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Physics

Sewan Fan

PHYSIC4A · PHYSICS4A · PHYS007A · PHYS4A · PHYS004A · PHYSICS1A · PHYS1 · 26 lifetime ratings

AI rating
33/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
46.15%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you can teach yourself physics and mainly need a passable or potentially easy grade.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-Study RequiredEasy A PotentialUnclear LecturesHeavy LabsMixed Grading
  • Many students say and the class requires heavy self-study.
  • Grades can be easier than the learning experience suggests because of lenient grading, , and loopholes.
  • Recent and online reviews are much more negative .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

70/100

An A is possible and sometimes easy because grading can be lenient, but , and lab effort.

, while online reviews describe more stress and timed quizzes.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Physics content feels harder because , and students often teach themselves.

, but and labs as especially stressful.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

because some quizzes happen at the start of class and several reviews warn that skipping class hurts performance.

In-person reviews provide the main attendance evidence, while online reviews .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Many students do not recommend him because the .

Online recommendations are strongly negative, while and newer warnings.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

74/100

Several students report generous grading, , open resources, and easy A potential despite poor teaching.

Format shift

, while online reviews are more focused on hard quizzes and frustration.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Labs, quizzes, projects, and self-study make the workload .

Format shift

Online reviews stress long labs and weekly quizzes, while and projects.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Many students , and a need to self-teach.

Format shift

Online teaching feedback is consistently poor, while .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

73/100

, and projects, with repeated comments about test difficulty.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize timed quizzes, while , and projects.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are polarized, with older praise but , and self-study.

Main concern

Students and that most learning happens outside class.

What students said

“Most of your learning is by yourself.”
PHYS4A
“I could not understand any of his lectures, and I often had to from the book and YouTube.”
PHYS004A
“He is and other grading, and offers lots of .”
PHYS007A

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are overwhelmingly negative, saying and hard, and students must self-teach.

Main concern

Students report poor teaching, stressful quizzes, and little usable support.

What students said

“This prof taught badly.”
PHYS4A
“His lecture is not useful. The and super heavy.”
PHYS4A
“This is my warning to you. DON'T. TAKE. HIM.”
PHYS4A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exam policies vary by section, with some student-friendly resources but and .

Timed QuizzesTwo Cheat SheetsOpen Book Open Note ExamsStudy Guide ProvidedMultiple Midterms

Assessment risk

Varies

56/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

midterms, and some open-book/open-note exams, but closed-book or proctoring policies are not clearly proven.

Two Cheat SheetsStudy Guide ProvidedMultiple MidtermsOpen Book Open Note Exams
“allows two cheatsheets for the exam and provides a study guide.”
PHYS007A
“The course consists of , and a ”
PHYS007A
“ .”
PHYS4A

Online

Online reviews clearly mention timed weekly quizzes and difficult tests, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policies.

Timed QuizzesWeekly QuizzesHard Tests
“ and impossible to do in a given time.”
PHYS4A
“There are 5 long and hard questions, and we have to do them in 25 minutes.”
PHYS4A

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Most of your learning is by yourself.”

Voice snapshots generated from 26 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and workload. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“You have to teach yourself.”

📈 Grade Reality

70/100

“At least his class is an easy A.”

🧪

56/100

“ and impossible to do in a given time.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Most of your learning is by yourself.
  • His lectures consist of him frequently digressing or .
  • and knowledgeable, but he grossly lacks teaching ability.

Theme 2

📈 About Grades

  • He is and other grading, and offers lots of .
  • if your looking to get an A this class is for you
  • At least his class is an easy A.

Theme 3

🧪 About Exams and Labs

  • but doable
  • The and super heavy.
  • on the HW problems.

Data context

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Analysis sample

26

Recent reviews read by the AI

26

Lifetime ratings

91/100

Evidence confidence

The analysis uses 26 reviews across many years and both formats, with strong recurring patterns of and grade-work tradeoffs.

Inside 26 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 51
3 out of 53
2 out of 53
1 out of 511

Course coverage

PHYS4A10 reviews
PHYS004A7 reviews
PHYS007A4 reviews
PHYSICS4A2 reviews
PHYS11 review
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PHYSIC4A1 review
PHYSICS1A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

21 reported outcomes

A range

15

A+ 1 · A 13 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Incomplete 1