I have almost never hated sitting in lecture three times a week as much as I have this quarter for phy 9c. He goes way too fast in his lectures, and never acknowledges issues that students may have. Even his office hours are practically useless, and he massively underprepares his students for his tests.

Absolutely a horrible lecturer. He's a PhD candidate who was too busy to hold extra office hours for those who couldn't make them due to work or other class conflicts. He doesn't acknowledge or care that most of us were in the dark. He cancelled all discussion sections due to "poor attendance." What about all of us who actually went and needed it?

He's not even a professor, he's a grad student. If he ever wants to become a professor and sees teaching as a future he needs to change everything about his approach. He doesn't feel the need to make the effort to learn how to better his teaching and settles with the mistakes he makes. He backtracks all the time with his examples. He can't teach.

He's not even a professor. He is a grad student who can't teach at all. His lectures are basically just him reading the textbook. His exams are so badly written that there are 2 answers to multiple choice questions. He does not care about his students. He is the worst professor I have had at Davis for your own metal health don't take this class

His lectures barely help us get through with the homework. If I didn't take physics in HS, I'd be completely clueless right now. He also tried to teach 21D concepts in a single lecture. I already passed 21D and loved it, but the concept he tried to teach was rushed and connections were not made! Avoid taking him at all costs, it'll save your sanity

HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TEACH. He applies Math concepts from 21D rather than the prereq of 21B. Gives very broad practice Exams without solutions. His emails have a demeaning tone that makes things even worse. He knows physics really well but it is wrong to call him a teacher.

Never rated a prof before but felt like I HAD to because this guy's the worst. He introduces like 4 different concepts in one lecture and never really expands on them. When he gives us hw it's way harder than the stuff we learned in lecture and the methods we were taught don't even apply to the hw and practice tests. I'd give 0/5 stars if I could

When I went into this class with physics being a significant part of my life. However, due to the professor's excellent teaching skills and his passion for teaching I will proceed to change my major and drop out of college. Please do not take this class it will be the end of you. I would give him a 0 if I could.

This class is probably one of the best at UC DAVIS. YOU TOTALTY get your money's worth along with around an average of 2 hours of sleep a night. Make sure you book an appointment with ur therapist (Trust me you will need it). For your own good I suggest you stay well away from his class.

PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS CLASS. YOU WILL REGRET IT. YOU WILL SPEND ENDLESS NIGHTS STUDYING ONLY TO GET BELOW AVERAGE ON THE IMPOSSIBLE TESTS AND CRY YOURSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

Given the circumstances right now the professor is not being accommodating students nor offering alternative solutions. He understands that these are "trying times" but will not offer resources nor academic support.

Menon really inspires me. As someone who hopes to one day go into academia myself, Menon has shown me that literally anybody can be a professor. Truly an inspiration.

He does not give a crap about what's happening with corona and the riots that are impacting many students' ability to learn at all. He's pretending like everything is normal and that all students have the same ability to learn as if they were in a real classroom environment.

Told student to drop the class if they where affected by COVID-19 or protest because he wasnt going to be lenient with the work.

Absolutely horrible experience, gave no effort and shows no care for his students I wouldnt even let my worst enemy take this class.

Avoid at all costs

The university made finals optional however, he proceeds to have them saying that he feels that we aren't working hard enough and he doesnt have enough to grade us on. This was the only class where I had 2 midterms! and still have to take a final ... oh and I forgot he can't teach at all!!!!!! and couldn't care less about his students.

He has a very good grasp of the concepts of this course, but repeatedly fails to explain as such. You do end up learning how to do the problems through the homework, which ends up taking far too long. My suggestion for this professor is juts to skip the lectures and to read librettists. which is what 2/3 of the class ended up doing.

His lectures were confusing and all over the place. He asked questions and held office hours quite often but they weren't very helpful and left you more confused.

He's a horrible lecturer, going into details that aren't necessary for the class, and for some strange reason, thinks that test solutions are detrimental to the learning process. I studied everything on the practice final wrong unknowingly, and got a horrible score as a result, Avoid like the plague!

The worse professor at UCD I spent countless hours studying only to fail and fail again. Can't lecture to save his life. Even in these times made no attempt to address what is going on neither Covid or BLM. When other professors were being easy on the students he did the opposite. Honestly I rather get covid+ebola then have to take this guy again.

LIke, have no care for the student and his lecture just a repeat of what on his note. points are not clear and exams are not related to what he said in class.

I had him during spring 2020 (peak coronavirus/quarantine time). He expected us to continue working on his class as if nothing different was going on in the world, and made no effort to make class more accessible to those struggling with family/health/other issues. He was rude and condescending, and called many students "careless" for no reason.

Lectures are sloppy. Homework assignments are far too difficult. Exams either are fair or incredibly hard; they will reflect the samples he gives out though. He is condescending and disrespectful towards his students and makes them feel as if they cannot succeed. I had to rely on classmates to pass this class as he was of little help (OH were okay)

Graduate student with no teaching experience. He does not know how to communicate with students. Threatened to fail students for not filling out a survey within 24 hours which he gave no heads up about. Skips over important details of concepts by simply stating "due to suspicious maths" or "figure that out on your own". Do not take this professor!

He is not understanding of his student's needs or issues, he's a terrible lecturer (he just runs through slides at a mile a minute barely explaining anything), and he inflates the weight of quizzes+tests even though the majority of the work is discussion and homework sets. He tries too hard to maintain the toxic "eliteness" of physics

He is unnecessarily hard on his class, and he seems to justify that students just "can't keep up with him" because they don't understand the material which is blatantly not true. The department shouldn't allow him to teach anymore until he gets some training. Students shouldn't have to struggle through class because the instructor is stubborn.

Do not take his class I'm serious. He's blunt and not understanding in the slightest. I don't understand how some people are even giving him average scores on here. His lectures are useless and his quizzes are impossible to pass, and he weighs them HEAVILY (40% of the grade) so even if you do 100% on hw and discussions you could fail.

This is a couple-years old review, but Menon is not cut out for teaching. He frequently overcomplicated material and would rather teach us vector calculus than teach us 9C content. He faced the board as he spoke which made it hard to hear him, and his exams were very difficult for those who weren't masters in math. Really was more math than physics

Unapproachable and overcomplicates material.

Making an introductory physics course unnecessarily difficult.

One of the worst professors I've ever had. Lectures were very confusing and gave few examples of what we actually did in hw. Quite a bit of hw and all graded by correctness. Exams were long, and everything was graded pretty harshly. I studied every single day with an aerospace major, and still couldn't get higher than a B. (taken SS1 2020)

Awful. Lectures do not cover homework or midterm content. Need to teach yourself from the book to do homework problems. At office hours, his first recommendation for struggling in the class is to drop it. When asked for help on homework, he says: "This might be a trick question from the book" He does not know what he assigns. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

How do you make an introductory course this difficult? Lectures are stretched out for an unnecessary amount of time (4 pages of notes over 90 minutes), too much homework that is not reflective of the lectures, and very confusing exams. Probably the only class I've ever taken where the textbook is more helpful than the professor. Avoid at all costs.

Tests are genuinely way too long, he makes this course way harder than it has to be. You're better off self teaching yourself the material. The homework has 5 questions but has an excessive amount of "parts" to each question. Avoid taking this if professor if you have the chance for 9A.

Possibly the worst physics professor here. Pulls out random overcomplicated equations to prove very simple concepts and expects us to use them. Homework is due before the things on the homework are taught. Tests are horrendous (avg. 47.5%) because he gives us ~40 minutes for a ~70-minute test. No matter what your physics background is, avoid him.

Would not recommend his homework may seem short as there are only 6 or 7 questions but they usually have 5 parts each. The first midterm average was 19/40 and often tests using concepts from Math 21D when the prerequisite is 21B. He is my least favorite professor so far I have taken at Davis.

His lecture material is so different from what is expected to be solved on the HW, he also can't align his schedule and makes the HW due before even covering the necessary topics. Test "system" is horrible, passing out papers for 10+ minutes into a 50 min class and expecting students to finish the test in that ~40 minute time frame is ridiculous.

He designed the first midterm to take 80 minutes to finish, despite us having 50 minute classes this quarter. This resulted in the average score being below 50%. To fix this disaster, he's not making the second midterm shorter. Instead, he's splitting the second midterm over two class periods... We're going to take the same exam split over two days

Avoid taking this professor if you are able to, genuinely one of the hardest professors and makes physics way harder than it actually has to be. You are probably better off with most other professors in this department, especially for an intro physics class. Tests are extremely long, homework is way too long, and his lectures don't line up at all.

Not only is he a terrible professor but is condescending/rude towards students. One girl asked a question in OH and he visibly laughed at her and said she should know this. His lectures are vastly different than homework/exams. Avg on first midterm was like 46% which is more of a reflection of his teaching rather the the students. Avoid taking :(

Avoid

His lectures are very proof heavy, his explanations for concepts are flimsy at best since he assumes it's "obvious". He'll just write out three boards of proof to prove a concept without slowing down to explain it. His homework is very conceptual and usually there are few concrete numbers to go off of, don't take especially if its your first class.

someone teach this man how to pass out midterms, if you sit in the back be prepared to start your midterm 5 minutes late since bro cannot learn a fair way to give everyone the midterm... he gives it to the ppl in the front and asks them to pass it back and u can start as soon as u get it... also useless lectures just study on ur own and pray ngl..

crazy how he gave us an 80min midterm in a 50min class period and decided to not accommodate for anything when midterms are worth 40% of our overall grades. almost never has example in lecture, is unaware about being condescending towards students with small phy backgrounds, exclaiming that every subject is regarded as "simple." doable but painful.

He pushes HARD for people to give him good reviews. He was at a 1.9 when I had to take him and he doesnt deserve anywhere near as high as that. No exaggeration, worst professor I've ever seen. PLEASE AVOID!! If it means you have to take physics in the summer, by a professor with a 1.0 rating, it will be better than this pitiful excuse of a class

DO NOT TAKE HIM! YOU WILL SUFFER. MENTALLY. Even with a good background in physics you will struggle in his class. His lectures are based on proofs and doesn't really go through any examples. However, he is a nice guy but not the best at his job.

He's condescending and thinks that's the normal way to talk to students who ask questions. Very belittling, not someone you want to go to for help or learn about physics from. Don't take if possible.

DO NOT TAKE!!!!!!!Especially if you don't have a physics background, this professor had terrible lectures that don't prepare for homework and tests, which are very conceptual in nature. He asks for participation but gets upset with students when they don't give the specific one he was looking for. He also sucks at passing out exams in a fair manner

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!! He is extremely condescending to students who struggle and claims every concept is simpler than it is. Every lecture is full of irrelevant proofs which are completely unhelpful for homework/tests. Both midterms were passed out horribly so that some people started the exam on time and others started up to 10-15 minutes late.

Lesser of two evils. From what I understand Chatterjee is worse, at least his students say so. He may lecture better but his homework harder. None the less, MENON IS PURE EVIL. Every single lecture he would claim that concepts were simple, give proofs that were not helpful, and be RIDICULOUSLY CONDESCENDING when asked questions in lecture/OH.

This Professor is pretty awful. He is super condescending towards student who ask questions. Once a student asked for help and his only answer was "I went over this explicitly in class". I really do not recommend this professor, just due to his attitude. His tests were really badly organized as well.

PLEASE do not take him if at all possible. his lectures are confusing and do not make much sense if you're an average student. exams and homework felt unnecessarily difficult and not very intuitive, and TAs were not very helpful during discussions. he assumes you know things which doesn't make lectures cohesive. try to take someone else...

Menon doesn't deserve any positive reviews he gets. It doesn't matter what level of physics knowledge you have coming into any one of his classes, he WILL confuse you more. He isn't even approachable, as he ends up giving you really condescending answers. Nothing within his class will help, just hope you get a good group that can help you. Gl.

Very tough grader. Hard exam. Only if your father is a physics professor and teaches you very day, you are able to get good grade on this class. Or you have to learn time, space, complexity to fully master the physics knowledge.

For the love of God do NOT take! He's just a grad student more preoccupied with research than learning to be a quality educator. His office hours are brief, not allowing time for meaningful learning. He gets frustrated easily, especially for 1A. He expects kinematics to come effortlessly and makes hw awful. 9C students can't even help me with it.

Genuinely one of the worst professors I've ever had. Homework was way more challenging than the lecture examples and exams were torturous. Our final was worth 70% of our grade. He completely gave the impression of not caring about his students and showed up 30 minutes to his own final (bringing in our tests) and still stopped to order coffee first.

Judgmental, doesn't empathize. Use Freedman & Young to learn the material, NOT his lectures! To finish the HW most people had to go to a ton of OH, use AI/google, or copy someone; half of it was like strangely worded trick questions. Unhelpful practice tests. Fat curve ofc. Asked if anyone wanted to do the lecture for him, twice. Cares minimally.