Scerri is heavily disliked by many, but I personally had no issues with him. Attendance is never taken for lecture or discussion so I did skip a lot, but easily caught up by watching the recorded lectures (all lectures are recorded and my wonderful TA dimitri uploaded all discussion materials on canvas). There are mandatory achieve quizzes that you need to have the online textbook for. He makes them due all in one date so you can do them at your pace. I highly recommend doing them as they helped me sooo much to get some practice in. There is no other homework. We only have one midterm and of course the final. We were the first quarter that had multiple choice, so his past exams were kind of useless in studying as all past reviews state how his exams are light as he repeats questions. Thats the only thing that sucks tbh but they still werent that bad. Just reallyyyy pay attention to his lecture slides, because he likes to test about really small things that you wouldnt even think would show up on the test sometimes. He curves very generously. I will be taking 14b with him next quarter and i'm not dreading it. He could have some snarky joked I guess but nothing too bad in my opinion. He might've toned it done because he would always ask if we had questions and would elaborate on the white board.

I really liked the professor’s lectures and I thought the way he taught the material was clear and precise. I definitely needed to watch the recorded lectures to fully get all the info because he spoke very quickly in class. Also, I took AP chemistry my senior year of high school so I came in with some background knowledge. Overall, I enjoyed this class and found the content of this class super interesting. I would definitely recommend taking 14A.

I think I would rather take my own life than take this class again with Eric Scerri. He can vanish from the face of this Earth and I think I would shed a tear of joy. If you have no choice but to take this class with him, you BETTER start praying.

By far one of the worst instructors I’ve ever had. He mocks students who ask questions, has very disorganized slides, and gives the impression that he actually wants students to fail. Perhaps someone with a strong background in chem classes will have a different perspective, but as a student who last took chemistry sophomore year of high school, my experience has been that Scerri is an ineffective and unhelpful teacher who vastly over complicates concepts. The content itself is pretty straightforward, but be prepared to teach it to yourself. He’s the only lecturer teaching 14B next quarter, so safe to say I will be waiting for Fall 2024 to continue this series. There’s a good reason he’s known as Scary Scerri!

The course has hard content, but what makes the class a bit of a struggle is the lack of structure. There are only achieve quizzes that all have 1 due date at the end of the quarter. Know how to self-pace these, because they're worth 30% of your grade. Because there really isn't any homework or review until one or two days before the midterm/final, it's easy to fall behind and panic over forgotten content. Study consistently throughout the quarter for this class, it'll help!

Honestly, I strongly disliked Scerri because he was egoistical and made fun of students for asking questions during lecture. He also read off of his slides and did not do a great job at explaining pretty much anything. But besides this, the class wasn’t so hard because he reused A LOT of his past midterm and final questions. So, if you review and do his practice midterms/finals religiously, you will be more than fine. I would probably recommend Scerri but only for this reason because he is a terrible lecturer but he will make you laugh when he roasts students publicly.

If you take this guy, you’re asking to be depressed. Legitimately begging for depression. You’ve been warned. As someone who loved AP chemistry in high school and was one of the top students of this course, he made me hate chemistry instantly. He jumbles between topics during lectures and legitimately makes no sense ever. His exam questions are also always wrong and he makes corrections mid-exam which is beyond annoying. I truly don’t even know if he speaks proper English, nor understands how to create a fair exam that actually reflects anything we’ve learned, and he also treats every student like it’s easy and everyone should know it, yet as an AP chemistry student in high school even I struggled hard and used to love chemistry. He’s also rude if you ask him questions and will embarrass you willingly in front of the class to get everyone else to laugh, not kidding..

horrible !!!!!!!! do not take !!!!!! he is so mean and a horrible teacher. he does not explain anything and rushes through all the slides. the midterm was so hard and the final was even worse. the TAs saved me in this class but even showing up to class was a waste of time. if you didn't take AP chem do not take this class.

Professor Scerri is truly a sweetheart! He does make quite a bit of snarky jokes throughout his lectures, but he genuinely cares about your learning and understanding. In order to succeed in the class, my biggest tip is to review the lecture content immediately after each lecture and attend office hours to ask any questions you have. Also, if you can get your hands on other previous practice midterms/final exams, then you'll be able to do well on the exams. His exams are fairly difficult, but as long as you attend office hours and practice, practice, practice, you'll succeed. I overall loved this class, and this is coming from a junior who tried to avoid chemistry at all costs because the last time I took it was in high school junior year. I basically had zero AP chemistry background too and was still able to succeed. Good luck!!

Initially terrified going into this course, and without a solid/positive chemistry background to rely on, I had meager expectations for my performance. Other reviews on Scerri did not do much to help my apprehension. However, I found it remarkably easy to succeed in this course. All that was required was to show up to lectures, pay attention during lectures (or diligently watch the recorded lectures), and take sub-par notes via annotations of the slides. This by itself helped solidify the course material, with the occasional youtube video that cleared any questions up. To study, all you needed to do was thoroughly review the past exams he posts and ensure that you understand the solutions to all questions. I made a study guide before the midterm and final where I wrote down everything I learned in my own words, and that was enough to understand the concepts. Overall, I found Scerri to be an entertaining lecturer aside from the occasional sly British humour that sometimes took students off guard. Don't be scared of this class!