Enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable. Homework is killer, though.

Easy tests, killer homework.

Easy tests, homework is a huge time commitment. If you do all the homework and show up to all the lectures, pulling a C is fairly easy.

His mouth keeps moving but, is he saying the samething over and over or do you already know everything. He just doesn't know how to make lectue interesting. Very energetic amd nice though.

+Energetic,+talkative,+helpful,+doesn't speak w/ accent, +grades on curve, -hard course, -lots of work, -time consuming....not a class to be taken for fun

Very energetic and talkative. Weekly quizes are on the level of easy to just OK, depending if you actually go to lecture. With online lecture notes and problems, the class was OK considering I didn't go to lectures. Good teacher, fairly easy.

Seems like he's killer for the 9 series, but I thought he was an excellent 7B professor. Quizes/final we're easy or at least do-able, nothing too hard. Best physics lecturer. Explains concepts well and helps you to practice them in class.

Great lecturer, good Power Point presentations, and generally makes sense; a bit unfair with deserving regrades. He makes the 7 series tolerable. Highly reccomended for any class.

This teacher is probably the one that gives the hardest midterms and finals out of all the physics teachers, but he explain things clearly and gives great examples.

His lectures are fun but you dont learn from the lectures but more from the labs. HIs course is based on learning from the labs and not lectures. His quizzes per week are from fair to sometimes hard and easy. Usually i do pretty good on my quizzes. The final was fair and so was the class.

His lectures were okay. The course material was very difficult but I learned it very well. The most helpful professor I've had at UCD. He won't want to stop talking and helping you out in office hours. His HW had many errors, which was frustrating. His text book was okay, but I needed office hours.

one of the better physics professors. makes concepts clear and quizzes are fair.

We all know the physics 7 series sucks, but Webb does a pretty good job in lecture. He loves physics and is enthusiastic even at 7:30 in the morning on a Friday. Don't worry who you get for physics 7 cause it doesn't matter too much, but if Webb is available I'd take his him.

Too excited at 7:30 in the morning. Class lecture doesn't really help cause you learn in DL. Quizes were fairly easy. I didn't study and still got some Qs. If you do study you'll probably do better. Overall an ok teacher, just too early.

He's one of the better profs for Phy7 series. I like the clicker exCR, really made me learn and the knowledge sticks. DLs sucks as usual, but if you have a nice group the activities are actually now more fun. Quizzes are alright, never studied them and still got an A- avg going into the final.

good. really enthusiastic and clear. seemed eager to help. wish there had been more lecture and LESS DL. DL is lame always. but as far as lecture goes Webb was v.good.

Fun, enthusiastic professor. Lectures for 7b are a lot more useful than those for 7a, and the finals he made for both classes were very easy compared to the quizes. Very approachable and polite, but he'll answer ANY question you have, even if its outside the scope of the class.

I like Webb cuz he really teaches u the material even though some of the homeworks are painful, but he is a good teacher.

nice professor with some great examples in lecture. the clicker questions really help (and they're extra credit) so i'd definitely recommend going to lecture. always willing to help and keeps lecture interesting

Material disorganized, but easy to understand

Had him for thermo/statistical mechanics. Very friendly guy, REALLY HELPFUL, fair grader,I dont think anyone failed his class. The material was hard, but it gave me a good foundation for more quantum stuff.

I did not really like the remote clicker system. Sure its fun, but that time could be spent teaching physics. Maybe its just me, but I like it when a professor comes with prepared lecture noted and leaves with chalk all over his clothes. Not to say that he is bad, but there are better. I liked his thermo/stat mech book though.

I liked the way he teaches. He's very energetic. There's a lot of bad ratings for him, but for 7B i think that he was awesome. Especially for the 7 series because most of the professors for this series is bad. definantly take him if you need 7 series physics. He is a very nice guy and the class wasn't hard at all, and i'm not good at physics.

Much better than the 7A teacher! Lectures were funny and entertaining. His excitement and enthusiasm for the subject make lecture much more pleasant. Clicker questions can definitely give you points at the end, so participate. Quizzes were mostly fair, though a couple problems were graded a little harshly. But the main key to 7 is to get a good TA.

Good teacher and explainer. He shows lots of examples and makes sure all understand everything! Quizzes are fair, although for summer session some questions asked weren't talked about in class in depth yet so it was almost like a blind question. Final was a little difficult. I recommend as a physics teacher! my 7a teacher was horrid! This guy=good!

Compared to my 7A teacher, this guy was a lot more clear, consise, and understandable. He makes sure the class understands everything by reiterating it like you are kids, but the repetition helps. Quizzes were ok some questions were unfair. His use of demos in class is helpful. Clicker questions Help a lot to understand the material!

He's a really nice guy who truly wants you to learn the material. His clicker questions were helpful and worth extra credit. The quizzes and final were a bit tough, but I think it was due to the difficulty of the material, not his teaching style. Not a bad physics 7b teacher

If you are going to take thermo. with Webb, I recommend buying "Introductory Statistical Mechanics by Roger Bowley, Mariana Sanchez". The required text book is HIS book, which isnt that helpful. Although, he does make the class VERY easy... you would have to try to fail. I recommend doing hw's because he likes to put hw probs on exams.

took PHY7B summer session 1 and thought he did a good job of cramming all the info into 5 weeks of lectures. enthusiastic, approachable. if you go to lecture, you should recognize most of his quiz questions. the rest are from DL. same with final. questions on final are the main questions gone over in class. good teacher for physics- recommended

He speaks very clearly. That is about as good as it gets. His lectures were OK but most of the useful information is through TA's. I strongly recommend going to discussion. Do the FNT's and review quizzes and you should be fine. I took on Fall Quarter 2011.

REALLY REALLY nice guy. Lecture composed of clicker questions which was annoying. Midterms were alright, but the way his grading worked made it so that even if you got the problem wrong, you still get a lot of points for your steps! So people who got the answer completely wrong got a decent score. Therefore no curve. Overall not too bad.

Excellent professor. If you are a freshman, or otherwise accustomed to being spoon fed material, you should probably look elsewhere. Of course, you could realize you are in college, and you have to put a lot of work in in order to learn.

Not the best, but also not terrible. Wordy quizzes so I had to decipher language first before I even did physics. Pretty helpful during OH, but explanations can confuse because he's detailed. Like other prof, he hints to how how he tests at OH, so go! Clicker q's are easy 10% of the grade. My group got A's bc we didn't rely on lecture to teach us.

All the 7 series take the same way, it really depend on your TA. so if you want a good grade, choose a good TA and you will be fine.

Webb is a chill guy. Important to get a good TA because that is where you will do most of your learning. Go to office hours and have an open mind for physics. Make sure you understand concepts so you can use them to apply answers to answer the quiz questions. really not a hard class at all. got an A

There is only so much lecture time for 9B and I think using it to go over concepts and using YOUR OWN TIME to do hw problems (plus OHs) will help you with weekly quizzes and gain a full understanding of physics, which is the point. Midterms/final combined conceptual with hw problems. Not a terrible teacher if you put the effort in.

Very by the book. Know how to do the questions in the book and you will do well in his class.

In general, the physics 7 series can be tough. Luckily, Webb was clear in his lectures and he's pretty enthusiastic so you're not falling asleep in lecture. I went from hating physics 7a to finding 7b really interesting and it had a lot to do with the professor and his style of teaching!

I had Webb for Physics 9A and I thought he was awesome. Clicker questions every class, so attendance was basically mandatory. He did a good job of explaining concepts. The best part about his midterms and final was that he curves individual questions (lots of partial credit.) Homework (Mastering Physics) was annoying, though.

If you can learn the material on your own and come to lectures for clarifications you are most likely going to get an A. Webb is very conceptual, make sure you know the concepts. In my opinion this is a good way to teach physics.

Incredibly smart lecturer. If you love Physics this is the guy to take. You will learn a lot in his class. If you want an easy A and want to BS your way through college I recommend a different lecturer as Webb's lecture style is meant for people who care about the material.

He doesn't really teach in lectures. He helps us do practice quiz problems, which was fine. The class is very DL-dependent. But if you really study hard for the quizzes, you will do fine. He is also a generous grader: if you get 70% or above, you'll have an A-. Final was a bit tougher, but it was very similar to the quizzes. Highly recommended!

I liked him a lot. Very fair grader and even let you retake a quiz if you did horribly in order to replace the score. His curve was amazing and the only reason I got an A in the class and I came in not knowing any physics. However, I worked really hard for the A and went to office hours and workshop. Would recommend.

This man is incredible at teaching physics. He takes a different approach and doesn't introduce calculations until the 6th week of the quarter. He makes sure concepts and intuition are perfect beforehand which makes physics make sense and easy. I want more than anything to have him for every physics class I take at UC Davis. 150e1675 stars

I recommend this man! He doesn't has any final and he gives us change to retake our quiz every time which is 50% of our grade