I love Jackie!!! she's so cute and funny but most of all a damn good professor. It seems like she moves fast, but that's because she's going in depth because in the end we didn't cover that many topics and fell behind the lab section lol
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LECTURE: ah my only gripe her is she writes small on the chalkboard so if you can't snag a spot in the front rows it'll be hard to see. it gets better later in the quarter but it's tough at first. she does a lot of difficult practice problems in lecture, and if you don't write down the answers in time, you can google the questions because she uses Pearson slides. other schools do too so you'll find the answers on their websites so don't worry!! jackie takes the time to solve them and explain the methods but you really can't be dozing off at all because she's fast!!
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EXAMS: exams have an average of 74? I got a 100% on the first but bombed the second with a 60%. her grading scheme is similar to the math classes: both midterms with a lighter final, or higher midterm with a heavily weighted final. they are very clear, but at the same time tricky if you truly do not understand the material. you get a full sheet front/back for the final. tremendously helpful. practice your capacitors and resistors
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DISCUSSION: never have been helpful. 3 people show up because I felt bad and decided to check it out week 10. it's not too bad but it's like TA office hours so use if u want.
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HOMEWORK: I love mastering physics. it's just a good program?? I'm not mad she uses it bc you should have had it from 5A and 5B so no additional money there. she even assigns optional "tutorials" which are practice problems with a ton of hints which really helps guide my learning moreso than textbook reading because it's practice and application based rather than passively reading. try them out for circuits especially!
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THE WOMAN HERSELF: Jackie is snarky and cute! and genuinely cares about student learning. if class time conflicts, she goes out of her way to accommodate you. if you have another final the same day, she'll even let you take a different final time
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OVERALL: great course and she's very clear what she expects from you. yes it's challenging which warrants a lot of negative reviews from premeds and bio majors who want to keep their GPA up but as biochem I'm already used to getting shit grades so it doesn't hurt me lol. I noticed this trend with my favorite physics prof anton bondarenko too so people are just salty! I think it's when the professor is so clear and then ur like "damn this class easy" and then they ask something that applies the basic concepts u learn but more conceptually and ask u to solve something thru understanding rather than plug and chug and people flip. just try your best and use all your resources okay! good luck bb

I took the whole physics series with Professor Pau, and she really makes Physics (a "daunting") topic fun and exciting while still getting the large amount of material across. I took the classes as a pre-med and took the MCAT soon after, and I felt very prepared for the MCAT physics topics with the material that I learned in Professor Pau's classes. I Highly recommend taking the physics series with her!

Professor Pau is super nice. Comparing her to my 6A professor, shes like heaven on earth cuz my 6A professor was really crappy. She explains all the materials very well and even with an accent, shes totally understandable. Shes funny too so I'm never asleep in her class. I rarely went to my 6A class but I went to every one of hers because they are entertaining.

Having said that, her tests are very fair. She expects people to read the book, but I never did. She does test on stuff in the book that she never mentioned in class. Her curve is nice: top 15% get A's (not including A-). The only thing I hated about her tests were the Multiple Choice and the time limit (50 min). You don't get partial credit and they can be tricky. 50 min is barely enough to finish the test. I also hate, hate, hate the quizzes. Webassign quizzes and hw were just tricky and hard. HW takes a while to do and that got frustrating.

6B material is just hard compared to 6A. Elec and Mag is more complex than mechanics so not many people can understand it well. She did her best to explain but she spent too much time on waves and left little time for E/M. She rushed at the end which sucked cuz E/M is harder than waves. She tries to cover too much material in 10 weeks and thats why she had to rush. I wish she would cut some of the material out.

Discussion was useless. I never went. Lab was useless too cuz it was ahead of the lecture so everyone was lost. They were fun tho but not much learning was involved.

Overall I recommend her. Shes good at explaining everything clearly and generous about the grading.

She's not the greatest physics teacher, but I'm sure there are a lot worse teachers. You need to go to lecture for her class, but she tends to go pretty quickly over the material. Only when looking back over my notes did I begin to understand the material. She also doesn't do many problems during class, and problems really help make sure you know what you need to. The problems she posts online really help. Reading the book really helps as well, and I would recommend doing the example problems. The practice tests are also a big help, but don't be fooled, she makes the problems on the actual test trickier than the ones on the practice tests, even if the type of question is the same. She also really likes spherical conductor/insulator problems. And make sure you understand the material conceptually; she has multiple choice questions on her tests.