogadro and how 'some molecules must be made up of two atoms then' as a conclusion, but no way to determine which ones, and not the actual meaning of the terms that ended up on a test). Nor does he talk about what (aq) is supposed to mean, where he uses it in brackets in an actual chemical formula. From my understanding of math, I'm supposed to be able to multiple aq by the rest of the formula, but since there is no element called aq, I have to guess that can't be right and it must mean aqueous solution, rather than a solid, but again that isn't even mentioned. Less than 2 seconds of time to explain, but the students are expected to search all over the internet for the answers. Um, isn't that the entire point of taking a class? So that that someone *teaches* the subject instead of students being forced to go to Wikipedia (which is generally frowned upon by academia)? Science is supposed to be accurate, and Rice is supposed to be a top university in the US. I weep for the entire country.
By Christophe S
•Aug 31, 2015
Excellent course, pleasant to listen to. Definitely improved my understanding of chemistry.
By Anastasiia E
•Apr 29, 2020
The lectures are great but something is really wrong with the quizzes. Sometimes you find in the test for week N a question which is to be covered only in week N+1. Often the questions are just unclear.
However, if you accept this fact as given and don't care too much about you score for the course, you may learn quite a lot. The concept development approach indeed promote a qualitative understanding and the material in the lectures is provided well and clearly. Simply the lector is good in explaining.
The quizzes are messed up (huge contrast with the lectures!) but they still made me to think and to recap what I have learned, so it is useful. This wasn't my first Chemistry course. I took it to straighten my understanding and it served the purpose very well.
If you only start learning Chemistry, you probably want better quizzes to monitor your progress.
By Anna S
•Jul 3, 2020
Can I have the certificate of completion?
By Pandimadevi M
•May 26, 2020
The course is really interesting with the concepts and application. I could able to learn many such in the basic chemistry. Since chemistry is one of the subject, which is inter related to our day to day life, the curse is very much useful.
I am really proud to be one of the learner!!! -Dr.M.Pandimadevi, Prof., Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
By Abatayo, D A
•Jun 14, 2020
I couldn't wait to take another module everytime i finished one..😍
I love to hear the detailed explanation to each topic's concept..
Thanks Prof. H..God bless you with so much strength and wisdom as you will continue to impart your knowledge to others! 🙏💓😘
By Deleted A
•Sep 10, 2017
Great course!! Very helpful and intresting method of study.
By Tripat S
•Sep 18, 2016
The best course to grasp the fundamentals of chemistry
By John H
•Feb 8, 2016
Fantastic approach to concepts. Excellent instructor.
By 胡启涛
•Aug 22, 2016
Excellent course. There are many questions to think.
By Bartolomemeseguer H
•Nov 15, 2017
Good Teacher, good Metodology, recomendated 100%
By Jhon A C
•Apr 28, 2020
Awesome. I leraned a lot of this course.
By Dr.Shailashree S
•May 23, 2020
course completed but no certificate
By Alfonso O
•Oct 10, 2019
Excellent refreshing class!
By 何軒羽
•Jan 24, 2017
Nice !! Thank you very much
By jianghui
•Sep 25, 2018
it is very important to me
By Dr M R K
•May 10, 2020
Great learning experience
By augustin m k
•Sep 6, 2018
it's was good for me
By Andres C P V
•Mar 11, 2018
excellent, thank you
By Alma D
•Sep 8, 2017
Excellent challenge!
By Abe N
•Aug 27, 2015
Very informative
By ABHIJITH S R
•Sep 5, 2015
Awesome Course.
By Mohamed A
•Oct 3, 2017
Thank you all
By Jaya L
•Jun 4, 2016
Great course.