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PHYS 6A
FREUND E G
Ernest Freund
4.3
213 reviews

213
4.3
6C . Freund E G 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

i love freund sooooo much!!!!! i need him just like fish needs water !!!!!!!!!

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6C . Freund E G 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Really love Freund, such a fun professor and really teaches welllll!!!

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6C . Freund E G 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Best professor in UCSB

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6B . Freund E G 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

the best teacher ever met.

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PHYS6C . Freund E G 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

I took all of his PHYS6 with no regret, and the only difference between the classes was the content. We know what to expect in class and grading is fair. He responds to students' questions quickly. I appreciate how amusing he is even though I did 6C online. Tests are important, but you will easily do well if you repeat module practice problems.

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PHYS6B . Freund E G 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

I took PHYS 6AB with him and found his teaching style helpful and very fun. The homework and quizzes are very challenging, and the class is very fast-paced, but it is possible to excel. Even though exams are worth most of your grade, they are relatively fair since they are similar to the quizzes and optional practice problems, which I appreciate.

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6B . Freund E G 2 Years Ago

Freund made physics really enjoyable. We had 2 midterms, quizzes for each module, and a final. He only includes question types that are included in the practice material/quizzes and he has a ton of practice midterms and finals. He made physics as stress-free as someone can make a physics course.

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6B . Freund E G 2 Years Ago

Easily one of UCSB's best. He is absolutely hilarious, loves all his students, is easily approachable and accessible, and will never throw you any curveballs. His tests come directly from his practice exams - my friends and I are convinced it is literally impossible to get below an A in this class if you do the practice problems. LOVE him!!

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6B . Freund E G 2 Years Ago

I took Geller for 6A and and struggling a little bit so I switched to Freund for 6B and it was the best decision ever. Freund is kind of quirky so his lectures are amazing and really funny, but he's also just really kind and caring and made physics feel a lot more accessible and easy. If you have to take the physics series do it with Freund!

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6C . Freund E G 2 Years Ago

Truly one of the best prof's from UCSB. Is entertaining, engaging, makes lectures available online, and most importantly, actually teaches physics in an understandable manner!

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6B . Freund E G 2 Years Ago

The class isn't necessarily easy, bc it's physics, but he makes physics way more fun than I thought it could be. His humor is awkward and hilarious--the only reason to go to class, since his lectures are posted online. Highly recommend visiting office hrs regularly. Don't wait until the day before a test to go bc there will be a line out the door.

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6B . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

I had Freund for 6A/B and he was great for both! 6A is definitely harder, but in terms of both courses, as long as you know how to do his practice tests and quizzes (and I mean really know how to do those questions) you will do great on the exams :)

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6C . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

I love Professor Freund. He is so funny with his lectures, and test are heavily based on his practice questions. You do have to study because it is physics, it is not an easy A maybe like an easy C??? Course consists of homework and quizzes for every "module" aka topic and two midterms and a final. Attendance is taken by iclicker.

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PHYSICS6C . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

Freund is a great professor. The online version of this class is really nice- no midterms or finals- just a lot of quizzes, which make up most of the grade. The quizzes are not difficult especially if you do the assigned problems beforehand, as they were always very similar. No busy work, which is nice, but you will still learn a lot.

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PHYS6B . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

The fact that quizzes were over 75% of the grade definitely made it hard to get an A if you aren't totally zoned in and focused for the whole quarter. The lectures were solid though, and he did do a small curve to help people who were borderline. I think he's a good prof and likely would be even better in person.

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6B . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

(taken online) The majority of course (76%) is 20 quizzes, lowest dropped, two a week. Quizzes were similar to the practice problems he provides but he usually adds a problem that was more difficult and if you got that one wrong you would get an 80% on the quiz (quizzes had 5 ?'s). Made it difficult to get an A. Overall fair and decent lecturer.

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6B . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

Take 2 quizzes a week (20 in total) & worth 76% of your grade. Each quiz has 5q so make 1 mistake and its 80%.Def learned more from Freund than Geller BUT as someone who didn't have any past knowledge of physics from HS, it was rlly hard to do well in the quiz since he had organized but very short lectures which made it hard to grasp the topics.

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6B . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

The class structure was pretty straight forward with quizzes making up 75% of grade, and the rest is by sapling homework. The bad thing about this class is that there's only 5 questions for each quiz, leaving no room for mistakes. I feel that the professor could've been more compassionate with the quizzes + grading . 6A (online) had fairer quizzes

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6B . Freund E G 3 Years Ago

Structure of this class is really bad. Most of your grade is the module quizzes which are only out of 4 points, so making mistakes isn't really an option. He is decent at lecturing but class structure could be made a lot more fair.

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PHYS6B . Freund E G 4 Years Ago

He has such great lecture videos and I really appreciate how colorful notes are so it makes everything very clear and easy to find. Each video is it's own topic and very well organized. If you do the practice problems and watch the lecture for the problems where he solves them, if you don't make silly mistakes on the quiz (which I do lol) it's easy

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6B . Freund E G 4 Years Ago

His quizzes were way harder than any problems he did in the lecture, and you have to take them the same day you learn it. Also, each quiz only has about 4-5 points, so you cant really make mistakes and still get a good grade as quizzes are 76% of the total grade. Got an A in Geller's 6A and might not even pass this quarter, much harder in my opn.

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6B . Freund E G 4 Years Ago

My main issue is that majority of the grade is the quizzes and theres just too many of them. Twice a week, barely get to get through lectures and have to get quickly tested on it. quizzes are very tricky imo. If quizzes were once a week, I could have a chance to better prepare

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PHYSICS6B . Freund E G 4 Years Ago

The course structure is questionable. There are no midterms or major exams, 76% of your grade depends on 20 quizzes which you take immediately after each lecture with little time for practice/understanding. These quizzes are also sporadic, which discourages reviewing for previous questions you missed as you are constantly focused on the next quiz.

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6B . Freund E G 4 Years Ago

Super well organized online course for physics 6B. Love how his quizzes are very similar to practice problems, have adequate time allowed, and aren't written with the intention of the average being a C.

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