This class is definitely a good physics introduction course (although I took AP Physics in high school, and I know it was harder for people with no prior physics experience). I admire Professor Kamaha and any uncertainties during lectures can be answered during her office hours, which are very collaborative and helpful. She records lectures, so you can go to lecture or not.

As someone who took AP Physics C in high school, the course felt fine, but without prior knowledge, I can see the course being difficult. During lectures, the professor assumes certain prior knowledge of things, so it can be tough to follow her lectures without asking her to clarify what she means. The professor is always willing to help, though. The homework is not bad at all, but the exams are not that much like the homework. However, pay attention to the discussion worksheet because most of the exams are from the worksheets. The professor does give a slight curve on the exams if the class doesn't do well, but the type of curve she uses is confusing. One time, she gave us a 5% increase on an exam, but another time, she gave us 5 free points for the exam but made the exam out of 105 (originally 100), so it didn't help that much while claiming its the same thing. Her grading scheme is kinda weird too; a B has a range of 2 percent while a B- has a range of 10 percent; I've never seen that before. Overall, Kamaha is a good and helpful person and kind of funny in her own way and accomplished too. Her tests can be easy if you study all of the discussion problems thoroughly, but she sometimes gives weird questions that come out of nowhere. She did make the final pretty manageable though.

Professor Kamaha is not the greatest lecturer I have ever had, but she is a really cool person who cares about teaching and her students' understanding. If you are confused go to office hours and she will help. I didn't take AP physics in high school and did fine, but I am a math major and did take regular physics so that definitely helped. Just do a lot of practice and look at the past midterms she gives.

I found this class relatively easy, but only because I had taken Physics C: Mechanics in high school, so I take my difficulty rating of this class with a grain of salt.

Kamaha is an ok lecturer, she has a bit of an accent though which is somewhat hard to understand and her handwriting is a bit iffy. However, she is very fair in her exams in that she will post practice exams and past midterms/finals to help you prepare, and her actual exams were super similar to the practice/past ones. If you read the textbook and do these practice exams you should be fine.

go to her office hour and get to know her. sometimes she might drop a little subtle hint about what will be on the test. Overall, I found lectures not very useful even though I went to lecture everyday. I didn't like her teaching methods (she talked in a low tone and that definitely didn't help.) She takes in feedback from midquarter survey and that definitely helped a lot. The discussion worksheets and past exams were really useful for the tests. She assigns homework every week and it takes around 2-3 hours to get done but it really helps understanding the material. Near the end of the quarter, I started reading the textbook before lectures and it helped with my understanding. I would recommend reading textbook on the topic before she covers it in class. This class wasn't an easy class but you don't need to avoid it. The class mean on both midterm 1 and 2 were 60. She boosted 10% for everyone who submitted a correction for midterm1. She added 5% to everyone for midterm 2 and promised that the final will be easier. The final was indeed easier. I like her as a person but she could improve her teaching imo.

physics is easily my worst subject, but this class was manageable enough. exams were very reasonable, if not EASY, and there was a curve at the end. prof revealed one of the problems from the final early as a gift, and a few questions were taken directly from the discussion worksheets (which you should review)