Periodic motion, sound, and basic electronics, while emphasizing good laboratory techniques such as uncertainty propagation, statistical analysis, developing and testing models, and good report writing.

Prerequisites: Physics 7B; Co-requisite: Physics 7C

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None

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Letters and science

College
Unlocks CHEM 113A ECE 136B ECE 136A
POPESCU P F
Paula Popescu
3.8
32 reviews

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BRDA 4231B
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PHYS7A . Popescu P F 2 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 4 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 7 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 11 Months 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 11 Months 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, 5 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 7L
18 / 24 Closed
Physics Laboratory
Paula Popescu 3.8
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13:00 PM - 15:50 PM
PHYS 7L
11 / 24 Closed
Physics Laboratory
Paula Popescu 3.8
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16:00 PM - 18:50 PM
PHYS 7L
23 / 24 Closed
Physics Laboratory
Paula Popescu 3.8
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19:00 PM - 21:50 PM
PHYS 6BL
24 / 24 Full
Introductory Experimental Physics
Paula Popescu 3.8
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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
64.5% A
PHYS 6A
197 / 286 Enrolled
Introductory Physics
Robert Geller 3.5
M W
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
31.5% A
PHYS 7D
180 / 180 Full
Basic Physics
Oehlmann P
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15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
PHYS 7A
225 / 225 Full
Basic Physics
Georgios Koutroulakis 4.3
M W
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
48.9% A
PHYS 7C
60 / 60 Full
Paula Popescu 3.8
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
PHYS 7A
225 / 225 Full
Basic Physics
Georgios Koutroulakis 4.3
M W
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
48.9% A