Excellent prof, very caring

I completely agree. Sharma is the Indian Physics Guru of UCSD. He's hella hot too.

Weekly Quizes are a pain, but thats how physics goes. Be ware however, although he is a fair instructor, he will get his curve when the final comes. So if your class has done really well on the quizes, watch out for the final!

NOT AN EASY CLASS, but Sharma is the best physics professor i have yet met at UCSD! you will want to attend every of his lecture if u take him

vivek is the best professor i've had at ucsd. physics 2d will make u want to WISH u weren't done with all of your physics. sharma is THE MAN. hands down. best physics prof at ucsd. he will keep u awake with his jokes! a must take course.

Dr. Sharma is the best physics prof. at UCSD. He explains the material very well and has a very helpful website with streaming lectures. His lectures are extremely entertaining. His quizzes are on the difficult side, however, and his final exam was arduous. I highly encourage you to take his class.

Sharma is a very good prof. but his quizzes are very hard in comparison to other physics quizzes in other classes. His lectures are fun but most of the learning in this class has to come from study of past quizzes.

Best teacher at UCSD period. The class isn't so hard, because he teaches the material so damn well.

prof. sharmal is the best physics professor at ucsd. He gives clear, concise examples of sample problems. He is interested in helping students with additional problems and time. YOU WILL HAVE IT MUCH MUCH MUCH EASIER TAKING HIM FOR PHYSICS!!! That's not to say he isn't hard, he's just gifted at teaching and making sense. I'm not a physics major.

He is a great guy and very helpful but lectures are kind of useless as he just goes over the derivation of the formulas (which are in the book if you're into that sort of thing). It is pretty sweet that a 75% and above is an A. That rocks. Overall, I liked this class and prof. BTW Homework can be very difficult but if you collaborate it is not bad.

hw due every week. the class is overall easy but theres soo much work. you never get a break from this class.

Very good professor overall. Explained the material well and was funny at times. HW due every week was a pain at first, but then you realize you can get the answers from somebody else....Quizzes were somewhat hard, but you get a notecard to use, and a 75% for an A isn't hard to achieve.

Sharma is the sh*t! If you read the textbook, lectures aren't entirely necessary (he actually uses a lot of the graphs and examples from the textbook in lecture) but are nevertheless enjoyable just cuz Sharma is tight like that. His quizzes can be a little challenging, but then again they're just 7 multiple choice questions. Also, >=75% is an A!

this guy is AMAZING! funny, spirited, helpful, clear! the only thing i hate about the class is the fact that we have to do all homework online and the quizes are multiple choice instead of free response, where u can get partial credit.

His quizzes, homework, and tests are ridiculously hard, but a good professor nevertheless

Oh my freaking god. Do not take this professor. His lectures are absolutely useless. Week two, we're learning the kinematics equations, and instead of doing practice problems n what not, he decides to give us a history lesson about newton, deriving where newton got the equations, and then ends with a description of what particle accelerators are.

funny guy, going to lecture doesnt help with online hw, stopped going 3rd week...quizzes are almost impossible at times and not close to hw ,,,,,,good luck it is a difficult class and it made me change majors :(

sharma definitely seems like a caring prof but his lectures are all from the book and he doesn't teach too much imo. you have to read/do hw by yourself if you want a good grade, a lot of self-learning in this class. the quizzes can be insane too...so def not easy at all to get an A, but not too hard to get a B.

sharma is a good professor, but there's no curve and all the quizzes and the final are multiple choice. The quizzes are with 50% of your grade so if you want an A you have to do well on them. Thankfully he has a fair absolute grading scale. you only need 75% to get an A. but that also means the class is hard.

I really like Prof. Sharma.However, the course material is hard, and to succeed you need to invest a lot of time in his class.If you read the book and do the homework, you will do well, just like he says.If you are struggling he has office hours and is available on Sun. He makes numerous resources available, but you still need to learn the material

You dont need to go to his lectures, they are useless, as long as you read the book and keep up with the work on time. The quizzes are made up mostly of conceptual problems, they are tricky. He is a good professor in terms of research and knowledge but his is a bad teacher

His lectures don't help much. And I don't like the textbook. His quizzes are extremely hard and conceptual. You really need to learn this yourself or get any help possible..office hours, OASIS, tutoring.. And his final is harder than the quizzes!

Sharma is a really nice guy, who knows his material really well. His class, however, has no sympathy for anyone. Quizzes are difficult, homework is hard, and the final killed most people's grades. Go to office hours for his TAs because they know their stuff pretty well, and go to the problem sessions because the TA's try to give quiz like problems.

75% is an A!!!

Decent teacher and is willing to help. Quizzes are decent but the final is really hard. I had an A going into the final but ended up with a B in the class. Needed to actually go to TA's office hours and problem solving and discussion sections. TA (Morgan Brown) is awesome!! Lectures are actually useful but many didn't show up.

OMG.. this class was extremely hard. If you know physics well, it might not be so bad. But go to the problem session even though it's usually really late, and do the homework. You don't really need to go, but highly recommended, and be sure to know what the hell he's talking about. He has some accent, but he knows what he's talking about

He knows his stuff for himself but not for other students too much.Because he uses powerpoint it makes the class boring.He gives lots of examples though and stresses doing homework problems and going to section.Had quizzes and final is super hard.Go too all the classes and ask questions in lecture or section if you can.

Smart, funny, and tries to help you learn in any way possible. Quizzes are definitely hard so do as many extra hw problems as you can, because he takes some questions from problems you aren't assigned...final was relatively easy.

Sharma is very helpful. Lectures are ok, he does examples from the book and skips through a lot of the lecture slides. 8 quizzes, can drop 2. (10% each) Final wasn't too bad. (40%) Problem solving sessions are VERY USEFUL - go to them! Look over sample problems and homework before quizzes, quiz/final problems are often similar.

ridiculously hard quizzes, but final had direct questions from them..

he is AMAZING. I FELL IN LOVE WITH PHYSICS AFTER THIS CLASS. HE IS FUNNY, HELPFUL, AND SO SMART. every lecture was fantastic. and yeah he is hard, and i worked SO SO HARD FOR AN A, BUT HE MAKES IT SO WORTH EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN.

Great teacher that doesn't know how to make quizzes very well. Even if you understand all of the homework problems and concepts you will still run into problems on the quizzes because he makes them super hard, avoid if you can.

Sharma is a pretty cool dude as are his TAs. Physics in general is pretty hard so be sure to do your homework and go to the problem solving sections... that's an absolute must. If you've seen enough examples and understand the ideas behind it, its not too bad.

Overall good professor, interesting lectures but not really mandatory. Cracks joked form time to time. Quizzes are hard so make sure to do ALL your homework and attend problem solving sessions. Make sure to really understand every single concept, as his quizzes can be very tricky. Study and you'll do fine, take him! :)

Great professor. Takes time to explain information, weekly quizzes can be difficult. Sharma looks even better when compared to professors who teach 2B/2C.

The average score tended to be around 50% but even that's not too bad since 75% gets you an A. As a lecturer he's much more interesting than others that I've seen thus far. Furthermore, I found out on the last quiz that you're allowed a cheat sheet, so you don't even have to memorize anything. Read the book, maybe go to lecture, and you'll do fine

Sharma is a good professor. His lectures are entertaining and helpful. However, his class is quite difficult. The weekly quizzes consistently increase in difficult, and the final is very hard. As long as you do the homework (not mandatory, but helpful), you should do fine in the class. Attending lecture and problem sessions always help.

He's pretty fair, and his tests are DEFINITELY challenging but doable. Sharma provides an insane amount of resources and you can tell he cares, like the problem-solving sessions, the tutorial center, and the weekly problem videos. His lectures are clear, but his slides are very messy. He is NOT as harsh as I thought. It just takes a TON of work

Honestly, one of my favorite professors ever. He tries his hardest to help his students and gives a lot of resources. All the people that say he sucks don't go to lecture or pay attention. Also, he is one of the funniest professors around. His grading scale is also super generous and his quizzes are fair.

60% of your grade is the weekly quizzes. Quizzes are extremely simple and straightforward to get a 6 out of 8 on. Final is the other 40%. Final is hard, but while his grading scale is not curved, it is VERY reasonable. 40% C, 60% B, 75% A. Just study for quizzes a few hours before class and you are guaranteed a C.

Helpful and kind professor. Quite funny and engaging lectures. Provides ton of resources for learning. Quizzes are not so hard if you do the homework and go to lectures and problem solving sessions.

TBH this class was not as bad as everyone says it is. The quizzes were not insanely hard if you attended lecture, read the book, and did the homework. He gives hints on the quizzes during lecture! The final was definitely hard, but not impossible like everyone says it is! Trust me you'll be ok if you put in the effort!

He is a funny lecturer and the quizzes are very fair. If you take his class I would recommend watching the videos that he makes available. I didn't watch the videos until just before the final and realized that they would've been helpful when I was studying for the quizzes. If you try hard, read the book and go over the notes you should do fine.

He's not horrible at all. He may not explain some concepts super clearly but read the textbook and you'll be fine. Quizzes are simple, especially the first five ones. Final is harder but fair. About one third of students got an A or A+.

My opinion of Sharma improved steadily over the course of the semester. Good lecturer--funny and charismatic--but his explanations left a little to be desired. Weekly quizzes were tough and increased in difficulty over quarter. Final was hard. A lot of help is available--seek it out. Hard course, especially for those without physics experience.

The 8 quizzes (can drop 2) get exponentially harder. The final was basically impossible. There were literally only 6 questions out of 24 that I knew how to do for sure. He gave us a 10% boost on our final exam score from the CAPE reviews, but even with that the final scores were extremely low (around 50%).

Grading was absolute scale, but A was80%. We had required weekly tutorial sessions. 8 Quizzes with 2 short answer questions per quiz. This was not too bad of a class. Definitely needed to understand the material, but we got a LOT of partial credit for our quiz problems. Final was also short answer, but again a lot of partial credit. Great class.

Strong professor who knows his stuff. For this class the grading was pretty heavy on the TAs, and things were returned very slowly. Do a good job after the first few labs and you'll pass with no problems. Be honest with errors and voice concerns early and you'll get an A. Final was VERY based on lab processes.