Professor
Patricia Phelps
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Fall 2019 - I am coming back from just finishing PhySci 111B... and I am very very happy I stayed a PhySci major despite all the negative things Ive heard. YES, it is hard. YES, I did question my abilities like crazy. But I and many other people did this! You can too. Dont let anyone tell you what you should or shouldnt do. If you want to be PhySci, BE PHYSCI!!! 107 was the best class Ive taken so far and I would do the series all over again if that meant choosing phy sci again. Good luck incoming juniors!
Fall 2019 - I am coming back from just finishing PhySci 111B... and I am very very happy I stayed a PhySci major despite all the negative things Ive heard. YES, it is hard. YES, I did question my abilities like crazy. But I and many other people did this! You can too. Dont let anyone tell you what you should or shouldnt do. If you want to be PhySci, BE PHYSCI!!! 107 was the best class Ive taken so far and I would do the series all over again if that meant choosing phy sci again. Good luck incoming juniors!
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Spring 2021 - This class right here is the phy sci elective of all phy sci electives. It is pretty different from the other easy-going, not-like-the-core electives. This class requires allooott of work and understanding of the material. Definitely not something you take as a student with senioritis or a junior struggling with 111B. Phelps does NOT play with the minimal effort and understanding. You need to put work into this class. This class is straight-scaled. It will change next year but this quarter: 3 non-cumulative quizzes: 80 points 50 minute long paper presentation: 40 points Participation and attendance: 20 points Critiques: 60 points TOTAL: 200 I was not a fan of how this class was taught. She packed soooo much info into an hour and 15 minutes. It was also purely based on research. She taught experiment after experiment and paper after paper. It was pretty exhausting. BUT I do feel a lot more confident in my research abilities and my paper reading abilities. Overall, would I take it again? Sure. Would I take it as a senior about the graduate? No.
Spring 2021 - This class right here is the phy sci elective of all phy sci electives. It is pretty different from the other easy-going, not-like-the-core electives. This class requires allooott of work and understanding of the material. Definitely not something you take as a student with senioritis or a junior struggling with 111B. Phelps does NOT play with the minimal effort and understanding. You need to put work into this class. This class is straight-scaled. It will change next year but this quarter: 3 non-cumulative quizzes: 80 points 50 minute long paper presentation: 40 points Participation and attendance: 20 points Critiques: 60 points TOTAL: 200 I was not a fan of how this class was taught. She packed soooo much info into an hour and 15 minutes. It was also purely based on research. She taught experiment after experiment and paper after paper. It was pretty exhausting. BUT I do feel a lot more confident in my research abilities and my paper reading abilities. Overall, would I take it again? Sure. Would I take it as a senior about the graduate? No.
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