This class the exactly equivalent to AP Physics 1(but they don't give credit for some reason). Pay attention during rotation(moment of inertia, rotational kinetic energy). It's harder than it looks.
You definitely need to read the textbook thoroughly and watch a ton of Khan Academy videos or else you're going to do really bad in the class. One midterm and one final. No quizzes. Do your homework. Mastering Physics is a pain, especially with significant figures, but that will definitely make or break your grade.
If you have any physics background (high school, etc) this class will be easy peasy.
Most people weren't Reedy for the final. Overall pretty easy class; homework, clickers, 1 exam, 1 final. Just follow along with the class & know how to use the equations.
Professor Reddy. Overall grade is curved at the end.
Honestly, this class was harder than 40B and 40C for me. I got a C in 40A while I got a B+ in 40B and an A in 40C... Make sure you do a ton of practice problems and read the book.
Read the textbook, do a lot of practice problems. Bombed the final and got a C in the class but I also didn't do most of the homework and stopped going to lecture consistently. Just keep up and you'll be fine. Curved at the end; Reddy
Took this class with Reddy. Max all your other scores because you never know how the curve will affect you. Got a B- on the midterm and then proceeded to get a D+ on the final and barely ended with a flat A so I got lucky solely because I made sure everything else was near 100%. As for the labs, don't just read the lab manuals beforehand - try and set up your lab pages/tables and answer the questions too. And if they don't provide excel spreadsheets to do calculations in, make them yourself because it'll save you a lot of time, especially if your TA is strict.
basically like AP Physics 1 with some other topics included and excluded. If you've taken AP Physics 1 and put in the work, this should be an easy A. No quizzes, only need to participate in 80% of clicker questions for a 100%, labs were sort of confusing at times but if you understand labs then you will be an A on the lab final.
took it with Reddy. his lectures are boring and all he does are problems. huge curve i got a 45 on the midterm and 81 on the final 79 on the lab portion 100 on discussion 97 in homework and it came out to a solid B+ with the curve
In discussion, the TA gives optional physics questions that are far harder to solve than those in class. Instead of doing everything, learning to solve these will ensure you succeed!
Professor Thomas Kulman was chill and funny for this class, homework was easy but the midterm was kinda hard. Overall alright class
I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH DO NOT GET MICHAEL ANDERSON UNLESS YOU WANT TO TEACH URSELF EVERYTHING. It's not worth it either switch profs or drop him. He does not teach anything nor does he explain anything in lectures. His style of "teaching" is to give a worksheet and have u do it on ur own. He does not provide answers for said worksheet nor explain how to do any of the problems ever. If you know physics by all means take the class for the units but if not avoid Anderson at all costs.
Screw Michael Anderson, worst professor I ever had at UCR, avoid him at all costs for any physics classes.
Had Anderson, class is very simple in terms of format, midterms (total of 2) are pretty much the same from class examples, and final takes questions from the midterms and practice tests. Make sure to attend lectures since he has clicker questions and participation activities. class is easy if you put some work.
I came into this with no physics knowledge at all since I didn't take it in high school. Physics as a whole is hard, but for the most part you just use equations and combine them together to solve word problems. I had Reddy for this class, the class average for the midterm was somewhere around 40% (free response), and the final was multiple choice. I absolutely bombed the midterm and did average on the final, ended up with a B by some miracle. The curve was absolutely huge for Reddy (45% was a C- lol).
Took this class with Naveen Reddy in Fall 2022. His instruction was okay but I found that the textbook as well as previous high school physics courses (such as AP Physics 1) were more helpful. Make sure to put in the work in at least skimming through the book and the equations, especially if you haven't had experience in prior physics classes. Topics covered largely resemble AP Physics 1 curriculum from kinematics all the way up to rotational motion. The class also had generous curving, especially for the final (though that may be because of the UC strike going on at that time). Overall not a very difficult class, you just need to put in the work.
Thomas Kuhlman one of the best physics professors. Good lecturing skills and will answer any questions you have. The class itself is based around My Lab and Mastering a software through Pearson. Your grade comes from your performance on the grades, one midterm, lab, and the final. The grading system is based on points. The more points you earn the better your overall grade. With the attached lab section, make sure to do well cause the grade from lab is added to the overall for the class. LSA pretty difficult so study.
Took in Winter 23 with Prof Barish. For my first ever physics class I was super lost. Not going to get help from office hours or instructors did not improve my situation. The only reason I even passed the class (despite failing the final) was the massive curve allowing me to end with a B when I really should have gotten a C or D. The prof is nice, chill, good prof but I just don't have the work ethic or comprehensive skills to understand physics. Same goes for 40B and 40C, being carried by people in the class discord.
Prof. Khulman is a really good professor. He explains the concepts really well in a way that everyone can understand. I think reading the whole chapter before lectures really helped me since there are concepts in there that the prof doesn't go over during lecture. These concepts then show up on the homework and exams. The midterm itself isn't hard at all. He gives two practice midterms, and a good chunk of the actual midterm is just questions from the practice. The final I had was MCQ, whereas the practice finals that were uploaded only had 8 MCQs and 3 long form answers. For the final, I would say go over all your homework again and if you have AP physics books from high school, use them too. For the Lab section, the LSA is quite hard, but it is meant to be that way. Your experience in the lab section really just depends on your TA. Mine was really chill and let us talk to each other during lab quizzes, but I've heard other TA's grade harshly. In the end, everyone I knew got an A. If you do well on the midterm, and decent on the final, you will get an A.
Taken with Anderson. It's like ap physics 1 but with basic derivatives and integrals thrown in every so often. Labs are tiring. Just plug numbers into the equations they give you on the equation sheet. Do your homework and you're good.