CHEM 14B
General Chemistry for Life Scientists II
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: one course from 14A, 14AE, 20A, or 20AH with grade of C- or better. Enforced requisite or corequisite: Life Sciences 30B or Mathematics 3B or 31B with grade of C- or better. Not open to students with credit for course 14BE, 20B, or 20BH. Chemical equilibria in gases and liquids, acid-base equilibrium; phase changes; thermochemistry; first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics; free energy changes; electrochemistry and its role as energy source; chemical kinetics, including catalysis, and reaction mechanisms. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2025 - Lavelle is a great professor if you like to know the background to equations to understand how to apply them. If you appreciate learning the way to apply them that he will test on the midterms and finals then you need to take advantage of discussion and office hours and all optional materials to make it work otherwise you might feel knowledgeable, but when you start the midterm you'll probably feel like a deer in headlights.
Winter 2025 - Lavelle is a great professor if you like to know the background to equations to understand how to apply them. If you appreciate learning the way to apply them that he will test on the midterms and finals then you need to take advantage of discussion and office hours and all optional materials to make it work otherwise you might feel knowledgeable, but when you start the midterm you'll probably feel like a deer in headlights.
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Fall 2025 - Professor Scerri is a funny person, but that does not make him a good professor. Overall, lectures were not well organized, and a lot of points he would try to make were either not elaborated on or just explained badly. Scerri is also kinda rude, and he did not make me feel welcome in class. However, he's not the worst; if you put in the time, you can definitely do well. Exams were terrible. The average for the only midterm was a 65%. I managed to get a 80%, but only because I had spent the week beforehand studying around 5-6 hours a day. He did end up heavily curving though, so I believe a 65% was around a 80%. Lectures and discussion don't have participation credit, so no attendance taken. Lectures are recorded, and some TAs record and upload their notes. Homework is given all at the start, and is due at the end of week 10.
Fall 2025 - Professor Scerri is a funny person, but that does not make him a good professor. Overall, lectures were not well organized, and a lot of points he would try to make were either not elaborated on or just explained badly. Scerri is also kinda rude, and he did not make me feel welcome in class. However, he's not the worst; if you put in the time, you can definitely do well. Exams were terrible. The average for the only midterm was a 65%. I managed to get a 80%, but only because I had spent the week beforehand studying around 5-6 hours a day. He did end up heavily curving though, so I believe a 65% was around a 80%. Lectures and discussion don't have participation credit, so no attendance taken. Lectures are recorded, and some TAs record and upload their notes. Homework is given all at the start, and is due at the end of week 10.
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