Lectures are gruesome--Paschke mainly reads through his powerpoint slides and rushes through them so it's impossible to take notes at times. However, he does provide sample questions and clicker questions that test conceptual material. Most of the learning however, is received from sitting down with the book and working the practice problems. Three midterms, which weren't too bad (no more than 20 questions, multiple choice, pretty good curve); a cumulative final (about 40 question); weekly homework assignments; attendance measured through clicker questions; and weekly discussion sections with quizzes

Very hard course. Be ready to invest lots of time doing problems and going to office hours.

Paschke is great. He is very enthusiastic for the class. However, the class is challenging and moves through the material very fast. Stay on top of your readings and problems.

If you aren't great at calculus or physics, you DEFINITELY have to put in an extra effort with the class. It moves really fast and you need to stay on top of the chapters. I do not recommend taking this class with other challenging classes, such as genetics or organic chemistry.

physics y'all know is not easy class, you literally have to teach yourself working more examples. as for the lectures, if not for the graded clicker questions is practically worthless!!

The class picks up very quickly, so you need to stay on top of the HW and do plenty of practice problems. Discussion is very important! Don't be afraid to ask stupid questions

Physics is not fun. The lab blows, but the lecture is doable. The class average for the course is set to a B, so as long as you do better than that.. your pre-health GPA won't suffer too much. It's a little disappointing the Physics department here doesn't have better teachers, because Paschke is fine but Norum seriously is horrible. Do whatever you can not to get Norum.

Paschke is also accessible, though he only has office hours 1 hour a week (kind of lame). I only went once, because he clearly is more into his research than "wasting time" with undergraduates.

Anyways, sorry you have to take Physics here at UVA. But, if you do, take it with Paschke.

Overall a pretty frustrating class for people who haven't taken AP Physics before in high school. HW questions are a lot harder than the ones on the exam. Plus Paschke just talks to himself in class and teaches all the stuffs straight from the textbook. No point in going to the lecture except for the clicker questions.

Paschke is enthusiastic about physics, really cares about you learning the material and is a "dad" to the class (which reflects the young kids he has at home). He is very accessible and open to suggestions about the class!

Paschke is not a great professor, but he is nice. He tries to explain concepts, but brushes over or mumbles explanations often.. leaving most students utterly confused. Essentially, you can probably do well in this class by skimming over the reading before lecture (clicker questions), and doing lots of practice problems/going to TA OH.. exams are definitely difficult, but not impossible...practice/study hard enough and with the curve you can do fairly well in this class if you want.