TAKE THIS CLASS WITH PROF. NI. I loved her! She was super sweet, and her pace was on the slower side which was particularly helpful for the first half of 1C. She only has one midterm and one final, but the final isn't cumulative. She offered corrections for the midterm, so basically you can correct what you did wrong on the midterm and earn up to half of the lost points. Also, since the second half of 1C is a lot easier than the first half, you can do okayish on the midterm and still end with an A. My biggest tip for this class is to read the textbook before lecture and take notes from the textbook. Prof. Ni follows the textbook quite closely, and her lectures can be a little confusing without having read the textbook. It's been a while since I took the class but I think she used Mastering Physics, and you get unlimited attempts for the calculation questions. But for the MCQs, you lose points each time you get the answer wrong so just a heads up.

Lecture isn’t necessary; personally I like to self-teach so I read the textbook. The homework comes from the textbook, and they’re not that easy. You do need to put in an effort to figure them out.

The first midterm came exactly from the homework, but I’m assuming most people didn’t actually understand how to do hw, so everyone did kinda badly (median was probably ~70%?). She did let us do corrections and make up half the points we lost though! The final was super easy because everyone did so badly on the midterm. Anyways, easy class; can’t believe I scraped by an A+ after getting a meh grade on the midterm [joy]

The professor can be a bit unclear, but she is very nice and very willing to help. Exams are exactly like homework. Very easy class I would say.