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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS115 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2025 |
Going into this class, I was a bit nervous to take it knowing that I am not exactly strong in the Science area and have not had a great experience with Science professors either. Overall, this professor proved to be even more unhelpful than I have every thought she'd be. If you're specifically and Elementary Education major I am telling you right now DO NOT take this course with this professor. If you think you're going to be okay, you're not. It's not even the course structure/material itself, it's the actual professor. She would constantly come to class unprepared often reading the labs for the first time ever as soon as she stepped foot into class. It left her confused to the point where she would confuse us students as well. And, it wouldn't be a big deal if the labs were smaller, but considering this course is about two hours long MWF, it's important to come in with an already established plan. Being an Elementary Education major, I am constantly watching teachers/professors strategies when teaching for good pointers I could carry on into my own classroom. I can say this with full confidence: through the entirety of this Physics class I am able to pinpoint things I will not be taking into my future classroom as did most of the students within this course. Her organization skills lacked completely and at times had use restart labs because they weren't set up in the correct way. If you enjoy disorganization and chaos this is the class for you!! Oh and don't even get me started on poor Isaac. Isaac was our TA during the semester who was genuinely doing the lords work trying to hold our class together. (Go check out his review I love that man) Anywho, there's a lot more that easily could be said, but if this isn't enough for you, take the class and trust you'll be here writing the same review as I am doing right now. |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2024 |
course was pretty easy as long as you have all of your notes organized and write everything she writes on the board. Every day you submit a daily assignment online. I recommend just taking a picture of your lab notebook and upload it over the document. The tests are fair, there are only 3 and no final. There is a final presentation which is pretty easy. As for the professor, she confuses you more if you have a question so you are better looking it up. My TA wasn't the best so if you have a good TA, they may be better at helping you. She also told me she doesn't hold office hours because we meet for a long time each week. The tests are open book and the class isn't hard but you have to pay attention |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS115 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/09/2024 |
This professor is super nice, but very unorganized and not super aware of the fact that everyone has different learning styles. I thought because it was meant for education majors that it would be easier, but really it’s not. The exams are open note, but that did not seem to help me on 2/3 exams we had. It’s not a bad class, just a hard one because of the circumstances and because as an early childhood education major I don’t use this and I never took physics in high school. |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS115 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/25/2024 |
Pros: reasonable expectations, easy-ish workload, open-notebook exams, pretty lenient grading Cons: sometimes disorganized and messy teaching style, not always patient Other notes: in every class you do a lab with your partner and submit a lab report (sometimes finished in class, sometimes not) |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS115 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/20/2023 |
PHYS115 was one of my required classes. At first, I was weary about taking this class, but it's not that bad or difficult. There is homework (basically lab reports) due after each class, three exams, and a final presentation, and your lab notebook gets graded. Professor Upadhyaya is a good professor, and she does want each of her students to succeed. That being said she is a bit unorganized, and demeaning at times. We didn't have a TA for half of the year, so the grading was VERY slow, and she would question you if you were confused. Overall this class and professor were not bad at all, and don't hesitate to take the class if you need to. |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS174 Expecting a C Anonymous 05/02/2018 |
shes a fine teacher. seems to want to help if she can |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS142 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/19/2011 |
I didn't pay attention in class, so I'm not going to rate the teacher. She's a nice lady and she goes through her powerpoints in class. Here's the breakdown: Homework- 10% Quizzes- 10% First Exam- 15% Second Exam- 15% Third Exam- 15% Lab Reports (free points) -10% Final Exam- 25% I learned from reading the book doing the homework. The quizzes are straightfoward, and easy if you study. For each exam, you get a notecard, but its pretty much filled with formulas. Exams are variations on homework problems. If you know how to use the formulas, you're set for the most part. |
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Arpita Upadhyaya
PHYS174 Expecting an A zhangsta 12/23/2010 |
She's a really nice lady and will pretty much tell you what to do. Also a pretty easy grader. She'll also hold a review session before the practical where you can pretty much go and write down notes on how to do everything on the practical. |