CHEM231

Organic Chemistry I

Prerequisite: CHEM131, CHEM135, or CHEM146; and (CHEM132, CHEM136, CHEM147, or CHEM177); and a grade of C- or better in the prerequisites is required of College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences majors and recommended for all students. Corequisite: CHEM232. Credit only granted for: CHEM104, CHEM231, CHEM233 or CHEM237. Formerly: CHEM233. The chemistry of carbon: aliphatic compounds, aromatic compounds, stereochemistry, arenes, halides, alcohols, esters and spectroscopy.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.32 between 20,930 students*

CHEM231 Grade Distribution+-051015202530% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 5.61%
A: 14.61%
A+: 3.54%
B-: 5.75%
B: 13.9%
B+: 8.01%
C-: 4.24%
C: 12.4%
C+: 6.38%
D-: 0.59%
D: 5.03%
D+: 1.58%
F: 6.16%
W: 11.97%
other: 0.22%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.