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Heike Hofstetter

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Raw average: 1.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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CHEM 636
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Prepare to be confused, spend so much time, and drained. This course is not difficult but she is gonna make you move among so many resources and homework, without learning much.
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CHEM 636
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
A perfect example for "what a bad lecturer looks like". Gets you involved in so many HWs (1/week), quizzes (1/week), demos (1, or 2/week), and lecture classes, reads from a powerpoint without explaining any concept deeply, and mid-Oct, already exhausted. In-person experiments are once a week (about 2 hours), along with many other tasks.
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Classes with Heike Hofstetter

CHEM 636

Topics in Chemical Instrumentation: Introduction to NMR

2 credits

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

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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.

Heike Hofstetter

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
CHEM 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

CHEM 699 is a directed study course involving an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Matt BowmanTehshik Yoon+103 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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Fall 2026CHEM 636Topics in Chemical Instrumentation: Introduction to NMR
Fall 2026CHEM 699Directed Study

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