Dr. Nassar is by far the best professor I have had at UCLA so far! He is not only available and extremely helpful in office hours, but he goes above and beyond to convey the information to the students. Before taking his class, I had never taken a single physics class before. I walked into the first lecture in PAB, dreading the subject I had always thought would be horrible... I walked out 6 weeks later with an extreme love of physics and for science in general. This class helped reaffirm my love of science, of its important and useful applications in everyday life, of its potency and its power to propel us into the future... I came to love calculus-based physics, mechanics, forces, Newton's Laws. Moreover, Professor Nassar's sense of humor and lecture style was a helpful method in learning physics. We'd have cool interactive slides every day, with pictures and sound effects. He connected physics with Escher and Salvador Dali, to famous musicians, to astronomy, and to Stephen Hawkins and his theories on the universe.
I especially enjoyed the lectures on free fall, torques, forces of friction, and black holes!
Professor Nassar details the chapters in lecture, gives us extra lecture notes that outline all the important facts, and doesn't focus on too much nitty gritty detail but rather focuses on a few concepts to tie into the bigger picture. He clearly states exactly what he expects the students to know and even indicates the most important questions in every chapter.
his curves are very generous and though his final is worth 45% of the grade, if you attend lecture and visit him in office hours, you'll have ample time to study and prepare for it.
The lab was also very enjoyable and tied into the class very well.
All in all, i walked away from the final and from the class feeling nostalgic and sad because I wanted to go back again at 8:30 the following Monday morning and learn more about normal forces, about displacement, about gravity, and kinematics.
And yet I had a feeling of contentment that I rarely feel after finishing other courses... a feeling of contentment in mastering the first class of the physics series, of overcoming my fear of calculus, physics, and mechanics, and learning once again why exactly it is I love science.
Thank you Professor Nassar, for a wonderful 6 weeks!

Just take him! He tries to make Physics as easy, fun and understanding and possible.

Because of him, Physics' become a fun instead of a great fear:) Just take him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!