Physics

I took this course because 108 was full, and I needed a physics course for other requirements. If you find yourself in a similar scenario, wait a semester until 108 is open because it teaches almost exactly the same content but with easier exams and homework. This is because 108 and 109 have lab together, and so students need to know effectively the same base at the same points of time in the semester. So 109 ends up with more difficult homework and exam problems that lecture time slots did not have adequate time to cover. I attended every lecture, and hardly any practice problems were done in lecture for the entirety of the semester. This made lectures effectively 1.5 hours of writing formulas on the board, and any application of them would have to be learned on your own. This type of learning may be effective for some, but you have to be particularly motivated to make it work well. Professor Goodsell as a person is spectacular. She is accommodating and very enthusiastic about the material, it just really felt like there wasn't enough time in lecture to adequately teach what she wanted to cover. That being said, if I had to choose a Physics professor again I would likely choose Goodsell, because I can't imagine any other professor bringing the same energy to teaching Physics early in the morning. Yet, this class has certainly affirmed my disdain for physics.

I took this course because 108 was full, and I needed a physics course for other requirements. If you find yourself in a similar scenario, wait a semester until 108 is open because it teaches almost exactly the same content but with easier exams and homework. This is because 108 and 109 have lab together, and so students need to know …Read more

I thought Prof. Goodsell's teaching style is very clear and she is happy to explain everything to you as many times as you need. She is very available to students and is always looking for more ways to give us help and resources to use. My main problem with the course was that her lectures are much more drawn out than I think they could be which put me to sleep a few times in her class because I felt we were moving too slow. I also have a little bit of a bone to pick with her about grading since I think her points calculations for mistakes are unfair sometimes on the quizzes and exams. Going into this course I had a background in IB Physics which meant I already knew most of the material and I was just getting newly exposed to the calculus part of the course, but it also meant I got bored quite easily because I was not learning the material for the first time and that definitely contributed to me not liking the course.

I thought Prof. Goodsell's teaching style is very clear and she is happy to explain everything to you as many times as you need. She is very available to students and is always looking for more ways to give us help and resources to use. My main problem with the course was that her lectures are much more drawn out than I think they co …Read more

It was a good class. I wish i had been warned that it was very basic math, i felt a bit bored as math was a bit overexplained. I felt it was very harsh grading that was quite nitpick in the name of teaching the quantative method. Overall quite enjoyed the content about the universe!