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PHYSICS 1A03

Introductory Physics

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5Amazing Prof

Prof: Kari Dalnoki-veress / Winter 2024

Jun 19, 2024

Comments on the course

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.

Course Content

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.

Comments on the professor

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.

Advice

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!

Delivery: In personGrade: A+Textbook Use: No
Assignment HeavyExam Heavy
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5Amazing Class
5Very Easy
3Kinda Interesting
3Kinda Useful

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5Amazing Prof

Prof: Miranda Schmidt / Fall 2023

Apr 22, 2024

Comments on the course

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.

Course Content

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

Comments on the professor

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.

Advice

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!

Delivery: In personGrade: AWorkload: ModerateTextbook Use: No
Assignment HeavyExam Heavy
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3OK Class
1Very Hard
5Very Interesting
3Kinda Useful

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4Good Prof

Prof: Kari Dalnoki-veress / Fall 2023

Dec 16, 2023

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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.

Course Content

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

Comments on the professor

love em

Advice

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

Delivery: In personGrade: Not sure yetWorkload: ModerateTextbook Use: No
Exam Heavy
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1Awful Class
1Very Hard
1Very Boring
1Useless

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3OK Prof

Prof: Sara Cormier / Spring 2022

May 29, 2022

Comments on the course

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

Advice

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

Delivery: OnlineGrade: Not sure yetWorkload: Very HeavyTextbook Use: Optional
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3OK Class
3Avg. Difficulty
4Interesting
4Useful

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4Good Prof

Prof: Kari Dalnoki-veres / Fall 2021

Dec 30, 2021

Comments on the course

Good physics course. Carries on from high school.

Delivery: HybridGrade: B+Workload: HeavyTextbook Use: No
Exam Heavy
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3OK Class
2Hard
2Boring
3Kinda Useful

Prof: Kari Dalnoki-veres / Fall 2020

Sep 2, 2021

Comments on the course

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.

Comments on the professor

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

Advice

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.

Suggest a professor

Dr Kari and Cormier

Grade: B+Workload: HeavyTextbook Use: No
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Class Ratings

4Good Class
3Avg. Difficulty
3Kinda Interesting
3Kinda Useful

Prof: Kari Dalnoki-veres / Winter 2020

Aug 26, 2021

Comments on the course

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

Grade: AWorkload: ModerateTextbook Use: No
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4Good Class
3Avg. Difficulty
3Kinda Interesting
3Kinda Useful

Prof: Kari Dalnoki-veres / Fall 2019

Aug 25, 2021

Comments on the course

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.

Comments on the professor

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.

Advice

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

Grade: A
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5Amazing Class
3Avg. Difficulty
4Interesting
5Very Useful

Prof: Sara Cormier / Winter 2020

Aug 25, 2021

Comments on the course

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.

Grade: A+Workload: 5hrs/weekTextbook Use: No
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4Good Class
4Easy
4Interesting
5Very Useful

Prof: Sara Cormier / Winter 2020

Aug 24, 2021

Comments on the course

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

Grade: A+Workload: 3hrs/weekTextbook Use: No

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