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If you have Armela, congratulations. I was scared of physics at first, but Armela made me love it. She's so clear with her lectures and explains everything so simply. She's not intimidating at all, I was never uncomfortable with asking for help. Ask questions if you don't understand!
Awesome professor. I'm pretty sure any 11 series physics taken at CSUS will give you a professor that uses a "reverse classroom" where you have to teach yourself. but professor keqi is not one of those! Quality lectures, answered every question students had, and was the most approachable professor I think I've had. HIGHLY recommend her for phys.
I was terrified of physics and had a huge mental wall up but that seriously changed when Armela walked into the room. She genuinely cares about the students learning, her lectures are clear and her exams are fair. She is hilarious, sympathetic, sweet, knowledgable and knows the entire 7 series through and through. She's adorable, I miss her class!
She made physics fun, I liked some of the demos.
Armela is very clear with her lectures. She provides enough information and good sample problems. Her office hours are also very helpful. Although some of the quizzes were challenging, the lowest one gets dropped. The final was a little tough since all the physics 7b professors write it together, but if you can understand the concepts it'll be fine
Dr. Keqi was an amazing professor to have for physics. Since I never took physics as a class in high school, I was scared going into her class. However, she made me love physics and actually understand all the concepts in great detail. She really motivates her students and actually cares about them on a personal level.
I actually had her as my PHY7A TA (she was the head TA) and she was the best TA I have ever had in my 4 years of college. She really wants you to learn the material and will spend as much time as you need to help you. Not only is she amazing in the classroom, but she is so caring and sweet! She loves to get to know her students outside class too!
Armela had fun lectures that were engaging and interesting. My professor for 7a was not interested in the subject, but Armela clearly loves physics and is ready to help you. Her office hours are helpful as well as with the other TAs. They provide tons of review sessions and office hours throughout the week. She wants you to enjoy learning.
She was an amazing physics professor and really cared. However, her quizzes were so much harder than the practice quizzes and she was a fan of testing us on things we had never seen before. Focus on understanding concepts and why the answer is the way it is and you might get lucky on the quizzes. Physics is tough but she makes it bearable.
Best physics professor I have ever had till now! Most of the quizzes were fair, and she curved each quiz alone, which was great. The final was curved individually also. DLs are as usual. Highly recommend her! She cares about her students!
Armela is so funny and passionate, which made 9am lectures much more manageable. Her quizzes were really difficult and often over concepts we didn't really go over in-depth. There are five quizzes and a final that make up about 95% of your grade, all of which are insanely difficult. The class average was relatively low. However, Armela is awesome!
The lectures for this class were incredibly clear and easy to understand. Professor Keqi clearly cares about student's learning, and I found her to be very helpful during office hours as well. The quizzes were (generally) pretty similar to the practice quizzes that were provided.
Personally did not vibe with physics 7B, but at no fault of Professor Keqi. She was very engaging, even at 7:30am! Exams and quizzes were very difficult.
Standard physics grading scale. She was great. I really enjoyed her office hours and lectures. However Cannot give her a five because her curving system gave less points to the students who scored above the quiz/final average than those who scored below the mean. I felt it almost punished the students who scored well on the quizzes and finals.
The 7 series is hard at Davis but I felt that Keqi tried to be as clear and organized as possible. She definitely cares about your learning. A few of her quizzes were tricky, but you get to drop one. Overall a pretty good choice, but you still have to study hard! Go to office hours right away if you have any questions.
Nice professor, makes Physics fun even at 7 AM! Quizzes are challenging, almost impossible. She also seems to take pride in making them difficult and her students not doing very well. Averages were always very low. I would still choose this prof over the rest of the Physics profs. I just don't like how she makes the quizzes unfair.
While her lectures are clear, having only one lecture per week means that most of our learning is done in discussion with our TAs. In the whole 7 series, if you have a good TA, you will do well in the class. If not, good luck. Weekly quizzes are tough but they have a decent curve. Having no midterms means that the final is worth half of your grade.
Since the Physics series at Davis is more discussion based, I barely saw Professor Keqi but on the one day we did have class, her lectures were very thorough and helpful. However, her quizzes are extremely difficult, and most of the time don't resemble the practice quizzes in the slightest
This class is very discussion based, so whether or not you get a good TA makes a big difference. Overall, she's not a bad lecturer, but the way she weights the class is absurd. Our final is 50% or 60% of our grade. The 5 quizzes she gave out this quarter compared to other professors for the same course are way more difficult. The means 2-3 or 6/10.
You learn everything from your TA so your success depends on who you end up with in discussions. She's not a bad lecturer but her quizzes are NOTHING like her practice exams. Compared to quizzes from previous quarters, hers were extremely difficult so you didn't have a way to study for quizzes since all resources available are easier.
Averages for weekly quizzes (some weeks don't have quizzes) were 3-6/10. Quizzes are nothing like practice exams, and she doesn't give resources at the same difficulty as what she tests us on. If you don't have a good TA you're screwed, they're the one who'll teach you everything.
She seems nice but she cannot teach at all. She'll teach you the absolute basics in lectures but test you on things that are so hard even the TAs think she's being too difficult compared to profs in earlier quarters. DO NOT recommend. Learned nothing from her. Your TAs will teach you everything so if you end up with a bad one, good luck.
Homeworks (FNTs) are ridiculously long and two are due per week. Quizzes are nothing like practice ones, plus the weights are insane. The final is 50-60% of your grade, quizzes are 35-45% of your grade, and nothing gets dropped. DO NOT TAKE HER you'll only suffer with her and end up learning nothing
she's sweet but such a bad prof omg idk what happened to her recently but she taught the same class in summer and it was so much easier based on the quizzes she gave them, she went fully mental this quarter with the exams nobody not even the tas knew what was going on
Very difficult professor and creates her quizzes as if she were trying to bring down our grade. It genuinely seems like she has fun tormenting us through her quizzes. She teaches the bare minimum during lecture and tests us on the hardest never-before seen material that do not resemble the practices she gives us. She WILL ruin your grade. RUN!
This class completely destroyed my confidence. I walked into quizzes feeling confident because I studied like crazy, but walked out feeling like an idiot. I didn't struggle in anatomy or biochem the way I did in this class. I started this quarter off strong, but after failing quiz after quiz, I lost motivation. Mental health is a joke to her.
TRUST THE BAD REVIEWS! She's changed. Don't be fooled by her simplified lectures & practice tests. She emphasizes 1 thing in class & tests on another. Quiz avgs. are often a 5/10. MUST have a good TA just to pass. Instead of offering an EC assignment to everyone she only gives EC to the person that sucks up most to their TA. Class is curved. AVOID!
I think a lot of the recent ratings are judging the physics 7 series at Davis and not the actual professor. Physics is hard and is completely different than bio and other science related classes. Armela is fantastic at teaching and has incredible office hours. Her quizzes are difficult but help is given to those who go and ask.
I would only take this professor again since she's the best that the physics department has to offer. Your grade basically depends on quizzes since the FNT's is just completion. The quizzes are so incredibly hard where you don't even know how to study for them because nothing works. The final is a little easier than the quizzes but worth 50%.
Practice test do not resemble anything like the quizzes. Easy to pass, hard to get anything above a B- in. Extra credit is assigned only if you suck up to your TA or her in office hours. Her lectures go over the most basic material and we are then tested on the most complex material. If you have a bad TA in this class, have fun with a bad grade.
Hate physics, not the professor! Armela is the best professor I have ever had! People tend to hate the PHY professors simply because they do not understand these are not easy courses. You have to put in the work to get that grade and learn how to approach problems bc they will never be the same on the exam. DO NOT TRUST THE BAD REVIEWS!
Physics was rough, but Armela did her best to give everyone a fair chance (bless her curve). Sucks that you learn most of the material in DL so having a good TA matters. Ask questions, do the practice problems, GO TO OFFICE HOURS/REVIEW and you should do fine. From someone who did badly on almost every quiz, PARTIAL CREDIT IS YOUR SAVIOR.
I almost failed, puked and cried nearly before every quiz. never took a physics class before so maybe that's what screwed me over. curve was meh. don't learn much in lecture, go to tutoring/OH if you wanna pass. study in advance!!
Very difficult quizzes (5 total) that often did not resemble the practice quizzes. Able to drop one, but then that percentage goes towards the final (60% of overall grade vs 50). Lectures & office hours were helpful. Still probably one of the better phy 7 professors.
Lots of practice quizzes, do not really make the quizzes any easier, seems like they are made to trick you. Seems to make the next quiz harder if the average is "too high." TAs are the only helpful ones, Armela is really nice but her exams and the weight of assignments is unreasonable. Doesn't round either, was 0.2 from a B- and was given a C+
discussions are mandatory. no midterms just multiple quizzes and a final. the quizzes and final were fair. physics is more like using what you know and applying it to hard problems. It's easy to understand when she lectures, but when trying to apply it to problems, it gets hard so this class requires a lot of practice until you get it.
practice quiz and actual quiz are very different which makes all people feel lost.
Her quizzes are very difficult because she tries to make it so that you learn something from each quiz so it was very stressful. However, it was helpful to attend her office hours as she is approachable for questions and teaches the material well.
Practice quizzes don't prepare you for the real quizzes in any way. She goes over the most basic concepts in class, and then tests on extremely convoluted questions that don't measure your understanding of the concepts but more on if you can decipher what she's even asking. She's a nice lady, but that's the only positive feedback I have for her.
Prof. Keqi is kind and passionate towards her students, but the way the class is structured sucks. She rarely finishes practice lecture problems, telling us to do it ourselves, and throws curveballs during her quizzes with things that are not on any of the practice quizzes. Physics just sucks overall, so highly recommend taking at cc or over summer
the practice tests do not resemble anything like the quizzes. her lectures go over the most basic material and we are then tested on the most complex specific content. if you have a bad TA you're screwed.
Not a communicative professor, hard to reach via email. Difficult to work with esp as a PHY49 student. Tests are poorly written & difficult for the allocated class time they are given, and are different in style from the practice she hands out. No "cheat sheet" for the final. She seems passionate about physics and open to growing as a teacher.
Teaches 1+1 and quiz on 1*2
Basically what I learned from this class is: 1. the practice quizzes are not similar at all to the actual quizzes, 2. the discussion can be a waste of time, and 3. effort is not reflected on your transcript. Professor Keqi is a good lecturer, she's enthusiastic and passionate for this subject, but her quizzes are not it.
Practice quizzes are NOTHING like what the actual quiz is like. She teaches the most basic level of the concept but the quizzes are so so so much more. DL is kinda useless too ngl. The only thing that helped me was aatc. Shes definitely than the other professors but also not the best. But physics is awful either way.
lectures don't help & there's really no point in attending them. Keqi is a really nice person but a bad lecturer and her quizzes are extremely difficult. she doesn't explain examples fully either or record lectures and her notes are literally illegible. basically a self-taught class. i recommend googling math and cheese and using his videos.
Everyone is right when they say she's a nice, kind person, and an enthusiastic lecturer. Her quizzes are the worst things ever, and the final is wild. With the prospect of taking Dina on the horizon, I wish I could take Keqi instead, but still, every second I spent in lecture, I was filled with disdain for the subject because of how we're tested.
Armela seems like a really nice and interesting person but the way she tests the knowledge of the class is not reflective of what students know. The introduction of multiple choice questions on the quizzes tanked everyone's grades and morale about the subject. Practice quizzes are useless and the final was depressingly hard.
What some people don't get is that she's the moment. Physics as a subject is a flop, but Armela is that girl. She comes to lecture, she serves, she eats, she slays. Don't get me wrong, I still absolutely hate physics, but it's not Armela's fault Physics is awful.
so hard. can not understand her lectures. physics 7 professors are insane other than bobby prater. now they changes the formatting to MC and no partial credit who do they think theyre helping?????????
Terrible lectures,not saying she made it a mess, but she made everything way too easy on lectures, wasting tons of time on easy concepts and skip or avoid hard ones.Quiz are not hard for ppl who learned by themselves, cuz u get 0 knowledge from lectures, and better beg ur luck to get a good TA on DLs. 5/20 is an usual average for quiz. heavy curves
Don't take the PHY 007 series if you can avoid it. Besides the fact that lectures are always way too early in the morning, Davis' physics track is badly organized, boring, and difficult for anyone who hasn't already learned the material; until they fix it, avoid like the plague.
Took 7a-c w/ her.She's the best the department has,but the bar is low.All multiple choice/fill in the blank/choose all that apply dropped the averages for 7c.DL structure is bad, the series overall needs reworking, which probably isn't all up to Keqi.If you didn't take physics in hs or aren't good with physics,be prepared for a lot of self-teaching
PHY7B is a hard class, but she's not terrible. She doesn't record lectures, though, and goes super fast. She does upload her notes from the end of class but can sometimes be messy and hard to understand with no context. When she says time up on quizzes though, don't keep writing because she'll call you out in front of everyone.
she is not a bad professor but she uses tons of time in class talking about easy concepts, quizzes are really HARD. They have nothing to do with what she teaches in class, which is hilarious. Structures are really bad, expect to go to every office hours. This course just heavily relies on the TAs, they did a good job.
Good lecturer but quizzes are horribly difficult (and multiple choice without partial credit for some reason? It's really strange how a class like this relies on multiple choice.) Edit: Nvm i take back anything good i may have said. That final was atrocious
Had Keqi for 7A and 7B. When it was only Keqi teaching (without Dina), the quizzes/final were fair. On her own, Keqi is one of the best physics professors in the department. If she's teaching with Dina, steer clear.
Lectures are fast and full of material, yet don't prepare you for the quizzes. The structure of the PHY 007 series is already odd at best and useless for learning at worst, and Prof. Keqi doesn't make it better by giving us multiple choice questions and no partial credit. Quizzes averaged less than 50% and the final mean was 44.42%.
Grade was 5% FNT HW, 45% and 50% 2 midterms where 50% is applied to your best score. Went to every OH and dedicated everything to studying for this class and still got a C+. Midterms were MCQ and free response box questions, so no partial credit. Took this over the summer so it was fast pace, and the curve was not nearly heavy enough. Good luck
Had her for 7A,B,C. Most of the low ratings are from when she changed the testing format in the middle of the series/cotaught with Dina. Before that, I felt her lectures were good and her exams were reasonable by phy7 standards. I believe future classes will have an easier time with her now that there are more practice materials, would recommend.
Really good lecturer and she's funny. Extremely hard quizzes. Fat curves.
She does the bare minimum during lecture and does not honor regrades and has gone as far to say she will take points off when they are requested. She is lazy and grades unfairly. Only gives 20 mins for strenuous quizzes then asks to write neatly like come on. AVOID, DO NOT TAKE. The quizzes are also nothing like D/L so you are teaching yourself.
She does not grade any of the work you do it's entirely based on the final answer. Her practice quizzes are half as long as her tests and don't cover all the information, her lectures are a vague overview of things already discussed with the TA and she is unwilling to work with students if there are issues such as regrade requests
The average quiz scores are around 9/20 for most quizzes but the curve gets you to pass. Honestly, the whole physics department kind of sucks but overall it was a good class and Armela is a great lecturer.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS - Threatened to take away points for submitting regrades - no partial credit on quizzes - took an unflattering photo of a student for no reason during a quiz and shared it with TAs - overcomplicates material that could be very straightforward - can be passive aggressive when asked questions in class
Just no. Her quizzes are wayyy too difficult. There is no material to prepare for that either cos practice quizzes and dl are too easy compared to the actual thing. Prepare to self study. Idky other ppl r saying she's fair, she's not.
Physics is hard, there's no way around it. The course structure (structured by department, NOT the lecturer) is also quite poor as many have agreed upon. Regardless, Armela is a kind soul who genuinely wants to help you succeed. She may seem intimidating, but she pushes you to do your best. Don't be afraid. Go to office hours and you'll be fine.
If you can avoid this professor, PLEASE DO! She does not teach anything, only the TAs do and when she does teach, she scans over the easiest parts fot he units and leaves the rest for your TA. If you don't have a good TA, you will probably suffer unless you get extra help. However, even I got extra help, I struggled bad! Also, no partial credit.
Learned NOTHING from her. Teaches the bare minimum and leaves all the learning to the students. She's just there to hand you a quiz. Grade weight: (5*) Quizzes 50%, Final Exam 50%. 20 mins for a quiz (f&b) at the end of class. Practice quizzes and Actual quizzes are VERY DIFFERENT. Discussion is twice a week w/hw due to each meet-up and VERY LONG.
Great professor! Knowing the structure of PHY 007A, DLs make a significant portion of the course, but I think that's more on the Physics department that designed the PHY 007 series.Quizzes are fair, the final can be a little demoralizing but she does offer multiple resources and review sessions the entire week beforehand (hosted by different TAs).
practice exams are nothing like her actual tests so studying is useless. she's a nice, funny, positive prof. lectures were very simple and basic that didn't help much. her iclicker questions were good examples, but attendance not mandatory. not the worst prof, could've been harder/worse and she doesn't explain too in depth.
The entire structure of PHY 7 is horrible, but this professor makes it worse. The quiz/exam structure is unnecessarily difficult (mcq and fill in the blank, no partial credit) with low means and high SDs. PQs easier than exams. While she is a good lecturer, the class is difficult and it doesn't accurately display how well one knows physics.
Armela is a great lecturer, however, she does not seem to care about the success of her students. Her quizzes consistently have averages in 40-50%. She downcurved the grade for the final exam, making the maximum a 96% instead of 100% (to accommodate the class curve). She is quite unapproachable and lacks empathy.
The way Keqi sets up her quizzes made this class unnecessarily hard. The class took up all my time and still got really bad quiz scores. This class made me feel so dumb and I was taking ochem w it. Her attitude truly made me swear off physics at this school. DL material is way easier than quizzes, studying is futile. Get ready to sob.
I enjoyed her lectures but everything else about the phy7 series at Davis made me hate physics. :)
Keqi does a great job of explaining the basics but tackling harder problems is entirely dependent on your TA. Practice exams are accurate to the level of difficulty on quizzes, but there's practically no partial credit (horrifying). If you have to take this awfully structured class (5 hrs of DL + 1 hr of lecture/week), Keqi is the lesser of evils
Class format makes it hard to learn from professors because you only see them once a week, but she explained concepts in very simple terms that made them easier to understand. Quizzes and final exam were difficult but there was a curve that made it all work out in the end. If she is your physics professor, don't freak out.
This is she first time teaching phy1b. Super fast lecture speed, talk fast, write fast, everything fast. Super boring and idk why she nearly mention her 7 series every lecture. IClicker use every class and short time to answer each question. Don't take her phy1b
Dr. Keqi's response to the first quiz average being a 42% was that students needed to study harder, otherwise she was going to make the next quizzes more difficult. Absolutely awful exams, the lectures are tolerable but if you have any choice at all don't take it with her.
This professor is a decent lecturer, and the information is tangible. When it comes to her quizzes, they are unrealistically difficult in 20 minutes. They are ridiculous and have an average of 8/20 every. single. time. No matter how much you understand the material. She also talks and laughs during the quiz which is infuriating and rude.
DO NOT TAKE!!! RUN!!! No partial credit for 5 quizzes and 1 final. Stuff taught in lecture, discussion, and on practice exams, are very different and unhelpful for the actual tests. Mandatory discussions that are absolutely useless and a waste of time. She wants students to fail the class. DO NOT TAKE unless you hate yourself and want to SUFFER
worst physics professor. Each weekly 20-minute quiz contains two major problems every sub-question requires a lot of time.absolutely no way to finish in time. She designs questions using tricky methods that you've never practiced before.Her lectures are completely useless, nowhere near the level of her quizzes. Do not take her class, run!!!!
Try EVERYTHING you can do to avoid this "professor" U will definitely being REGRET by taking her class. She is extremely mean to her student. I wish our university doesn't have a professor like this kind (not attacking her, my just talking bout my feeling and also other fellows) Not helpful at all.
Lectures hardly covered information needed for tests or homework. They were poorly put together. Her handwriting was hardly legible. NO partial credit on exams. Must have correct answer with correct units to get points. Never had a physics prof grade that way before, it was disheartening. Tests were not true to hw assignments or in class examples.
Rude, condescending, unreceptive. Her expectations lie far beyond what she covers in class. She assumes you learn everything in DL but not everyone gets a good TA. Syllabus states rounding if you participated in iClicker and were close to the next cutoff. I was less than 0.5%, went to every lecture at 7 am, and got nothing. Ignored my email too.
Prof. Keqi is so funny and cheery! Grade is based on 7 HWs (challenging but 1/2 points are for completed attempt), 2 midterms, and final. Exams are easier than practice ones / HWs, and curved to C+/B- avg. She understands that we aren't from stem-heavy backgrounds / don't realistically need physics, and the course is designed to accommodate.
Armela is a great professor! Plenty of demonstrations to help us understand the material, but it was really easy to get lost in her lectures.
Honestly one of the worst professors Ive had in my life. I cannot believe I have seen a professor as bad as her. She does not care about her students. She doesnt care if someone does good. She doesnt care if someone is stressed. She will introduce new material on quizzes THAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN. I have never studied so much for class to still fail
pretends to care about students but does not in the slightest. curve is BS. the average is never 80% after the curve. you can get 5-6 points above the mean and still have a B when averages are below 50%. actually impossible to get any sort of A if its not a raw score.
She acts like she cares when in reality she does not. Her practices are nothing like her exams. 20 minutes of cortisol fueled confusion when you try to solve a problem framing never before seen. This is what makes a future professionals? By the end of it you will realize an elementary schooler knows more physics than you learned in the 7 series.
she does not curve even if you attended every lecture for iclicker. rude and unhelpful in office hours. her test structure is the worst out of every phy prof i've had. No partial credit. its better to leave your test blank if you don't know something so you don't get docked points. pray you get a good ta or take it in community college
I wish the physics 7 department would fix how physics is taught. Lectures are often missing key info that would push you to have to look for on your own time outside of class. Not a bad thing, but it can be SUPER frustrating when you're doing a practice quiz and realize some random fact. Nothing makes sense, and I hate this class.
Don't take her class she's incredibly bad at teaching, doesn't put in effort and is confusing. She does not care about you at all. There is no partial credit on her tests and if you need any accommodations no matter how simple she will make it very difficult as she refuses to work with the school's SDC. If I could give her zero stars I would have.
Awful teacher
The most condescending prof i have ever had. she also has favorites (only the people that ace every quiz). if you are not one of her favorites and ask a question in class i guarantee you will get some attitude back from her. genuinely a terrible person. there is no need to be acting like that. humble yourself please
The practice quizzes are very shallow and basic so the actual quizzes are absolute jumpscares. The fact that there is no partial credit for any of the questions just proves that she teaches this class purely for an ego trip so she feels smarter than everyone else (well yes, we are undergrads and she has a PhD, shocker!)
No partial credit, no communication, no explanations on answer keys, uninformative lectures
The issue in 7C and the whole series, isn't the content. It is the lack of training that a majority of the T.A.'s have. If you have a terrible T.A., you are screwed. The department should put more effort into TRAINING their grad students so they can be GOOD TEACHERS during D/L, and SHOULDN'T ASSIGN AWFUL T.A.'s WHO CANNOT TEACH A CLASS PROPERLY.
The SDC emailed her a question about a typo on her test and it took her an hour to respond upon which she said nothing except "read the directions" even though her directions had a typo which is what the question was regarding.
Honestly the whole physics department structure is terribly done. We're graded by few things, tested on niche problems, incredibly difficult. Do not recommend
Petition to fully dismantle the 7 series. Armela is a great lecturer but her class is so horribly structured. Read the LibreText to keep up. DL is a waste of time.
Don't take her, was less than 0.15 percent away from a higher letter grade and she didn't curve, despite saying if you have good iClicker attendance she would. So, obviously doesn't stand on her word, quiz averages are impressively low, should tell you everything you need to know about her. Don't take her.
She's...not horrible...I guess. Armela and Joe are probably better than Dina or other intro phy profs...but the series is an absolute dumpster fire and Armela does little in her lectures to help students navigate the disaster that is Phy7. A bit like lecturing 1+1=2 and expecting the DL & TAs to equip students to be proficient with derivatives.
Professor Keqi is an outstanding professor with a genuine care for the success of students. While the course material is challenging she structures her courses so that the course easier as your effort increases. The course is very exam heavy yet the curving is large. The professor conducted plenty of office hours to help students as well.
I will be real with you. This was the hardest class I have ever taken in my life. I studied more than ever before and cried more than ever. HOWEVER, if you put in work and are attentive she will notice. GO TO EVERY LECTURE. GO TO OFFICE HOURS. EMAIL HER. ASK QUESTIONS. There is a way to get a good grade in this class BUT you have to grind.
Dr. Keqi is really funny and a very good lecturer it's just that the 7 series just crazy hard.
OK option. Class structure is bad, just like other physics classes. All test based, no partial credit. As a professor, simplifies concepts well and good at explaining. Nice and helpful in office hours. Provides resources but tests are insane and make up the entire grade.
Not a bad professor. She explains the basic concepts fairly well and sends plenty of reminders about important dates. But, the fact I barely remembered her name should tell you something about how unimportant UCD Phy 7 professors are compared to the TA.
Keqi is one of the lesser evils in the Physics department. Your understanding of the material honestly depends on the TA you get. Try to understand the material conceptually instead of memorizing. Lots of time outside class to study is needed if you want to end with an A. Time yourself with practice quizzes since you only get 20 minutes.
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