CHEM1110 · Chemistry
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course is intended for students whose major interest is science or medicine. It offers a rigorous introduction to the principles of chemistry with special emphasis on quantitative relationships, chemical equilibrium, and the structures of atoms, molecules, and crystals. The properties of the more common elements and compounds are considered against a background of these principles and the periodic table.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.2 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.0 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.1 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Chemistry Department
3.6 / 5
3.2 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Chemistry Department
4.2 / 5
3.5 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Chemistry Department
3.2 / 5
2.8 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Chemistry Department
3.6 / 5
3.3 / 5
Associate Professor, Chemistry Department
3.8 / 5
3.5 / 5
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
2.3 / 5
2.1 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
Apr 9, 2026 · Historical comment
Very nice person but the most disorganized person ever. His calculations and class notes were wrong so everybody then wrote down the wrong information. Only take if you are a very smart math and chemistry brained person.
Nov 17, 2025 · Historical comment
for genchem 2, lecture was organized and exams weren't completely unreasonable. But, I don't feel like he's great at explaining why concepts are the way they are or connecting them to previous ideas. I felt like I had to teach myself a lot of that
Sep 15, 2025 · Historical comment
Super approachable during office hours but harder concepts are not explained well in class. Dr. Keen is very smart and maybe doesn’t understand what’s confusing students.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
29 sectionsSpring 2024
29 sectionsSpring 2023
29 sectionsSpring 2022
15 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2020
5 sections