Professor
Alexander Kusenko
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Spring 2025 - I struggled through this class because I hate physics. Lecture is mandatory because there are multiple in-class Kudu's that are graded on accuracy. People share the answers in class so make friends You have to pay for the Kudu platform, but I was able to get the code using Bruin One Access before cancelling my subscription. Homework was weekly on Kudu and gave you 2 attempts to get it right. Kusenko basically just writes equations and whatever in lecture. Doesn't really go into depth on content, so I struggled understanding and relied on YouTube. Two midterms were about 5 questions computational and math based. However, I still struggled a bit and scored decent but not great. Final consisted of about 5-6 questions and also computational. He was a funny guy, but not great on teaching concepts.
Spring 2025 - I struggled through this class because I hate physics. Lecture is mandatory because there are multiple in-class Kudu's that are graded on accuracy. People share the answers in class so make friends You have to pay for the Kudu platform, but I was able to get the code using Bruin One Access before cancelling my subscription. Homework was weekly on Kudu and gave you 2 attempts to get it right. Kusenko basically just writes equations and whatever in lecture. Doesn't really go into depth on content, so I struggled understanding and relied on YouTube. Two midterms were about 5 questions computational and math based. However, I still struggled a bit and scored decent but not great. Final consisted of about 5-6 questions and also computational. He was a funny guy, but not great on teaching concepts.
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Course was based on the classic Mathews and Walker book "Mathematical Methods of Physics" with references to Hamermesh's "Group Theory" and also Georgi's "Lie Algebras in Particle Physics". He alternated the class lectures between PDE's and Group Theory, which I found to be an albeit unconventional yet refreshing way to learn about two different topics. Problems were difficult and time-consuming, but his grading was fair. His teaching style is based on the texts, with particular emphasis put on mathematical techniques that he finds most useful in his research (check out his website for more on that). One of my favorite graduate professors.
Course was based on the classic Mathews and Walker book "Mathematical Methods of Physics" with references to Hamermesh's "Group Theory" and also Georgi's "Lie Algebras in Particle Physics". He alternated the class lectures between PDE's and Group Theory, which I found to be an albeit unconventional yet refreshing way to learn about two different topics. Problems were difficult and time-consuming, but his grading was fair. His teaching style is based on the texts, with particular emphasis put on mathematical techniques that he finds most useful in his research (check out his website for more on that). One of my favorite graduate professors.
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