Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.39 GPA, 68.2% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.10 GPA, 41.0% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.02 GPA, 38.7% A/AB (n=31 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Polymeric Materials
CHEM/MS&E 421 covers polymeric materials, focusing on polymer chemistry, physics, structure-property relationships, and synthesis for optoelectronic applications.
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.39 GPA, 68.2% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.10 GPA, 41.0% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.02 GPA, 38.7% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).
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Course mapCHEM 341, 343, or member of Engineering Guest Students
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Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.02 GPA, 38.7% A/AB (n=31 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
LEONARDO LIZARDI RODRIGUEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PADMA GOPALAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 6 / 53 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 28 / 50 | 0 |
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.39 GPA, 68.2% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.10 GPA, 41.0% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.02 GPA, 38.7% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).
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1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
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Polymeric Materials
Recorded 2026-09-07Polymeric Materials
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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