CHEM 101
Catalysis in Modern Drug Discovery
Grades
3.66
Average grade awarded in CHEM 101. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
72%
of the 346 letter grades
D, F or W
0.6%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
1%
2 of 2 students passed
The registrar's own records: 346 grades over 4 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
Every one of those terms is a summer session, and summer sessions are counted here.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 4 terms ran 3.57 to 3.73.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 60 · 17.3%
- A 122 · 35.3%
- A- 66 · 19.1%
- B+ 47 · 13.6%
- B 27 · 7.8%
- B- 20 · 5.8%
- C+ 1 · 0.3%
- C 1 · 0.3%
- F 2 · 0.6%
- P 2 of 349
- S 1 of 349
Percentages are of the 346 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes: passes (P) and satisfactory (S).
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Summer Session C 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARG, NEIL KAMAL reviews ↗ | 3.66 | 3.66 | 346 | 4 | 72% | - | not teaching it |
| HANDS, ALLISON reviews ↗ | 3.62 | 3.61 | 194 | 2 | 68% | - | not teaching it |
| SCHERER, GEORGIA M reviews ↗ | 3.62 | 3.61 | 194 | 2 | 68% | - | not teaching it |
| MCDERMOTT CATENA, LUCA reviews ↗ | 3.71 | 3.72 | 101 | 1 | 78% | - | not teaching it |
| WALTERS, ZACHARY reviews ↗ | 3.58 | 3.57 | 101 | 1 | 67% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
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Workload and assignments
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What comes first
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From the registrar's catalog
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 14D or 30B with a grade of C- or better. Overview of drug discovery process with focus on transition metal catalysis in synthesis of medicines. Discussion of process by which drugs are discovered, from lead optimization to process development. Introduction to transition metal catalysis, area of critical importance in modern drug development. Study of fundamental concepts of transition metal catalysis and how catalysis has played transformative role in synthesis of modern medicines. Particular attention throughout to discussion of case studies that emphasize broad impact of medicinal chemistry and importance of catalysis in drug discovery. Highlights how organic chemistry can impact world around us, particularly in development of pharmaceuticals. P/NP or letter grading.
Sections in Summer Session C 2026
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