Dr. Hardinger is a really fine professor. I found his lectures to be quite interesting, comparing to Dr. Lavelle's, maybe more or less because of the fact that Dr. Hardinger incorporates more life sciences stuff to his lectures.
His tests are really fair and straight-forward. Two midterms (100 points each) and a final (200 points). What I do not like about those tests is that: he gave too many points for some stuff that are really not that important. In addition, some of the questions are interconnected, so if you miss one, you are going to miss the others. It is really easy to lose 5-10 points (which is 5-10%) on his test just by making one small mistake.

But the pros is: the class is never curved up, only down. The scale can be found here: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/harding/.

I managed to get through his class with very minimal work: as in I did not do homework problems or Thinkbook problems or posting on the Discussion board. I only reread his lecture notes and did practice exams. I did make a pretty costly mistake on the final exam, but still ended up with an A-. So, pretty easy class. If you want to minimize making stupid but costly mistakes on the exams, you probably will want to do the homework, Thinkbook, etc. But if you are fine with just read the notes and applying concepts as well as you are involved in billions of other stuff, AND YOU ARE FINE WITH ANYTHING BETWEEN B- AND A- (yeah I know some people who cry over the A-), then I will say that those extra things are not really that needed...

Honestly he is WAYYYYYY easier than Lavelle, you seriously can't compare the both. I got an A in 14C and A- in 14D. You just have to watch his lectures and do the practice exams and you'll do fine!

BTW I got a B- in Lavelle's 14A & 14B

Do not let his name or the horrendous grade distribution for 14C disturb you. His difficulty is being exaggerated. He's close to Lavelle's level of difficulty, perhaps slightly less. Pretty much what you got in Lavelle's course will be close to what you get in Hardinger's. As a professor, I believe that he is one of the best in all of ucla. It seriously can't get any better. He makes the lectures very interesting and he explains the material very well. He also offers extra credit! The key to getting an A in this class is to do the practice midterms. The questions tend to be very similar between quarters. The TA's do not matter much. I never attended my TA's section probably because Hardinger explained the material so well. I highly recommend this course!

If there's any life science prerequisite class that's worth attempting to get an A+ in, it's this one.

Since it's straight-scale, it's very doable if you put in the effort. Hardinger is an excellent professor who takes organic chemistry and presents it in a very thorough, logical manner. He gives you every possible tool you could want to succeed; it's up to you to make use of them.

Do the entire Thinkbook, do all of his previous exams before each midterm and the final, post on the message board for the 10 extra points, get help when you need it, and you will get an A in this class. Do all of those things very well and you will get an A+.

Hardinger is a good professor. I highly recommend him. After taking lavelle and sleeping through all his lectures, I found hardinger to be entertaining and helpful. His lectures are thorough and funny although his jokes are reused often. To do well in the class, do all the thinkbook problems (look at solutions) and do ALL HIS PRACTICE TESTS. If you do not have time, do all his practice tests and try to learn from them because he will test you on the same concepts, usually in the same order. The practice tests will be hard at first, but do like three and you will be scoring at least 80% on each one. PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE EXTRA CREDIT because it will save your grade in the end if anything happens on the second midterm, which is harder than the first material-wise.He also podcasts his lectures so make sure you watch them if you cannot attend a lecture (you should). You do not need the textbook, but if you can get the supplementary materials, they might be helpful...

Pros: tons of resources
Cons: tons of resources (easy to fall behind)

It is very easy to get lazy in the class, but if you do all the work and pay attention to lecture, you should be ready for his (very fair) tests. Do the extra credit and an A is VERY,very attainable.

Grade received: A

Very fair exams. I'd recommend him. Just know everything on the slides don't read the book or even get the book its a waste of money. Only need the lecture supplement and thinkbook at most. Dont waste your money. He is actually a good lecturer his jokes are very corny, rehearsed, and overused. I watched a lecture from last quarter...same joke same exact time. EVERYTIME. The dudes a robot, but a great teacher even if his jokes are bad. Just do the thinkbook questions, understand every concept from those and do all his previous exams and a A is very doable.

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Hardinger is a good teacher. He explains everything well and his tests are very very fair. Honestly if you put in the work and time you can get an easy A. its o chem. don't expect to get an A if you just go to lecture. You must 1) do thinkbook problem (not the highest priority) 2) do all the practice tests and more than what he posts on his website, find the rest too 3) go to lecture 4) know all the definitions and concepts by heart. It is not bad AT ALL. just time consuming. And there is an extremely nice curve so no excuses. get going.

I took hardinger for both 14C and 14D. At first I was extremely weary because of all the "hardinger is so hard" "hardinger is the worse" reviews I've got from ppl who have taken him in the past. But he was the only professor teaching it for 14c when I decided to take it.

I found Hardinger to be a great professor. He really tries when he teaches and some of his lectures are quite entertaining. He goes through a lot of information but he does so in a way where it is easy to comprehend if you're actually paying attention. I would recommend going to class but if you can't it's always podcasted as well.

I do find the VOH/Discussion borad to be extremely helpful. Try to engage in that as much as you can because I really do feel like it helps; whether it be asking a question or help answering another.

I personally did not do any of the OWLs or CFQs or PP in the manual BUT I did do almost every single one of his past midterms/finals. This class is not "hard" in the sense that Hardinger is difficult it's just the material of the class. Hardinger does really provide you with all the resources to succeed. He has an online website with resources that if you take advantage of you're sure to succeed.

I got an A in both classes and I am so glad I decided to take it with Dr. H.

I really like Dr. H. His lectures are awesome! I agree with the comment below mine. To get an A, you HAVE to do all of his previous midterms and finals. Seriously, do them ALL!