Professor Gutierrez is a treasure. I audited his Physics 1BH lectures while enrolled in Professor Bauer's Physics 1B. My philosophy was that if I could even tread water in 1BH, I would thrive in 1B. Gutierrez is smart, funny, and cares deeply about his students' well-being. He explains concepts beautifully and walks through simple, intuitive practice problems before throwing you into the thick of it. Professor Gutierrez gives a break in the middle of the class, allows test corrections, and encourages collaboration. What I appreciate most about Professor Gutierrez is his humility, explaining how "Grades aren't everything" applied to his journey. He clarified that performing suboptimally on one exam doesn't define your grade in his class, and his classroom had the strongest community I've found among CS and EE classes. I highly recommend taking any class he teaches and taking the time to get to know him. Professor Gutierrez is a wealth of knowledge, stories, and compassion.

This is the first class you take as the bridge between lower division and upper division physics. Some things can be a bit confusing, since you're essentially being presented the methods to solve problems you haven't even encountered yet (but will later). That said, it was one of my favorite classes this quarter. Dr. Gutierrez did a great job explaining everything. We had a few homework assignments, most of which included a mini programming project in Python (for things like solving the wave equation, calculating FFT, etc.) but you don't need CS experience for it. There were two midterms, not particularly difficult but we were allowed corrections on it to earn 20% back. The final was five questions.