Rick Bunt

Took this course with high hopes as everyone I spoke to claimed that the Orgo professors were all great and the subject matter itself was easier than Gen Chem. Definitely not the case, unfortunately. Bunt is a nice guy, but he is a classic chem department example of genuinely being too smart and too good at the advanced theoretical concepts of Orgo to accurately and helpfully teach the basics. He talks FAST and it feels like a lot of the time he's only talking to himself in lecture and we are just watching his thought process with very little background information. He gives weekly quizzes which became take home, and there are a ton of exams (one per month ish) that are difficult (we all took about 4-5 hours on them on average) but at least they are also take home. Readings are HEAVY and if you don't do them, lecture makes even less sense, so it is so easy to get bogged down and lost if you have one bad week. On a more positive note, Rafa, our lab professor, is maybe my favorite person in the universe. He was brand new and I was a bit nervous about that at first, but he is so easy going and fun and makes lab low pressure and low stakes, but you still learn so much. Lab reports and pre-labs are easily graded and fairly short, and when he gave lectures, I felt like it was the only time I was actually learning this semester. Highly recommend Rafa, Bunt is fine, just will require you to make Orgo your entire life for a semester.

Took this course with high hopes as everyone I spoke to claimed that the Orgo professors were all great and the subject matter itself was easier than Gen Chem. Definitely not the case, unfortunately. Bunt is a nice guy, but he is a classic chem department example of genuinely being too smart and too good at the advanced theoretical c …Read more

Professor Bunt was very enthusiastic in this course and made the effort to teach the content in a efficient and engaging manner. There wasn't really any homework, just a weekly quiz that you could do some practice problems for if you wanted (I highly suggest doing them). The exams are very thorough, but if you understand the content and have done a fair amount of memorization on top, you will do well. Often there were takehome portions that were significantly more difficult and lengthy questions but you were allowed to use your notes. Most people will take this class because it's required, but I think its still a very valuable class nontheless as long as you're willing to put work in beyond the bare assignments.

Professor Bunt was very enthusiastic in this course and made the effort to teach the content in a efficient and engaging manner. There wasn't really any homework, just a weekly quiz that you could do some practice problems for if you wanted (I highly suggest doing them). The exams are very thorough, but if you understand the content …Read more

Bunt was very clear about his expectations throughout the course, and I did feel there was consistency between the homework and content in the class. However, I do wish more resources were available, because I did not always understand how Bunt explained concepts. Lots of background knowledge and information from Organic I is needed!