AI Rate Professor

Physics

Mark Hamamura

PHYS4A · PHYS4B · PHYSICS4A · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
80/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Strong pick for physics if , and .

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyAmazing lecturesEasy graderPractice exams providedCaring and accessibleExtra credit worksheets
  • Most students call him the lectures.
  • Lenient on labs and , and extra-credit worksheets.
  • A minority of older reviews call him strict with pop quizzes, but those posts drew heavy thumbs-down.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Most reviews describe easy or lenient test and , and extra-credit worksheets that lower the cost of an A.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

58/100

Physics content is still solid, but many students and manageable compared with other IVC physics faculty.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

38/100

and one tag warns that skipping class means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Four of six students would take him again and call him the .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

76/100

Students repeatedly call him an easy or and labs with partial credit.

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Workload

Light

72/100

and exams are few, with worksheets often counting as .

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Teaching experience

Good

78/100

and real accessibility outside class.

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Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

, and a final, not pure exam focus.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person physics students mostly , and , with a smaller cluster calling him overly strict.

Main concern

A few students report pop quizzes and trick questions that raised difficulty.

What students said

“He is by far the . He is very rational and is an and labs.”
PHYS4B
“Love him!!! The . Make physics easy. Worksheets are extra credits.”
PHYS4A
“Physics is already a difficult subject but he makes it much more challenging than it needs to be.”
PHYS4A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams are mostly standard in-person tests, but .

Practice exams with solutionsFair in-class testsSome pop quizzes reported

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; a few students mention pop quizzes or trick questions.

Practice exams with solutionsIn-person examsPop quizzes
“ so you can see and study the exact concepts that .”
PHYS4B
“The and all the material was taught in class.”
PHYS4A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He is by far the . He is very rational and is an and labs.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 in-person , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“Most logical and than Troy or Sim.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

72/100

“Love him!!! The . Make physics easy.”

⚖️

76/100

“A .”

📚

80/100

“Provides practice exams and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing lectures
  • Most logical and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • and labs
  • but it gets harder in the end

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • and easy to talk to
  • Caring
  • Always there to help

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Six detailed in-person reviews from 2017-2018 with mixed but majority-positive tone; small sample and older dates limit confidence.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

PHYS4A2 reviews
PHYS4B2 reviews
PHYSICS4A2 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 2 · A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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