Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
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J.R. Schmidt
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Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Little monotone and didn't seem very confident all the time but his lectures are amazing and he's active in student learning. He respects you like a peer.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Schmidt taught for 2 of the units. You can tell that he is smart and knows a lot, but he cannot teach. I learnt a lot on my own and understood the content better when I taught myself. However, the tests for the units that he taught were the easiest and most straightforward in my opinion.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Schmidt lectured on 2 of the 5 units during the class and although the majority of the class preferred the other professor, Schmidt is still a great professor who definitely knows his stuff. His lectures were a little boring at times compared to the other professor but I would still gladly enroll in a class taught by him in the future.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
J.R.Schimdt lectures in a round about way. He touches on the topics you need to know, but does not make it easy to follow along in lecture. The lectures are not interactive. Labs are pretty difficult. To succeed, you will need to attend office hours.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
His lectures were really confusing. He walked around a lot and made it kinda hard to follow him. The class is already really hard so his inadequate teaching didn't really help. He is really good at helping answer questions outside of class though.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with J.R. Schmidt
CBE 990
Thesis-research
1–12 creditsOffering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CHEM 299
Directed Study
1–4 creditsCHEM 299 is a directed study course involving a mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCHEM 675 introduces basic principles of quantum chemistry, covering exactly solvable problems, angular momentum, approximation methods, and applications to electronic structure.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleCHEM 699
Directed Study
1–6 creditsCHEM 699 is a directed study course involving an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026CHEM 980 is a graduate-level seminar where students engage in research discussions facilitated by faculty within their research group.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026CHEM 990
Research
1–15 creditsCHEM 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
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