I think that the assignments are her downfall. Why am I spending 3 hours creating a flow chart that is in a book that I spent a fortune on? I don't understand why anyone would make us write a flowchart that is literally in the book that we were FORCED to buy. The professor is fine, but the overall structure of the assignments make zero sense and impose quite a few problematic economic hardships..

Avoid taking this class with her. The lectures were very fast paced, which is somewhat understandable since the class only meets once a week. She dedicates around 30 minutes to work on a problem set worksheet during lecture, but it is difficult to keep up since the lectures are so dense. The lab portion was manageable. However, the exams were unnecessarily complicated and did not reflect the material covered in class. While she provided problem sets and supplemental worksheets, which were already quite challenging, the exams were significantly harder. The midterm average was a D. The final exam was so complex that the entire class was confused, and she had to give a last-minute mini lecture that only made things more unclear. Most students spent the full three hours struggling through the final. Ultimately, take this class with extreme caution. I would not recommend taking her class.

Lectures were fine and offered extra credit for iClicker participation. The main issue was exams The exams were not representative of how the class was taught at all or the problem sets she gave us. She doesn't give any practice exams before midterm or final. For our final, it was filled with typos and she asked a question that ended being more confusing to the point where she had to give a 'mini lecture' that still left half of the class confused. She also stated during lecture that she didn't think we would do well on the final and if we didn't do well on the midterm, it was because we didn't study enough despite the average being a D. I think the labs themselves were doable and it was nice to only have lab once a week but she's not the best professor. I would avoid taking this class with her.

I enjoyed doing hands-on lab work, so this class was definitely fun for me. My TA was also very chill, and our labs never took the whole time. Having a competent lab partner is important because there are some group post-labs. If you have any questions working on the pre-lab, go to a TA's office hours and they'll probably pull up the key, tell you whether your answer is right or wrong, and guide you in the correct direction.

As for the exams, the midterm was okay (required understanding of everything on her slides), but the final definitely seemed a bit striking in terms of question format to some. I was able to obtain one of her past finals so I was mentally prepared for the type of questions she has. She loves putting lots of scenarios and test your analysis of the data (so essentially post-labs but without the step-by-step guide). Lots of calculations, and requires actual understanding of the material. Again, I think it's because people are not used to the question type and were just thrown off. Just content-wise, it's less content than 14B, so it's not too tedious to study for. The one key to acing exams is just practice practice practice (with her problem sets, with post-labs, with previous exams, with outside problems). No shortcut to take.

Chau is a really sweet professor, and she's decent at teaching. Overall definitely would recommend.

The final was absolutely insane. Everyone I talked to said their grade dropped at least a whole letter after it. Plus, the materials for this class are so expensive, and the assignments are so long and tedious and just feel like busy work. No 3 unit class should have me stressing this hard.

The entire was quarter was chill, and I never lost more than one point on my labs because I was so on top of it and had a generally strong idea of the material. However, her final was genuinely the most foul switch up ever— I literally had an A+ until the final which dropped my grade MORE than a letter. I had Scerri 14B and I would argue this final was WAYYY harder than that. I’m so sad because I have never gotten anything lower than an A- in my three years here and I’m genuinely in shock that a LAB CLASS tanked my gpa 🥲 just pissed overall (and salty)

The final was insane and it dropped my grade a whole letter down. She changed her format from past finals and didn´t provide students with any practice exams to practice the problems, but told students to just "review" using lecture slides and lab manuals. The lab sections themselves were fun and I had an A+ in the class until this final happened. No curve. Only 3 bonus points were rewarded for a 120 points worth test, which really didn't do anything.

I thought this class was super manageable. Yes, it is a lot of work but thats expected in a lab class bc you have pre/post labs each week. I think Ngo does a great job teaching and the labs were a super awesome learning opportunity. However, the final was obnoxiously hard and had me doing math that I had never once done for the class. I took this class a full year after 14B so that may just be a me problem, but her questions were so out of left field that people were crying and laughing during the final. With that being said, I think that if you find a previous final of hers as others have mentioned on this page you should be fine.

Professor Ngo is very nice, understanding, and accommodating with good heart and love for her students.

Her slides are very organized, and she offers a lot of practice problems to prepare for the Exams. As long as you put some effort in the class, and your TA does not grade harshly, you can get an A. Her exams were super fair.

This class was definitely an experience. I struggled with the labs (sig figs was a big thing), but still did fairly well on them, but by the time the final came I was borderline between a B and A, so I studied by using the practice questions from lecture and labs to study, and did surprisingly well on the final (it was open-ended and closed note, whereas the midterm was online and open note). If you took 14A and B you should do well as long as you understand how to do the questions presented in class. This class was overall good, just stressful at times since lecture isn't recorded and sometimes we had a lot of homework to do for the upcoming week.