Noah Graham

This course is tough, however, it is something to grit out, as much of physics and real world analysis is built on these ideas. Professor Graham is energetic and nice, however, he doesn’t do a great job of teaching to the majority of students’ backgrounds. Many times he grazes over material that needed to be focused on more, or will get into long tangents based on the hyperspecific, advanced questions of a single student. If often felt as if most of the learning was done independent of the lectures, and the lectures were just him having fun with the ideas that could be related to the topics we needed to know. The exams were significantly less intimidating than expected considering the material covered in the class.

This course is tough, however, it is something to grit out, as much of physics and real world analysis is built on these ideas. Professor Graham is energetic and nice, however, he doesn’t do a great job of teaching to the majority of students’ backgrounds. Many times he grazes over material that needed to be focused on more, or will …Read more

Despite how tough the class is, Professor Graham really made me enjoy the class. He is very responsive to questions, always welcoming and supportive. The class would be much easier after taking differential equations or multivariable calculus classes, but even without those, I can still keep up with the class.

PHYS 216 is not for the faint of heart, especially for someone with no multivariable calculus experience. The math is difficult to understand through the first half of the semester then it all comes together near the midpoint when you start talking about Fourier series/transforms. You need to be comfortable with imaginary numbers, complex integrals, and complex thinking. Once you get to the midpoint of the course, things start to click, but the math is still difficult. If you are mathematically inclined, then the physics shouldn't be too hard to understand. Noah Graham is one of the smartest professors in the PHYS department, and it shows in his class. He moves fast but is easily able to dial it back and explain topic well in office hours.

PHYS 216 is not for the faint of heart, especially for someone with no multivariable calculus experience. The math is difficult to understand through the first half of the semester then it all comes together near the midpoint when you start talking about Fourier series/transforms. You need to be comfortable with imaginary numbers, co …Read more