ASTR 1220

He was confusing, hard to hear, and very Physics oriented, which was frustrating to me. The lectures would often become unconnected and disjointed and seemed to last much longer than the 75 minutes. He is very passionate, however, the labs were easy. The quizzes were alright if you went to the review and knew how to do the math and calculations. The final was brutal and TA utterly unhelpful, and while it was very interesting content, I doubt that I would take the class again.

terrible experience, teacher was not comprehendible. I do not recommend this class to anyone

I took this class to fulfill a requirement and immensely regret that decision. The class was insufferably boring, and Thuan's thick accent was hard to understand. The two quizzes were surprisingly difficult, even for someone who attended every lecture and did the textbook readings. The required labs are way more trouble than they're worth.

Don't take the class with Thuan. He's difficult to understand and his lectures aren't organized at all. he tends to jump from topic to topic randomly without any sense of a common theme. Just take it with someone else, trust me.

You just take notes of what he says in lecture. Those are good enough to get you an 80% on the midterms because while he says he only tests on the lecture notes, there is always something unfamiliar. If you read the textbook a little bit, and actually practice the easy math, you should get an A. If you show up to lecture, and read your notes once while craming, you can get a B no prob.

He bases everything off the lectures, which are hard to follow because he jumps around, and the "quizzes" are difficult.

He was hard to understand as he had a pretty thick accent. The class was easy though as there is no homework and only two tests and the final

Thuan knows his stuff but is difficult to understand/ boring. I came in looking for a joke class and it turned out to be hard w/ surprisingly difficult tests. There are certainly easier gut classes out there

Take this class, but not with Thuan- his lectures are very scattered, he is hard to understand, and his tests are hard to study for because they're hard to study for because of his scattered lectures.. Also, I went to his office hours once and he was kind of mean.. so just take it with someone else!

You should show up to lecture because most of his finals are based on his version of the textbook but you will also be using your textbook A LOT because his lectures are very scattered and not always clear and it's easy to miss things.