Just like for Physics 5B, Bauer was a very straightforward professor. The quizzes seemed a bit harder but maybe that's because he made them open note this quarter. He ended up giving us a free 100% on a quiz and also dropped our lowest quiz. The midterm, at least personally, I felt was a lot easier than the 5B midterm. The final was meh, definitely did not understand 2 of the 7 questions, but his generous partial credit pulled through and I still got an 85% on that final.
Honestly, the class content is a lot easier than 5B and I think that reflects in his grades of this class as I put a lot less effort in this class. Bauer is a pretty decent professor and I don't have any big complaints on this class.

Physics 5C is all about electrical circuits and currents. It uses some knowledge from 5A, but has much new material. I took this class online during the COVID-19 and the quizzes and exams were uploaded on GradeScope and you had a timer to write out your answers and submit a pdf. There were 4 quizzes with one being dropped and a midterm and final. There was weekly homework on Mastering Assignments (easily found on the internet). The lectures were recorded so there was no requirement of attendance in lecture. Lab was mandatory and did take the full 2 Hours. The discussion was not mandatory. I would recommend reading the textbook as it clarifies what the professor teaches. This professor is patient and very communicative.

((taken online during the pandemic))

general class impression:
as someone who's only taken physics through the 5 series at UCLA as opposed to AP Physics in high school, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed 5C, or physics at all for that matter. Hated 5A (damn u newton), tolerated 5B (water's kinda cool ig), and loved how applicable 5C was to daily life. DJ Bauer never disappoints in terms of lecture (had him for the entire series): he always uploaded prerecorded lectures in a consistent manner, and explained each concept and formula very thoroughly; also gave us optional readings (most of my classmates didn't even touch the book, but I found it helpful for the examples since there was not enough lecture time to go through formula applications) and practice problems. we had weekly quizzes starting week 2 (9 total, one dropped) which was kinda stressful but worth it in the long run, because no midterms, and the final was only worth 10% of our course grade.

grade breakdown:
Discussion 10% (weekly worksheets based on completion and attendance, easy points)
Final exam 10% (only 3 problems in 90 minutes)
Homework (Mastering Physics) 10%
Labs 15% (since the majority of the course is on electromagnetism, you'll be working with circuits! you have the option to purchase a physical circuit for ~$80 or just do free online simulations, but I found the simulations to be more straightforward and less of a financial burden)
Quizzes 55% (9 total taken during class time on gradescope, 1 dropped)

Extra credit 0.6% (campuswire posts, meant to help you in case you were close to the next highest letter grade since he does not round grades)

Scale:
A 93%
A- 90%
B+ 87%
B 83%
B- 80%
C+ 75%
C 70%
C- 65%
D+ 60%
D 55%
D- 50%
F <50%
with "A+ awarded at the professor's discretion for extraordinary achievement in the course"

tips:
as the majority of our grade is based on weekly quizzes, do those extra practice problems in the schedule every week and study ahead of time! I found the mastering problems to be too easy compared to the quiz difficulty since his quizzes tend to combine concepts in parts instead of explicitly stating an exact formula you have to use like in mastering; the extra practice problems in the textbook do a better job of having you apply concepts more broadly. quiz difficulty ranges each week, but partial credit is given for using the correct formulas even if your numeral answers are incorrect. this doesn't mean just memorize formulas, though—conceptual understanding is fundamental to doing well in this course (as with any other course, but physics especially imo)! if you don't understand something, tackle it straight away because each week builds upon each other. best of luck, and don't feel intimidated by the name because it was personally the most straightforward of the series! :)

If you need to take this class, take it with Professor Bauer! The class consisted of weekly mastering homework assignments, weekly labs (no pre-labs!), four quizzes with the lowest being dropped, one midterm, and the final. All of his lectures were recorded beforehand but he would livestream them on zoom and allow us to ask questions in the chat which he would answer while lecture was playing which I thought was really efficient. His lectures are straightforward and easy to understand. If you have any questions, Bauer was extremely active on campuswire as was the rest of the class and we would usually get responses in around an hour. The quizzes were also very straightforward if you had been paying attention in class and following the homework. He didn't use any numbers and we had to write out answers in terms of variables which ended up being really nice due to the home-testing situation; we were less likely to make dumb calculator mistakes. Lastly, Bauer gave us an optional final which was really nice and he scaled the rest of the class to be worth more if you opted out (he even made the last homework extra credit). Even though I didn't take the final, I have never learned more in a single class. All in all, Bauer was such a caring professor and I 100% recommend him if you want to learn and do well.