Please note the following bias in my review: Many people (inclusive) were curved *down* at the end of the course since "students overall performed too well" based on the grading scheme that Gelbart provided at the beginning of the quarter. Your grade is not safe. Ever.

I continued the honors chemistry series because I saw that Professor Gelbart had a 5.0 from previous ratings, and was very excited to go in-depth about kinematics, acids and bases, and energy. I was rather disappointed by the learning outcomes of this quarter.

While Gelbart did provide adequate-ish resources (in the form of his lecture notes), he stated (verbatim) that he "would not cover entire lectures worth of notes" and instead "pick a few examples from each lecture to go in-depth". This meant that we were often left under-equipped (if only attending lectures) for problem sets. While he would certainly go in-depth into certain concepts he deemed worthy, he often made mistakes in his derivations, and would require corrections from other students who had pre-read the lecture notes.

Additionally, this class barely touched upon acids and bases, which was covered in-depth in the non-honours counterpart, which leaves you less equipped to do problems if you plan on continuing the chemistry series.

Furthermore, even though this class met *every single day*, we did not cover all the content. Not even close, in fact. Discussions were non-existent, and used to push Gelbart's views on science in political spaces and advertise his educational campaigns. While these were great for framing science in the real world, they didn't help prepare us for testing at all, nor were they usually even related to class content.

If Chem 20B is the last class you ever have to take and you LOVE statistical mechanics, then this class is great. If you don't care about your grade and want to do derivations, this class is for you. If you love tackling real-world issues regarding scientific education and perception, this class is for you. If you said no to any of the above, take 20B. It's magnitudes easier and you may actually learn something.