5/5 for the professor, -5/5 for this course.

I think Physics 1B is impossible to teach unless you are the "Organic Chemistry Tutor." I dropped out of Corbin for Physics 1B and made it here, and I never regret my decision.

However, this is the first course that broke my 4.0 GPA as an EE major.

Really funny professor, and there are a lot of experiments.

Physics 1B sucks. Gutperle on the other hand is a great professor. He is super funny and engaging, and very helpful in office hours. He sometimes is a bit unclear in lectures and makes mistakes when writing on the board, but as long as you read his lecture notes you should be okay. Don't take this class if you don't have to, but if you do take it with Gutperle.

I would HIGHLY recommend taking this class with Prof. Gutperle. Physics 1B is a tough course, but Gutperle was very supportive and a funny professor. He was very willing to walk through questions during office hours, and was very responsive on Piazza. I will say that I found the textbook to be more helpful than lectures, though his lecture notes were helpful as well. He does cool demos during lecture (some of which are dangerous - he gets more excited by the more dangerous ones lol). I do think his homework is more difficult than the exam, but each one was 10 questions and he even ended up moving the due dates back at the end of the quarter. The exams themselves are pretty fair, though they do require a strong understanding of the material. The discussion section worksheets are really helpful as prep for the exams, though the benefit of actually attending discussion section depends on the TA. Gutperle also posts exam practice questions on Mastering Physics in addition to a practice exam. His review documents which summarize all of the concepts and formulas that will be on the exam are AMAZING definitely take advantage of it for the notecards. For notecards he allowed one 4x6in front and back for the first exam, two for the second, and three for the final. He also doesn't curve individual exams but he does curve the class at the end by lowering the cut-offs for letter grades.

Gutperle is by no means a bad professor, but he is teaching a difficult class. I relied heavily on reading and learning from the textbook, because the prof would go too fast in lectures for me to take notes. So its best if you try to learn the concepts before the lecture, and then just watch him and try to understand what he is talking about, because the notes you'll take aren't amazing. There was homework due every week through Pearson, and honestly it took a while, so start it latest on Saturday if you don't want to stress. TA also made the concepts more confusing because they went into a more theoretical idea of what could happen, and would write complex equations that we would never see again (so not very useful). But you have to attend discussions to turn in the worksheets each week because they do affect your grade. Each exam had questions like the homework and practice tests, and some that would combine concepts that were pretty difficult, so you really need to understand the material. I almost didn't pass, but he curved the class after the final because he said really enjoyed the quarter (sweet guy).

Prof Gutperle is the absolute BEST. Super funny and engaging lectures with lots of cool demos. The tests were also reasonable in length and difficulty, and he gives practice exams that are similar in difficulty to the actual exams. Super organized, posts lecture notes beforehand. TA Casey is also amazing, they went out of their way to host review sessions for each exam and was super responsive with emails. Could not recommend Prof Gutperle and TA Casey more!

Gutperle is mostly clear with his lectures and has a decent amount of demos. His exams and midterms are fair, and he only tests on material taught in class. I did have to use the textbook to understand some concepts at times, since his lectures are less structured, but his in-class concept tests helps solidify conceptual (non-math) physics concepts taught in lecture.

Homework is 8 problems from Mastering a week, and he omits sections from the textbook that he does not cover in class.

Very helpful during office hours as well! Great guy, great professor, great class.

Michael is an amazing Physics professor with a whimsical sense of humor. There are many professors who are extremely knowledgeable, but what sets Michael apart is that he is able to break down complicated concepts and explain them in simple terms. His lectures are just so engaging with his funny jokes and interesting experiments. He even dressed up for Halloween and bought us snacks for Thanksgiving! Homework assignments aren't time-consuming (8 questions per week) and quite fun to work on, while exams are fair too as long as you put in effort into revision. Also, kudos to Casey, our brilliant TA who's able to explain all the abstract E-field concepts in intuitive ways. I would highly recommend taking Physics 1B with Michael!

Michael is hands down the best and most fun professor for 1B. This class is hard. That's never going to change, but he does such an amazing job making this as enjoyable and worth it as possible. He always gave us 5-10 extra minutes in the exam, is SUPER forgiving with grading and overall such an enthusiastic and fun professor. The class is hard but definitely try to take it with him if you can:) WE love Michael<3

The exams and homework are fair and definitely doable. The first part of the class is mainly about oscillations and waves, and then it's about electricity. Personally I like electricity more because for oscillations there are really a lot of formulas to remember. One thing which is worth notice that the professor does not give much derivations for the formulas, and he does not give a lot of examples neither, so be prepared to figure out how to do questions on your own.

If you can take 1B with him DO IT. He technically takes participation via online questions but honestly, I would just wake up, do them, and go straight back to sleep because its based on participation not correction. The homeworks are decently challenging but I do think they prepare you really well for the midterms and final. Still, they do not take more than ~3-4 hours a week. I would go to lecture the first few weeks before I got lazy and honestly hes a good lecture and a decently funny guy. Hes passionate, an engaging lecturer, and a good professor all the way. The best part about his class though is the simple fact that his exams are EASY compared to OTHER 1B professors. 1B as a class is going to be hard regardless but compared to what midterms/finals other 1B profs had his class is just way way way easier. Also, you can just read the lecture notes alongside the textbook to get a good understanding of the material. Hell, you can literally JUST read the textbook and probably get an A in the class. I literally just didn't feel like studying for the final and didnt learn the last ~3 weeks of material, bombed the final and still ended with an A- in the class. Would recommend.