ECE 2200

Great prof who has a lot of fun teaching the class. This course is not meant to be challenging, just meant to teach you the material. Was a great way to fulfill my physics 2 credit. Labs are around 30 minutes and happen about every two weeks-ish. Homeworks weren't bad and the TA's are helpful in OH.

I love Keith Williams so much. This course is a fantastic course, and I fully recommend taking this course. I always have anxiety taking physics tests, but Keith makes sure to teach the material pretty well, and there are not too many numbers and math crunching, instead the tests are mostly conceptual. Keith is extremely kind and gives us test figures before giving the exams, and most of the exams are even take home, which is amazing because it means I can take it after all my other exams in a week. Additionally, the homework basically prepares you for the exams that are given in the class. The best part about this class is the trivia that Keith provides during class, and he always is happy to answer questions and teach a different way of understanding something if you do not understand the material that he is teaching. I love this class, and it is taught in a way that is very digestible and interactive. I hope that you take this class and learn about physics 2, because I really enjoyed the class.

ECE 2200 is an easy alternative to Physics II. Keith Williams does his absolute best to ensure that you have multiple opportunities to improve your grades, including homework corrections and vetoing one question on each exam. The actual content wasn’t terribly difficult, but sometimes the lectures focused a lot on history and less on working through the problems. However, the textbook is a really good resource to walk through practice problems independently. Another really great part about the class is the flexibility in scheduling labs, as there is no weekly lab section like in Physics I and Physics II. You can schedule a 30 minute lab session any time during the 1.5-2 week period per lab. Overall, the course can be a little monotonous at times, but it is pretty easy and enjoyable. Professor Swami, who lectured alongside Professor Williams, was also very well-versed in the content, but his lecture style was a bit harder to comprehend.

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This class is definitely the best alternative to Physics II. I've heard horror stories in that class, so if you have the opportunity to take this class over Physics II, even if you have credit for lab, definitely take this class instead. Professor Williams is so caring about his class and caring about the topics that he teaches, it's a joy to go to lecture because you never know what he's going to talk about. Definitely my favorite course so far at UVA, and I'm not even a physics guy.