PHYSICS 1A
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
Description: Lecture/demonstration, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 32A. Motion, Newton laws, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, gravitation. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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I found Abachi's intructions very interesting. He was well organized and came to class exactly on the clock. He is one of the greatest professors I have met at UCLA. I took his class in summer before i started my freshman year and he made my transition very rewarding. His teachings were advanced and difficult yet he taught it in a way where i can follow. I highly recommend him and sadly when i did begin my freshman year at UCLA I was unfortunate to not have an instructor like him.
I found Abachi's intructions very interesting. He was well organized and came to class exactly on the clock. He is one of the greatest professors I have met at UCLA. I took his class in summer before i started my freshman year and he made my transition very rewarding. His teachings were advanced and difficult yet he taught it in a way where i can follow. I highly recommend him and sadly when i did begin my freshman year at UCLA I was unfortunate to not have an instructor like him.
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This man cannot teach! His lectures are trivial and utterly meaningless; he never solves any useful problems, he simply (tries) to derive every formula already given to you. And I say "tries" because he can never quite do it. He's always making little mistakes here and there that confuses both himself and the class. What makes it worse is that his handwriting is horrible so you're not going to even be able to decipher the incorrect proofs scrawled upon the board. I also thought he kind of sounded like Bill Cosby (which may or may not be a bad thing depending on your predeliction for Jello and Kodak film). I never went to class after the second week. If you took AP Physics in high school, this class is EXACTLY the same and you shouldn't have to go either. For me it was an easy A. Oh yeah, and try to find someone with last year's midterms and final solutions for insurance. You'd be surprised how many people have them.
This man cannot teach! His lectures are trivial and utterly meaningless; he never solves any useful problems, he simply (tries) to derive every formula already given to you. And I say "tries" because he can never quite do it. He's always making little mistakes here and there that confuses both himself and the class. What makes it worse is that his handwriting is horrible so you're not going to even be able to decipher the incorrect proofs scrawled upon the board. I also thought he kind of sounded like Bill Cosby (which may or may not be a bad thing depending on your predeliction for Jello and Kodak film). I never went to class after the second week. If you took AP Physics in high school, this class is EXACTLY the same and you shouldn't have to go either. For me it was an easy A. Oh yeah, and try to find someone with last year's midterms and final solutions for insurance. You'd be surprised how many people have them.
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Winter 2018 - Anton Bondarenko is a legend. Take Physics 1A with him. He is very clear and provides a lot of material for students to work with. He uploads handwritten lecture notes. Leads excellent review sessions before examinations that strongly resemble the exam itself. The medians in his class are around ~80%. This means you basically have to lock in a raw score of 90+ to have a shot at an A-. I personally did not have much intuition for physics and relied heavily on mathematics to derive most of the answers. I would blindly compute integrals and take derivatives to get the answer based on the mathematical relationships between the equations. If you have a good grasp of the calculus, you will find it that you don't really have to get the "physics" to do well in Bondarenko's class. But, if you want to develop the intuition for physics, paying attention in lecture, following his demos and asking questions in office hours will definitely help.
Winter 2018 - Anton Bondarenko is a legend. Take Physics 1A with him. He is very clear and provides a lot of material for students to work with. He uploads handwritten lecture notes. Leads excellent review sessions before examinations that strongly resemble the exam itself. The medians in his class are around ~80%. This means you basically have to lock in a raw score of 90+ to have a shot at an A-. I personally did not have much intuition for physics and relied heavily on mathematics to derive most of the answers. I would blindly compute integrals and take derivatives to get the answer based on the mathematical relationships between the equations. If you have a good grasp of the calculus, you will find it that you don't really have to get the "physics" to do well in Bondarenko's class. But, if you want to develop the intuition for physics, paying attention in lecture, following his demos and asking questions in office hours will definitely help.
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