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Very very smart guy; however, his lectures are average at best. Moves quite fast, and there's an overload of information that doesn't get explained super well. Often gets distracted by his own research interests and takes up lots of lecture time on this, which is interesting but not necessary helpful for exams. Exams are impossibly difficult.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Stahl is okay at lecturing. He likes to go on tangents quite a bit, and it is hard to follow sometimes. There is a lot of material to understand. His way of teaching is not very effective at helping you to understand it. He strives for the class to average a 50% on exams. They are normally pretty hard exams. Extremely intelligent guy.Rate My Professors ↗
Shannon is extremely smart and is fairly decent at coming down to the student level when teaching. He does talk very fast and can be hard to follow in lecture sometimes. Exams are toughRate My Professors ↗
He dumps a lot of material on you at once, but he breaks it up with fun life advice tangents. You have to pay pretty close attention during lecture to get anything out of them. His exams are a lot of synthesis - both compounds and class material. You kind of learn while taking them. The class is rough, but Stahl is cool.Rate My Professors ↗
Very intelligent, with a knack for getting students excited about science. But along with this, exams are highly challenging and really test not just how well you know the material but also how well you can integrate and expand upon it.Rate My Professors ↗
He's really smart.Rate My Professors ↗
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Master's research or thesis course involving directed study projects arranged with the instructor.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
A mentored research project arranged with a faculty or academic staff member, offered as Directed Study in Chemistry.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Senior Honors Thesis: Mentored research for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Senior Honors Thesis involves mentored research for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Directed Study is an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty or academic staff member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2009: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleSupervised research course where students exhibit broad understanding of chemical principles, conduct independent research, and collaborate with investigators.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | CBE 790 | Master's Research or Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | CHEM 299 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2027 | CHEM 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | CHEM 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | CHEM 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2027 | CHEM 990 | Research |
| Fall 2026 | CBE 790 | Master's Research or Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CBE 890 | Pre-dissertator's Research |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 299 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 343 | Organic Chemistry I |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 980 | Seminar: Review of Current Research |
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 990 | Research |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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