Professor
Alvine Kamaha
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Fall 2024 - Professor Kamaha is very kind and genuinely cares about her students' success. I'm sure you'll probably start reading this review thinking, "You got an A+, what do you have to talk about?" Well, the majority of the reviews under Professor Kamaha seem to be worse than she deserves, and I feel that part of it surely must be due to the nature of the content that she teaches. Physics is hard; honestly, she doesn't deserve the blatant rudeness that many of my classmates express towards her. Professor Kamaha gives you an equation sheet and calculator for her exams. Some teachers only give you one or the other, or none at all. Biggest tip for her exams: Look at the practice tests. You don't even have to solve the questions; just look at the solutions and make sure you understand how you get from the question and the answer because she very often copies her questions for her exams verbatim from the practice exams, sometimes without even changing the numbers. At the end of the day, Professor Kamaha by no means unreasonable, and she genuinely wants you to succeed. The second midterm had 2 of the 3 questions directly from the practice exams, and she also gives points when she feels that the exam average is too low. She gives some supplementary assignments that serve as extra credit if you need it, and it's actually a substantial amount for quite a few people—I encourage you to do it even if you think you don't need it! You can do well in this class if you're diligent and try your best. Mechanics is straightforward conceptually: push an object, and it moves. Just be glad it isn't Corbin... or 1B... or heaven forbid 1B AND Corbin...
Fall 2024 - Professor Kamaha is very kind and genuinely cares about her students' success. I'm sure you'll probably start reading this review thinking, "You got an A+, what do you have to talk about?" Well, the majority of the reviews under Professor Kamaha seem to be worse than she deserves, and I feel that part of it surely must be due to the nature of the content that she teaches. Physics is hard; honestly, she doesn't deserve the blatant rudeness that many of my classmates express towards her. Professor Kamaha gives you an equation sheet and calculator for her exams. Some teachers only give you one or the other, or none at all. Biggest tip for her exams: Look at the practice tests. You don't even have to solve the questions; just look at the solutions and make sure you understand how you get from the question and the answer because she very often copies her questions for her exams verbatim from the practice exams, sometimes without even changing the numbers. At the end of the day, Professor Kamaha by no means unreasonable, and she genuinely wants you to succeed. The second midterm had 2 of the 3 questions directly from the practice exams, and she also gives points when she feels that the exam average is too low. She gives some supplementary assignments that serve as extra credit if you need it, and it's actually a substantial amount for quite a few people—I encourage you to do it even if you think you don't need it! You can do well in this class if you're diligent and try your best. Mechanics is straightforward conceptually: push an object, and it moves. Just be glad it isn't Corbin... or 1B... or heaven forbid 1B AND Corbin...
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Spring 2025 - I honestly cannot recommend this class enough. Kamaha was a great lecturer, and clearly is very knowledgeable about the material, and the content discussed is very engaging and interesting. The tests are pretty fair, in addition to a large chunk of the test being taken either directly from the slides, homework, or past exams, making an A very achievable in her class. She does occasionally have in-class worksheets (which we do together and take five minutes) which she uses for participation, but she certainly did not want anyone in the class to lose any points for participation (7% of the final grade). Attendance was not the best in class, with roughly half of the class showing up to most lectures (It was at 9am during the spring, but I believe this is not typical for this class), and still at least the lower quartile for attendance in canvas was a 100. Again, the material is lots of fun, and honestly, for me, I enjoyed showing up to class in the morning, since it was a nice chill way to start the day.
Spring 2025 - I honestly cannot recommend this class enough. Kamaha was a great lecturer, and clearly is very knowledgeable about the material, and the content discussed is very engaging and interesting. The tests are pretty fair, in addition to a large chunk of the test being taken either directly from the slides, homework, or past exams, making an A very achievable in her class. She does occasionally have in-class worksheets (which we do together and take five minutes) which she uses for participation, but she certainly did not want anyone in the class to lose any points for participation (7% of the final grade). Attendance was not the best in class, with roughly half of the class showing up to most lectures (It was at 9am during the spring, but I believe this is not typical for this class), and still at least the lower quartile for attendance in canvas was a 100. Again, the material is lots of fun, and honestly, for me, I enjoyed showing up to class in the morning, since it was a nice chill way to start the day.
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