Dr. Barrett Eichler
Classes taught[edit]
- General Chemistry I (3 hours) and lab (1 hour) (24-114/5)
- General Chemistry II (4 hours) and lab (1 hour) (24-116/7)
- Inorganic Chemistry - too advanced for academy students
Style & personality[edit]
Dr. Eichler is a good professor. His teaching style is fairly relaxed--just print off his powerpoints and go to class. All his lecture material is in the powerpoints and is fairly easy to follow. However, make sure to read the chapters in the book before you go through them in class. Doing the questions in the chapters helps you brush up on the material as well as puts you in good standing with Eichler (make sure he knows you're making an effort).
Dr. Eichler will rarely give homework in class. The class grade comes from two places only: tests and OWLs. There are traditionally four 100-point one-hour exams and one 200-point two-hour final exam. His tests have a fairly consistant pattern. The largest amounts of questions are multiple choice with a few points a question. Their are, however, equations that are worth large lumps of points at the end of the test that are put in the short answer form. Unlike Dr. Toomey, Dr. Eichler's class does not require as much memorization of equations. Dr. Eichler will generally provide an equation sheet that will tell you MOST of the equations you need to know.
The final exam is made cumulative if and only if the class average for one of the one-hour exams is less than 70. Otherwise it covers only the material since the last one-hour exam.
Dr. Eichler is most commonly know for his mildy humorous nature and is probably one of the nicest chemists at Northwest. He has flexible office hours, is approachable, and very helpful. However, don't expect any favors from him if you slack or sleep in class.
Oh... and Dr. Eichler is about the biggest pyro I've ever encountered. If you want to learn more about that, volunteer to help him do demostrations for random events.
Student opinions[edit]
Some recent students should put their opinions here!
