Self directed laboratory course where students seek to discover simple mathematical descriptions of laws governing various physical phenomena. Each student is responsible for deciding what to measure, how to measure it, and what interpretation can be placed on the results.

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Physics 6A.

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1, 2, 3

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None

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Letters and science

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POPESCU P F
Paula Popescu
3.8
32 reviews

Lecture

942 1010B
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15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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Winter 2024 . Popescu P F Mazin B A
942 1010A
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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
Winter 2024 . Popescu P F Mazin B A
942 1010A
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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
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PHYS 6AL Mazin B A Winter 2024 Total: 400
PHYS 6AL Popescu P F Winter 2024 Total: 400
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3.8
PHYS7A . Popescu P F 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 5 Months Ago

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

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PHYS3 . Popescu P F 8 Months Ago

I had Popescu for Phys 1, 2, and 3. Her video lectures for Phys 1 and 2 were really well-made: informative and concise. I found her in person lectures to be hard to follow at times due to the difficult material so you really have to pay attention. She offers a lot of extra credit so it shouldn't be too hard to do well in her classes.

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PHYS2 . Popescu P F 1 Year, 3 Days Ago

Lectures were okay, and she definitely cared about her students. I learned a decent amount conceptually, and hw & online quizzes helped improve understanding a bit. Not too difficult to pass the class, don't expect to become a physics mastermind with this course, but you will learn general overviews of the concepts and do decent in the course.

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PHYS2 . Popescu P F 1 Year, 6 Days Ago

I found the lectures impossible to learn from. She will do long and complicated derivations for the formulas you need to use rather than actually practicing problems. The rest of lecture was filled with her reading from slides which are copy and pasted directly from the textbook.

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PHYS4 . Popescu P F 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Awesome lecturer who just wants students to understand material. Doesn't care for making insanely difficult tests like most of the physics department.

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PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.8
T
13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
59.4% A
PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.8
T
13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
59.4% A
PHYS 6AL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.8
T
17:00 PM - 18:50 PM
59.4% A
PHYS 6B
199 / 286 Enrolled
Introductory Physics
Ernest Freund 4.3
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
31.1% A
PHYS 6BL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.8
T
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
64.5% A
PHYS 6A
201 / 286 Enrolled
Introductory Physics
Robert Geller 3.5
M W
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
31.5% A
PHYS 6A
286 / 286 Full
Introductory Physics
Ernest Freund 4.3
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
31.5% A
PHYS 6B
286 / 286 Full
Introductory Physics
Ernest Freund 4.3
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
31.1% A
PHYS 6BL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.8
T
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
64.5% A