Professor Frantz is by far the most skilled lecturer I've has at this University. She is excellent and makes what I thought would be a hard class one of my easiest ones. Do the readings and it will be hard for you to get less than an B+ in this class.

Some people really liked Frantz.... some people really dislike her. I am on the latter side. Tophat is absolutely riddled with bugs, and I personally believe I did not learn anything in Frantz lectures. I did not go to the last 9 lectures, and I skipped a few throughout the rest of the semester, yet, I received an A in this class - if that tells you anything about how much you learn in lecture. If you want to succeed but not be overbearingly stressed out by Frantz Tophat reading and lectures, just read the Klein textbook and do all the Klein recommended practice problems.

This class is very practice-based - there are many practice problems in class and discussion is almost entirely group practice for bonus points. Exams are fairly difficult with no multiple choice but you can get up to half your missed points back with exam corrections. Frantz herself is very helpful in office hours and her lectures are fantastic. My one complaint: Top Hat is a huge pain to use, as the textbook is riddled with poorly explained sections, typos make it unintelligible in parts, and the mobile app is nearly useless for clicker questions.

This class had a lot of outside work. Daily quizzes, weekly homeworks and reading, a mandatory discussion section that always lasts like an hour a half. That being said, there were a lot of variables to bring your grade up so take advantage of them. The exams were fair and the test corrections were always appreciated. Try not to forget anything as you move along because everything builds on itself. Don't expect any curves or anything because to be honest, there really aren't any needed at the end of the course. Personally, I feel like there's a lot of hysteria around organic chemistry, but Frantz does a great job at grounding it as just another subject for a student to learn. This is how it is and everyone can learn as long as you do plenty of practice problems. Try not to be intimidated, but approach it with a hardworking attitude and an A is most definitely possible.

Professor Frantz is a wonderful orgo Professor! She’s definitely the best professor Uva has had in a really long time. She really wants her students to learn and understands that lecturing at students for 3 hours a week isn’t effective. Instead she spends a lot of class time doing practice problems so that way you can actually see what you do and don’t understand. I would definitely sit closer to the front bc in the back it’s very easy to get distracted. Even though Frantz is a good professor that doesn’t make orgo easy, be prepared to be confused and have to study a lot for the tests, but at least the class is geared to help you in anyway it can. She had tests corrections, drops your lowest grade, and there is a lot of participation points.

Take orgo with Professor Frantz!! She is an awesome lecturer and explains concepts well.

Prof Frantz is incredible, definitely worthwhile class where you will learn a lot and have a good time.