CHEM 6611 Scientific Communication in Chemistry

Name: Scientific Communication in Chemistry
Rating: 2.96 (257 reviews)

This course seeks to best facilitate the transition of incoming graduate students to successful researchers in chemistry. Specifically, students in this course will practice and improve on various communication skills including scientific presentations, as well as writing articles and proposals. Ethics and social responsibilities of performing chemical research will also be discussed.

Course overview

Department: Chemistry
School: MCAS
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites: Undergraduates may enroll with permission of the instructors.

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 2.96 / 5 · Good
257 responses
Instructor rating: 3.83 / 5 · Very Good
257 responses
Terms evaluated: 5
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2026	Alexis Grimaud	3.7	4.2	4.3	4.6	3.9	4.6	4.7	4.0	4–6 hrs/week	14 of 18
Spring 2026	Huiqing Zhou	3.7	4.4	4.3	4.6	3.9	4.6	4.7	4.0	4–6 hrs/week	14 of 18
Spring 2026	James P Morken	3.7	4.7	4.3	4.6	3.9	4.6	4.7	4.0	4–6 hrs/week	14 of 18
Spring 2025	Jier Huang	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.0	4.6	4.5	4.4	1–3 hrs/week	30 of 34
Spring 2025	Marc Snapper	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.5	4.0	4.6	4.5	4.4	1–3 hrs/week	30 of 34
Spring 2024	Shih-Yuan Liu	3.3	4.2	3.9	4.0	3.4	4.1	4.1	3.5	1–3 hrs/week	32 of 36
Spring 2023	James P Morken	3.6	4.6	3.8	4.0	3.6	4.3	4.4	4.2	4–6 hrs/week	19 of 20
Spring 2022	Eranthie Weerapana	1.8	4.2	2.3	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.9	2.4	4–6 hrs/week	26 of 34
Spring 2022	Jeffery Byers	1.8	1.6	2.3	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.9	2.4	4–6 hrs/week	26 of 34
Spring 2022	Jianmin Gao	1.8	4.1	2.3	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.9	2.4	4–6 hrs/week	26 of 34
Spring 2022	Matthias Waegele	1.8	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.9	2.4	4–6 hrs/week	26 of 34

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Amir H Hoveyda
Spring 2027
Jianmin Gao
Spring 2027, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.12/5
Junwei L Bao
Spring 2027
Alexis Grimaud
Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.21/5
Eranthie Weerapana
Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.20/5
Huiqing Zhou
Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.36/5
James P Morken
Spring 2026, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.63/5
Jeffery Byers
Spring 2022 · Official rating 1.65/5
Jier Huang
Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.14/5
Marc Snapper
Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.20/5
Matthias Waegele
Spring 2022 · Official rating 2.56/5
Shih-Yuan Liu
Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.22/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Junwei L Bao, Jianmin Gao, Amir H Hoveyda · Campion Hall 235 TuTh 09:00AM-10:15AM · Offered