I loved Professor Tung. His exams were very fair and his homework he assigned was very helpful. If you pay attention to his lectures you will be prepared for the exams.

Dr Tung is a very clear lecturer, prerecorded so many cool demos for us to watch in class, and gave us extra credit for completing >65% of the homework. No surprises on the midterms, although the free response parts are slightly harder than lecture examples, it's still very reasonable. Definitely recommend his class!

Highly recommend Master Tung. Great lectures, fair exams. We had 4 shorter midterms instead of 2 midterms and a final, which I liked since we finished the last midterm done before finals week. His demos were definitely the highlight of this class though!

I 100% recommend taking this class with Dr. Tung! He explains concepts with great clarity and even showcases fascinating demos that really help to apply concepts learned in class. The format during the virtual setting was also very reasonable, with lecture attendance not being mandatory and all the hw due at the end of the quarter(though definitely don't start at the last minute). I found rotational motion(last topic) to be the most difficult component, so definitely put extra attention into practicing the material.

Professor was fantastic. Really thorough with his lectures and even provides a large list of notes that can help you study. You are given mastering physics to do throughout the quarter, with one due date at the end of the quarter. Midterms were very fair. There was no final (only 4 midterms). I would highly recommend Tung for any physics class you may take in the future!

Prof Tung is definitely one of my favorite professors so far at UCLA. He is extremely engaging (often showed lots of cool demos) and was extremely good at answering/explaining concepts to us. He was super nice and just an overall great guy.

His class is definitely flexible with grading as he offers a shit ton of extra credit. Here is his grading scheme:
- 4 non-cumulative midterms (17.5% each)
- homework (25%)
- discussions worksheets (5%)
- Tophat questions (participation in class)/extra hw problems (extra credit)

My grades were as follows:
- Midterm 1 - 84%
- Midterm 2 - 90%
- Midterm 3 - 91.5%
- Midterm 4 - 98%
- Homework - 100%
- Discussion Worksheets - 96%
With these grades, I was in the B+ range. I didn't attend lecture much as I found watching the recording much better so I didn't earn much extra credit from lecture participation. However, I did a lot of extra homework problems. Tung only requires students to do 65% of all the homework. I did about 90% of the problems and that was able to boost me to the A range. Also a lot of the homework questions or very similar problems can be found online. All the homework is due at the end of the quarter but I highly recommend not cramming it till the end and doing at least some parts during the units.

His midterms are very reasonable and do not require more than 4 hours max (this coming from a kid who still struggles with the basics in physics). There is plenty of time to take the exams as there is a 24 hour window.

GO TO YOUR DISCUSSION SECTIONS. Quick shout out to Liz and Jonah for being some of the best TAs this past quarter. You don't have to attend discussions, but it would be dumb not to since you literally do the discussion worksheets (which were hard as shit) during discussion.

As much as I hate physics, Prof Tung and his class actually made me like physics and I HIGHLY recommend you choose Tung over any other professor.

I'm surprised by all these good reviews. I mean, he wasn't entirely awful, but I certainly wouldn't rank him as one of the best professors ever. His lectures were somewhat confusing to follow, and there was WAY too much homework. I don't know how anybody possibly completed it all. I had to pull an all-nighter to get it done by the deadline.
Most importantly, his midterms are quite difficult. Yes, they're 24 hours, but they're NOT open internet (open notes only, if you're not a cheater). And the questions are not straightforward; they're very confusing, and often ask you to apply concepts that aren't directly from his lectures or HW, but rather some physics knowledge that we're somehow supposed to have, despite this being the first physics lecture ever for many students.

Professor Tung is a great lecturer, his exams are easy if you understand his lectures. This class has 4 exams which are conceptual. Before each exams, he holds a review session where he solves problems which are similar to the problems you see on the exams. So definitely attend the review sessions.
Overall this class is easy A.
4 Midterms each worths 15%
Mastering Physics 20%
Discussion 5%
Lab 15%
Attendance: extra credit

Dr. Tung is a really funny guy. He really tries to make lectures fun and engaging with fun demos and random jokes. His exams were a little annoying for me because they were all theoretical with no numbers but I got used to them after a while. They aren't super challenging but he has no practice problems that are like his exam questions. He uses slides but they aren't really helpful so you have to go to lecture to get the actual notes. He gave a LOT of extra credit this quarter, I don't know if he does that for every quarter but attending class was extra credit and doing all of the launchpad problems were extra credit. Two midterms and a final. Labs were graded on completion this quarter which was great because they were hard to do at home vs in person. Overall, I can't say I loved the class but it definitely wasn't as bad as the other reviews made me believe before taking the class.

Background on where I approached this class with: apprehensive yet excited to see if I would like physics, and I have adhd.These reviews made me feel like even though I had no previous experience in Physics, this class was tailored to life science students like me who don't really have a physics mindset or background and wanted to dip their toes in. I was extremely wrong. This class made me depressed from weeks 4-10. I poured around 20 hours a week into this class, blood, sweat, and tears, but it still was not enough. I tried my damnest, had 3 engineering friends help me with homework, and I still got a C-. He is a decent lecturer, and I can tell he's knowledgeable. The homework is hard, but forgiving (you only have to complete 65% of all assigned work, and its online so you get unlimited attempts and sometimes hints, which I appreciated). The labs stressed me out so much, my TA was cool to talk to but a hardass on grading, but he has no control over that. The workload is pretty rough, not because its so much content, but because the content is extremely challenging. We had homework problems on Mastering Physics where you get unlimited attempts at the questions and only have to complete 65% of the total assigned homework problems for full homework grade, which I appreciated, most of these chapters had no more than 30 questions. The majority of the grades are the tests. I went to every lecture, every discussion, and every lab, rewatched lectures, studied homework problems with my generous engineering friends, and got a 51/100 on the first midterm. He does not curve to the benefit of students (or at all). His testing format is generous, but to be honest, the only acceptable format for free-response tests during COVID. A pdf is released and we have 24 hours to do it. We have 4 midterms throughout the quarter, which I also appreciate this format. Professor claimed that these tests were meant to be completed in an hour, every single midterm I spent a minimum of 10 hours on. Worked from when it was released (around 5) until I went to bed around 11-12, and then got up in the morning and worked on it until my brain was fried and I couldn't bear to look at it any longer. You know if you struggle with math or chemistry or physics, and you will struggle with this class. I passed with this C- by a miracle. Overall, the professor is generous and forgiving on assignment submission formats but the content is absolutely brutal. My mental health and daily life have improved since I no longer take this class. Professor, if you're reading this, make the content easier. It is ridiculous what we are tested on and what we are expected to know as life science students to an introductory physics course. Sincerely, someone who tried her hardest and barely succeeded.