Favorite professor & favorite class at UCLA so far! Dr. Pham is funny, captivating, and overall just a really clear, helpful, and fair teacher.

I came out of 14A and 14B with Lavelle, and I was so used to learning nothing in lecture, doing ALL of the homework, and then coming to tests that were totally unfair. Professor Pham, however, was so refreshing. The lectures were incredibly helpful and I spent the entire time paying my full attention and writing down EVERYTHING he said (especially the conceptual stuff he explains because this *will* help you understand everything better). He is so entertaining but he lectures QUICKLY, so don't zone out.

Biggest advice for this class: pay 200% of your attention during lecture, find old tests (the formatting is similar to old tests -- he makes the tests harder every quarter but they're still really fair), do TA worksheets (textbook is largely useless so this will be the best practice material), go to TA/Pham's office hours if you need explanations (he can go quickly in lecture but he will help clarify everything during OHs), and don't scare yourself (OChem has a bad reputation, but be confident that you can do this!!).

Dr. Pham made this class so enjoyable, because he's so interesting (ask him about his favorite musicals and/or his escape room in Irvine), passionate, genuinely cares about students' learning (don't ask him about grades and what'll be on the test... he hates when students do this lol), and this class is fair. Also, he offers SO much extra credit. I strongly recommend taking it with him! :)

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Dr. Pham is chill, and he's also pretty funny. He's also really helpful and tries to make himself available to students as much as he can. I highly recommend him. Just be sure you can thoroughly apply the concepts taught in lecture. It's not an easy class, but Dr. Pham at least makes the ride a lot more fun.

Pham is a good lecturer and funny person, but extremely condescending when people ask questions. The tests are fairly hard. The material itself is pretty difficult to grasp at times, but once you understand the course's material, then you will probably excel, but you first have to figure what is going on in the class. No homework except for Bacon which is really easy if you do it with a classmate. He really doesn't emphasize what's going to be one the test and the way he answers questions about the test can be kind of weird, but just study everything.