I feel like a lot of the other reviews have already covered a lot of the main issues, so I can confirm. She's very disorganized and is, unfortunately, a late grader. It can make taking the class with her very frustrating. I would advise anyone taking her to be very patient. As long as you turn everything in and try your best, you will do well.

Other than the fact that she was a late grader, another thing I didn't enjoy were some of her test questions. I feel like, even if you completed all the homework problems on MasteringPhysics and read the textbook, it still couldn't prepare you for what was thrown at you on the test. Some of the conceptual questions were so deep that the book didn't even cover it because it didn't go into such detail. Besides the exams, I also hated how unresponsive she was towards student's concerns on Campuswire. In the beginning, it seemed like she listened to our class and was frequently online. However, as the quarter dragged on and the pile of ungraded assignments grew larger and larger, she wasn't on Campuswire as much. Our class would post their concerns about grades wondering when their homework, discussion worksheets, and exams would be graded, and Professor Mills would barely respond. In the rare event that she did, she would just drop an extra assignment instead of grading anything, which didn't ease anyone's anxiety. The fact that she was barely on Campuswire by the end of the quarter made it feel like she gave up on our class altogether, which is not something you want to see in a professor. It was hard to stay motivated when it was apparent our professor couldn't put enough effort either.

Regardless, I still think Mill's class is manageable. Like I said, it will require a lot of patience. Her lectures are very disorganized and hard to follow, so I would recommend reading the textbook instead. On the bright side, she's very accommodating. Due to the power outage that occurred in Texas this winter, she gave us an additional 24 hours for our second midterm, which was very generous of her. Although it didn't solve all our problems, I'm glad she dropped the assignments she did to somehow makeup for the disorganization. She's a very kind woman, and I always felt welcome to ask her questions during class. The only big issue was the late grading and disorganization, so hopefully that will change in the future.

I don't know where to start. Professor Mills is very unorganized. It is very difficult to communicate with her, even if you go to her office hours you cannot talk to her because she has her LAs answering the questions. She posts the exams late because she is working on them till the last minute. The rubric doesn't match what she is asking on the exam, so you end up losing point even if your answers are correct, and it takes forever for the professor and the TAs to review the regrades. The lectures are not helpful at all, and if you want do good on the exam you have to study on your own. the reviews from summer say professor Mills was unorganized because it was her first quarter teaching 5C, but I took this class in winter and she was still very unorganized. She sometimes forgets to post the quizzes on time. The weekly problem sets were very long, we also had mastering physics homework. She posts sample exams one hour before the exam, so I never got time to work on those. The exams are very long, each exam took me 7-8 hours to complete. I don't recommend taking this class with professor Mills in person, because the exams are tough.

The only really great aspect of the class was Campuswire. I appreciate that the midterms are only 10+10% of our grade because the second midterm was incredibly difficult. I felt that a lot of the concepts I had not learned yet and I was incredibly stressed the whole time taking the exam (and I definitely studied). I felt the lectures were very unorganized and for the most part we mostly kept doing review over and over again rather than new content. I would appreciate if Liz would makes slides or something rather than just drawing on her iPad because the notes get incredibly small with the app she uses (I recommend GoodNotes 5). The problem sets were difficult, but doable. Discussion was alright for the most part not real complaints. I feel it would be best if Liz could please grade our problem sets faster as they are the main component of our grade. The exams were mostly concepts and barely any math, honestly I wrote PARAGRAPHS.

Class was extremely disorganized and the structure literally made no sense. Course and grading policies changed almost every week, half of the time due to the professor's inability to post assignments / exam pdf's on time. Content was easy enough based on just the textbook though.

This class was really easy and honestly the most physics I have learned out of the 5 series. Most of your grade is from effort + participation — 35% from problem sets that are graded 90% for completion, and 15% from discussion participation (but you can do it asynchronously). And, there's extra credit for campuswire participation AND there's test corrections for the two midterms. Lectures are super easy to follow and pretty concise, and they're a little lacking in content but discussion + lab filled in any gaps for me. I think the campuswire community + support was highkey critical to my success in the class since I always did psets last minute oops. You also get a super generous window for the exams and it's open book, open note, open lecture. And the pset + exam problems are mostly relevant, real world examples instead of outlandish scenarios, which I really appreciated. I would highly recommend taking 5C with Liz.

She is extremely unprofessional in regards to being organized and doing things on time. Her lecture style is unorganized as well. I had to read the entire book to figure out what was going on in the class. However, she was nice, accommodating and her test were not weighted heavily. She had opportunities for extra credit and gave us a lot of time to take the exams. She is new so she has some things to sort out but it sucks that we had to suffer and not learn very much in the process.