Let's address the elephant in the room: Physics 100A is hard AF regardless of professor. Period. Dr. G is a really good professor that tends to be more square on bureaucratic stuff than other professors, and her lectures are rigorous. Tests and HW are very hard, but what else do you expect? Good luck on your first upper div physics here at UCSB!

(I had her for 100A which isn't listed on here) Dr. G is a lovely person but her lectures are absolutely impossible to follow. She spends the whole class time doing proofs at lightning-speed, and never does any examples. It's unclear what material is important to know for exams. This was a very rough transition to upper division physics for me.

Great teacher. Lectures are really good at covering the base of information, but strong understanding of the textbook and homework is necessary to do well. She will at times skip over essential formulas and necessary examples, so be sure to read the book. Overall a great professor

Very hard to follow in the class because of her terrible accent and messy handwriting. The lectures are all about useless derivation of formulas. Have ridiculous policies in grading. Very unfriendly. The worst professor I've met so far. Will definitely avoid her at all costs in the future.

Professor Guruswamy is super-enthusiastic about physics, so she speaks so fast that it's tiring to keep focused in lecture, especially when they are kind of boring. As for grading, remember to show your work; I lost lots of points for not showing enough work. Overall she's not bad, but that's it.

Guruswamy is the best prof I've taken in the department so far. Her lectures are great. She goes slow and is very clear, and her tests are difficult but good reflections of the material. I would love to take a class with her again. You can tell she really cares about her students.