Fall 2026

Topics in Chemical Instrumentation: Introduction to NMR

CHEM 636 covers the theory and practice of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Heike Hofstetter3.4/5

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Students face a heavy weekly workload including homework, quizzes, demos, and in-person experiments, which reviewers say leads to exhaustion by mid-October.

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Heike Hofstetter is criticized for poor lecturing and excessive workload, including weekly homework, quizzes, and demos. Reviewers report that her teaching style involves reading from PowerPoint without deep explanation, leading to student confusion and exhaustion despite the course not being inherently difficult.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

HEIKE HOFSTETTER is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction25 / 280

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Heike Hofstetter's CHEM 636 is described as exhausting and confusing, with students reporting they are drained despite the course not being inherently difficult.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Students face a heavy weekly workload including homework, quizzes, demos, and in-person experiments, which reviewers say leads to exhaustion by mid-October.

Reviewers criticize the instructor for reading from PowerPoint without deep explanation and moving students between many resources without facilitating meaningful learning.

Topics

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Skills

  • Theory and practice of NMR spectroscopy

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CHEM 636 · Fall 2026

Topics in Chemical Instrumentation: Introduction to NMR

Recorded 2026-09-07
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