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Dibs Fall 2026

CHEM 14AE

General Chemistry for Life Scientists I--Enhanced

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Preparation: high school chemistry or equivalent background and three and one half years of high school mathematics. Requisite: completion of Chemistry Diagnostic Test. Enforced corequisite: Life Sciences 30A or Mathematics 3A or 31A or score of 48 or better on Mathematics Diagnostic Test. Not open to students with credit for course 14A or 20A. Study of foundations of chemistry. Discussion of foundations of quantum mechanics and how these principles can be used to understand atomic and molecular structure and properties; how molecules interact; and properties of inorganic, organic, and biological acids, bases, and salts. Biological, environmental, and socially-relevant examples are used to illustrate central role that chemistry plays in our world. Emphasis on developing problem-solving skills and collaborative interaction and learning. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.15
n = 690 · 3 terms · ± 0.021
A range
44%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
4.3%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
140 of 201
70% full
 fills MWF 11:00am-11:50am Anderson, L., Deweese, D.
3.15n=690 · course average

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 23221F
  • 14423F
  • 31825W
Enrolment by term: 21F 232, 23F 144, 25W 318
Peak 318 Most recent 318 in 25W 3 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 22 · 3.2%
  • A 176 · 25.3%
  • A- 109 · 15.7%
  • B+ 65 · 9.3%
  • B 116 · 16.7%
  • B- 62 · 8.9%
  • C+ 40 · 5.7%
  • C 57 · 8.2%
  • C- 13 · 1.9%
  • D+ 5 · 0.7%
  • D 9 · 1.3%
  • D- 7 · 1.0%
  • F 9 · 1.3%
  • P 2 · 0.3%
  • I 4 · 0.6%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. 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 Raw n Terms A range
CARAM, JUSTIN RYAN 3.21 3.22 372 2 47%
DEWEESE, DORY 3.08 3.07 318 1 42%

“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.

By term