This class was extremely unorganized and I did not learn much. If you have AP Chem credit to skip this course, DO IT. I thought I should take it to make sure I understood everything and that it would be an easy A, neither of those things were true.

The final was also horrendous. There was a computational mcq with NO right answer that I spent a good 45 minutes crashing out over (they never even told us there was a mistake on the exam), and the rest of the exam was also just stuff that we had never learned.

- lectures recorded and can be watched again later
- participation quizzes during lectures
- textbook required for online assignments
- problem sets weekly due friday
- offers extra credit
- nice professor but doesn't stick to lesson plan when lecturing
- will answer questions posted on discussion boards
- possible to get above a 100%

Not bad. Didn't go much to lecture. She's a good person, not sure about teacher. You can self learn this material

I remember going to her first lecture for 20A filled with confidence as Prof. Kavner's positive attitude about everything spilled into the class. But, as the lectures went on throughout the quarter, it was clear that absolutely nothing was being covered. The workload was light, but lectures covered practically nothing except for random gimmicks related to chemistry and what we were supposed to be learning. The exams were online and all multiple choice but only conceptual questions. It seemed like almost every question was a mind game that could lead to different answers depending on how you thought about it. Do not take this class if you would like to actually understand chemistry.

If you want an easy class, take this one.
If you want to learn anything about chemistry, do not take this one.
If you want to be prepared for 20B and survive Barr, you gotta spend more time learning chemistry on your own time.

Look, professor Kavner is a super nice professor who clearly wants to help us learn chemistry. Now, it was her first time teaching this class when I had her, so you might want to cut her some slack when reading these reviews.
- To start, her lectures are useless, she rarely lectures on concepts that will be asked on exams and spends way too much time on unimportant topics. Just watch the recording on 2x speed to save time.
- The textbook is really bad. Honestly, just watch youtube videos on the concepts in this class (MIT has a pretty good playlist that I would definitely recommend). If you're really good at breaking down confusing textbooks that allude to difficult math concepts to explain easy chemistry ones, be my guest, but if you want to learn chemistry in a more efficient way, just skip the textbook readings.
- Homework isn't too bad, it might take a while so I'd recommend starting early.
- Exams are easy and usually online and multiple choice. They are HEAVILY conceptual based so be prepared for that.

Abby Kavner is a wonderful woman. Abby Kavner is kind, generous, and supportive. Abby Kavner loves to see her students succeed. Abby Kavner should NEVER teach Chem 20A. She would introduce each lecture saying "here's what I want to cover today" then proceed to not cover a single thing mentioned. We were somehow both always behind and completely off topic. Her midterms are so easy, but only if you've taken AP Chemistry or some other chemistry class, because you sure as hell won't be gaining any new information in this class.

Enjoy three lectures deriving the particle in a box model, which you will never be asked to remember.

I would never take this class again. I feel like I never really learned anything because it wasn't demanding at all. It's really important to have a good background in Chem 20A if you're going to take chem 20B, which I'm taking right now, which is so extremely difficult. You can tell she has good intentions but she doesn't execute them properly. She's actually really sweet and you can tell she cares about hers students but she doesn't put enough effort. Her lectures have never once covered the topic of the midterm, and the homework assignments were useless as I didn't learn anything. Everything was online. Honestly, don't even bother showing up to class because the lectures were so loosely connected to the midterm and the final. The midterms were okay, they were like 7/10 on difficulty, and the final was somewhat easier. I never really liked this class and if I could I'd take it with a different professor that can help me prepare for the difficulty of Chem 20B with Barr (avoid him at all costs). If you're looking for a class to basically sweep through and pretend like it doesn't exist, then this class is for you. If you're actually looking to learn, then turn the other way because she doesn't help you prepare at all.

Professor Kavner has a good heart; however, lectures were tough to follow ;-( & if your TAs were unhelpful, the course would be quite difficult. There was HW every week, but that was manageable! Quizzes & exams were online!!! The class is alright if you have some foundation; otherwise, you'd have to double your efforts.

I'll start by saying she has good intentions. She is a great professor but not as good a teacher. I did not find interest in the lectures. She has the habit of being either too simple or too complex. But I'll say she's a great test maker. Her tests and homework assignments are very fair and are meant more as a learning tool than testing. I recommend everyone take her class. She makes chemistry easy and accessible for people who don't like it.

Take her if you don't want to learn anything, listened to her talk about particle in a box for 4 lectures. Nice professor but only take her if you need the grade boost. Online midterms and final which we had 24 hours to do, about 19 mc / fill in the blank questions.