Freund super super funny, definitely has super bad ADHD tho. Phys is just hard but if you study youll do fine.
Freund is so nice and helpful, especially if you ask him questions. His lectures might be a little disorganized, but he ultimately does a good job of explaining things and has good practice problems available. You definitely have to go to lecture tho to keep up. Overall, he's really nice and knowledgable –– def recommend!
Honestly, Geller has been one of my favorite teachers so far. Overall he is a super cool teacher and I don't find his physics series to be extremely difficult. As long as you stay on top of the achieve homework you will do well. Plus, his lectures have been pretty enjoyable, despite being at 8am.
So this is a hybrid class because covid messed everything up. His lectures are terrible. Conceptual examples, no further examples or questions. You have to teach yourself. The homework is heavy but it helps with practice. Fingers crossed I pass this class, but the person teaching me this material is myself.
He gives extremely easy conceptual based questions in class during lectures, the hw is hard and there are at least 5 things due every week, then comes the tests covering only math problems that he never taught in class That we have to teach ourselves !! We frustrating class felt prepared for exams and it was never enough
At first I wasn't sure what to think of Prof. Geller - His lectures were super fast paced and at times a bit disorganized, but over the 10 weeks of the course, I developed a lot of respect for him, and came to actually really enjoy his lectures. It's definitely a tough class, I won't lie, but he is encouraging and supportive with his students
Fruend is a really nice guy and his demos are pretty fun and exciting. Lectures can be a bit everywhere at times and unorganized. You will basically have to put in work outside the class and teach yourself. Understand how to do practice exams thoroughly as his final was similar. Averages were very low but VERY GENEROUS CURVE THANK U FRUEND!
this is a horrible professor just because his final exam is so difficult. The average score of the final exam just 57%, but this is just an introductory Course of physic. I am studying economic, I choose this course just want to satisfy my ge requirement. so, I cannot understand why he make this introductory course final so difficult.
Lecturing style isn't the clearest, but his practice tests are basically identical to his exams so it's not hard to do well in the class anyway.
DONT take him! Extremely disorganized and makes learning physics so much harder than it has to be. He uses no notes or ppts (used previous students' notes to teach off of when ppl complained) and just starts writing randomly on the board. If you skip class you'll have no idea what's going on. Hw is really hard and irrelevant to tests. Take Geller!
I see a lot of people giving rave reviews and then 3/5 stars. He deserves a 5/5 rating on rmp based on those people's comments and my personal experience. He was on top of any issues that arose technologically as well as responding surprisingly quickly to my emails when I had questions on class concepts. I enjoyed this class because he taught it.
He is an easygoing prof with understandable lectures. Pretty easy class with no exams, and HW was 75% of your grade (sadly homework deducts you if you get an answer wrong which is annoying), quizzes 25%. I would much rather have him for 6B than Freund. Oh well, I don't get a choice.
He's a solid choice. He's not gonna inspire in you a firey, lifelong passion for physics, but you probably have to take 6ABC for your major, so he fills that role quite functionally. He doesn't make things harder than they have to be, which is prob what you're looking for.
Geller is an excellent professor. I took him for PHY 6A and 6C during the pandemic switch to online learning and he was very accommodating and made the class manageable in an online format. He's a funny guy and is very passionate about physics and astronomy. He makes the material understandable and grades mostly on homework and weekly quizzes
Prof. Geller is great! His lectures are pretty interesting, but he does speak really slowly in them so make sure to speed up the video. Since the class was all online, he didn't make us do a midterm or final, so our grade was dependent on Sapling homework and quizzes only, which really decreased my stress level.
Geller was very considerate with his grading policy, 75% sapling hw and 25% weekly quiz. You can leave the quiz open the whole week which allows you to answer the questions gradually. The hw isn't hard at all and enough time is given. He also dropped the lowest scores in each category. Overall an easy A if you put in minimal effort
Homie a real goat, very understanding and he explained things in a way I understood easily. Also is very understanding when it comes to bad life circumstances.
Took the class online. Your grade is 75% homework and 25% weekly quizzes. The quizzes were pretty easy as there was no time limit once you started the quiz and while the questions were specific they are all from the lectures. He's really fair and accomodating and you can tell he really cares about the class/his students. He even gave a 2% curve.
Taking this class online, professor Geller posted all of his lectures day 1 of the quarter. This allowed us to work at our own pace and complete what we needed to on our own timeline. His instructions were clear and the workload of this class was very manageable. He is a good professor for life science students who need physics to be made easy.
Not sure how the class is taught/graded normally, but highly recommend taking while it's online! The class is basically set up so you can get an A if you just complete the online HW and do decently on the weekly lecture quizzes (no midterms or final). Geller seems super passionate about physics and gives many helpful real-life examples.
Wish Geller was teaching Phys 6B. He's a great professor and it seems like he's super passionate about Physics. He's clearly really intelligent and knows his stuff. He seems like a really nice guy. The class is structured so everyone gets an A basically.
Dr. Geller is amazing! I really enjoyed being in his lectures, he taught the subject very passionately, and definitely enjoys teaching it to students. He mainly steered it toward biology majors. There was a fair amount of homework and quizzes, however, the material was taught very clearly. I would definitely enjoy taking one of his classes again.
I hate physics but had to take this for my major, so I wasn't too hopeful about this class. The lectures are incredibly long (it's a physics class, so it's expected to be a bit intense), but they help a lot with the weekly quizzes. The homework isn't bad if you pay attention and can grasp the overall concepts/formulas from lecture.
Physics is hard, and pandemic learning is hard. But this guy is pretty fair in regards to grading. He put effort into making clear pre-recorded lectures, and you can tell he wants you to do well. Very homework heavy (Sapling) but I like those interactive homeworks personally. Id take him again.