CH 320MUpper division3 credit hours
CH 320M Organic Chemistry I
Since 2012, CH 320M has averaged 2.81 with 21% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.06, below the 3.46 average for undergraduate CH classes that term.
Registration detailsBefore you register
Listed for Spring 2027 · UT’s published schedule
UT prerequisites and restrictions
- Prerequisites
- Chemistry 302, 302C, 402C, or 302H with a grade of at least C-.
- Catalog edition
- 2026–27
- Class hours a week
- 3
- Grading
- Letter grade or pass/fail, your choice
- Repeat for credit
- No
- Texas common number
- CHEM 2323
Grade distribution
Spring 2026: 555 letter grades, 3.06 average GPA, 37% A’s, 2 sections
Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.
Grade counts
| Grade | Students | Share | All terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 207 | 37.3% | 21.3% |
| A− | 56 | 10.1% | 8.5% |
| B+ | 33 | 5.9% | 8.7% |
| B | 58 | 10.5% | 17.9% |
| B− | 39 | 7.0% | 7.8% |
| C+ | 40 | 7.2% | 7.1% |
| C | 48 | 8.6% | 15.1% |
| C− | 41 | 7.4% | 4.2% |
| D+ | 0 | 0.0% | 2.2% |
| D | 18 | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| D− | 2 | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| F | 13 | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| Q, W, CR, and others | 72 | Not in the average | |
How have grades changed?
UT’s grade reports show 42 terms from Fall 2012 to Summer 2026 (14 falls, 14 springs, and 14 summers).
Grades by term
| Term | Sections | Letter grades | Average GPA | A’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2026 | 1 | 83 | 2.72 | 22.9% |
| Spring 2026 | 2 | 555 | 3.06 | 37.3% |
| Fall 2025 | 5 | 1,958 | 3.09 | 36.1% |
| Summer 2025 | 1 | 99 | 2.56 | 17.2% |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 507 | 2.95 | 30.2% |
| Fall 2024 | 5 | 1,775 | 3.10 | 33.1% |
| Summer 2024 | 1 | 59 | 2.80 | 18.6% |
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 452 | 2.80 | 19.7% |
| Fall 2023 | 5 | 1,669 | 2.93 | 28.9% |
| Summer 2023 | 1 | 74 | 2.85 | 12.2% |
| Spring 2023 | 2 | 438 | 2.51 | 13.2% |
| Fall 2022 | 6 | 1,700 | 2.76 | 20.3% |
| Summer 2022 | 1 | 62 | 2.30 | 4.8% |
| Spring 2022 | 2 | 504 | 2.27 | 7.5% |
| Fall 2021 | 5 | 1,523 | 2.68 | 16.1% |
| Summer 2021 | 1 | 86 | 2.14 | 16.3% |
| Spring 2021 | 2 | 321 | 2.83 | 19.3% |
| Fall 2020 | 5 | 1,492 | 3.13 | 28.4% |
| Summer 2020 | 1 | 133 | 3.04 | 13.5% |
| Spring 2020 | 2 | 426 | 3.26 | 24.9% |
| Fall 2019 | 5 | 1,659 | 2.95 | 24.3% |
| Summer 2019 | 1 | 83 | 2.46 | 12.0% |
| Spring 2019 | 2 | 454 | 3.01 | 24.9% |
| Fall 2018 | 5 | 1,552 | 2.88 | 21.3% |
| Summer 2018 | 1 | 81 | 2.62 | 13.6% |
| Spring 2018 | 2 | 434 | 2.68 | 19.8% |
| Fall 2017 | 6 | 1,614 | 2.87 | 21.0% |
| Summer 2017 | 1 | 140 | 2.68 | 12.9% |
| Spring 2017 | 2 | 351 | 2.32 | 11.4% |
| Fall 2016 | 5 | 1,498 | 2.72 | 15.3% |
| Summer 2016 | 1 | 129 | 2.81 | 18.6% |
| Spring 2016 | 2 | 417 | 2.48 | 10.8% |
| Fall 2015 | 5 | 1,252 | 2.71 | 16.3% |
| Summer 2015 | 1 | 115 | 2.73 | 20.9% |
| Spring 2015 | 2 | 429 | 2.39 | 8.6% |
| Fall 2014 | 5 | 1,231 | 2.63 | 13.3% |
| Summer 2014 | 1 | 103 | 2.49 | 14.6% |
| Spring 2014 | 2 | 532 | 2.52 | 14.3% |
| Fall 2013 | 6 | 1,323 | 2.63 | 14.5% |
| Summer 2013 | 1 | 129 | 2.73 | 20.2% |
| Spring 2013 | 2 | 532 | 2.36 | 9.6% |
| Fall 2012 | 5 | 1,293 | 2.63 | 14.8% |
What’s CH 320M about?
Primarily for premedical, predental, life sciences, and pharmacy majors. Development of organic chemical structure, nomenclature, and reactivity. Only one of the following may be counted: Chemistry 320M, 328C, 328M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prepare for class
- Organic structures
- Chemical names
- Reactivity
Review · Practice adding omitted hydrogens to a line-angle drawing.
Self-check · How many hydrogens are attached to the middle carbon of propane?
Show the answer
Two. Its bonds to two neighboring carbons leave two bonds for hydrogen.
Instructor evaluations
UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. Open a term and look for CH 320M in it: Spring 2026 · Fall 2025 · Summer 2025 · Spring 2025.
UT’s CES ratings search · Results before Fall 2022 · Syllabi and evaluations for CH 320M
The guide links UT’s own results and copies no numbers.
What comes before and after?
Courses named by UT
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Sources
The Spring 2027 listing comes from UT’s printed schedule, checked November 9, 2026.
Class details come from UT’s Chemistry catalog page, 2026–27 edition, checked October 27, 2026. Match requirements to your own catalog and degree plan.
Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy.
Each letter grade counts once. A− has its own bar. Subject averages cover the same subject, level, and term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.