To summarize his class:

1st-2nd week: Go to lectures, try to understand neuhauser, fail miserably.
3rd- mid-4th week: go to lectures, but start playing sudoku
4th-5th week: try to study for midterm, but realize nothing makes sense, solution: Go to Lizette. Take midterm.
6th week: Get midterm back, be like wtf?! try to pay attention at lectures, but neuhauser just makes you fall asleep.
7th-8th week: Either skip lectures, play sudoku, or sleep in lectures.
9th week: go to lizette day before midterm, and then take midterm.
10th week: start realizing you have no idea what to expect on final, and how much you hate neuhauser, and whoever decided to switch scerri with neuhauser
11th week: take finals, feel like you just got raped as you walk out.

So basically, avoid this guy at all costs....if you're stuck with him, learn to love Lizette...

Unless you are already comfortable with chemistry, physics, and mathematics, this professor should be avoided. His lectures, homework, and tests are erratic, and only on occasion do they cover the same material.

Worse still, he really and genuinely cares about his students and wants you to learn. You can tell he really cares. He tries hard and wants you to succeed. He is just dreadfully ineffective. Even during office hours when asked pointed questions, he provides woefully confusing and complicated explanations which no one understands.

Possibly the worst aspect of this course is the textbook. It is simply an abomination and will thoroughly confuse even the smartest of students. Not only does the textbook poorly explain basic concepts, it rarely even resembles the material Professor Neuhauser is lecturing on.

It is self evident the textbook is a failure when, in order to understand the textbook, Professor Neuhauser requires you to read 150 pages of Professor Heath's notes and 200 pages of Professor Neuhauser's own notes.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

You gotta be kidding me. What is this guy doing here? He's now a mean guy, but he cannot teach at all. His accent can be understood only by an esoteric few. His lectures jumps around the book all the time (if the material is even covered in the book). Avoid him at all cost. If you take his class, hire a personal translator to attend lectures with you.

Professor Neuhauser is definately out there. For the first three weeks I didn't understand a thing! But then, I eventually learned to cope with his lectures. The man definately knows his theoretical chemistry, and that is a plus and a minus. On the good side, I (and most of the students in my class) have a superior understand of quantum and MO theory. [I had a much stronger understanding than my friend in 20AH. I had to tutor her.] On the minus, his lectures can be over your head or filled with extraneous information...it's up to you to learn to sort through it all. But if you work the material, and really force yourself to work hard you will do well. One thing that bothered me is that all of the book work we did in no way applied to the midterms or finals. They were based almost solely on lecture, so GO TO LECTURE. You will almost definately fail if you don't. The book was only useful to clarify a particularly confusing point, though I found that it was just easier to ask him. Neuhauser won't be a piece of cake, but you will definately learn what you need to learn.

He's hard to understand and he's not the most straightforward lecturer in the world. If you can understand half of what your book says before he teaches the lesson, it will really help your understanding of his lectures. To learn from him, you really need to work. He is a generous grader, although the material on his exam can surprise even the most well prepared. You'll probably be perplexed during the exam, but you'll look back and wonder how the heck you could have missed it. Go to the reviews. You'll learn everything that you need to know at that time.

So I haven't taken the final yet, but Professor Neuhauser is a very caring person. He encourages people to visit his office hours. Maybe his accent is hard to understand, but he does try, so give the guy some credit. I do not recommend him if you are looking for that easy grade. His exams are incredibly difficult and they are more cumulative reviews than individual subject problems. Professor Neuhauser can be funny sometimes, like the Mickey Mouse thing, and the supposed theta pronunciation. He does know chemistry, but if you are planning to take him, be prepared to READ THE BOOK!

Be prepared to love your chemistry book. I could not stay awake in any of the lectures, but it didn't seem to matter since no one knew what he was talking about. Also, out of 7 different TA's, only one knew what they were doing. I basically had to re-learn this chem (because some of it is high school chem) on my own. Don't take Neuhauser if you can - go for someone else if you want to learn.