Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 2.83 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.38 GPA, 58.8% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 61.1% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Chemical Engineering Materials
CBE 440 covers the structure and properties of metallic and nonmetallic materials, focusing on the interrelations between chemical bonding, structure, and material behavior.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Brendan Blackwell
Summary
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Historical reviews describe the workload as low, with one instructor assigning less homework than the department standard and the course rated as easy.
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Prerequisites
Course mapCBE 310 and CHEM 345, or member of Engineering Guest Students
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Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Rose Cersonsky's course was rated low quality despite being easy. Reviewers cited significant frustrations with organization, including missing syllabi, unrecorded lectures, and verbal-only announcements. This historical experience contrasts with the current instructor, Brendan Blackwell, who has no specific review data provided here.
BRENDAN BLACKWELL is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ERIC CODNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ROSE CERSONSKY is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
THATCHER W ROOT is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 48 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Rose Cersonsky: Reviewers report significant frustration with administrative failures, such as missing syllabi and unrecorded lectures, despite the course being considered easy.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 61.1% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews describe the workload as low, with one instructor assigning less homework than the department standard and the course rated as easy.
One historical review notes that the material was engaging and sparked interest in the subject under a previous instructor.
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Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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Chemical Engineering Materials
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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