While I can see how the course can be fun there was such a big gap of the amount of work that needed to be done and the understanding gained from it. I have never felt so blindsided while taking a course. There are no explanations for most of the problems! For a topic where understanding how to solve things is super important I felt that the work provided held me back more than help me. The practices were no where near an accurate representation of the actual exams even if you figured out how to answer questions. Unless you already now physics well this course is an uphill battle.

It is Kinematics, very similar to what is taught in high school. I think that the biggest factor in your grade would be your professor.

The professor I had, who clearly understood the topic to a high degree, was not a good teacher. While their teaching style may have worked for other students I found that it felt very abstract and less applicable to learning how to do physics or even breaking down the concept. They walk you through the most basic questions and then hit you with some multilayered riddle about three different units on exams. Did not prepare the class and then made a comment about how we did poorly. Was not at all someone I could ask questions to either because they did not seem to understand what I was even confused about when I went to ask throughout the course.

Teach yourself, while it is frustrating to have to when you paid so much money for a course that was the only option many people had. I personally had to teach myself to do the questions via the textbook and other sources because they were the only things that I could count on for an explanation. My TAs were great and really nice so it lessened the load. If I had started teaching myself at the beginning or, if I could afford it, getting a tutor I would have not gone through the amount of stress I went through by thinking I could rely on the person who was meant to teach me.