Cole Dovey

Professor Dovey was nice and accommodating, but he would always give the world's most confusing examples that honestly just made me feel more confused than I needed to be. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on work for this class not because of the lecture, but because of the lab with Michele Dube. That woman is ruthless and a ridiculously difficult and unfair grader. She acts as if everyone wants to be an analytical chemist and demands lab reports be formatted as such. I spent an obscene amount of time on lab reports for her just to get mediocre grades, which significantly brought down my semester average. I'm not saying don't take it, but just know what you are getting yourself into. I thought I was good at writing lab reports before this class.

Professor Dovey was nice and accommodating, but he would always give the world's most confusing examples that honestly just made me feel more confused than I needed to be. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on work for this class not because of the lecture, but because of the lab with Michele Dube. That woman is ruthless and a ridic …Read more

Lectures were the key component of this course. In discussion each week a different group would present a journal club paper. There was a midterm and final (both online and timed). Prof Dovey was behind on grading for most of the semester so it was difficult to know how you were doing in the class until the very end of the semester.

Prof Dovey was really great! Made Gen Chem a lot easier by going through tons of problems with us. The exams were also based on exactly what we learned (which is rare these days) and he's overall really helpful in helping you understand the material.