Overall, this course was well structured , the profs and TAs were very helpful, and there were a lot of opportunities to do well in the course (bi-weekly labs, online assignments, 2 online midterms, and the exam). Also, compared to the midterms and assignments the exam was very easy and almost identical to the last exams that were posted.

The content felt very similar to grade 11 and 12 physics. The topics included estimations, kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, and fluids. Sometimes modules/lectures felt like the content wasn’t covered in depth but there were many practice materials provided and the TAs and professors were always available to answer questions. The TA help desk room in BSB was very helpful as the TAs were able to explain problems and do them step by step with you.

Dr Dalnoki Verres was a great prof and it is evident he enjoys what he does! His explanations were very clear and he was always available to answer questions before or after lectures and at his office hours. I just wish that he solved problems by hand and writing out the solutions during lecture instead of explaining the pre-typed out solutions on the slides.

Don’t stress, the weekly lon capa assignments and lab assignments boost your grade by a lot!! And the final exam was way easier than the midterms! Go to the TA help desk because it was so helpful!

Overall this course was a continuation of topics covered in high school physics and was not hard especially if you have taken both grade 11 and 12 physics. The labs were not too interesting, but there was 2 weeks to submit the post-lab work and the labs along with the weekly lon capa assignments were good mark boosters. The midterms for this class were both online on avenue, the downside to this was that once you finished a page of questions and moved on you could not go back to questions you already did.

content covered in this class includes estimations, kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, and fluids.

Dr. Schmidt was a nice prof, her lectures were clear, and she was always willing to answer questions at office hours and before/after lectures. However, it seemed that she went through the lecture content quickly as she did not go through the example problems fully and instead went through slideshows where the solutions were already typed out.

Do all of the practice materials, attend lectures, do the iclickers, and lon capa assignments and labs and it is guaranteed that you will do well in this class!

Man. Not easy if you don't practice enough. Having 5 courses on your plate...and then this being one of em. I'm about to do my final exam tmrw....clearly, I'm having an existential crisis. I am worried I won't pass the course. Anyways, I have chem 1a03, math 1ls3, physics 1a03, science 1a03, and peacjust 1vm3. That's so you get some context. Math, chem physics, two electives. Bad combo—math chem and phys. Don't do it pls, go easy on yourself.

fascinating shit, if i was good at it, i'd major in it

love em

DO YOUR **** HOMEOWRK AND WATCH THE **** MODULES.

SPH4U should be a prerequisite for this course, the workload is ridiculously high for people who didn't take physics courses in high school. Profs are nice tho

I don't recommend taking this course in spring/summer as an elective if you've never taken a physics course before.

Good physics course. Carries on from high school.

Quite a difficult course if you don’t like physics or have never taken it in high school. Material itself is difficult and there are a lot of topics to cover but the prof did a great job with helping us out. Labs were very time consuming and the questions associated with the lab report require lots of thinking but the TAs were a great help. A lot of the difficulty associated with the course is due to the heavy workload and the content itself, not the instructional team. The LONCAPA questions take up alot of time and it’s weight in the grade is not reflective of the time it takes to complete it. The LONCAPA questions are difficult and long but the prof did go over the harder questions and how to solve them.

Prof was great and really tried to help explain difficult topics and hard LONCAPA questions.

This course is required for life sci students so it is a beast that has to be faced. The only reason this course is fairly useful is because it is a requirement for many first year programs.

Dr Kari and Cormier

Did it online. Course was designed pretty well. Make sure to do all the practice they give

A pretty good course. Midterms were decently fair and the final exam was surprisingly easy. Attending the completing the labs was also an easy way to boost your grade.

Kari was a very fun engaging prof, while I'm happy I'll never have to take physics again (it's not my strength) he was a really great professor to teach the final physics course I took.

Keep up with the work (Loncapas in particular) and study effectively for the midterms. And make sure you watch the module before attending lecture.

Profs make this course really fun. It can be tough, so you need to practice. But if you do the loncapa and ask questions you will be good.

pretty easy if you keep up with the pre-recorded lectures and modules. the midterm/exam questions were fair, around the same level or easier than loncapa