Take the PHYS6 series with Freund! He makes it very clear that in order to do well you need to understand his quizzes and practice exams; if you do these problems repeatedly with a general understanding, you are literally guaranteed at least B+. He's really nice and cares about his students as well. Definitely take over Geller!

He's a funny guy and really cares about his students. Don't be afraid to approach him. Office hours rlly helped me understand the topics and took my grade from a B in 6A to an A in 6B. Lectures are hard to follow sometimes but he has to simplify tough concepts so it's understandable. Overall great prof! Have to put in some effort for an A though.

Very enjoyable experience, one of my favorite professors at UCSB. Funny lectures, sometimes goes on tangents and falls behind, but doesn't put it at the expense of students. You're tested on what he tells you in lecture. Nothing else. Homework is nothing like exams, practice exams are carbon-copies of the tests. Go to office hours if you're stuck!

Freund super super funny, definitely has super bad ADHD tho. Phys is just hard but if you study youll do fine.

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 :)

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!

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!

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 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.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I failed Physics 6A my first time round due to a really bad midterm, but Freund is a extremely good physics professor and his class is pretty easy if you know what your doing. His practice exams are very similar to the ones found on exams. He always keeps you engaged in lecture and is very helpful!

Even the tutor that I hired for Freund's classes doesnt understand his practice tests and exam questions. They are worded so weirdly and are quite unnecessarily complicated, he just doesnt make any sense. Hes very scatterbrained and is NOT efficient with lecture time. I only got an A because the curve was ridiculously big.

Great professor, understanding. Physics is hard, but study the practice midterms, make sure you know how to do those problems inside and out and you'll be set for the tests.