Dr. Wu is a very nice person, but this does not mean she is a great professor. She goes through lectures super fast with little practice problems and the class has 10 minutes to do a daily quiz with classmates. There is extra credit, but the exams have an average of 60-70% which she considers good-not a good score for a general 100-level class.

Judy is a nice person, but she is not a good instructor. She always preaches how every test question can be found throughout the lessons, but the test questions are always completely different. Her 6 tests are multiple choice so she gives zero partial credit which can bring down your grade fast. Definitely take the other physics class if possible.

Judy Wu was by far the worst professor I have ever had. She makes thing way more complicated than they are and she thinks we are all on the same intellectual level as her. She is terrible at explaining things everyone in my class was either talking or on their phones because she was so monotone and nobody understands what is going on in class.

She took away all the extra credit. Attendance is mandatory, no dropped homework, no dropped attendance, no dropped exams, no dropped quizzes, and final exam is mandatory. The final is also not easy. 92 to get an A but its extremely hard and stressful because you can no mess up anything. The TAs are helpful but thats it.

Dr. Wu is a very nice person, but the class is structured very poorly. There are no bonus points, no dropped attendance points, no dropped tests or final, and no dropped homework assignments. The slides are confusing and the lectures are hard to understand. She gives a formula sheet but it is confusing and does not include some formulas.

Do not take this class with her. Although, there isn't a good option, you are better off taking this class at a Community College. She is rude, and she is not understanding of situations. Tests are worth 70% of the grade, and there is no room for error. Her lectures don't even make sense, so you have to teach yourself a lot of the course.

The exams are set up in a very unfair way and the questions are very hard. The homework is not representative of the material learned in class. She offers no dropped exams and not curve enough half her students failed one exam this semester. She is kind, but maybe a little more leniency would be nice. I would not recommend though.

Class structure is horrible, tests are weighted too much and there is no room for mistakes.Tests are multiple choice, with 13 questions each worth 8 points. No partial credit on the questions so you either get all 8 points or none. You have to attend lectures, and there is no extra credit like before. Better off at a community college

went to this class without my seat belt on hoping i got into a car accident

Tests and final are worth almost 70% of the grade, there are no drops, and they are multiple choice with no partial credit. Dr. Wu has mentioned that she aims to make the class average 60-70% for each exam, which is fully not passing. She used to give extra credit, but did not this year, and she won't fix iClicker issues, which drops your grade.

I too drove to this class without my seatbelt hoping I'd get into an accident, topped it off by holding down the gas pedal down with a brick

Professor is terrible, almost impossible to understand, on top of information being on tests that we never went over in class. During the final exam, she made changes to certain questions and then came back around to change those changes again. She would also never include what we actually needed. Worst class i've taken at KU

The way this class is structured is heinous. Four midterms and a final. Each midterm is 12% of your grade and is 13 questions long. If you mess up one exam, your grade is cooked. There is absolutely no room for error in this class. I have never stressed more about a 100 level class in my life. I took a 600 level bio class that was easier than 115.

I honestly cannot believe I made it through 2 semesters with this professor. The reviews of this class do not do it justice. This class was the most unorganized, poorly run disaster I have ever encountered. She does not proof read her exams and often has to correct then mid-testing. Judy is TERRIBLE professor. She's tenured so do not expect change.

This class is an absolute joke. It is only difficult because of how poorly run it is. Lectures are incoherent and useless. Literally every single exam has had a major typo that she had to correct MIDEXAM. Its truly unbelievable how Judy Wu has taught this class for so long and still has zero clue what she is doing. Hardest 100 level class ever.

I have never seen worse slides than the ones for these classes. One slide will include 5 different text colors, sizes, and fonts. They're so disorganized that trying to understand what is on them seems impossible. The homework doesn't correspond to the lecture/iclicker content, so its a waste of time but still required. The lab is BAD BAD, too.

I went to Dr. Wu multiple times in attempts to express concern and find guidance, she waisted my time. She is nice but should not be a professor. Exams were inconsistent with practice exams. Knowing people that had previously taken the class saved me. She altered her class to make it more difficult, less extra credit and no more dropped exam.

Worst class ever. Lectures were incoherent, messy and unintelligible. Homework was rarely related to exams and VERY difficult. Exams determine your grade. Difficult, no room for error, terrible professor. Worst professor I've met, barely knows what's happening in her own class, mostly brags about her research. Read every other review here.

One of the worst classes I have taken here. No room for error, she thinks 60-70% is ideal for a class average, knowing that most of her class is pre-health of some sort. Test worth almost 80%, if you miss one question, you are down 8%. Don't expect her to curve. Made errors on every single test, and makes adjustments in the middle of the test

One of the worst classes I have taken here. The class is structured poorly, and the tests are difficult and she often changes questions during the middle of the exam. Take it at a community college if you can because the physics department here is not good.

Add this professor for physics 1 and 2, they were probably the worst taught classes. She used to give extra credit every class, but she randomly changed. Tests are worth almost 80%, and if you miss a question, you drop 8 points on the test. Best way to study is reading through her slides, IClicker questions, and practice exams. Homework is useless.

Good luck, worst class I have ever taken. Need to lock in from the beginning even though her lectures are super boring. Be prepared for the tests to be changed halfway while you are taking it. One of those professors that are only here for their research.

Honestly entire physics department is terrible. Numerous people have the flu and are required to take the test even with an excuse able doctors note. Even if you have a doctors note you're required to take the exam otherwise you'll most likely fail. Lectures are so messy and confusing. Don't even get me started on the iclicker

terrible. absolutely terrible. doesn't do any actual teachings and just rambles on during the 1.15hour lecture. while giving confusion information. goes about solving problems the most info heavy way possible to confuse students then has slides that are so horribly done it makes you disoriented just by looking at all the different colors and font.

Without a doubt, this is the worst teacher I have ever had. She is hard to understand and has a terrible structure in the class. If I were you, I would not even take Physics at KU. While in the military, I witnessed 19-year-old kids with no college experience do a better job than whoever runs the Physics program at KU. They should all be fired!!!!!

Judy Wu is an abysmally poor physics professor. Her lecture slides are just word vomits of equations with no spaces or clear distinction between equations. She is incredibly hard to understand during lecture. Her answer keys for practice exams are the same way. Example, =24.7rad/s-0.902rad/s2x25.0s- an exact copy, no spaces/commas. Just word dump.

actually horrible, dont take it with her if you have the choice

This is by far the worst course I have ever taken. No partial credit on exams so you could literally get a 0%. The tests are nothing like the practice exams and Ta's and tutors are not helpful. Judy does not respond to emails and if you do poorly on one exam your grade is ruined. I would take at a community college if you want to keep your sanity.

There's no way to contact her directly, they just give you an email that the TA's have access to. She often cancels her office hours. The practice problems for the test don't prepare you for the concepts or types of problems you will have on the exams. She doesn't explain concepts very well, so you have to learn on your own outside of class.

Get ready to teach yourself everything. No exaggeration, she is the worst professor I have ever seen. Her lecture slides are incoherent. 80% of your grade comes from exams. Homework does not reflect exams at all.

Please don't take Physics 114 at KU, especially with this professor. I am about to graduate, and this has been the worst class I have taken by far. Lectures are confusing. Grade didn't reflect effort until I started learning from YouTube professors. Tests are heavily weighted. No corrections, partial credit, or late work on anything.

the absolute worst class i've taken at ku avoid taking phsx with her at all costs

This class has been challenging in finding academic support. I reached out to many people and was given different answers each time.

This is the WORST class I have taken at KU so far. Each time I would show up to class, I would leave feeling confused with little guidance. Also, the exams never line up with any study guide or old exam she gives us. She gives no partial credit on exams, so if you miss more than three problems, your overall test grade is practically screwed..

Judy is by far one of the worst professors I have ever had. Do not ever take physics at KU. Each day I went to her class I wanted to ram myself into a bus after. I learned absolutely nothing and the TA's are absolutely rude and not helpful at all. Worst class ever

Worst class ever! Lectures were confusing, Judy was rude, and is really only here for her research. Her rating here dropped from 4.7 last year, so that speaks a lot about her switch up. Only read the more recent reviews and know that you have to do so well on the tests to do well in the class. Her slides are confusing and so is she. Good luck yall!

Got an A both semesters, but I saw more grey hairs on my head. Don't take it with her, but if you have to, go through all lectures slides, Clicker questions, and practice exams. Not a nice person at all.

Literally do not take her

dumb ahh class and dumb ahh teacher. she sucks and so does the whole physics department, so ur better off at a community college.

Don't listen to the person below me, she really is a bad professor. Not only is her class super difficult, she is a terribly rude person. She told me that she wouldn't want me as her doctor and she accused me of being someone that I am not. However, the whole physics department sucks, so if you had to take this class, I guess do it with her.