Experiments in the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of matter,the behavior of light, and quantum phenomena with application to the biological sciences.

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Physics 6C.

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Letters and science

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POPESCU P F
Paula Popescu
3.6
44 reviews
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Spring 2024 . Popescu P F Berenstein D
942 1020A
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17:00 PM - 18:50 PM
Spring 2024 . Popescu P F Mazin B A
942 1020B
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15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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PHYS 6CL Popescu P F Fall 2025 Total: 286
PHYS 6CL Popescu P F Summer 2025 Total: 146
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3.6
PHYS6CL . Popescu P F 10 Months Ago

Phys 6CL was not bad, and the experiments were pretty interesting. Some of the prelabs are kind of long, so get ready for that. My TA was a really lenient grader, which was nice.

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PHYS100A . Popescu P F 21 Days Ago

Prof. Popescu and knows the material well, but she's only ever taught lower-division courses meant for non-majors and it shows. Avoid for upper-division physics courses.

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PHYS7C . Popescu P F A Month Ago

GOAT. I had her for all of 7 series and she is such a passionate lecturer and engaging with her students in and outside of lectures. She is really good at emphasizing the intuition side of physics which can be frustrating but is rewarding. HWs can be long and attendance gives you a small boost in grade but not enough to consider "mandatory".

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PHYS7A . Popescu P F 10 Months Ago

I don't have anything against this professor. Her lectures were fine, but boring. The section for the class was not designed too well. Sometimes I would get lost during lectures. The expectations on how to do well are made obvious by the weekly homework assignments and practice test problems. Shouldn't be too hard if you just put in the effort.

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PHYS7C . Popescu P F 11 Months Ago

Paula is not awful for the intro classes like 7A and 7B, but when the material gets much more conceptual and hard (such as 7C) her lectures just become rambly and impossible to understand. I emailed her at least 4 times within the last two weeks of class, and she didn't respond to a single one. Take Daddy Koutralakis instead he's much sexier.

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PHYS7C . Popescu P F 1 Year, 27 Days Ago

Mediocre lecturer, talked a little too much about theory and derivation than actually doing the problems. Tests were very difficult and always had to be curved by 20-30%.

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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
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15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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19:00 PM - 20:50 PM
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Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.6
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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
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0 / 24 Enrolled
Introductory Experimental Physics
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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
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Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.6
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15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
PHYS 6A
0 / 286 Enrolled
Introductory Physics
Ernest Freund 4.4
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM