She's smart but her teaching style is so disfunctional. The lectures are incredibly rushed and she bounces from topic to topic as if its hopscotch. The homework is managable but her exam are on another level of difficult. For the first exam I had to check if I accidently logged into the wrong account in Himes cause I had no idea what I was doing.

lectures are extremely hard to follow because she jumps from topic to topic without really introducing them or going into detail. She also moves very fast during lectures and does not give enough time to actually write notes as she lectures. Homework is manageable but the first exam was torture and did not follow the exam review.

Shes not a bad teacher but the exams are completely different from the chapters learned in class. There was no way to prepare for the exams that were given they were very hard.

Horrible teacher, doesn't explain the answers and just assumes everyone knows. Ignores students when they have questions because "I have to get through a certain amount of material today".

If you haven't studied physics before and do not know about it, please do not take her. She lectures like you have been exposed to the laws of physics before, and she gets annoyed when you asks questions. She also said "Don't get mad at me over the test because I didn't make it. I didn't see the test until after you took it." Therefore deflecting.

Does not care if you understand the material and moves way too fast through the material with no explanation of a very difficult subject. Do not take if you have no prior knowledge of physics (or even if you do).

If you have the option of literally ANY OTHER PROFESSOR, take it. Plain and simple. She rushes through material, quoting over and over, "I have a certain set of material I have to get through today." Oh, you have a question - she doesn't care. Wait until the end of class and she still won't care. Prelecture work is helpful, but be ready to suffer.

Will not answer questions. Rushes through an entire chapter of work in one class. The first day we went straight to the lecture. No introduction or anything. Take Dr. Young if you can.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. if you are like me and there was no professor on the schedule booklet, once you find out she's your professor, change to another class as fast as you possibly can. She is by far one of the worst professors I've ever had. won't answer questions, speeds through lectures, and doesn't prepare you for any exams. Very rude.

This is one of the worst professors I have ever taken. Does not explain the concepts, speeds through the lectures, and will not answer emails. Switch out of her class if possible. If you have to take her, be prepared to learn a lot on your own.

I'd recommend taking her if you either A) Already know the entirety of the course material or B) Hate your life. If neither of these apply to you then run to Dr. Young's lecture ASAP. She can't teach to save her life and she's impossible to reason with. Dr. Young's posted lectures are the only reason that I've gotten through the class this semester

Honestly, if you have the option to take any other teacher available, take that one. And if no one else is available wait till someone is. She doesn't care about her students and she gives about .1 seconds for us to ask questions. You'll walk out of this class knowing less about physics than you did walking in. If you want to pass, take Dr. Young.

Goes through lectures too fast, does not answer questions until the end (not helpful), explains things poorly. She uploads ANOTHER professor's lectures on Moodle. I am going to take this class again, and I will make damn sure I do not take her. Participation questions in class. Four exams, many homework assignments, but the homework isn't bad.

Is a terrible teacher, she is very smart but is incapable of actually teaching the material. When asked for further understanding she will many times just laugh and move on or just restate herself. Seems to care very little about student success.

the absolute worst teacher in the physics department at LSU

She was a very nice professor but very lecture heavy to the point youre reading through a lot of formulas not knowing when to use them. The test were a reflection of the practice exams. DO NOT USE CHEGG. IT WONT HELP.

She just sucks she speeds through lectures without explaining anything do NOT take this class

It was clear that Nadra Sakr was a brand new teacher. She was a nice person but an awful teacher. She could not teach physics to the students whatsoever. The LSU PHYS department needs to let students choose their teachers, give practice tests directly reflective of the test, and curve more. First class I've ever retaken, and I studied my butt off.

If you can take another section, do so. She made lectures incredibly boring and sped through the lecture without giving any time to allow the material to soak in to where you could even be in the position to ask questions. Then, when class was over, she would run out of the room so you couldn't even ask her a question if you needed to after class

This class isn't really difficult but annoying. Lectures aren't the best and are quite monotone until she screams "MAKES SINCE" after every slide (which is very annoying). All in all, you should put time into learning the course because it isn't an easy class.

PHYS 2002 not an option but that's the class I took. Speeds through material, same lecture slides as every other professor. Physics department is just terrible in general. If you can, take Dr. Young, but that will only do so much for the flawed teaching styles and material determined by the department.

this class is just a difficult course in general and taking her does not make it easier. if you want to fail then take her, but if you want to pass then take someone else. although the homework is similar to the exams, having a professor that can not properly teach the subject will NOT help you pass them.

Professor Sakr has no aptitude for teaching in a classroom setting. She cannot convey material effectively, and in response just yells "Makes Since?" over and over. The class is passable with an A if you self teach through the textbook. Unfortunately, there are every day in-class quizzes. Every lecture makes me question why I bothered to show up.

Sakr seems nice and was just thrown into a horrible department with no teaching experience of her own. She read off the same slides as everyone else, just 1000x faster. I ended up not going to lectures and just paying for outside tutoring because I wasn't learning anything from her. Physics is hard, but it would be less so if LSU didn't suck.

She didn't put grades in all semester in time for drop date. On Wiley plus, my grade was higher than what she put on Moodle, and when i emailed her about it, she said she fixed it and that i passed the course. She then emailed me the day after stating i did not pass the course because she does the calculation for PLVs different than Wiley does it.

she shouldn't have this job

She does not teach in her lectures. I tried to be a good student and attend, but she basically just does the question without much explanation. You WILL have to teach yourself EVERYTHING, or find tutors. Exams are from a test bank and depends on your luck. Save your time and just enroll at a CC for the course to avoid a W.

I've honestly never had a worse professor. She'll work out problems in class in the weirdest and most complicated way and then say "Got it? Good" and move on. I tried contacting her through email for help but she wasn't willing to help me and basically told me I'm on my own. Unless you want to learn everything on your own, drop!

Only reads the lecture notes prepared on moodle. Hardly explains or goes over the intricate math that makes up 90% of what youre going to be tested on. When asked to do more problems in class instead of just reading the lecture notes she told me no she wouldn't, even though thats the bulk of the class. SI session is much better than her class.

I took honors and AP Physics in high school but didn't get high enough on AP exam to get college credit so I had to take this class. That being said, even with two previous physics courses under my belt, this class was ridiculously hard. She just zooms through someone else's slides in class and expects everyone to understand, so no point in going.

She kept saying she couldn't do anything with your grade cause the LSU physics department doesn't allow it. There is no A if you miss two or more on the exam. I don't understand why a physics exam doesn't give partial points for our work. Just don't take physics.

Look the other way.

Can't teach subject effectively. Speeds through everything making it complicated.

Lecture, in class quizzes, and tests are all taught and explained very ambiguously. Not a single examination of students skills have any form of structure. Every in class quiz and test is more so having a "tricky variable" brain teaser rather than actually testing the student's ability to comprehend the content. Calculators are a NEED for exams.

Most practice and at home material is nothing like your exams. I would suggest getting tutored but no matter what just expect to learn physics and know how to do physics on your own if you take Nadra. Explanations are unclear, homework's are harder than in class assignments, and tests are like 100000 times harder than that. Good luck!

For someone who teaches an intro level Physics course she doesn't teach like it at all. She flies through her slides doing problems not really explaining where she got answers and then moves on without answering anything. We are 3 weeks from finals and I still don't know what my grade is. Get a different professor is possible and good tutor.

Every single test had tricks in each question. Tests can be complex and stressful, be prepared to study. Her work can be very confusing as she just reads off of slides not explaining some of the information very well. Everyone says the physics department is bad as a whole, and while that may be true, David Young teaches well. Watch his videos.

Please do not take her guys. Physics isn't easier but she definitely doesn't make it easier.

Physics is difficult and taking it with Sakr made it worse. She reads straight from the slides during every lecture. Attendance is not mandatory, but there are in-class quizzes graded for participation. Do the homework's and extra credit (will help your grade a lot)!