Professor Tung was a GOAT!!! He had his lectures on Youtube, which made it easy to go back and rewatch any parts that I needed to. Although I felt like he went a little slow in the beginning, it was overall a good pace because it allowed me to sit with the material longer instead of trying to speed through everything. The only homework was Mastering Physics, which I think all physics classes do; however, Prof Tung made all the homework due at the end of the quarter, which was super helpful when one week got especially busy.

I think I mainly have 2 things I'd say to watch out for. Although we were given a tentative schedule in the beginning, we didn't actually end up sticking to it. I think it made me a little anxious at times because I wasn't really sure when our next midterm (of 4 midterms) would be. However, he usually gave us at least 2/3 days notice before he posted it, so I guess it wasn't too bad. The other thing is that the exams are more about knowing how to manipulate the equations and knowing which equations to use. There weren't a lot of problems involved numbers, and it was encouraged to solve using variables first and then plugging in. I guess this was helpful for learning the material, but it made the exams a little difficult.

Overall, Prof Tung was super understanding of the pandemic and student's situations, and also gave very clear lectures during class. Really appreciated his class!!

Dr. Tung is engaging, responsive, cracks occasional jokes, and gives homework and assessments that help students learn.

Good and understanding professor! Gave lots of extra credit through homework and Tophat. If you would like past exams and study guides for cheap, email *************.

Professor Tung is a really lovable person and his video demonstrations are very helpful and enjoyable. That being said, he is not the best professor. Having 4 midterms over a 10 week quarter is way too many and despite the sentiment that it would help relieve the stress of finals by not having one, many of us would have rather had a final than 4 difficult midterms back to back, literally one being week 9 and one being week 10 which are already extremely stressful weeks for most of us as we wrap up the quarter. Despite the review sessions, the problems that we were tested on in exams did not reflect what was reviewed. So we spent almost 2 hour long sessions going over problems that were only vaguely similar to what we were expected to know how to do on the midterms. Tung offers a lot of extra credit, but it is barely enough to make up for scoring bad on his difficult midterms. If you're good at test taking and want the extra credit to boost your grade, I would recommend Tung. If you're not good at tests and physics already isn't your strong suit, maybe try a different Professor. Overall, Tung has lectures that are very enjoyable and he breaks the material down really well, however his exams are way too difficult and ended up being the reason I had to change to P/NP.

I would recommend taking this with him!

I took both Physics 1 and 2 in high school and I think that if you did well in those, you will do well in this class. As such, the quality of teaching didn't really matter so much for me, but in my opinion, Professor Tung is a fantastic teacher and person whose lectures are both clear and engaging. I appreciate his way of approaching physics and I liked the way he structured his class by having four midterms (all non-cumulative) and no final.

Nathan is an absolute god. His exams are straightforward and he offers SO MUCH extra credit. I would 100% recommend.

Tung is easily one of the best professors I've had in my time here. I didn't have that great an experience with physics in high school so I was unsure of what to expect in 5A, but Tung immediately dissolved any hesitations.

He makes lectures very engaging with super interesting demos and conveys the information in such a way that it's very easy to grasp. Like most physics classes should be, he gives you all the information you need to be able to solve any kind of problem, which does, admittedly, make his tests harder because he gives problems that you've never seen before and makes you work through them.

I'm not sure if the format of the class will stay the same in the regular school year (since I took it in Summer) but he has 4 midterms over the course of the 6 weeks each testing only the week's material (not cumulative). Your grade is also made up of homework problems through MasteringPhysics as well as lab (which was simultaneously fun and tedious). I would definitely take a class with Tung again!

Taking this class is daunting since I have no physics background at all. However, Professor Tung made this class understandable with his fun demonstrations and clear lectures. Honestly, one of the best Physics professor.

Dr. Tung is straight up fire. I wish he teaches 5B and 5C in the future because he's killing it with 5A. I came in with zero background in physics and this professor made the concepts easy to understand. He offers a lot of extra credit so people can score really well in his class. He is also super accommodating. The lecture portion of the class is fun and enjoyable. HOWEVER, the labs suck. They are not hard just very tedious, it usually took us more time to do the lab than study for the midterms.
In terms of workload, it is heavy but easily manageable. In summer session, we had 4 midterms instead of having 1 midterm and 1 final. The 4 midterms were like long quizzes in my opinion, they were not bad and totally fair in respect to the content he taught in the class. This professor is not trying to trick you, the questions are simple.
The mastering homework was all due at the end of the session, so we had a lot of flexibility. Additionally, we only had to complete 60% of the homework to get full points.
So, if Dr Tung is available TAKE HIM, YOU WILL BE THANKFUL