CHEM 008C: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
University of California, Riverside
3 Units, Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): concurrent enrollment in CHEM 08LC; CHEM 008B with a grade of C- or better, CHEM 08LB with a grade of C- or better or CHEM 08HB with a grade of C- or better, CHEM 08HLB with a grade of C- or better. Covers modern organic chemistry and chemical biology including reactivity and synthesis. Also includes reaction mechanisms and the chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, amino acids, and proteins. Credit is awarded for one of the following CHEM 008C or CHEM 08HC.
Average GPA: 2.69
Grade distribution records: 10,435 students across 27 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 199 | 1.9% |
| A | 1,424 | 13.6% |
| A- | 831 | 8.0% |
| B+ | 890 | 8.5% |
| B | 1,233 | 11.8% |
| B- | 1,175 | 11.3% |
| C+ | 1,243 | 11.9% |
| C | 1,593 | 15.3% |
| C- | 1,035 | 9.9% |
| D+ | 55 | 0.5% |
| D | 333 | 3.2% |
| D- | 79 | 0.8% |
| F | 196 | 1.9% |
| NP | 11 | 0.1% |
| S | 93 | 0.9% |
| W | 44 | 0.4% |
Based on 10,435 student grade records across 27 terms and 7 professors.
Instructors
- Christopher Switzer 4,382 students, Average GPA 2.78
- Catharine Larsen 1,287 students, Average GPA 2.63
- Matthew Casselman 687 students, Average GPA 2.64
- William Neary 288 students, Average GPA 2.26
- Michael Pirrung 240 students, Average GPA 2.89
- Kevin Kou 168 students, Average GPA 2.89
- Joshua Hartman 82 students, Average GPA 2.65