Professor
B. Regan
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Winter 2021 - Regan is a cool guy, I like him a lot and he clearly cares about the welfare of his students, but fuck this class is hard. I'm a CS major, I don't care about physics, and I really don't want to spend the amount of time required to do well in this class on physics. It's probably a good take if you will do physics upper divs, but it's not for me.
Winter 2021 - Regan is a cool guy, I like him a lot and he clearly cares about the welfare of his students, but fuck this class is hard. I'm a CS major, I don't care about physics, and I really don't want to spend the amount of time required to do well in this class on physics. It's probably a good take if you will do physics upper divs, but it's not for me.
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Fall 2018 - This class was extremely difficult I would recogmend not taking it with him. This class is also technically skippable. If you must take this class take it with a diffrent professor. He is a great guy, funny, and lectures well. But his exams can be astronomically difficult.
Fall 2018 - This class was extremely difficult I would recogmend not taking it with him. This class is also technically skippable. If you must take this class take it with a diffrent professor. He is a great guy, funny, and lectures well. But his exams can be astronomically difficult.
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Spring 2024 - Regan is a little unconventional. I really enjoyed the class though. We started off with some things that were quite confusing (some stuff combining special relativity and quantum mechanics, including a very complex lecture on deriving E&M from local gauge invariance) but everything was mostly explained by the end and it connected together pretty well. The homework is long and hard, so go to office hours (which are really helpful, also he sometimes covers interesting additional content not in the class). The tests were actually not that bad; they're almost identical to the practice midterm (and one question on midterm 2 was copied word-for-word from midterm 1). Lectures are both on zoom and recorded, but I'd recommend going in person. I'm looking forward to taking Physics 17 with him in the fall. P.S. he hates ħ, ε, μ, and c. And Ben Franklin.
Spring 2024 - Regan is a little unconventional. I really enjoyed the class though. We started off with some things that were quite confusing (some stuff combining special relativity and quantum mechanics, including a very complex lecture on deriving E&M from local gauge invariance) but everything was mostly explained by the end and it connected together pretty well. The homework is long and hard, so go to office hours (which are really helpful, also he sometimes covers interesting additional content not in the class). The tests were actually not that bad; they're almost identical to the practice midterm (and one question on midterm 2 was copied word-for-word from midterm 1). Lectures are both on zoom and recorded, but I'd recommend going in person. I'm looking forward to taking Physics 17 with him in the fall. P.S. he hates ħ, ε, μ, and c. And Ben Franklin.
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Spring 2021 - Regan: cool funny guy tests: crazy hard homework: ALOT hbar: stupid human constant don: enlightened the curve: GNARLY fr fr tho, prof is super dope, funny and knowledgeable. He teaches QM with his own twist, which was weird at first but later it kind of grows on you.
Spring 2021 - Regan: cool funny guy tests: crazy hard homework: ALOT hbar: stupid human constant don: enlightened the curve: GNARLY fr fr tho, prof is super dope, funny and knowledgeable. He teaches QM with his own twist, which was weird at first but later it kind of grows on you.
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Winter 2023 - cool guy, take him if u want to learn, don't if u just want it easy. most importantly, what I like about this professor is that he teaches well. He tests the concepts he emphasises on, and it is relatively easy to get an A in his classes without obsessing over them like most try-hards do (yeah I mean the Knudsers.. who spend all their day in the physics building) He is easily readable. You can tell what he will test you on by how big his smile is when he teaches the concept. Focus on the topics that bring out his ( inspiring but lowkey cringy) enthusiasm .... and you ll get the A
Winter 2023 - cool guy, take him if u want to learn, don't if u just want it easy. most importantly, what I like about this professor is that he teaches well. He tests the concepts he emphasises on, and it is relatively easy to get an A in his classes without obsessing over them like most try-hards do (yeah I mean the Knudsers.. who spend all their day in the physics building) He is easily readable. You can tell what he will test you on by how big his smile is when he teaches the concept. Focus on the topics that bring out his ( inspiring but lowkey cringy) enthusiasm .... and you ll get the A
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