I feel like many of the negative reviews are unwarranted. After the low scores on the first midterm, Tung did change things. Like others said, he hosted his own review sessions which were extremely helpful and told everything we needed to know for the exams.

I do agree that the Mastering Physics homework was useless. But, he provided “Nathan’s Notes” which supplemented the textbook and covered almost everything he talked about in lecture. These notes were super useful to me and prepared me well for the final.

The class is heavily concept based, so the examples provided in class weren’t exactly “examples” as we’d expected. However, he pulled most exam material directly from lecture. The second midterm and final were fair, in my opinion, given that he covered everything in class and review sessions.

This was professor Tung’s first quarter at UCLA and he was by far the worst professor I have ever had. He would spend all of lecture reviewing formulas and expect students to answer elaborate problems on exams. Not to mention, he provided no preparation for the exams and was absolutely a mess.

Honestly, dont listen to those bad reviews, those are the people that just rely on the lectures and dont take the time out of their day to commit and use other resources. While it is the professor's first quarter teaching the class, i believe he is doing well in it because i was able to score decently in both the first and second midterm. A huge part was due to his lectures and whatever i did not understand, i went home read the book, did practice problems, or i went onto khan academy. This guy teaches you on concepts, not pure numbers and formulas you have to memorize. Honestly, he is a good professor, those people complaining want everything given to them including an easy A.

Dr. Tung is an incredible professor. He lectures clearly, taking the time to cover every detail that will come up on later assignments without being overbearing, while keeping a focus on understanding rather than just memorizing formulas. He answers questions very well in lecture and in OH, and his pre-exam reviews are amazingly helpful (it can help determine what you need to study). The exams are fair, but can sometimes be tricky (especially the first one). Make sure to review Nathan's Notes.
While the labs can sometimes be tedious, they do help with the rest of the course and pad the grade. Also, the discussions are really helpful for really cementing what you learn in lecture, so don't skip.

I took this class while it was online, and the extra credit he provides can honestly boost your grade by a whole letter. I do not know if he will offer this when it is back in person, so do not count on it. The tests were also 24 hours long, so do not count on that either. Otherwise, I thought Tung's lectures were some of the best online lectures I have had during the pandemic. He uses Youtube to stream them, so there is not as much interaction, but he has office hours if you need that. Personally, I did not go to office hours, but I have heard they were helpful for students. He is also really understanding, so if you have any concerns, just reach out to him. The labs online were pretty easy, so if it back in person, do not count on that. Discussion section was also useful, and I would recommend going. Mastering physics, the homework for this class, could be time consuming, but it was what he offered as extra credit along with participation in class through TopHat. The tests are not super difficult, but they could be more challenging if given in a shorter time constraint. Overall, I would recommend Tung for 5C.

The lecture portion of the class was decent. Weekly worksheets and only needing to complete 60-65% of the MasteringPhysics homework for full credit (rest was extra credit). Tophat was a waste of money though. We only used it for like 5 classes in total this quarter. Exams aren't too bad, but most of them are mostly rearranging equations and not plug and chug. Lab was a hassle. All of the labs required extra time outside of class to finish since they were all very long.

Tung is very knowledgeable about physics. You can tell that he is very fascinated on the subject and he does his best to demonstrate how cool physics is by using a lot of demonstrations in class. The problem with using a lot of demonstrations is that he just taught a lot of concepts and then wasted 10 minutes at the end of class to do those demonstrations. This means that he never did any practice problems during class. Also the Mastering Physics wasn't mandatory, but the practice problems still wasn't similar to what was on the exams, so it did not help much.

During the first midterm, almost no one did well because we only knew how to answer the conceptual questions. During the second midterm, he did a better job of showing us what will be on the exam, but you would only be able to truly know how to do those problems if you went to the REVIEW SESSION. or else everyone would've definitely failed. same thing goes for the final exam.

Still easier than Bondarenko to be honest. Tung's lectures were really interesting and charismatic, and his demos were pretty fun. He always kind of ignored my questions though when I raised my hand even though he spent half the lectures answering other people. Didn't really get what the deal with that was. I'd say find someone easier if you can but Tung's not a bad choice if you do all the homework and study, etc.