I absolutely loved Casey, but too bad she won't be teaching anymore.
The class itself, I wish I could say that studying the homework problems will give you a good grade, but that is not the case. While the teaching team is amazing and are always willing to help you (extra office hours during midterm or finals week), the tests often didn't match the homework. They required you to think beyond the problem and really apply chemistry concepts to new situations, so people were wrecked for the midterms (especially midterm 2). Thankfully, Casey was a god and replaced our lower midterm score with our final if it helped us. For reference, I got a B on midterm 1 and a D on midterm 2, but I got an A on the final and clutched an A in the class (my midterm scores were similar to the class average, but my final was 20% higher than average).
I definitely recommend this class if you like highly-structured learning and are willingly to put in the work. Also all of the TAs and LAs were amazing.

Unfortunately, I believe Dr. Casey has moved and will no longer be a professor at UCLA. However, if she does ever come back to teach CHEM14AE again, PLEASE take it with her! She is a wonderful woman who genuinely cares about her students. She made it clear at the beginning of the class that she believes in everyone and thinks that everyone has the capability of getting an A in the class.
There are a few quizzes; your score on the quiz is the average of two attempts (you'll almost always get 100% on the last attempt because it's open note/open instructor so you can get help). They're timed and sometimes felt a bit too short, but you get used to it eventually. The lowest quiz grade is dropped.
There are weekly assignments that go through the content of the lecture before you attend. You get three attempts for these and the lowest score is dropped (they're really easy though, I didn't get below 100% on any of them).
Weekly homework is also easy and hardly counts for any of your grade, but doing the practice problems is important because you need the practice for exams.
There were two midterms and a final. All of the exams focused both on calculations as well as conceptual explanations. I feel that the exams were fair but challenging; I got 100% on the first exam and a 78% on the second. I got an 89% on the final exam. Dr. Casey said that if we got a good score on the final exam, she would replace our lowest midterm grade with our final exam grade (so my second midterm grade was replaced with an 89%, which brought up my grade). She offered about 9 extra credit points, which was really helpful.
Overall, the class is manageable as long as you're willing to put a significant amount of effort into studying for the exams. If she comes back to teach again, please take her class!

Professor Casey is great, her lectures are clear and she explains the material very well. She even subbed in for Lavelle for 14B and I thought she was even better than him. She's willing to answer all your questions and she replies quickly to all emails. I would definitely take another class with her.

Would totally recommend over 14A. Professor Casey was extremely helpful and made sure that everyone understood the content to the fullest extent. The workload was very manageable as well as the exams.

She. Is. AWESOME. Loved her. She's super funny, laid back, and probably the most approachable professor I have ever had. Her lectures match exactly what she asks for on the lab reports, so make sure to take good notes so you can see how to do the problems in the lab reports. For our class, she made the midterm not count toward your grade if you did significantly better on the final, so I got like a 70 on the midterm (I didn't study at all, it really wasn't that hard, average was in the low 80s) But since I did really well on the final, my final was worth much more and my midterm was dropped. I ended up with an A in the class because I followed the post lab instructions closely (post labs=33% of grade compared to midterm=12% and final=25%) and did well on the final. More than half of the class got an A. Go to her office hours, she will do practice problems for you if you ask.

This class is a lot of work. The lab reports are quite long the first half of the quarter, but the second half they get significantly shorter and easier. Pre labs are easy but take 1-2 hours. Her final was fair, definitely challenging but nothing you wouldn't expect, no tricks. She gives lots of practice problems to prepare.

Definitely recommend her! She's someone I'd want to hang out with.

Dr. Casey is an amazing professor. There is lots of work that comes with lab; however, she is always willing to help. Her office hours are super helpful and welcoming. Her exams are fair. They are easy even if you do her practice problems (not mandatory) or practice midterm/final (Also not mandatory). She welcomes regrades and will go through the exam with you during office hours to understand why you missed points. She actually cares if you understand/enjoy/pass her class. One of the best professors I have had at UCLA.

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Selling the chemistry experiments for life science majors 2nd edition for $20 and free lab notebook included! 7025562436

The concepts and methods in this lab are challenging, but Dr. Casey explains them in a way that makes them easier to understand. Her lectures are very engaging, she is welcoming in her office hours, and she always stops by our labs to make sure everything is going well. The labs are doable, especially if you go to office hours or work with a friend to understand the challenging concepts. They can be pretty time consuming at times. Overall, this is a pretty easy class compared to the other classes in the 14 series.

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