Kinematics in 3D, Newton's Laws, Energy, Momentum and Collisions, Rotation,Statics and Equilibrium

Prerequisites: Mathematics 2A or 3A or AP Math AB Exam with a score of 3 or better.

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POPESCU P F
Paula Popescu
3.6
42 reviews
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Spring 2024 . Popescu P F
BRDA 1610
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Spring 2025 . Popescu P F
BRDA 1610
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PHYS 7A Popescu P F Spring 2025 Total: 97
PHYS 7A Popescu P F Summer 2024 Total: 47
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PHYS7A . Popescu P F 5 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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PHYS7A . Popescu P F 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Lecture videos were okay. She is probably the worst communicator I have ever tried to work with at UCSB. TPS responds quicker.

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PHYS7A . Popescu P F 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

Great teacher, but the class material is difficult. Go to her office hours and PRACTICE!!

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PHYS6CL . Popescu P F 5 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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PHYS7C . Popescu P F 7 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 8 Months 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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PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Benjamin Mazin 2.8 Paula Popescu 3.6
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14:00 PM - 15:50 PM
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PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Benjamin Mazin 2.8 Paula Popescu 3.6
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16:00 PM - 17:50 PM
59.8% A
PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Benjamin Mazin 2.8 Paula Popescu 3.6
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18:00 PM - 19:50 PM
59.8% A
PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Benjamin Mazin 2.8 Paula Popescu 3.6
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14:00 PM - 15:50 PM
59.8% A
PHYS 6A
286 / 286 Full
Introductory Physics
Ernest Freund 4.4
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09:30 AM - 10:50 AM
31.9% A
PHYS 7B
29 / 94 Enrolled
Basic Physics
Paula Popescu 3.6
M T W
09:30 AM - 10:50 AM
49.8% A