Horrible! No study guide! No review! Homework much harder than what we go over in class.

This is single handedly the worst physics professor at unr. She doesn't even give you study guides saying " You need to know it on your own" god I hate phyics at unr. I was kind of hopefull once starting her class she seemed nice and straight forward until it came test time where she screwed everyone over.

Just dont.

If this is the only class you are taking then maybe you would be fine, but if your taking a full load and this class expect a D at best. What kind of professor that cares about the success of her students wouldn't give study guides? Makes absolutely no sense..

I had to drop out of this class because it was too demanding with all the other classes I was taking. Hopefully next semester they will offer someone more efficient. She is nice, but clearly she is new to teaching . She reminds me of someone who says "its easy" well yea because you have been doing it forever and I just started. skip this with her.

I have never felt so helpless taking a test until this class. There were no study guides, "review lectures" were no help, half of the homework I just used Chegg because I had no idea what was going on, and she's the only one teaching this class next semester so I get to go through it all over again.

I spent at least 20 hours on this class a week on top of my other 4 classes and it doesn't pay off. She is hands down the worst professor at unr.

Given how hard she tries to give you absolutely no help or guides for tests you spend more time worrying your going to fail then learn. She horrible take this class at tmcc if you can!!

Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never felt so stupid in my life.

I really tried my best to succeed in this class, it seemed as though I wasn't getting back what I put in. Tests and homework were extremely difficult, doesn't give study guides or any good direction on what you should study for, and doesn't give tests back. Unfortunately she is the only one that teaches phys181 so be-warned and good luck.

Take someone else if you can! Horrible professor doesn't know how to teach.

I do not recommend.

ridiculously hard, boring lectures, impossible tests.

I got an A in Bennum's 180 and if you didn't like his class you're in for another rough semester. She teaches concepts only with little to no direction on how to actually solve problems u see on tests and HW. Ontop of that if u ask questions you won't get good answers, here is an actual example, Q: "how did you do that?" A: "because math"

Lectures are great but not helpful. Makes the theory behind it all engaging but you are on your own for homework and tests. She doesn't teach you how to work/figure out what is assigned. The tests are long and you wont have NEARLY enough time to finish them. If you struggled in 180 like me you wont pass. You can pray for the curve but it wont help.

She should be demoted to being a tutor. The flipped Lectures are just regurgitating the textbook and she almost never works through problems. Good for theory but how am I supposed to know how to problem solve.

Awful format to teach others. You basically teach yourself the material and come to class to do the homework where she "helps" solve the problems One of the worst teachers i've ever had. UNR physics department is a joke.

The worst class i have ever taken. The class is very fast pace, she crams 6 exams into the semester and you do not get a break in between new material and attempting to study for the exam. She only goes over theory based problems which leaves everyone lost in the homework when you have to do real problems. Overall, I hate every second of this class

Very heavy workload. You will receive on average 7-9 assignments every week in the form of quizzes and homework assignments. The class moves very quickly. Overall it was hard to keep up while taking other classes.

She has no idea how to teach a class. Every exam is rushed where you have assignments that cover that exams material due more than a week after you have to take the exam. How am i supposed to do well on the exam when you assign the homework after the exam, I get no practice in. Lots of homework, quizzes and the exams are hard. I hated this class.

Lots of work for this class, youll probably get around 10-15 assignments every week for this class and youll take the exam before any of it is due. This class is made to get people to second guess their choice in college. The professor isnt very good and this class is hard when it doesnt need to be. You do not get second chances at exams!

Kristin, the worst teacher I have ever had in my life. First day of class she told us that she will not be teaching. We would be working in groups. Reading a script word for word and pointing at definitions in a video isn't teaching. SHE DOES NOT TAKE ANY WORK FOR TESTS. If you make a simple mistake, you get the entire problem wrong. Run don't walk

Professor Lewis doesn't put much of an effort teaching this class. She has recorded videos where she reads off powerpoints of simple definitions. 10-15 assignments per week will have you working on this class far more than the rest of your classes. 7 Exams which don't mirror the study guide one bit. Class time is used to work on homework as a group

Online "lectures" instead of legitimate lectures (with mandatory attendance to the lecture classes where you only do hw), had a total of 10 tests through the semester including 3 in the last 2 weeks of the semester. The structure, materials and schedule, make it impossible to focus on other classes without falling behind.

Having mandatory attendance for a class where you to do homework is BS. I feel like I learned nothing from her and did all the learning my self. SOOO many tests, but they are not too difficult (very similar to the homework). Dr. Lewis is a nice enough person but sucks as a professor. Would not recommend.

Look, I started the semester with a great view of the flipped classroom concept, but it has failed. By flipping the classroom, the onus of teaching is flipped onto the peers, and if peers could teach, we wouldn't go to college. All students are on different pages because of virtual lectures. The kicker? 4 tests in two weeks to finish the semester.

Had 7 total exams over the semester consisting of 5 midterms (all taken outside of class) and 2 finals (one being multi day). Classroom is flipped, meaning lectures are watched outside of class, and class time is used for homework help, yet attendance is still taken. Including lectures, quizzes, and exams, outside work can take 10+ hours per week.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU DONT HAVE TOO!! Does not teach calls her classroom a flipped classroom which means you watch lectures at home then do homework in class. Problem is she won't help you if you don't set up the problem her way. Requires attendance because she knows that no one will show up after the first couple weeks.

Kristin Lewis is barely a professor. We do our own learning via videos she recorded long ago. Her homework and exams are on Webassign (which is the ONLY good thing, as you get three chances per answer on tests). There's no reason to go to class, which is why her attendance is mandatory. I don't know how she's allowed to run class this way. AVOID!

350 characters isn't enough. She has FIVE exams, ~6 homeworks a week, sometimes 4 in a day. Learning is done via videos, but somehow attendance is mandatory. Attendance randomly taken (she likes to wait for Fridays before breaks to spite her students). Practice exams are maybe 20% similar to actual exams. Only physics 2 teacher, so I was screwed.

Avoid this class if you can. There are 5 exams 2 group finals and one individual final. There is so much homework its not even funny. This class was way more work than my upper div cs classes which says something. Class is a joke but attendance is mandatory. AVOID

I'm Phys 180, there's no option for it right now on RMP though. Make sure you do your reviews outside of class, considering she'll straight up skip reviews of subjects because "this is boring so I'm going to skip this." She heavily follows the notes and when she's not using the notes it's problem sets.

I am a typically a straight A student but struggled in this class. I was spending 25 hours a week on the lecture and lab combined and still getting low test scores. There's homework almost every night with difficult questions that can take hours. Her lectures are useless but attendance is required. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Never goes over stuff that are on the exams.

She barely/not does not over test material. About 1-2 questions from practice test are even related to questions on the actual test. Plus when the class average for exams is consistently 40-50%, I think there is a problem.

Her notes consist of ONLY equations without any examples to really reinforce the student's understanding of every equation. It seems like every lecture given we are thrown 5 or more new equations and we only practice one of them. On top of that the practice exams are completely unrelated to what's on the actual exam. Had to study on my own.

Dr. Lewis does a very good job at making you not like physics.

I am beyond appalled at Lewis and her incompetent way of teaching. I have never met a professor so bad at teaching that I considered taking this class at UNLV during the summer. I got a 43% on the first exam and then dropped the class. Has an "flipped classroom" (watch lecs at home, do hw in class). Does not teach well at all, exams are hard.

One word: AVOID. I drove twice the speed limit every day hoping to hit a tree. Sweet women, but Kristin drops the ball in tests. The tests are so awful that the average was a 50%. Her reverse classroom nonsense is even worse, and I spent about 3 hours each day on this class. I am a straight-A student, ended up Auditing class.

I have never had such a bad professor in my two years of being a student at the UNR. I am an engineering student and am completely used to taking very challenging courses. However, Kristen Lewis has made it unbelievably impossible to pass this class. She never goes over test materials and has no regard for her students. AVOID.

I put more work into this class than I did in my 300/400s. She's a great person outside of class and during office hours. Overcomplicated extra credit, study guides for exams had one problem that was helpful. Claims she doesn't want students memorizing but rather understanding. I had trouble doing either. Youtube the material instead.

Don't let Lewis fool you. This woman is the devil's advocate. She is a sweet lady outside of class and with my ENGR curriculum I was forced to take this class. But, this class is so insanely hard that I am getting my first C in her class. Something about her just doesn't sit right. She refuses to teach WELL. Exams are unbelievably hard.

She moves way too fast. When I went to my tutor for help I understood everything, which means that this subject is only hard because of the teacher. Her tests are completely different, much much harder, and have absolutely nothing to do with the study guide. If you want to do decent in this class you have to treat it like a full time job.

This professor doesn't help much. It feels like a million midterms. DOES NOT CURVE.

She rarely gives examples in class; when she does, they are usually separate from the homework questions, making doing her homework take hours and using YouTube to find similar questions.

Horrible physics professor. She is so nice and an amazing person, but she shouldn't be teaching a beginner physics course. If you have taken physics in high school you should be okay, but if this is your first physics class be ready to suffer.

Very nice professor however the class was the hardest class I've taken as an engineering student. She rushes through lectures without explaining concepts and expects students to finish problems by just "knowing" what to do. Exams are very difficult and the homework load is the worst I've ever had. Goodluck.

Very test heavy class with very poor test structure. Lectures rarely include any sort of examples rather she only covers concepts. Study guides cover different concepts then what are on the exam which in turn makes them more confusing. Absolutely no curving even though the class averages around 40-50 percent on exams.

This teacher is not a good teacher for such a fundamentally important class of anyone in engineering or science. She rushes through lectures without explaining thoroughly and the Labs that accompany this class are horrible and disorganized at best. The grading is barely curved and the homework is ridiculous and unrelated to the midterms.

Bad teacher.

Lewis is a terrible teacher. She absolutely races through content so fast that taking notes is a futile endeavor. But she has days entirely dedicated to doing one of the 4 large assignments per week. She also has tests in the testing center and they are held on days that she will deduct points for not being in lecture. It's a lose-lose.

races through content so fast that taking notes is a race. 4 large assignments per week. tests in the testing center and they are held on days that she will deduct points for not being in lecture. It's a lose-lose. went to the physics center and they barley understood her notes...

The absolute WORST professor I have ever had. You will not learn in lecture as she only teaches theory but attendance is mandatory. 7 exams in the semester, 4 of which were in the last 2 weeks of class, all midterms in testing center outside of class time, ALWAYS takes attendance when students are scheduled testing. Gives no partial credit or curve

Yea just give up

Horrible. Run.

She neglects to do any kind of review or practice in class, expects students to conceptualize difficult concepts based on her chicken scratch notes templates, & assigns sob-worthy amounts of homework every week. She complicates simple concepts and only lectures on theory with little to no application. She holds 4 exams in the last 4 weeks of class…

Overall, Prof. Lewis lacks a lot. She will give you an outline of the notes of the chapter, and you fill them in as you go. Her lectures mostly entail her telling you about the theory of the subject with little to no examples. The homework is also extremely difficult, and the exams are very hard. Study when you can

if you can take the tests on the last possible day so you can learn what to study from other students the practice she gives barley applies to the exams if at all.

If you do not have a physics background this class is extremely challenging. Overall the math center and friend groups were the main reason I passed. Tests were super difficult and honestly take your tests the last days to get insight as to how to prepare for exams.

Very difficult class. Expect to be teaching yourself about 3/4 of the time. The problems shown in class are not typically on the homework, which aren't on the formative assessments, which aren't on the tests. Overlap is limited to nonexistent. Expect to be solving for entirely different situations and variables than you are taught.

Genuinely the worst class I've ever taken. Mandatory attendance, 24 HWs, 10 problem sets, and 7 exams. The class exam average is 45%, no curve. Reading the chapters doesn't help, as it's all about the theory she already teaches in class. Very little examples or how to apply each formula. You will have to teach yourself.