I took this class online during summer session A and I felt this class was harder than expected. The exams were timed and closed note and I felt very rushed during them. All of the lectures were pre-recorded which was nice but it definitely went very fast. The labs were time consuming and tedious but that seems to be a trend with the physics 5 series online labs. There is no curve for grades above a C and a 95 was an A. He says that generally 20% of people get an A but he doesn't curve down. First midterm avg was an 88 and second was a 92. I didn't love Professor Waung but his class wasn't terrible.

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I agree with the reviews on here. The class content is fairly straight forward and Dr. Waung does a good job of conveying concepts. I liked the fact that the lectures were recorded and the lecture notes were pre-written. Dr. Waung also posts practice midterms and finals which are fairly accurate with the difficulty of his actual exams. He holds extra office hours before his exams which is very helpful!

This is a review for the summer session during COVID-19. I think this professor is on the stricter side compared to other professors like Bauer, Niemann, or Schriver where 35%-50% of the class gets an A. Be aware that he grades on a bell curve, and we had to get over 95% in order to receive an A in this class. So even though his midterms might seem quite fair, there are really no rooms for any mistakes. For midterms, I suggest you study his notes, those are the things that will be on the exams!! Practice problems (from the textbook) were not that helpful. So focus on just his notes and practice exams. Although I barely got an A, I honestly don't think it was fair for him to grade like that without stating anything on the syllabus. It was quite stressful. The labs were also very time consuming as well.

Disclaimer: I took this online during Covid.

Honestly, I feel like this is one of my favorite classes I've taken at UCLA, which shocks me to say because I'm a life science major and this is a physics class... But I think that speaks volumes of how great Professor Waung is. This is one of those rare classes that was pretty easy but I also feel like I learned a lot. The tests were very straightforward and pretty similar to examples he did in class. One thing that I loved is that Dr. Waung posted photos of all of the textbook problems on CCLE and gave the answers for the even homework problems, so you didn't really need to opt into the online physics textbook and could save money.

Do not take this class. He never mentioned anything about the grading scale on the syllabus (and during class) and just made an A cutoff 94%. I mean usually, an A is 93%, so what would he do that without letting the students know? No extra credits, no room for mistakes. He said the final was 8 problems but he made one problem consisting of 5 conceptual multiple-choice questions, so it was really 12 problems. And of course, not to mention that each question had part (a), (b), and (c)..so expecting us to complete this in 3 hours was a big JOKE. His lecture recordings often went over 50 minutes of the designated class time. Also, he tends to talk a little fast during the lecture, so I was unable to hear his pronunciation at times, which was annoying. Overall, I was clearly able to see that he was NOT accomodating at all in these hard times. I just filed a complaint to the department about his unfair behavior so let's see how it goes.

Given that I took this class during the summer online, this class was difficult. Professor Waung is the best physics professor I've had in the Physics 5 series. The class is straightforward and organized. No extra credit.

Lectures: He gives clear and concise lectures and also notes that include all the equations you ever need. You just have to fill in the examples he gives.

Exams: 2 midterms and a final. Exams are challenging because the practice exams are too easy in my opinion and not given enough time. However, it is self-timed and you can take it anytime within the time period ~ 8 hours.

Homework: based on the correctness of 2 random questions they grade. The workload is typical for the physics series.

Overall, his lectures are easy to understand but the class is brutal. Great professor.

The exams were overall quite easy in this class, and workload was very manageable (especially considering that this is a physics class). That said, I found the class extremely boring and the prerecorded lectures were super dry. Professor Waung will be a good prof for you if you like to just memorize equations, but he doesn't provide much conceptual background for things. He really just scribbles out mathematic transformations on a blackboard (which you could easily figure out on your own). I prefer to learn concepts so I ended up doing all of my learning from the textbook. I don't know why I kept watching the prerecorded videos for the whole quarter.

I really think Waung is one of the best physics professors for the 5 series. He's incredibly clear about the material during lectures, and his practice tests are a very good indicator of how to study for exams. I found his teaching method very easy to understand and follow and genuinely felt like I learned a lot in his class. Instead of slides, he writes notes on a blackboard and does practice problems. He also provides note sheets for students to fill out.

Another really great thing (imo) is that Waung doesn't require students to use Mastering Physics for homework, he gives us homework problems from the book that we can fill out and upload to gradescope.

I recommend Waung as a professor. He is really approachable and a great teacher.

Hi Bruins!

Like many of the reviewers below, I took Physics 5C with Professor Waung in Summer Session A during the apocalypse. I've got to say... He's actually a really good professor! I enjoyed learning physics with him because he does a great job of interlacing physics with modern concepts.

His teaching style is very clear and concise. I don't think I have ever went to his office hours (and discussion LOL) because that's how clear his teaching is. He does a great job of breaking down problems step by step and creating over-arching themes with other physics material.

His grading scheme may scare you because I think the cut-off for an A was a 94-95%, but his exam and homework problems are really not that hard. There are some tricky questions sprinkled throughout the course, but they are all just simply based off of the problems he goes over in the lecture videos.

In addition, other than labs (which I think is the most tedious and annoying part of physics because they truly suck the life outta you and take so darn long to complete), you don't really have to attend his lectures, because he just posts videos on ccle for the week and you can simply binge watch through them at 2x the speed!!!!

Don't get your hopes up though because you do have to study and watch his lectures in its entirety. While this class may simply be a breeze (which it was to some people), it does take effort to understand what he's going on about. So yeah study y'all (bc lowkey there is nothing else to do in this pandemic)!!!!