I have literally never worked so hard for a class in my life with such shitty results. Corbin is a great teacher but be prepared to f*cking kill yourself if you want to get a decent grade in his class. Lectures are dope, but the tests make you want to die and completely destroy any faith you had in your abilities. Honestly, I don't even think it matters how much you study (I studied for the final for 2 weeks straight, 6 hours a day and still got a C), it's more about your natural capability to think the way corbin does. OH does help though. I love the guy but his class is ass.

Please. Ignore everyone who says "if you want to learn physics then take Corbin". unless you really don't mind feeling extremely horrible about yourself and killing yourself to learn physics. Not gonna lie, I feel like I learned some stuff... but I don't think its worth the pain you go through. I failed all my other classes to get a B in this class uh not worth it. Totally could've done better this quarter if I didn't stress over this class, trying to study for test questions I couldn't even imagine. But I guess if you're a physics major, and you really don't care about your grade, like -- REALLY -- DON'T care about your grade -- then go for it my dude. If you know this is the class you're gonna prioritize, and you don't care about your grades in other classes either. do not recommend unless you've already learned this material, don't mind making physics your main focus, and don't mind never not studying.
pros- no homework
cons- nothing can prepare you for all of this

While Corbin is an engaging lecturer, he is a bitter man. If you are fine with a professor who clearly does not like it when you ask questions, speak to him, or look at him, then still don't take him because it's just not worth it.
Corbin makes his class hard so that many people go to his office hours(think 20 people in a small office) so he can inflate his own ego by artificially creating demand for himself.

Corbin will not give back exams in office hours, only before (8 am)lecture. And as someone who has experienced panic attacks, regular, quality sleep is an even more important element of my health. His inflexibility in returning graded materials is just one example of his lack of empathy towards his students.

Corbin is short tempered and easily disgusted by interactions that come with being a professor. He will appear irritated and disgusted if you approach him or ask a question. He is excellent at making others feel stupid.

Corbin utilizes a flawed testing philosophy. His tests are 3 hour tests given in 50 minutes, and many of his questions require memorization of random information given in lecture(like the velocity of sound in a wire, or the solution to a forced, damped oscillator, or the solutions to the differential equations describing RC circuits). His tests highly skew towards memorization.

Corbin does not prepare his students for his exams, which contain problems 100x harder than any homework problem, and deliberately so, since he endorses this ridiculous testing philosophy when he says "You need easier problems before you do the harder problems." But this isn't training wheels, its asking someone to do a trick on a skateboard after they just practiced riding a sled. He never gives any problems or materials that compare in difficulty to the exam, and neither do the TA's. You must go to the review session graciously provided by Tao Beta Pi before each midterm if you want some examples of hard problems(maybe 3-5 given), or find someone with a test bank(which he is not clear about his policy on test banks since he has no syllabus).

In short: Corbin is mean, clearly bittered by the annoyance of students over his many years of teaching. His teaching structure is designed to be sat through quietly while you grasp at straws, hoping to remember something for the ridiculous exams. He is just a waste. There is no reason to take this professor over any other, no matter what anyone says, your quality of life will be greatly improved if you take anyone else. It is a waste of human interaction on this earth to take this professor. And this is coming from someone who got a B in his class. It's just not worth it.

Corbin's tests are quite tough compared to other physics classes; but if you look at the previous quarters, his grade distribution is quite decent, giving around 25% A's. The key to doing well in his class is going to lecture and understanding the concepts and math behind every single step of his derivations/examples; if you can do that, it's not too hard to apply the same thinking to his exam problems, which usually aren't too different from his lecture problems. Do the discussion/review problems from the TAs, and I'd also recommend looking at Corbin's old exams as well as some of the Feynman lectures. IMO, reading the textbook/doing the recommended HW problems is mostly a waste of time.
If you work smart and reasonably hard, this class really isn't too bad, and Corbin does do a good job of teaching physics.

Corbin is a nice dude and pretty chill but this class almost killed me (and still might). His exams are extremely difficult and his office hours are usually unhelpful since so many people go and often times it's just expanding on what was went over in the lecture. I studied around 30 hours for one of the midterms and still got significantly below average. If you come from a background of not having much high school physics you're pretty much screwed since a lot of times he sort of assumes you already know certain things (and this is coming from a physics major).

Best professor UCLA has to offer. Would highly recommend.

I love Corbin, and chose to take him again for 1C. He's literally Jeff Bridges. Super laid back and fun, but also an incredible lecturer. He explains concepts better than anyone else, and takes the time to make sure you understand everything fully. That being said, his tests are incredibly difficult; I got a 17% on the second midterm. He frames exams as "an opportunity to learn from your mistakes," and purposefully makes it nearly impossible to do well. Everyone does poorly on them though so it'll be fine; my 17% got me a B. I highly highly highly recommend taking Corbin for every class you possibly can.

Like all reviews say, Corbin knows what he's talking about. Great lecturer as well, and often funny. His midterms were tight on time, so you have to be prepared because you don't have much time to waste remembering equations and stuff. The final was a lot longer, but more time per question which allowed for more thinking. Overall, his exams are very difficult, although there are parts which are straightforward, so make sure you don't miss those. I didn't think I did well at all, but I ended up with a B, so not too bad.

Cool professor, lovable homie.

This guy destroys my interest in physics. Don't take him.