A lot of these reviews make Ni's class sound worse than it is. While she was a bit disorganized at times and would suddenly jump from introducing a concept to flying through derivations with terms seemingly coming out of nowhere, these were probably the worst parts of the class. Besides that, she really cares about her students and making sure that everyone understands the material. Throughout the quarter she setup countless demonstrations to show real-life examples of the concepts we were learning. In terms of homework, we would have one Mastering Physics assignment due per week which had enough problems to practice concepts without being too much work. Her first midterm was very easy with the average being in the high 80s. She ended up making her second midterm more difficult to counteract this, but it was still a fair test. The final was more similar to the second midterm in terms of difficulty, but gave plenty of time to finish everything. For those who still find the class difficult, Ni grades the class on a curve so while it may be hard to get an A, but thankfully it's almost impossible get below a C.

I really enjoyed taking this course with Professor Ni Ni. From my experience, she was extremely clear and explained concepts very well- more so than a majority of professors in the physics department could ever do. She is also extremely concerned with our learning and wants to make sure we get the material She must have improved on her teaching greatly because she really deserves a higher score here on bruinwalk.

Ni Ni was awesome, she gave engaging lectures and thorough explanations. Her exams were very fair and straightfoward.

The lecture was not clear at all. Prof was not good at answering questions. Not recommend.

Ni was a great professor and taught things very well. She is very nice and cares about all of her students. With it being an online class, she had some trouble setting things up but it still went fairly smoothly. The textbook was helpful for me, especially for the open book exams. She gave some extra credit by giving us quizzes that would add some points to our midterm and final exam grades.

Quick disclaimer, my lab section was basically run by my TA, so this review is more so regarding the class itself and my TA Maximilien Liese, rather than the professor herself (who I never saw). The entire class basically revolves around a bunch of small lab experiments that you work on in a group. You are assigned a group and are stuck with that group for every lab until the end of the class, unless you talk to the TA at the start to change groups (so make sure your group is responsible and splits work evenly!). We had prelab and postlab assignments, all of which were straightforward since clear instructions were given via google slides. The lectures were basically just background info and instructions being read off slides (so nothing special, but it gets the job done). The TAs and LAs are helpful and usually respond to emails quickly. No midterms, and the final is just a final project you choose and work on with your group, then present at the end. Overall, this class is quite a bit of work for 2 units, but it isn't super difficult and having a good group will make it manageable for sure.

Don't take her, enough said.

Extremely boring course but an easy A. The workload is very manageable 99% of the time apart from the group reports which ramped up the amount of work during the weeks they were due. This course did not teach me much about physics nor coding. Would not take again.

The review right below is very comprehensive. Sums up everything I had in mind.

tl;dr Avoid taking her, there are many many much better physics professors than Ni Ni

My first quarter experience at UCLA was totally haunted by Prof. Ni. She has a think accent but to her credit she tried really hard.

After midterm1, I decided to quit her lectures and study from the textbook instead, just like everybody else.

I'm still trying to figure out how she got the job.