Where do I begin? Eric is BY FAR the best professor I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. I was dreading the chemistry series and Eric has now made it my favorite class, so much so that I always sit in the very front of the lecture hall excited to learn. Eric is not only an incredible lecturer with the impeccable ability to break down complex topics, but he knows how to incorporate a joke or two into each lecture (they're usually really cheesy but I enjoy them nevertheless). Besides his actual teaching ability, amazing as it is, Eric is also resource savvy. Eric uploads lecture notes before lecture, allowing us to review difficult concepts before diving right in. Two versions of the lecture notes get uploaded actually, the blank lecture notes and the filled lecture notes. The blank lecture notes allow you to take notes as Eric lectures and the filled lecture notes allow you to follow along and absorb everything Eric says without having to stress about note taking at the same time. Eric uploads both because he understands that everyone has different learning strategies. Furthermore, Eric is a great resource himself. He responds to emails within 30 minutes, even on weekends and in the odd hours of the night. Eric also has plenty of office hours and is so nice and approachable. The cherry on top of all of this, he is understanding and practical. He only assigns homework which will actually contribute to a solid foundation in chemistry and quizzes us weekly on material in order to see how solid that foundation is. If it's not solid, better to find out sooner rather than later so that you can improve before the exams. In addition, Eric lets us keep our best midterm score and drop the other one; this saved me since I practically failed the first midterm. I have truly never had such an amazing experience with a professor before. In fact, the entire 358 person class came together in the GroupMe and orchestrated a mass wave of emails to the chair of Chemistry department regarding hiring Eric as a full-time professor and not a temp. This worked so well that the chair emailed Eric asking him to inform his students to stop emailing the department because their inbox was flooded. Anyways, love that man. Would marry him even.

If there is a characteristic about a good professor that you can think about, Eric has that characteristic. The class is set up so that you are given all the resources you can possibly ask for, so it all comes down to how much effort you can put in the class. To study, I just did all 4 past exams that he gave out (for each exam) and that was enough, along with keeping up with the homework.

If you can get Diego as your TA, he is awesome and will make the subject even more interesting while also answering your questions about any topic.

Averages for each exam: MT1: 82, MT2: 79, Final: 91 (and the final could replace one of our midterm scores)

Eric is the true MVP of my entire undergrad. His lecture notes are detailed and filled out so you can focus on understanding the physics and very well paced. He is very understanding and supportive when students are facing certain challenges (providing hw extension if you ask honestly) and/or struggling with certain concepts. This is THE class where putting in effort has direct correlation to your grade. Our TA, Diego, is awesome and provided strategies to tackle the hw problems. Take advantage of their OH and these tips below.

This quarter, lectures are not recorded (classroom didn't have an option), but he provided past recordings. Each week contains a weekly hw based on completion and a open-note/no time limit quiz. Don't be too worried about the 2 midterms and final; The exams are fair especially since he gives you old exams. 1/3 of it is concept questions while the rest is solving questions but they’re not too difficult. He also offers 1-2% extra credit if you just fill out a survey and replaces your lowest midterm if you do better on the final. I also recommend his exam review sessions, doing the optional problems, and working every prior midterm ahead of time, since you'll see very similar questions (and strategies tackling it) on the exam and hw. Make sure you're confident on the conceptual parts and setting up the problems. Lastly, I highly recommend writing the notes on your notebook ahead of time so you can focus on the physics itself.

Take this class. Eric is the BEST professor I've ever had. I don't think anyone will ever come close. Not only that, he is also an amazing person.

Overall, the topics in this class are conceptually pretty difficult. It is an introductory Quantum Mechanics class that expands on the quantum concepts you may have briefly covered in 20A. There is not a crazy amount of math involved, but solid understanding of integrals and differentiation would be extremely helpful.

Eric is amazing at breaking down concepts in an understandable manner. He makes concepts that are otherwise extremely difficult very understandable and intuitive. He is able to explain concepts through intuition, or if you would prefer, through mathematical derivations. He understands the concepts so well and on such a deep-level its actually so inspiring and amazing. The way he is able to articulate it is also crazy. More than that, he is able to connect the concepts learned to real-life applications in such a fun and satisfying manner. This class will probably end up being the most influential class I've taken at UCLA in terms of figuring out my major and research interests.

I went to tons of office hours to ask Eric for help with homework and concepts that I struggled with in class, and he was so patient and willing to help. He was so willing to take the time to re-explain concepts I may have missed in class. More than that, he offers lots good advice on classes and topics to take.

I'm currently taking a few classes where there are some quantum concepts being covered, and if I didn't take this class, I would've been so lost. Eric is so good at providing big-picture explanations to physics concepts that are actually really helping me in a lot of my current classes.

In terms of easiness, I don't think it was an "easy" class. However, Eric is just such a phenomenal teacher it makes this class much more approachable and interesting. I hope Eric gets a permanent position here at UCLA, because his dedication to student learning and commitment to his own research is just something I've never encountered before.

And Diego our TA. The BEST TA I've ever had. He supplements Eric's lectures so DAMN well. While Eric provides very good intuition and big-picture understanding for concepts, Diego provides the mathematical derivations and basis for the concepts. Diego is also just such an approachable and funny guy. It is clear that Diego knows his concepts SUPER fricking well too. He expands further on the concepts Eric taught while giving really funny examples, such as throwing a baseball through a slit at his grandma. He made discussions very lively and fun while also being very helpful for the HW questions.

Overall, 10/10 class. Thank you Eric and Diego.

Eric is phenomenal. I really struggle with chem and genuinely could not have gotten through this without his help and encouragement.

I loved Professor Wu!!!!! He made learning chemistry fun and easy. I appreciated how straight-forward he was in his explanations and you can tell that he is clearly very bright and has a lot of expertise in the area. He also cared a lot for his students!!! He would make filled out worksheets for each lecture (that he would even color coded) that were extremely helpful especially when studying for exams.

Speaking of exams, they were extremely fair. Professor Wu would send out practice exams and also hold review sessions that he hosted himself. The practice exams were very similar to the actual exams, which I appreciated a lot. Discussions were more like a Q&A style were you would just come with any questions you had and they could be answered by your TA. I ended up not really going by the end of quarter because they were optional.

Overall, loved this class and would definitely recommend people to take 14A with Professor Wu.

On word-of-mouth alone, I heard Eric was a great professor and experiencing his teachings myself exceeded those expectations. He really is an amazing professor who is very understanding of what students need and teaches quantum (a subject that sounds scary) in a very digestible matter. His notes are so clear & color coded; quite literally the best I’ve seen. He never makes you feel dumb about any questions especially in office hours (which are so helpful!! he expects that students have trouble with math and is always willing to explain it)
As for the lecture format, lectures are recorded, weekly problems based on completion, a weekly open-note/no time limit quiz, and 2 midterms + a final. The exams were completely fair especially since he gives you old exams to practice with. 1/3 of it is concept questions while the rest is solving questions but they’re never that difficult. He also offers 1-2% extra credit if you just fill out a survey and replaces your lowest midterm if you do better on the final. I’d also absolutely recommend his exam review sessions because he gives a great summary for the unit and kinda hints at what he expects. Exam tips would be knowing key words for concept questions and just knowing how to set up the problem solving questions.
Overall, a great professor for a class I once scared of but found to be quite interesting!