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01:160:311

Organic Chem Lab

CHEMISTRY

School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
credits
2
Core
None listed
Typical seasons
Fall, Spring
Fall 2026 sections
22
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Course guide

AI-generated overview

Course fingerprint 10 AI-generated signals

Difficulty

4/5
Why

The published course scope—a hands-on organic chemistry laboratory built around preparation, manipulation, chromatography, and spectroscopy—sets the conceptual and/or technical challenge; the score is a cautious synthesis of that scope and its prerequisites.

Workload

5/5
Why

The official format is one lecture hour plus 4.5 laboratory hours, with technique and interpretation central; that structure indicates the likely work pattern, while exact weekly time depends on the section.

Pacing

4/5
Why

The course covers a hands-on organic chemistry laboratory built around preparation, manipulation, chromatography, and spectroscopy within one undergraduate term or sequence, so students should expect the listed concepts to build on one another quickly.

Projects

5/5
Why

Official materials emphasize one lecture hour plus 4.5 laboratory hours, with technique and interpretation central; there is a substantial hands-on, lab, workshop, or applied component in the evidence reviewed.

Exams

2/5
Why

The official course materials reviewed do not publish a universal grading breakdown, so this signal is conservative and section-dependent.

Math

2/5
Why

Quantitative work is present in measurements, yields, concentrations, and analytical interpretation, but the course is primarily experimental.

Memorization

2/5
Why

The course requires students to retain disciplinary terminology and linked processes; its official framing also calls for applying or interpreting those ideas, so the score is not a pure rote-memory estimate.

Abstraction

3/5
Why

The course asks students to reason about models, mechanisms, or structured applications, moving beyond isolated facts while staying tied to its disciplinary applications.

Prerequisites

4/5
Why

The published preparation is the prerequisites or foundation described by the department; gaps in that preparation are likely to increase the difficulty of the listed work.

Reading

3/5
Why

The source set describes lectures, practical work, and instructor-provided materials rather than a fixed heavy-reading requirement; section-specific reading may differ.

Topic breakdown

A practical chapter-by-chapter view from foundations to applications.

5 modules

Module 1

Laboratory practice and safety

Students establish safe handling, measurement, documentation, and waste practices before complex synthesis.

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Basic concept overview

Technique creates evidence

Good laboratory technique determines whether the data can answer the chemical question.

Purity is inferred

A clean-looking sample is not enough; chromatography and spectra provide independent evidence.

Yield and identity are different

A high yield does not prove the product is correct, and a correct product can be obtained in low yield.

Records are part of reproducibility

Another chemist should be able to understand what was done and why.

Things to watch for

Treating the procedure as a script

Understand the purpose of each operation and watch for changes that require adjustment.

Overloading a chromatographic system

Choose sample size, solvent strength, and collection strategy together.

Reporting unsupported identity

Use the available spectra and observations explicitly; do not infer more than the data show.

Fall 2026 sections

0 open · Busch, C/D

SectionStatusInstructorMeetingCampus
0111040ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Monday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331AARC 103WL 331ABusch
0211041ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Tuesday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331AARC 103WL 331ABusch
0311042ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Wednesday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331AARC 103WL 331ABusch
0411043ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Wednesday 6:00 PM-10:00 PM at WL 331AARC 103WL 331ABusch
0511044ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Thursday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
0611045ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Tuesday 6:00 PM-10:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
0711046ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Thursday 6:00 PM-10:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
0811047ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Monday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
0911048ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Tuesday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
1011049ClosedGovindarajooWednesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at CDL 102; Monday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at HSB 108CDL 102HSB 108C/D
1211050ClosedGovindarajooWednesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at CDL 102; Tuesday 8:00 AM-12:00 PM at HSB 108CDL 102HSB 108C/D
1311051ClosedGovindarajooWednesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at CDL 102; Tuesday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at HSB 108CDL 102HSB 108C/D
1511052ClosedGovindarajooWednesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at CDL 102; Wednesday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at HSB 108CDL 102HSB 108C/D
1711053ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Friday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
1811054ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Wednesday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
1911055ClosedGovindarajooTuesday 8:45 AM-9:40 AM at ARC 103; Wednesday 6:00 PM-10:00 PM at WL 331BARC 103WL 331BBusch
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SIRS teaching signals

Historical student surveys

Teaching

3.43

Course quality

2.95

Response rate

30.9%

Coverage

64 offerings · 2014–2025

InstructorOfferingsTeachingQuality
Govindarajoo393.272.82
Govindarajoo Geeta113.192.67
Jones, Taro34.433.97
Lin Chih24.203.75
Govindarajoo23.653.20
House Krystal14.904.50

Course stats

Catalog and planning context

Credits

2

Current campuses

Busch, C/D

Current availability

0 open of 22

Catalog terms

Fall, Spring

Core codes

None listed

Loaded terms

4

Prerequisites

((01:160:307 and 01:160:171) or (21:160:113))<em> OR </em> ((50:160:125 and 01:160:171) or (01:160:307))<em> OR </em> ((01:160:315 and 01:160:171) or (21:160:113))<em> OR </em> ((50:160:125 and 01:160:171) or (01:160:315))

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