Lectures are recorded, however, I think it's important to show up to lecture because she often speaks on what will be tested and other important class details. She gives so many examples in class on what you will see on the exam (midterm and final). She is super kind and goofy tbh, her exam review sessions are so helpful and she gives a lot of insight on what is going to be on the exam. Attendance is mandatory for discussion (and is how you get your grade for disc.), the disc. worksheets often mimic the questions on the exam despite them being not being due for credit. (SO DO THEM ANYWAY PLSS!!). Honestly, my tip is to show up to lecture and do the practice she gives us on slides and discussion worksheets. You're probably gonna see a lot of reviews that say that Reslan is a bad professor and complain about the class and how they got a bad grade. Those are the same people who did not show up to lecture or watch recordings and did not put in time to study for the class. This class isn't supposed to be a free A as for any other ls or pre-med needed course🤦‍♀️ . There's going to be things you have to memorize but it's not hard at all to do so. This class is extremely manageable and as for any class, the grade you get is defined by how much effort you put into the class and studying for the class. Reslan and your TA's want you to do good in the class trust. I hate that the class is only 50 minutes so at times things were a lil rushed but she has old slow in-depth recordings where you can go back and find that part of lecture that was a lil more rushed. Honestly the exams weren't bad AT ALL, the people who say it was did not practice and plsss like I promise if you actually put in the effort to practice you will be fine I PROMISEE!! You are in control of your ability to do well in this class, its diff from the 7 series where they're always trying to trick you, this class is meant to test you on the actual content discussed in lecture, SO GO TO LECTUREEE!!!!! I cant stress it enough. TL;DR, go to lecture (watch old recordings beforehand if necessary), do discussions worksheets, do hw, and PRACTICE!! YOU WILL BE FINE I PROMISEE!! PEOPLE WHO DON'T PUT IN THE EFFORT WILL NOT GET THE GRADE THEY WANT, RESLAN IS GOATED TBH, GL GUYS

This class is not necessarily easy by any means but Dr. Reslan understands her students and strives to put in her best effort to make sure everyone understands the material. She is incredibly helpful during office hours and goes to great lengths to explain a concept. One time I told her I was struggling to understand adiabatic vs isothermal processes and she drew an entire diagram on the whiteboard spending like 20 minutes explaining both concepts until I understood. This says a lot about how much she cares about her students. She will also help out with the homework which was not easy by any means (the homework tended to be harder than the exams) but are definitely doable and can be completed within 2 hours (I procrastinated at times so sometimes it took me around 4-5 hours). She assigns a homework assignment per chapter which is every week but allows for one drop and will extend a deadline if needed. As per the content, the class material is a bit challenging and can be similar to AP Chem, though some material is not covered (such as titrations or solubility equilibrium) and other is expanded on (such as pressure-volume work). If you've taken AP Chem in high school this class should be a breeze; If not, don't worry this class is definitely still doable. The midterm, I heard, was about average difficulty with an average of 82%. It had a balanced amount of multiple choice, short answer, and free response questions. The final was straightforward but a bit excessive with 50 multiple choice questions. The average score was an 80%. I think the best strategy to study for this class is to do the homework consistently while also doing extra practice on Owl. Make sure to complete your discussion worksheets too since these were not graded but were very similar to the exam questions. If you're taking this class then you'll be fine as long as you study and do your homework. Either way, good luck Charlie.

Professor nice as a person but not the class. Requires online module for hw. Records lectures. Records review sessions but there are 3 and they are all over an hour and a half.

One midterm 35%
One final 50%

I honestly think Prof. Reslan is the best option to take 14A. She is much easier than the other professors and also provides an abundance of resources for the midterm and final. She assigns weekly homework that is manageable and really helps with understanding the content. Sometimes she would go fast during lectures and not spend much time on certain topics but lectures are not mandatory and you can watch back the recordings on bruin learn. I absolutely hate chemistry and I'm not even a stem major but I made it through and the grading was very fair.

pretty easy. similar to music 15

Professor Randa Reslan is the best choice for taking 14A with. Her lecture was thrice a week MWF, but attendance isn't mandatory and I'd honestly recommend just rewatching the lectures back at 2x speed. We had "weekly" problem sets on Achieve that kept getting extended that were anywhere from 8-20+ problems that were based on the textbook and lectures. The grading scheme is as follows.
10% Homework
5% discussion section worksheets (you just show up for attendance)
35% midterm exam
50% final exam
There was a bonus LA survey that added 0.5% to your final grade. For the exams, I would recommend going back through the problem sets and making sure that you understand each problem and how to get the correct solution. She records decently long review sessions (two 2 hour review sessions for the midterm and four 2 hour review sessions for the final) and also uploads practice exams that are similar to the actual tests. She is a very accommodating and nice professor (during the midterm, because of the unrest going on on campus, she decided to curve the midterm). Reslan added 6 bonus points on the final (126/120). She truly cares about her students and is an amazing professor, and I would never have taken 14A with anyone else.

I want to preface that the finals really screwed my grades this quarter, but that I was doing relatively well before. I think a lot of positive reviews on Reslan stem from the fact that she genuinely cares about her students and their success. She is also witty and kind which not all teachers are. However, Reslan's lectures can be very confusing. She often is disorganized not knowing where she left off or how to refollow her work. She is also sometimes very slow in explaining content. This was really nice because she ended up knocking off a lot of content that we didn't have time to cover from midterms and the final. Also she often gave extensions on the homework, so that was never too overwhelming to complete. That being said it also made for extremely long review sessions. I remember she had more than 10 hours of review sessions for the final which was great but a little excessive. I really do think her review sessions are helpful in succeeding in her class, but I think she could find ways to make them more concise. I also found her tests to be a time crunch. Especially our second midterm. Overall I would say Reslan is a pretty professor (especially compared to Scerri who I had last quarter), but I would definitely watch out for the disorganized and somewhat confusing lecturing style.

Reslan is really nice and cares about her students. The pros end there. She is not clear in lecture, and isn't really a good teacher. It's hard to understand what she is teaching and her lectures are very disjointed. To be honest, lecture is a waste of time, and you would be better off learning on your own. Good luck gang.

For students who don't have a strong background in chem, this class can be very difficult. I was only able to follow along in Reslan's lectures because I took AP Chem in high school. The discussions sections were not that helpful especially for the second midterm. The first midterm was pretty fair but the second midterm was unreasonable and almost nobody finished on time. Her TAs and her were never on the same page and would tell us different things about what tests would entail. The tests had a lot more conceptual concepts rather computational questions that are usually on 20 series tests.

I decided to format my reviews a little differently from now on, I’ll have a short summary/justification of the numbers for each of the criteria and below Ill have a more extensive review:

NUMBER SCORES:
EASINESS: 3
-The content is alot more challenging compared to CHEM 20A and its requires alot of practice
CLARITY: 2
-She was not very clear as a professor, it was hard to understand her teaching and when she was teaching it felt as if she was lost while trying to explain everything
WORKLOAD: 5
- She only gives one homework assignment per chapter and they are about 10-14 questions about, you also have alot of time to do them so compared to CHEM 20A the workload is alot less
HELPFULNESS: 5
- She was very helpful, she held alot of office hours and encourages students to come to office hours, she held alot of review sessions for the final and the two midterms.
OVERALL: 4
-She was a really nice professor and tried really hard to help us its just that sometimes her lectures were not clear. It was still one of my favorite classes because I enjoy chemistry but if you don't enjoy chem this class will be your worst nightmare
MORE EXTENSIVE REVIEW:
THE PROFESSOR:
Professor Reslan was a super nice person. She is really funny she tries to be as helpful as possible and wants you to understand the content. However, she is not great at explaining alot of the concepts, she often seems like she is a little lost when she is explaining things. She is very fair and will curve the exams if the class average is not high enough, she will also remove chapters from exams or from the course all together (because of bad time management). She holds alot of review sessions but they are often just a brief skim over the content and extremely long and slow. She does record them so I suggest saving your time and just watching the recording. She expects you to read the textbook before class and usually with most professors even if they say that, its not necessary because they cover the content in class, however with Dr. Reslan, it is absolutely necessary because she often does not explain the concept very well or at all.
THE CLASS:
The class is annoying because there is only 1 grading scheme. I'm not 100% sure about the scheme but if i remember correctly, Homework = 8%, Discussion = 7%, Final = 35%, Midterms= 25% (x2) The discussions had us doing a worksheet during the time and submitting them during the time period, but they were very useless, I could have skipped discussion and felt the same about the content. I was 6 points off on my final from getting an A which was a lesson for me to have prepared more for the midterms because I did not do as well as I could have for the midterms. Since there is no other grading scheme in the class, there is no chance for you to slip up, like me. So for the midterms really study for those and practice because you have such little time. The final was easier than the midterms but the midterms are fair but challenging. The content is pretty cool and overall the class is alright if you like chemistry. However if you don't like chemistry I can see this class being miserable for you.