Daniel Frederick Mckeown
Department of Physics
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4.5
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Based on 18 Users
Easiness 4.1 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.1 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.5 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: B
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March 11, 2024

McKeown passion for teaching really shows, as does the care he has for his students and for maintaining fairness. His efforts to rework the ways physics is traditionally taught truly is inspiring; I always felt respected in the classroom, both during exams and in classes. Quite honestly one of the best professors I've experienced since coming to UCLA.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: B
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March 11, 2024

McKeown passion for teaching really shows, as does the care he has for his students and for maintaining fairness. His efforts to rework the ways physics is traditionally taught truly is inspiring; I always felt respected in the classroom, both during exams and in classes. Quite honestly one of the best professors I've experienced since coming to UCLA.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A+
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Feb. 28, 2024

suffice it to say that despite scraping through 1A with an A- with, arguably, an easy professor, i earned the first A+ of my academic career with Prof McKeown. exams are extremely generous, as are the quizzes. it's free points all the way down. i scored like an 85% on the very easy midterm out of sheer stupidity only to find that the professor had actually secretly curved (midterm was out of 100+ points but scored only out of 100) so i got 100 anyways. as with all other physics series classes you can just read the textbook and do practice problems. great experience

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
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Jan. 9, 2024

Mckeown resparked the love of physics that Corbin c r u s h e d...
First and foremost, he absolutely stands by his policy that physics should be fun, interesting, and something that everyone can learn. He does his best to keep students engaged, either with the occasional demo, or by being a cool down to earth professor who can relate to our struggles of having some *awful* physics professors. His grading scheme is SUPER fair, his midterms and quizzes were a lot like the homework, and he really integrated student feedback into his lectures. His lectures could sometimes be a little disorganized, especially the further we went, and he had to cut out a significant chunk of material. I took him his first quarter teaching (ever), so hopefully that issue resolves itself as he becomes more comfortable. Overall, a 10/10 professor and one who will save your career in physics.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A-
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Dec. 20, 2023

McKeown is the best professor I've ever had. Overall he is just a funny guy. Very down to Earth, and wants to make physics accessible to everyone. Exams are probably the most fair I have had yet. He genuinely wants to help students learn and has the most office hrs out of any prof I have had yet. If nobody scores 100% on the exam, he will curve. 10/10 would take again, and honestly will miss seeing this guy pull up to lecture.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: NR
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Dec. 15, 2023

Professor McKeown is passionate about teaching and making physics entertaining for everyone. Hw is weekly MasteringPhysics and graded on effort, but this is his first quarter teaching so his grading policy may change in the future. Quizzes were based directly off the homework, and exam questions were also similar. Slides are used in lecture and use the textbook to explain concepts. Overall engaging and fun professor to have. 10/10.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: N/A
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Dec. 13, 2023

Mckeown is one of the few professors who seem to genuinely care. He really enjoys what he does, understands how difficult physics is for a lot of people and genuinely wants you to succeed. The quizzes are pulled straight from the homework and exams are mostly reasonable, although sometimes too long with some vague wording for questions (though he recognizes this and accommodates different answers or curves). He’s not perfect (his lectures/slides aren’t always the clearest or most engaging) but otherwise an awesome professor. Highly recommend taking him and going to his office hours whenever you can.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: N/A
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Dec. 7, 2023

Overall a very nice guy that's also very accommodating for any issues that may come up. The exam content was basically just topics from the homework, but some of the questions were extremely poorly written, and the exams overall had way too many questions (15 questions on a midterm?). There are also 4 quizzes during the quarter in addition to the 2 midterms, but the quizzes are very short (~10 minutes) and very easy. Supposedly after this quarter when he gets stuff figured out with CAE the quizzes will be unannounced so you have to attend lecture. This was his first quarter teaching here though, so hopefully things will change for the better.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: B
March 11, 2024

McKeown passion for teaching really shows, as does the care he has for his students and for maintaining fairness. His efforts to rework the ways physics is traditionally taught truly is inspiring; I always felt respected in the classroom, both during exams and in classes. Quite honestly one of the best professors I've experienced since coming to UCLA.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: B
March 11, 2024

McKeown passion for teaching really shows, as does the care he has for his students and for maintaining fairness. His efforts to rework the ways physics is traditionally taught truly is inspiring; I always felt respected in the classroom, both during exams and in classes. Quite honestly one of the best professors I've experienced since coming to UCLA.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A+
Feb. 28, 2024

suffice it to say that despite scraping through 1A with an A- with, arguably, an easy professor, i earned the first A+ of my academic career with Prof McKeown. exams are extremely generous, as are the quizzes. it's free points all the way down. i scored like an 85% on the very easy midterm out of sheer stupidity only to find that the professor had actually secretly curved (midterm was out of 100+ points but scored only out of 100) so i got 100 anyways. as with all other physics series classes you can just read the textbook and do practice problems. great experience

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Jan. 9, 2024

Mckeown resparked the love of physics that Corbin c r u s h e d...
First and foremost, he absolutely stands by his policy that physics should be fun, interesting, and something that everyone can learn. He does his best to keep students engaged, either with the occasional demo, or by being a cool down to earth professor who can relate to our struggles of having some *awful* physics professors. His grading scheme is SUPER fair, his midterms and quizzes were a lot like the homework, and he really integrated student feedback into his lectures. His lectures could sometimes be a little disorganized, especially the further we went, and he had to cut out a significant chunk of material. I took him his first quarter teaching (ever), so hopefully that issue resolves itself as he becomes more comfortable. Overall, a 10/10 professor and one who will save your career in physics.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A-
Dec. 20, 2023

McKeown is the best professor I've ever had. Overall he is just a funny guy. Very down to Earth, and wants to make physics accessible to everyone. Exams are probably the most fair I have had yet. He genuinely wants to help students learn and has the most office hrs out of any prof I have had yet. If nobody scores 100% on the exam, he will curve. 10/10 would take again, and honestly will miss seeing this guy pull up to lecture.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: NR
Dec. 15, 2023

Professor McKeown is passionate about teaching and making physics entertaining for everyone. Hw is weekly MasteringPhysics and graded on effort, but this is his first quarter teaching so his grading policy may change in the future. Quizzes were based directly off the homework, and exam questions were also similar. Slides are used in lecture and use the textbook to explain concepts. Overall engaging and fun professor to have. 10/10.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: N/A
Dec. 13, 2023

Mckeown is one of the few professors who seem to genuinely care. He really enjoys what he does, understands how difficult physics is for a lot of people and genuinely wants you to succeed. The quizzes are pulled straight from the homework and exams are mostly reasonable, although sometimes too long with some vague wording for questions (though he recognizes this and accommodates different answers or curves). He’s not perfect (his lectures/slides aren’t always the clearest or most engaging) but otherwise an awesome professor. Highly recommend taking him and going to his office hours whenever you can.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: N/A
Dec. 7, 2023

Overall a very nice guy that's also very accommodating for any issues that may come up. The exam content was basically just topics from the homework, but some of the questions were extremely poorly written, and the exams overall had way too many questions (15 questions on a midterm?). There are also 4 quizzes during the quarter in addition to the 2 midterms, but the quizzes are very short (~10 minutes) and very easy. Supposedly after this quarter when he gets stuff figured out with CAE the quizzes will be unannounced so you have to attend lecture. This was his first quarter teaching here though, so hopefully things will change for the better.

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4.5
Overall Rating
Based on 18 Users
Easiness 4.1 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.1 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.5 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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