Materials
You need MasteringPhysics for every physics class here, which costs $110 on the MasteringPhysics website and a little more at the UCLA Store. The MasteringPhysics also comes with an ebook, so if you're not squeamish about turning electronic pages, you should save money and just buy the MP subscription. Otherwise, buying the full new package of MP and Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Giancoli (vol. 1-3) is the best deal you'll get around here ($160-170 I think). I swear that I'm not an agent of ASUCLA. Oh, and you'll need a calculator. Any type is fine, even though the syllabus makes it seem like he wants a nongraphing one.

Lectures
Dr. Huang's lectures aren't great. They're fast and you can get lost easily if you're new to physics because he takes plenty of shortcuts with his problem solving. He stops a lot to ask, "Is this okay," but sometimes you're in too deep to even know what you're confused about. He does plenty of demos, which is cool, but it's on you to connect the demos with the concepts. Your best bet is to read the textbook beforehand so that you can keep up. I don't think the examples he discussed during lecture appeared on exams, except for the ones in his final review session. The material itself isn't that difficult until after the first midterm. I'd say rotations was the most difficult part.

Discussion
Not mandatory. Your TA goes over homework and stuff. Homework is due on Friday, so this is the perfect time to get your questions answered.

Grading Scale
Homework 10 points
Midterm 1 20 points
Midterm 2 20 points
Final 50 points
Lab 15 points
Curve: C+, top 15-20% get As
What does this even mean? Just assume that he uses a cumulative point-total system. I'm not sure how he curves because I scored around 15 points below the average on both midterms and only a few points above the average on the final and got a B-. He said that he'll give you an A- if you fail both midterms and get an A on the final, but that last task is impossible hahaha.

Homework
It's on MasteringPhysics. You'll have 10 assignments, which you should start on as soon as they get posted, if only to keep up with the lectures. He'll assign one chapter per week, but there'll be weeks when he squeezes two chapters in, so you'll be behind at some point. If something comes up, though, you can always email him for an extension and he'll grant it on the spot.

Exams
Midterm 1 Median: 88
Midterm 2 Median: 58
Final Median: 53

Midterm 1 will be on chapters 1-4 and midterm 2 will be on chapters 5-9 (or 8, depending on his pacing), and the final will be cumulative. They consist of four calculation/proof questions that you have 50 minutes to complete. The final has 10 questions. By proof, I mean that sometimes he just wants you to derive a general formula for the answer. You'll see examples of this during the homework. While a theoretical understanding won't be directly tested, you'll kind of have to know it. For example, on the second midterm, he asked about a block on an incline with friction involved, and you had to derive a general formula for the minimum and maximum amount of force needed to push the incline so that the block would stay put. To do this, you had to realize in which direction the friction force was in. What saved most people from losing half of the points on this question was that it was a copy of a homework problem. There was a homework problem that asked for the minimum force. You get to create a two-sided cheat sheet for your exams. You know what to do.

Lab
The easiest part. You just do the lab, show your TA some computer results (no lab reports), and get out of there. The hardest part is learning how to use Data Studios, but you'll get through it eventaully. You should be out within an hour or so most of the time.

Office Hours
I went once and he answered my question by showing me something that he had already written on the board, which was a mess. He's intimidating for an old man. These are the only way that you can retrieve your exams and look at solutions, by the way.

Pro-Tips
- I'm speaking to people who haven't taken physics before and want to do better than I did. Read the textbook and do all the example problems before attempting the homework. Do the homework without the solutions manual. Don't worry about the number of tries on MP because he doesn't care. There is more than one way to do physics; sometimes the solutions manual will present a different solution than yours that you can't make sense of. That's all right. Ultimately, though, you want to learn the fastest ways of solving these problems.
- He'll mention this in class, but think of ways that the homework questions can be made harder. For example, refer to the question I wrote about in the Exams section.
- Do as many textbook problems as you can. I know you don't want to, but as Shia LaBeouf said, just do it. That's how you got As in high school and it's no different in college. If your time is short, focus on General Problems.
- Figure out which homework problems you don't understand too well and write them down on your cheat sheet. Just sketch the situation and force-body diagram and write down the solution or the steps to solve the problem. Minimize the amount of work you have to do on your cheat sheet by getting help. The cheat sheet takes a long time to prepare, so you should start studying at least two days in advance of exams if you need it as a crutch.
- Try for the partial credit. Sketching the force-body diagram and writing down relevant formulas will net you points. If you get stuck, don't erase. Your work might be on the right path.
- Dr. Huang's solutions to his exams can be confusing because they take a lot of shortcuts. Understand these shortcuts so that you can become faster at physics.
- I don't think it's worth getting exams from the test bank. It's not like he'll use those questions again, and he gives out a sample exam for each midterm so that you know the format. Most of the tests in the test bank have low scores, so you won't have answer keys. You also will not have any time/be too lazy to work on these practice exams. The textbook problems and constant practice are all you need, anyways.

tl;dr Dr. Huang's class is for dedicated self-learners and people who have taken physics before. Avoid if you're a newbie and need some more guidance and resources.

Huang is funny and approachable, and the demo he shows in class are so entertaining. He has accent but it doesn't bother much since his handwriting is pretty good. He will post sample midterms and finals on CCLE so you won't worry about going to the test bank. DO THE HOMEWORK, and make sure that you understand them, then you will be fine. Take Dominic as TA if he is available.
20pts midterm1
20pts midterm 2
50pts final
10pts homework online
15pts lab
Make sure you prepare well for the final! I did well on both midterms but hurt by the final (always got lost in those rotation problems) and end up with A-.

Really Easy. Just do the homework problems. His exam problems are VERY similar if not the SAME ones. You get 2-page cheat sheet. You don't need to go to class, just get notes from a friend.

He's approachable in office hours too.

Con: accent. but honestly, it doesn't matter because its Physics where you do problem solving not a linguistic class

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I took this class fall 2013, and I gotta say, this teacher is FREAKING HARD. His tests were all pretty difficult workout problems. I really struggled with this class. The good thing is he takes alot of his questions from mastering physics, but he likes to take the really hard ones. If you really have to take him, then you're only way to do well is study all the mastering physics problems and ALL of the Giancoli problems. But that takes a heck of a lot of time, which is why I said this teacher is hard. He also gives some good examples in class, but overall he's a bit hard to understand cuz of his thick Chinese accent. If there's a better physics 6a teacher out there, AVOID HUANG!

OH and his final was freaking killer. 50% average??!?!? haha, good luck with that

Honestly. I really enjoyed this class. Yes there are people who will disagree with me. At times he is accent might bother you but please don't take that as an excuse to dislike the class.

In order to do well in this class I took very detailed notes in class. Additionally I outlined the chapters in the textbook, copied down the examples, and did the general problems for every chapter we covered.

Even though he might say its okay if you don't do your homework (mastering physics) you should do your homework! Not because the problems will be on exams (it might not) but because it is good practice. Seriously if you truly understand the concepts, masteringphysics should take 2 hours max (and the solution manual also helps).

My advice when taking this class is study, play attention in class, and do alot of practice problem and you will get what deserve. And if you are already good in physics then enjoy!

Worst experience of my life. Basically I thought this class was going to be easier, but with this professor.. it was a hellhole. I had no physics background before, so it was extremely tough for me. This professor's lectures were useless because I didn't understand anything and they didn't help at all. I tried doing all the book problems, but it didn't stick well enough... I even read the whole book. I tried doing all the homework problems. First midterm I did badly and was below the average, second I did about the average, and on the final I did well above the average. I still ended up with a B-. This was the hardest class ever and this professor made it even worse for me. DO NO TAKE HIM FOR YOUR FIRST PHYSICS CLASS UNLESS YOU ARE A PHYSICS GENIUS.

Have little physics background from high school, but most of what I saw in this class was someone familiar, like formulas or concepts. To begin my actual review, Huang is the worst professor I have ever had at UCLA. He always says "Do the homework." Yes, I do all the homework, and more textbook problems for practice, still did below average for both midterms. Final pulled me out to a decent grade, but it took a lot out of me. Saw all his practice midterms from testbank and other sources, easy as cake (prob 90-95% on those), but of course this quarter he makes it super tough (MT1 Avg: 57%), also if you miss a question he's incredibly unforgiving with partial credit. I had the right answer, added an extra term mistakenly, got 3/25 on the whole problem. Dropped my grade on that midterm from an A to a C. Seriously, the entire quarter I was banking on the final. Read all the previous bruinwalk reviews saying take Huang. From someone who has kicked ass in ochem and ls, but has little phys background, DO NOT TAKE HUANG. I wish I had taken arisaka, maybe even williams over this douche.

if you're like me and you've never taken physics before, or you did really bad in AP physics in high school, good luck with this class. His lectures did ZERO to help me and I tried toughing it out by reading through the book. The only good thing about this class is the cheat sheets every test, which i covered with every practice problem and answer to the problems i could find. Still I ended up with a C :(

Unless you're one of those people who are naturally good at physics and understand everything about physics... this class is going to be REALLY tough :(

Professor Huang is THE most understanding South Campus professor EVER. Miss hw due date? It's cool, turn it in at the end. Conflicting midterm/final? Talk to him, he says he can work something out. That's an offer I've never gotten from any professor at UCLA. He even moved back the HW due dates because students emailed him saying that they had midterms for other classes and needed to study for them instead of his class. He wasn't even fazed, he just moved back the due date for everything. SO understanding. He says it's more important to him that you do the homework to understand it than to do it only to turn it in. His lectures are great too, finally a science lecture I don't fall asleep in. He tries to explain things as clear and simple as possible and always stops to ask "Is this ok?" to check if we're with him. Overall I got a B in the class. Happy with it.

Grading goes like this:
Homework: 10 points
Mid-term #1: 20 points;
Mid-term #2: 20 points;
Lab: 15 points
Final Exam: Tuesday, June 11, 2012 3-6 pm. 50 points
Final grade by a curve: approximately A range: top 15-20%;
Average grade: C+.

A lot of people complain about his accent but it's really not a big deal. It's not that bad. He even joked about students complaining about it and offered to teach them physics in Chinese. Reminds me of my Asian dad, only a lot cooler. He definitely has a sense of humor too. Great guy, recommend him for the 6 series.