Maher M Henary
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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3.2
Overall Rating
Based on 79 Users
Easiness 3.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.6 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.9 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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70.2%
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47.9%
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32.0%
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87.2%
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58.1%
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39.6%
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41.2%
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35.6%
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40.2%
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40.3%
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26.9%
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34.1%
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39.4%
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40.7%
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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
June 22, 2024

Thank god Henary curves the lab assignments cuz my TA would be taking off points for everything but my friends TA would give him 100% for turning in literal garbage. He reads straight off the slides, he has a thick accent, and the material is a repeat of 14B if you have already taken the class.

In all honesty if you were able to get an A is 14B there's no real need to go to his lectures even though he doesn't record them. He posts his slides and reads off of them anyway. I do urge you to go to his office hours though if you dont go to lecture if you want to fill in knowledge gaps.

Labs were fun and my TA was cool (other than taking all my damn points away). Your TA really makes or breaks your experience in this class. The professor honestly doesn't matter.

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Quarter: Summer 2023
Grade: A+
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
July 27, 2023

I took CHEM 14BL in Summer 2023. The workload for the 6-week class was not bad at all. The lectures were 50 minutes long twice a week, with 3 hour labs twice a week. Professor Henary's lectures were well-organized, with slides explaining all calculations. He does have an accent but I had no trouble understanding him. During lectures he always asked if anyone had any questions, and definitely made an effort to make sure everyone understood. For both the midterm and final he gave practice problems which were very helpful. The questions on the midterm were very similar to the practice questions. For the final he allowed us to bring a 8.5x11 cheat sheet and also provided all the formulas we would need. Overall I really enjoyed Professor Henary. He waited outside the midterm room and asked how students felt about the test. He visited the lab occasionally to make sure everything was going well.

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Quarter: Spring 2022
Grade: A
Jan. 27, 2023

Be mindful of the grading on tests in this class. TAs don't even understand their own grading and Henary acts extremely impatient when asked to look at a test again. Even when he/his team made a mistake on a student's test, he does not admit and tries to brush it off. Had to visit his OH/office 5+ times and tolerate his attitude to finally get back the points that justifiably should not be taken off in the first place.

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Oct. 29, 2022

Henary was incredibly unclear, not only about what he wanted from us as students but also how the class was organized. He does have a thick accent, but aside from that, he did not give very good explanations of his slides, instead just basically read off formulas. He is a super nice professor and always visited lab, and I'm sure he would help any students who came to him with problems, but I just found his class incredibly confusing and frustrating.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
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March 28, 2022

Your grade in this class and probably any lab depends heavily on your TA. The midterm and final do count for a significant part but are pretty easy. The midterm was online for us because of COVID and was not too difficult, most answers could be found on his lecture slides. The final was trickier and longer but not impossible as he also allowed us one 8.5x11" cheatsheet during the test. Before the midterm and final, Henary posts helpful practice problems, which I definitely recommend completing. The grading of both is a little sus as the TAs do it. I got 10% less than my friend and we had the same answers but different TAs, however, after talking to Henary, he regarded mine and I got ~9% boost. So, he is understanding if you talk to him during his office hours even though he can seem kind of scary.

I'm ngl, I only attended 2 of his lectures. I got by just fine reading his lecture slides instead, just be sure that you can actually do the example problems in the slides.

The actual lab part was fine and straightforward. You will need to buy the lab supplies (blue lab coat, goggles, and lab notebook), and I recommend doing it through AXE and purchasing the 100-page one if you need to do orgo lab, too. My TA was very chill, too chill actually. He did not grade any of our pre/post labs until days before the final which kinda sucks as it is worth 40% of your grade, but it all worked out in the end.

All-in-all, the class was not bad and I would take Henary again.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
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Feb. 2, 2021

Honestly not bad! But your never really see the guy... The labs are a bit tedious and long though so definitely be careful!

Selling All labs, study guides, practice problems and all other relevant class materials!!!
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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
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Jan. 22, 2021

Professor Henary is honestly super hard to understand and sometimes rushes through his lecture slides like crazy. However, his labs are pretty simple and you can figure it all out without his lectures. The TA I had was absolutely killer with her grades though. The midterms and finals weren't too bad. The only part of the labs I hated were the excel graphs.

Selling high-scoring labs at a cheap price! Makes the class much more bearable. Text me at **********!

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Quarter: Summer 2020
Grade: A
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Dec. 5, 2020

Dr. Henary knew the material well, but his delivery of the material could use some work. He often just talked the whole lecture, and while he did ask for questions, I feel that people often were not comfortable asking them because of his response. Sometimes he would answer what you asked, but other times not. Lectures help, but I would say that if you did well in 14A and B, that you may not need to go unless he changes the way he does them. Lab sections were really short as this was taken during COVID, so don't rely on this if classes are back in person. They just consisted of watching someone else do the experiment and then you used your data to do the analysis. They varied from taking almost no time to being a little time consuming. The tests were fair and he gave us 6-8 hours to do them. You do need to study for them, but if you do this, you will be okay. He did hold review sessions, but he just went over his slides again so they were not too helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
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Aug. 15, 2020

Selling high-scoring labs and old midterms at a cheap price! Makes the class much more bearable. Email me at *************

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Quarter: Summer 2020
Grade: A
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Aug. 7, 2020

Overall I thought this was a pretty good class. It really helps to be added to a class groupme because students help each other with any wondering questions. The lectures were pretty straightforward. I stopped going to lecture halfway through the class and just went off reading the lecture slides. The labs were a lot shorter but it was a perfect opportunity to ask questions about the material and the lab questions. The only thing you got to worry about doing is the lab reports which are pretty tedious sometimes, but very doable. Overall, this class is super easy with the online format.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
June 22, 2024

Thank god Henary curves the lab assignments cuz my TA would be taking off points for everything but my friends TA would give him 100% for turning in literal garbage. He reads straight off the slides, he has a thick accent, and the material is a repeat of 14B if you have already taken the class.

In all honesty if you were able to get an A is 14B there's no real need to go to his lectures even though he doesn't record them. He posts his slides and reads off of them anyway. I do urge you to go to his office hours though if you dont go to lecture if you want to fill in knowledge gaps.

Labs were fun and my TA was cool (other than taking all my damn points away). Your TA really makes or breaks your experience in this class. The professor honestly doesn't matter.

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Quarter: Summer 2023
Grade: A+
July 27, 2023

I took CHEM 14BL in Summer 2023. The workload for the 6-week class was not bad at all. The lectures were 50 minutes long twice a week, with 3 hour labs twice a week. Professor Henary's lectures were well-organized, with slides explaining all calculations. He does have an accent but I had no trouble understanding him. During lectures he always asked if anyone had any questions, and definitely made an effort to make sure everyone understood. For both the midterm and final he gave practice problems which were very helpful. The questions on the midterm were very similar to the practice questions. For the final he allowed us to bring a 8.5x11 cheat sheet and also provided all the formulas we would need. Overall I really enjoyed Professor Henary. He waited outside the midterm room and asked how students felt about the test. He visited the lab occasionally to make sure everything was going well.

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Quarter: Spring 2022
Grade: A
Jan. 27, 2023

Be mindful of the grading on tests in this class. TAs don't even understand their own grading and Henary acts extremely impatient when asked to look at a test again. Even when he/his team made a mistake on a student's test, he does not admit and tries to brush it off. Had to visit his OH/office 5+ times and tolerate his attitude to finally get back the points that justifiably should not be taken off in the first place.

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Oct. 29, 2022

Henary was incredibly unclear, not only about what he wanted from us as students but also how the class was organized. He does have a thick accent, but aside from that, he did not give very good explanations of his slides, instead just basically read off formulas. He is a super nice professor and always visited lab, and I'm sure he would help any students who came to him with problems, but I just found his class incredibly confusing and frustrating.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
March 28, 2022

Your grade in this class and probably any lab depends heavily on your TA. The midterm and final do count for a significant part but are pretty easy. The midterm was online for us because of COVID and was not too difficult, most answers could be found on his lecture slides. The final was trickier and longer but not impossible as he also allowed us one 8.5x11" cheatsheet during the test. Before the midterm and final, Henary posts helpful practice problems, which I definitely recommend completing. The grading of both is a little sus as the TAs do it. I got 10% less than my friend and we had the same answers but different TAs, however, after talking to Henary, he regarded mine and I got ~9% boost. So, he is understanding if you talk to him during his office hours even though he can seem kind of scary.

I'm ngl, I only attended 2 of his lectures. I got by just fine reading his lecture slides instead, just be sure that you can actually do the example problems in the slides.

The actual lab part was fine and straightforward. You will need to buy the lab supplies (blue lab coat, goggles, and lab notebook), and I recommend doing it through AXE and purchasing the 100-page one if you need to do orgo lab, too. My TA was very chill, too chill actually. He did not grade any of our pre/post labs until days before the final which kinda sucks as it is worth 40% of your grade, but it all worked out in the end.

All-in-all, the class was not bad and I would take Henary again.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
Feb. 2, 2021

Honestly not bad! But your never really see the guy... The labs are a bit tedious and long though so definitely be careful!

Selling All labs, study guides, practice problems and all other relevant class materials!!!
Text. **********

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
Jan. 22, 2021

Professor Henary is honestly super hard to understand and sometimes rushes through his lecture slides like crazy. However, his labs are pretty simple and you can figure it all out without his lectures. The TA I had was absolutely killer with her grades though. The midterms and finals weren't too bad. The only part of the labs I hated were the excel graphs.

Selling high-scoring labs at a cheap price! Makes the class much more bearable. Text me at **********!

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COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Summer 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 5, 2020

Dr. Henary knew the material well, but his delivery of the material could use some work. He often just talked the whole lecture, and while he did ask for questions, I feel that people often were not comfortable asking them because of his response. Sometimes he would answer what you asked, but other times not. Lectures help, but I would say that if you did well in 14A and B, that you may not need to go unless he changes the way he does them. Lab sections were really short as this was taken during COVID, so don't rely on this if classes are back in person. They just consisted of watching someone else do the experiment and then you used your data to do the analysis. They varied from taking almost no time to being a little time consuming. The tests were fair and he gave us 6-8 hours to do them. You do need to study for them, but if you do this, you will be okay. He did hold review sessions, but he just went over his slides again so they were not too helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
Aug. 15, 2020

Selling high-scoring labs and old midterms at a cheap price! Makes the class much more bearable. Email me at *************

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Quarter: Summer 2020
Grade: A
Aug. 7, 2020

Overall I thought this was a pretty good class. It really helps to be added to a class groupme because students help each other with any wondering questions. The lectures were pretty straightforward. I stopped going to lecture halfway through the class and just went off reading the lecture slides. The labs were a lot shorter but it was a perfect opportunity to ask questions about the material and the lab questions. The only thing you got to worry about doing is the lab reports which are pretty tedious sometimes, but very doable. Overall, this class is super easy with the online format.

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2 of 7
3.2
Overall Rating
Based on 79 Users
Easiness 3.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.6 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.9 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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