Good lecturer. Uses clicker questions so lectures are mandatory. Exams are doable if you complete homework and worksheets and go over slides. Would recommend.

Regarding 5B,

Chaney is a nice person but she does not know how to dumb down the material for some of us idiots who ever took physics in high school. Her tests are insanely hard but she does give redo points which do kind of help if you do well. Honestly, her tests gave me depression and so did her lectures because it's like she doesn't care about the material and doesn't try to simplify or explain it to idiots like me.

Professor Chaney is in general a pretty good lecturer given that she's pretty clear when she talks and will answer questions as needed. Her first midterm was a stretch from what was taught in lecture, so what I studied was extremely different from what was given on the exam. However, she adjusted quickly for the second midterm and final, so I felt that what I put in for studying reflected in my grade. It's certainly not a class you can just slack off in and get an A, so take careful notes and do any practice problems that she posts. Definitely a doable class and would recommend!

Tests were pretty difficult, but she offered exam redos and had a lot of extra office hours to help us. I appreciated her effort in doing what she could to help a lot of us improve our performance.

Professor Chaney is decent at best. Her tests were incredibly difficult if you did not read the textbook / do her discussion worksheets. There is an amazing curve at the end though, so I'd recommend taking her if you have the option. I believe that in my class if you scored average on all midterms / final, you'd end with a B/B+. Overall, read the textbook and go to class since she wrote things on the board that were not included on her slides. It will feel as though you are failing the entire quarter until you see your final letter grade so do not worry!

Took PHYS 5B in 2018 Fall, but I'm posting it here. Chaney is a mediocre lecturer - she doesn't have a way with words that other physics professors have and seems to, at times, struggle to find the proper words to describe her thoughts. The class itself is structured almost exactly like 5A,but the topics are a bit more complex. Her exams tend to be rather short, consisting if only a couple questions. Be sure to understand the material - missing just one question can drop your exam grade significantly. Overall, she's a decent professor, but there's definitely room for improvements.

I didn't take physics in high school so this class was a bit of a struggle. She wasn't that great at explaining new concepts so I had a lot of trouble and had to put in a lot of work outside of class. If you already have a grasp on physics, maybe you can take the class. If not, try a different professor.

I think Chaney was definitely a pretty good lecturer, but what I liked the most about this class was how much she communicated with us and tried to be helpful. She responded very often to questions on the class forum and was also completely transparent in all her grading schemes, such as the curves applied and even told us the specific numerical cutoffs for final grades. She is also pretty generous in that aspect as well, adjusting the final boundaries as well as curving tests. This class was definitely as low stress as a physics class gets. Definitely do not regret taking this class with her and would recommend to anyone deciding.

Overall, the class was okay. Chaney is not the best lecturer in the world, but she is clear enough such that the class material is communicated effectively. The tests for this class are pretty tough, but you should be fine as she adjusts the grading boundaries to help the class grades (she also offers test corrections sometimes).

Professor Chaney overall is a pretty decent choice when it comes to taking Physics 1B, and if I could take her again, I probably would. Lectures are very precise and accurate, and all the concepts that she teaches are relevant to the homeworks and the exams. Whilst she may not be the most entertaining lecturer (this might be combined with the fact that it was an 8 am, and plus, few professors can reach the level of entertaining lectures such as Corbin, et. al.), you will learn effectively by going to her lectures and taking notes, and I really feel like she prepared us very thoroughly for 1B and onto 1C.
Professor Chaney is also extremely considerate; she has two midterms in which there was either a fat curve or she allowed exam make ups (to earn back some of the points you lost), which is almost unheard of in lower division weeder classes, so that's an absolute bonus that everyone should take advantage of. The first midterm had your normal C average (we could earn back some points we lost), while the final had a pretty high average (C+ I think?). However, like it seems to be the trend with many lower division classes, the second midterm always seems to be killer, with our class having a flat 50% as the raw mean. Luckily however, she applies a fat curve though, so everything will work out alright! The exams all expect you to be able to know and apply the formulas you learned to new situations (her study guides literally say that you will need to apply what you learned to what may seem to be an unfamiliar problem), and tbh her exams, in hindsight, are quite fair (you should be expected to know how to do every single problem). You are given a 3 by 5 inch index notecard cheatsheet for the midterms and both sides of a full sheet of paper as a cheatsheet for the final exam.
Another point about how considerate she is: since she knows students don't like online homework, all she does is screenshot the mastering physics problems and answers (so we don't need to pay for MP), and holds a homework quiz every Friday at the beginning of lecture, which is literally just the homework problem with different numbers. As long as you did the homework, there's no reason not to do well (she allows a full side of paper as a cheatsheet for these anyways, so you shouldn't have to worry about the quizzes). Discussion is graded based on participation, so just show up! Some problems from discussion do make their way onto the exams, so it's always good to keep an eye out during discussion and go.
In terms of grading, it's 6% homework quizzes, 10% discussion (all participation), 22% lower midterm, 28% better midterm, 34% final exam. However, there is an alternative grading scheme, where you can skip all the discussions and just add that 10% to the final, such that your final is now 44% of your final grade. However, you only need 75% on the discussion in order to get the full 10%, and as it's graded on completion and it's useful, I'd still recommend going to discussion. This class is straight scale, but what usually happens is that since the averages aren't as high as she would like them, she adjusts the grade boundaries significantly (this quarter it was 88.5% for A, 94.5% for A+, 40% for D, etc.), such that the average grade usually falls around a B/B+, which is pretty nice.
I didn't really go to office hours that often (went once near the beginning), but she definitely seems to be engaging and helpful during office hours. Being as considerate of the students as she is, I'd highly recommend her if you can take her.