She's better at lecturing than most other profs I've had, but it's very fast-paced and at 8 am. Definitely interrupt her to ask questions in lecture, otherwise she will keep talking forever. ALSO, if you are a DSP student, you will have to fight her for accommodations. She has the mindset "if you're failing, just work harder and don't be lazy."

This class was insane. Although it is only 3 units, it easily occupied the most time out of all of my courses (and I took 4 upper division physics courses). Keep in mind that the homework takes a LONG time to complete, and that the exams are incredibly difficult. Moreover, there is no curve.

Honestly her 100A is great. A lot of materials and she covered it in great details. The homework sets are not particularly long, and I see her reason for adding problem presentation as one of the assignment. Carlson''s class always offer 5% extra credit for each exam, and the final is only 1 and a half hour long. I did enjoy the class anyways.

After graduating, I can say this is the worst professor I took. Very unaccommodating, long lectures where she rambles without explaining, and overall rudeness. The point of PHYS100A is to prepare you for the upperdiv quantum series (115 series) but after taking this class, I went into 115A feeling unprepared.

Lots of material and she barely covered it all, even without answering many questions in class. Not great, not awful. Makes sure to get the basic concepts down because the class moves quickly. Homework doesn't always correlate to material covered in class.

She talks to herself most lectures. Lectures don't correlate to homework at all. You mainly learn while you do the homework. Exams were pretty fair but not the best. She doesn't ask for questions so you need to ask after class. She clearly knows her stuff but can be difficult to talk to.