Sessions | Dates | Credits |
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7 Week Session | May 31 – Jul 18 | Up to 6 credits |
10 Week Session | May 31 – Aug 8 | Up to 6 credits |
3 Week Session | Jul 25 – Aug 14 | Up to 3 credits |
Organic chemistry is not a subject that lends itself well to learning quickly. Because of the ferocious pace of the summer course, it is very difficult to absorb the material, properly understand it, and then have the time to work on practice problems.
Summer organic chemistry is like a full-time job plus overtime. Even though it is "only one class", the student will likely have 4 or 5 lectures a week, each between 2 and 3 hours long. There will also be labs – in some programs, two five-hour long labs a week!
Are you ready for this amount of stress? Summer is only a good time to take chemistry when you have already taken the course before and now are retaking it to get a better grade. It is a horrible time to take chemistry for the first time.
Chemistry is a serious science and a chemistry course should not be taken lightly. It requires a considerable amount of effort and time commitment. Thus, your choice of the time when to take a chemistry class is, obviously, going to depend on several factors that you must take into consideration. Those factors are going to have a slightly different ...
It is a horrible time to take chemistry for the first time. And even if you do get a decent grade in your summer chemistry course, you’re unlikely to learn much. Learning takes time, and cramming material into your head over a period of only a few weeks is by no means conductive for learning.
Those are commonly referred as “off-semester” courses. Regular-schedule courses usually have larger enrollment and are taught by regular instructors who teach the course all the time. Unless, of course, we are talking about a huge chemistry department and chemistry instructors rotate and teach multiple sections at the same time.
Indeed, if you are looking for a more personalized approach to the class and, perhaps, something a bit more off the beaten path, then taking an off-semester class might be a good choice . However, taking an off-semester chemistry class can be risky.
The benefits of having a regular-schedule class are: The class is taught by a professor that is likely teaching this class regularly. The class is likely to have a Supplemental Instructor (SI) or some type of a help group associated with it making it a bit easier to find help. The class enrollment is relatively large and thus it is easier ...
In an environment when tests can come once a week, there’s really no room for error or playing hooky when you should be studying. So if you tend to put things off and take your time, chances are you’ll find summer school a bit more challenging than normal school classes.
Unfortunately, Professor Morris Maduro didn’t offer much to alleviate our concerns. He told me, “I make the same demands of students in terms of knowledge, scholarship, and responsibility. Exams, assessments, and expectations are the same as during the regular academic year.”.
(For this reason), most summer school classes are not as rigorous as are the regular courses…mostly because they are not taught by regular faculty. ”.
But be careful, summer classes are typically first come first serve, so sign up as early as possible, especially if you’re going for the hottest course offered in your school. And finally this brings us to the most helpful, amazing tip of all to make sure that your summer school experience isn’t too hard to handle.
We’ve discovered Chemistry Professor Richard Samuelson is the hardest of the chem teachers at Diablo Valley College, with a 5.0 easiness rating, which means “hardest thing I’ve ever done” according to the scale.
Just like during a normal school semester, summer school classes are either easy or difficult depending on your comfort with the course material and the difficulty of the professors. You can end up with a hard schedule if you overload yourself, or get stuck with a tough teacher.
Travis Biziorek is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kibin. In addition to entrepreneurship, Travis' diverse background includes playing professional poker, trading foreign currency, and management consulting. When he isn't planning Kibin's future, he enjoys spending time with his family and miniature goldendoodle, Pippa.