Professor Candler is a really good professor. He is a really engaging lecturer and cares about everyone's learning. His lectures are clear and he provides plenty of examples, those in which he goes in depth. The only problem was that the lectures were at 8 am, which can make it difficult to find motivation to attend. Additionally, the lectures are not recorded, but the annotated notes are posted a bit after lecture. The content is basically that of Physics 1B and 1C, but in greater depth with a larger emphasis on the multivariable calc. The grades comprised of:
39% - Final
5% - Quiz 1
5% - Quiz 2
30% - Midterm
20% - Homework
1% - Final Survey
The exams are relatively straightforward, with some of the questions being directly pulled from the problem sets. He also gives out plenty of practice before hand, releasing practice midterms/finals as well as study guides, practice problems, and exam reviews. If you can get over the 8 am lectures, I highly recommend taking the class with Professor Candler.

I wanted to like Professor Candler. He seemed like a genuine and pleasant person, but his class was infuriating. It was at 8 AM in one of the worst classrooms I have had at UCLA. The quarter I took it was online for the first half and in person for the second half. He would not record anything or post any slides. I don't mind coming to lecture and came to all of them. More than half the class did not. The issue was that he would spend much of the lecture speaking without writing anything down or having informative slides. This led me to take bad notes that were difficult to study.

The midterm was all about Smith charts, but I did not feel we covered it as thoroughly as we should have. They are pretty straightforward but I missed a key part of them that I only figured out after the exam.*

The final had a practice exam that none of us could figure out all of the answers to. The professor refused to give us the solutions because "there are no solutions in the real world." The last lecture was composed of him giving us study tips such as "focus for a solid hour or two on the material instead of spending too much time staring at it." I wish he took the "solid hour or two" of lecture to actually work through some practice problems. The test came, I didn't do well, and I still don't understand half the material in this course. I am left confused and frustrated. This was the worst grade I have received in my whole time at UCLA. I even went on to 101B and did better. I tried to do the best I could for this class, but I did not feel good about it at any point in the quarter. I guess the grade reflects this.

Candler was well-intentioned but stubborn and ultimately unhelpful. He seems to care about us students, but he doesn't listen to us. He is out of touch and failed as a professor for this course. I hope Candler will do better for future students next time, but my advice is to take Emaminejad if possible.

*Smith charts have multiple solutions. It is important to work through each solution and select the shortest one for full credit.

Great Professor made the class interesting by how he taught and you will learn a lot from him. The department is lucky to have him!

Great comprehensive course which include glimpse of quantum physics, semiconductors, material science

the professor is 10/10 (period)

His exam is not hard, not easy, he cares a lot about the postulates, graphs and very few calculations.

postulates, postulates and postulates.
That's his signature in exams, there is no number crunching.
He is very creative with his exams, caring and always available.
He really sweat himself to teach.

Dr. Candler is great. The material is somewhat boring (being a fab class and all), but he does his best to keep it interesting. He regularly breaks up his lectures with discussions among students. Honestly there is more student participation in this class than I've ever had in a university classroom. Given the opportunity, I'd love to take another class with him.

Prof. Candler has a different teaching style. He knows how to attract students' attention to the lectures. Although he is nice, he does not grade generously at the end of the quarter. For a grad. level class, I have not expected him to grade that stingy!

Class Review:
Its really an easy class to be honest as long as you do the homework and understand it. The midterm and final should both be easy as long as you understand the homework and attend all dicussions. There was one problem from discussion on both midterm and final, so you should definitely attend discussions. They were like homework type problem. I am mad that I slacked off and didnt put enough effort, otherwise I would have gotten at least an A-.

Professor Review:
Professor's lecture were really easy and clear to understand. He would go out of his way to help you understand something if you dont quite understand. He frequently interacts with the class and posts brainteaser problem during the break where he challenges his students to solve it.

I would highly recommend taking this class with Professor Candler if you intend to take this specific course for elective or as a requirement.

Professor Candler's lecture is clear and pretty engaging. He always encourages small discussions during the lecture. He combines writing on the board and slides together. His teaching and his test do not rely on sophisticated mathematical derivation, which is good for me. Overall, this class is pretty organized. Professor and TA are very helpful. High recommend taking this class with Prof. Candler.

Not an easy subject. This class is basically the harder parts of physics 1B and 1C over again, this time with more focus on using multivariable calc. However, I think this class really helped me understand electromagnetics a lot better than I did the first time around when I took the 1 series. About the class itself, he bases grades off of problem sets, two quizzes, a midterm, and a final. I found the problem sets to be pretty challenging personally, but since he does not provide you with any other practice resources, you need to master the concepts used in the problems. I found that the best way to study for the exams was to redo and really understand the homework. The exams themselves were relatively straightforward, with pretty high class averages compared to a regular EE class. Don't brush off the quizzes though. They are only worth 5% of your grade each, but they took me by surprise and I didn't do too well on them, which is what I attribute me getting an A- to. Overall, a very nice/chill guy and a good lecturer as well. I would recommend taking him.