The course was delivered online, and I appreciated how it was formatted. 3 lectures a week with transcripts, 11 quizzes (lowest quiz mark gets dropped), a group presentation, 3 reading assignments, and a final exam. ALL open booked. The only thing that might impact your mark is the group presentation. You are randomly grouped with 4-5 other people, and you have to make a 5-minute presentation. Depending on your group members, I find this assignment can be rather easy OR challenging, so prepare yourselves for this. Make sure to read over the rubric and have in-text citations no matter what. The textbook is translated and can come in handy for completing the quizzes but is not required.

You learn a lot about the history of anime (e.g. the edo period) and how anime became global, along with other aspects of anime pop culture. I can't say much because there are various aspects of the course that was covered, but every part of the course is interesting and teaches you more about Japanese culture. My favourite, in particular, was learning about the psychological aspects of Japanese horror movies and understanding the dark sides of J-pop.

The professor was very nice and always responded to emails right away.

A reminder that the course is NOT just about anime. Try to stay on top of doing the lectures the MOMENT they come out. It can save a lot of time. Hope this helps anyone!

Ok, there are a lot of projects, but if you do it over the course of the quarter, it is easy to handle. I never felt overwhelmed by the projects. The topic depends on the instructor, so I hope you get a good instructor and topic. Lowkey, as long as you do your work, you can get a 4.0, there's a reason 72% of people get 4.0s in this class.

Apparently, this is the first time Dr. Brown has taught since he changed the syllabus. I thought the class was easy to understand, especially after taking A-Level Maths. I have also taken IB AI SL. There were zero calculations for my exams and quizzes, but he is still doing an overhaul, so take it with a grain of salt. Do be prepared to write note,s though, because Dr.Brown's quizzes and exams are FULLY based on what HE SAYS, so there could be random metaphors he said in class included. If you are trying to do INFO prereqs and don't wanna deal with stats calculations, this is a good one.

It is difficult to ascribe an evaluation method because this course isn't necessarily heavy in any respect like there is homework, iclickers, and exams, but I wouldn't say that any of these aspects are in heavy amount. The homework is through Aleks so yk, it is what it is. If you do good on the initial Aleks evaluation thing, you won't have to do as much for the unit modules but, honestly, the homework is extremely useful. On the evaluation thing, I only had a couple of the concepts down so I ended up having the do a bunch for the unit modules, but I honestly think that that is what landed me my A+ so yk do what you want. Also, the iclickers are iclickers so really annoying, but Professor O'Hagan made them really easy so it is pretty chill. Also, she only counts like 10 iclickers out of th...read more

The course content covered nuclear chem, electrochem, entropy and free energy, acids and bases, states of matter, and kinetics and equilibrium stuff. Like it is chemistry like yes it is useful but like only to a certain extent lol. I think electrochem, acids and bases, and equilibrium are concepts that you might actually apply to daily life.

Professor O'Hagan is a good lecturer and she goes out of her way to make gen chem ii easier. Before exams, she posts two practice exams, with keys, that are really similar to the real exams. I would say she is pretty nice but idrk bc I never really talked to her one-on-one, but she seemed nice from what I saw in lecture. I would say her one con is that she sometimes goes through practice problems during lecture really slowly, but that is a non-issue for a lot of people lol.

Do all the homework, do the extra credit through circlein (you literally get money from making flashcards and stuff before exams and it will help you bc you are basically studying, so points+money+knowledge like goated), come to class everyday, and take notes. I would recommend taking notes from the slides before class and then just try to pay attention during lecture and maybe add some stuff. Practice problems, mainly through the hw, will be your best friend during this course. Also, this is definitely a course you want to stay on top of tho like you really cannot really slack off until the day before the exam so try to be consistent. Also, one of the 5 exams (which includes the final) are dropped, so if you do good on 4 of the exams, you don't have to take the final.