Talking to Demas or hearing Demas talk makes me want to blow my brains out. He is horrible. Absolutely work with Metcalf when at all possible. I wish they had a box on here to show TA's you would not recommend. To put the cherry on top of all the misery, my TA (Amanda) was horrible as well. Rude, unfair, and just plain unknowledgeable. THIS CLASS SUCKSSSSSSSSSS.

Demas is horrible, work with metcalf whenever possible. Try to work with your TA, becuase they take forever to give reports back and prob dont know what they are talking about. Try to be above the average and you will be fine.

This class is a huge pain. The lab reports wouldn't take very long except for you spend most of your time in excel doing data analysis and error propagation. Every lab report is graded by a different TA so what may be a A lab report for one TA can be a C for another which is a huge pain.

class is challenging. the course is harder than orgo, but more laid back. the experiments are ok- you learn some useful techniques for the 'real world'. your grade is based on 7 or 8 lab reports and a final (worth one lab report). the lectures can sometimes be hard to understand. TAs are awesome. Demas is pretty chill just don't let your cell go off in class or dispose of chemicals improperly. You'll do well in the class if you go to your TAs before turning in the lab reports.

Professor Demas was useless for this lab because 80% of your grade is determined the lab reports. If you write four, 30 page professional looking reports, you will receive an A. The labs you choose are done in groups, so have a good partner, and get good results. Plus, in the reports, show you know the math throw a calculations section. Professor Demas required two short, painless problem sets that were answered straight from the lab manual and a final exam that had answers you could have found on the internet. The amount of work required in lab was relaxing because you had 3 weeks to complete the experiment and write the report, but it only required one day to complete the experiment. Keys are good lab partner and good knowledge of the lab report format. Other than that, don't need Demas for help because the T.A.'s were all the help you needed. Lab lecture was useless for the lab itself.