Most of the time TAs run this class and the professor only shows up during your presentations. Many people say that the way the professor critiques your presentations and reports is very random. I (more or less) do agree cuz sometimes when I read her comments on our presentations and lab reports I get confused as if there's nothing else for her to criticize and she's intentionally looking for something to criticize. Her labs are poorly designed because in all of the lab sessions we probably spent more time waiting for our turn than actually doing the lab itself. Furthermore, it is so hard to get meaningful data in some of the experiments because of poor lab preparation and equipment. People say this is TA's fault but I was given the impression the TA also received very little instruction from the professor. But to be honest it is hard to teach a class in a lab format so I guess I can't blame the professor too much. It is sometimes frustrating to do the work in this class but I guess that's just what actually happens when you do materials science experiments in real life. On the plus side, you do get to visualize what you are learning in 131 so I'll say this class is pretty useful.

The subject itself is a lot in one go so you will feel rushed. The TA's do a bad job at explaining so I suggest talking to the professor. Tests are open book/open note so I suggest taking notes on paper or print the slides. The homework was strange in the sense it would have some computational stuff then short answer so it feels so jumbled and disorganized, and when you ask the TA's they give such non-helpful hints and the prof won't answer homework questions. Sometimes the homework/tests ask for things not on the slides so read the textbook. There is a tiny curve she gives you as leeway but its not a lot. If you can avoid Pozuelo for this class do it but if you have to I suggest be prepared to do a lot of reading the textbook and learning yourself.

Homework 10%
2 Quizes 30%
Midterm 25%
Final 35%
2% EC for filling out the evaluation survey thing