CHEM 008B: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
University of California, Riverside
3 Units, Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): concurrent enrollment in CHEM 08LB; CHEM 008A with a grade of C- or better, CHEM 08LA with a grade of C- or better or CHEM 08HA with a grade of C- or better, CHEM 08HLA with a grade of C- or better. Covers modern organic chemistry including structural determination via spectroscopic analysis, reactivity, reaction mechanisms, and multistep organic synthesis. Credit is awarded for one of the following CHEM 008B or CHEM 08HB.
Average GPA: 2.43
Grade distribution records: 13,303 students across 27 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 286 | 2.1% |
| A | 1,394 | 10.5% |
| A- | 910 | 6.8% |
| B+ | 1,051 | 7.9% |
| B | 1,524 | 11.5% |
| B- | 1,308 | 9.8% |
| C+ | 1,243 | 9.3% |
| C | 1,654 | 12.4% |
| C- | 1,869 | 14.0% |
| D+ | 37 | 0.3% |
| D | 945 | 7.1% |
| D- | 200 | 1.5% |
| F | 779 | 5.9% |
| NP | 4 | 0.0% |
| S | 23 | 0.2% |
| W | 74 | 0.6% |
Based on 13,303 student grade records across 27 terms and 7 professors.
Instructors
- Matthew Casselman 2,180 students, Average GPA 2.48
- Christopher Switzer 1,834 students, Average GPA 2.78
- Kevin Kou 1,434 students, Average GPA 2.55
- Richard Hooley 1,426 students, Average GPA 2.40
- Ana Bahamonde 703 students, Average GPA 2.26
- Michael Pirrung 526 students, Average GPA 2.05
- Catharine Larsen 494 students, Average GPA 2.54