Professor

Paul Hamilton

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2.6
Overall Ratings
Based on 13 Users
Easiness 2.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 2.3 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 3.0 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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PHYSICS 115B
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Jan. 3, 2022
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A

He's okay. Not particularly great, but not bad either. The homework problems are mostly algebra (despite the fact that TAs were okay with calculation software) and were quite uninteresting. The final exam and the second midterm had some fun problems. The content of the course is extremely exciting, though Prof. Hamilton doesn't have the infectious enthusiasm of many other QM professors. Griffith's QM, the textbook, is as terrible, but Shankar's book and Youtube will help you a lot.

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Nov. 11, 2018
Quarter: Spring 2018
Grade: B+

This class suuuuuuuucks. Reports are a ton of work and are graded really harshly. The syllabus literally says "you are competing against your classmates for the curve." Give yourself at least 2 solid days to write each report, follow the lab manual closely, and get this class over with.

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March 24, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A

Hamilton is a standard professor - he goes over concepts/theory in class along with some examples. I liked how he did in-class questions through a software called Kudu - this allowed us to interact with each other and not fall asleep at 9 am haha.
However, I found that his lectures lacked example problems, and also he did not give us any sample exam problems before the midterm/final. As such, we kind of went into the exams without knowing exactly what to study. Also, some of the hw questions he assigned were kind of irrelevant to the material.
Overall, Hamilton is okay as a professor - I'm kind of neutral about recommending or not recommending him.

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PHYSICS 115B
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Jan. 3, 2022

He's okay. Not particularly great, but not bad either. The homework problems are mostly algebra (despite the fact that TAs were okay with calculation software) and were quite uninteresting. The final exam and the second midterm had some fun problems. The content of the course is extremely exciting, though Prof. Hamilton doesn't have the infectious enthusiasm of many other QM professors. Griffith's QM, the textbook, is as terrible, but Shankar's book and Youtube will help you a lot.

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PHYSICS 4AL
Quarter: Spring 2018
Grade: B+
Nov. 11, 2018

This class suuuuuuuucks. Reports are a ton of work and are graded really harshly. The syllabus literally says "you are competing against your classmates for the curve." Give yourself at least 2 solid days to write each report, follow the lab manual closely, and get this class over with.

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PHYSICS 1A
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A
March 24, 2019

Hamilton is a standard professor - he goes over concepts/theory in class along with some examples. I liked how he did in-class questions through a software called Kudu - this allowed us to interact with each other and not fall asleep at 9 am haha.
However, I found that his lectures lacked example problems, and also he did not give us any sample exam problems before the midterm/final. As such, we kind of went into the exams without knowing exactly what to study. Also, some of the hw questions he assigned were kind of irrelevant to the material.
Overall, Hamilton is okay as a professor - I'm kind of neutral about recommending or not recommending him.

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