Popescu is the best physics professor I've had so far (I've had two before this since I dropped 6B in Spring lol). She was great with being thorough with the information and made good use of her powerpoints and the board. READ THE BOOK!! That helped me SO much this time around. I went from getting a C+ in 6A to an A in 6B.

While physics is at the very least boring, Professor Popescu did not make it feel that way. You can very much tell via her lectures that she cares about students' questions and whether they understand the material. Not too harsh of a grading system, and extremely accessible after class! Glad I don't need to retake her class, but definitely would!

Popescu was an absolute joy, and is a vastly underrated professor. Is very clear about the criteria on her midterms/final. She is new to teaching but she answers questions very well and really wants you to understand the material and succeed in the class. She also gives an extra credit homework assignment. iClicker is used for attendance.

Grading was 30% homework, 5% iclicker 20% midterm and 40% final. Final was noncumalative. Gives out practice midterm/final which model the midterm and final to about 60%. Very clear lecture and really cares about students. Also gives extra credit with homework. If you have a chance to take her, TAKE HER. great professor.

Professor Koutroulakis is amazing! Hands down best physics professor. He makes the material very easy to understand in lecture and really breaks it down. He actually stops to answer students' questions and explains the reasoning. I hate physics but he made me really look forward to studying the material and attending lecture. 12/10 recommend

I didn't really care for George not as good as Freud! His lectures are organized and interesting but he doesn't do enough practice problems during lecture which screws you over. He does care about the students and answers all questions asked in lecture. Just make sure you know what you are doing because the practice exams posted are usually easier.

The class is challenging but he is an awesome lecturer and very prepared and organized. He is also very nice and funny, would definitely take him again

George gives excellent lectures and hard exams. He concentrates more on practical things and do a lot of experiments in lectures. For students who have to take his course, it is highly recommended to review vector calculus thoroughly.

Professor Popescu was sweet and a reasonably good lecturer. Sometimes the things she said werent super clear but a lot of it was the nature of the course. She has to slowly figure out how to make her exams because the first had an average of 88 and second an average of 68. She will probably be a solid Professor down the road but is still learning.

Her lectures are just amazing and very useful, and exams are kind of challenging, however, with practice exams finished , you can get a good grade basically. We just had a amazing quarter!

The best lecturer I've ever had for my physic classes! She's nice and being helpful all the time. Lectures are clear and organized. Tests includes only multiple choice questions. If u master the practice tests and prepare decent notecards accordingly, u would definitely get higher than B.

2nd best physics professor (apart from freund). He's very caring and helps a lot during office hours. Tests are straight forward but you definitely need to know what you're doing

Her lectures are unclear and confusing so I had to teach myself everything in this course. Her tests were MUCH harder than any homework and in class examples we ever had. The curve is unfair because you get a smaller curve when you get a higher raw score. If you have the option, I highly discourage taking Popescu!

I understand that Professor Popescu is new to teaching. However, teaching is something that she should not do until she gets a grasp of how to actually teach students. All of her explanations are scattered and confusing. Whenever a student asks a question her clarification only leads us to be even more confused. Good luck.

I came for the iClicker questions but I stayed for those glorious knit sweaters. He is very organized and prepared for every lecture, but somewhat too formal in my opinion. His dedication and care for teaching is evident even though the material isn't always clear.

He's a really nice and caring professor and he would answer all the questions. Although his tests are hard and he does curve on grade, you would get an A if you follow him.

One of the best professor's I've had for physics at UCSB. He is very thorough in lecture and he will not put anything on the midterm that he has not gone over in lecture. The questions on the exams were simpler than the questions on the MasteringPhysics. Exams are a mixture of about 25-30% MC and the rest free response. Helpful office hours.

Prof. Koutroulakis is the best physics professor I've had at UCSB! He lectures well and clearly tries very hard to help you understand. Tests are very difficult but are fairly graded.

Dr. Koutroulakis is by far the best physics instructor I've had: his lectures actually covered everything on his exams, and he actually put thought into the course structure. Although TAs handled grading the exams, Dr. Koutroulakis encouraged us to review the exams with him to ensure that everyone was graded fairly. Free response isn't scary!

Tough Grader! Don't take his class!!!!!