Professor Cooper, or as I like to call him 'lil Coop was not my fave physci professor. He gives a 20-30minutes speech before each lab and he speaks quietly and trails off his sentences so you can barely hear him sometimes. There's not much else to critique since the lab structure/grading has been set for a long time. Ali is very helpful as a TA in lab and if you go to office hours he will indirectly guide you on how to answer your worksheets for fuller credit.

I will say I dreaded writing the lab reports and worksheets for this class. It took SO MUCH TIME. When they say it takes 12 hours to complete a worksheet, they mean it. This is not something you can do the night before it is due. I also was stressed cause I wanted an A but I averaged A-'s on the first two graded assignments but again going to office hours, I was able to move up to an A. Def hard since he says the average is a solid A-, B+, but doable. You just gotta get this class over with, and ideally the sooner the better.

I would agree with other reviews and say that this is one of the most work heavy PhySci classes there is. It is no exaggeration when they say that the lab reports each week can take anywhere from 5 to 12 hours to complete depending on how fast you work. That being said, they are your only assignment outside of attending the four hour lab once a week. Cooper and Ali are super helpful if you attend their office hours, so I would recommend doing this. Also make sure you pick a good group, as they will determine how well the experiment goes in class. Your grade is determined by 9 50 point lab assignments, only 3 or 4 of which you will get feedback on before final grades come out. There is no final. While it may not be the easiest class, it definitely was rewarding submitting the lab assignment every week.

There's not really a point reviewing this class because you have to take it, but just wanted to give a heads up of what to expect. First off, this class is run by the T.A., Ali, and without him you would be lost because Dr. Cooper is not very helpful and would frequently mumble his sentences when doing his presentations. Also, if you're in a morning section, expect Dr. Cooper to be 15-30 minutes late and then expect to be rushed to end on time so the next lab can start. We ended up cutting some of our labs short/having data handed to us because of this.

We turned in 8 50 point labs, 3 reports and 5 worksheets. The first lab that was graded was our Week 3 report during Week 6 because we needed feedback before turning in our next lab report. After that, we only got a grade for the second lab report (very delayed again) and Ali graded one of the worksheets. Deadlines for lab due dates were frequently extended due to delays in grading. Those 3 grades are the only grades we ever knew the whole quarter, so when they gave us a final grade without us seeing the rest, it was kind of jarring. We were unable to see any feedback/grades for 5 of the reports we turned in this quarter which made this class feel almost nonexistent. The reports are also time consuming for a 3 unit class and it would've been nice to know if we were on the right track throughout the quarter.

This class has A LOT of work even through Zoom. The lab writeups aren't too difficult since you don't have to physically do anything however, the grading is pretty strict and even through office hours some portions of the lab questions won't be answered by the professor. For a couple simple mistakes or not mentioning a small detail such as "through a pulley system for the muscles" can mark -1 points/50. The presentation wasn't too bad and thus did the best and you need to work on it as a final project instead of written one.

Grading is as follows: 6 Labs worth 50 points with a presentation and outline writeup worth 100 points for a total of 400 points. No curve.

Took LS2. Average as a professor, but completely unprofessional. Agreed to write a letter of rec for a scholarship, confirmed that he was working on it, then never submitted it. No explanation given nor any suggestion that I ask another professor.

The lab writeups are very VERY time consuming. But there aren't any exams, so as far as difficulty it balances out to a medium difficulty class (not as hard as 153L perhaps). Office hours are very useful for improving your performance on the assignments. I would take this class after taking the 111 series, given how time consuming the write-ups.