FunWiki: FroshChem

Really, you froshlings may not think so now, but ... well, take our word for it.

Though this be madness, yet there is methyl in't.

: *shove* No, this... is... FROOOSH CHEM!

Also, one of the computers in the graphics lab, right alongside the other supervillans.

As of 2006-2007 (although this really began in 2005), the FroshChem Test no longer exists and has been replaced with a FroshPhysics Test. The new format of FroshChem involves three different sections of material all being taught concurrently. For the first semester, this is:

Organic and Reaction Chemistry with ProfessorDaub
Equilibria with ProfessorVanRyswyk
Intermolecular Forces with ProfessorVanHecke

For the second semester, this is:

Kinetics and some crystal stuff with ProfessorKarukstis
Quantum Chemistry and Transition Metals with ProfessorDaub
Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry with ProfessorVanHecke

As of 2007-2008, the first semester chem includes:

Organic and Reaction Chemistry with ProfessorDaub
Equilibria with ProfessorHaushalter
Intermolecular Forces with ProfessorVanHecke

For the second semester, this is:

Kinetics and Solid State Structre with ProfessorDaub
Quantum Chemistry and Transition Metals with ProfessorStanisky?
Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry with ProfessorKarukstis

For the 2008-2009 year, go for six quizzes each semester and a final.

First semester: Alpha, Beta, Gamma Modules (3x2?)

Intermolecular Forces with ProfessorVanRyswyk
Lewis, Valence Orbital, Molecular Orbital with ProfessorDaub and ProfessorDeJesus
Equilibria and acid/base with ProfessorHaushalter

Second Semester: Alpha and Beta Modules (2x3?)

Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, and Kinetics with ProfessorKarukstis
Organics, Crystals, and Environmental with ProfessorDeJesus

In the fall of 2015, a flipped classroom format was attempted. Somewhere in the flipping process, the learning aspect was lost. There were no lectures. There was no teaching. There was no light left. Darkness consumed the frosh class, who complained en mass to whoever would listen.

They fixed it at the start of the new semester though, so it's all good.

I do not know what happened to frosh chem in the intervening years, but 2020-21 was one full-semester course and another half-semester course that lasted for two-thirds of a semester. I have no idea what happened to the "modules" that people are mentioning here.

As of the fall of 2022, due to the new Core revisions, frosh chem has been condensed in to one semester. The damage that will come from this is yet to be seen. -JamesNicholson

In the fall of 2023, there was a special special version of FroshChem called Helium taught by ProfessorHC? (and cotaught by her service dog Hammy). This was a trainwreck, which was not entirely her fault since she tried to put it together in a short timeframe and all alone. But, still, it was a kinda fun train wreck. The people were glad it was PassFail. They were told to find the structure of Benadryl from spectra, but told to ignore key points of NMR, in order to solve a fake murder mystery game. This problem confused ProfessorBrucks (the OrganicChemistry Professor) and LieselHilkemeyer and ColePlepels. This version was promptly discontinued, probably for good reason.

CategoryCoursePage