Lui Lam - San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Professor: Lui Lam

Department: Physics

College: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not a good professor. Bad english and hard to understand. Only memorization to pass class. Not actual learning.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a wise and intelligent professor. He can be brash but he's caring. He wants students to give it their best shot. His grading criteria is very specific and was tough to follow. He was very helpful during office hours so I was able to get through it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You learn almost nothing, hella easy pass though. Take good notes for the exams. If you ever want to leave his class in the middle of lecture (after signing the attendance sheet), sneak out quietly from the back when he's facing the board or else he'll potentially chase you down.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2BLAB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He has a super specific criteria for his labs. If you misplace one symbol, he will mark that as a fail. If you get it right, you will do well. The quizzes are are memorization of his lab sheets. He is very brash and not super helpful. Don't be late, follow his criteria, and do well on lab quizzes and you will pass.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHY50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I only had him for Phys 50 Lab so I cannot speak to his lectures, but he was very rude. He would frequently yell at me telling me I wasn't good enough to receive an engineering degree. I don't mind being told I have done something incorrectly or that I need to work on something but he went too far.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Take if you want to easily pass, but not recommended if you want to learn anything. 3 midterms + final are based on homework problems + lecture (Use notecard to write HW + lecture notes) and there's a huge curve based on the exam avgs. Due to similarity with exam + homework plbms, I didn't learn much since we practiced the same problems repeatively

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

tests are a few definitions of laws, a couple multiple choice (based on the examples and homework problems assigned), and one long written problem directly from lectures on those chapters. people hate him for some reason. if you continually get above average, attend class, and do your homework (once a week-i used chegg) then he'll like you

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I'm surprised by negative comments. Electromagnetism is very hard (no argument) so many in other classes fail. Other professors will fail you without consideration. Lam will purposely talk down to you to make you try harder, then you end up having a much better grade because of a very generous curve. He knows that you need a degree to have a job.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Basically if you love learning everything by long math proofs you might like this guy. If you actually like solving problems forget it, he teaches everything by the most abstract case and mocks technical or experimental problems and methods. He really seems to think his way is the only way and frequently ridicules the book and students.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Lam is definitely a respected professor and human being. Some students will misunderstand him. However, if you pay attention to what he says to you in class about life and learning, you will realize that he is a very honest, kind, and intelligent person.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This professor is average, and lack of inspiration.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHYS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Got under-average score on first mid-term(46100), got average score on second mid-term(68100), and 50% problems in final exam were from first and second mid-terms. I did all homeworks and got participation points and waited for the grade curving then I passed with grade letter A-

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you'd like to fail physics, I highly recommend this teacher

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is not clear on what he wants to teach.Not helpful in class and in office hours. He will make fun of you in entire class if you dare to ask question. His lab requirements are not clear at all. He will everyone in lab for no good reason. The labs are stressful than the class with him. DO NOT TAKE HIM. YOU WON'T LEARN ANYTHING AND YOU WILL FAIL.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is the best and easiest professor that I have. Very easy A in the class as long as you do the homework, the test is completely based on the homework! Funny guy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Has an extremely heavy accent, making lecture pointless. Exhibits zero interest in teaching the course. The class is passable if you are a book learner, but don't expect to actually learn anything in his presence because of the accent, messy handwriting, and complete disdain for explaining things.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HORRIBLE professor. not only does he not explain things well, he also has no regard for his students. no partial credit on exams, they are usually 6 q's long and have nothing to do with what you learned in lecture. he is very pompous and will call you out in the middle of class if you ask a question he thinks is easy. avoid him at all costs.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Easy A class! He could be intimidating sometimes. About five homework problems once a week.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHYSPHYS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy's curve is absolutely ridiculous. I failed all the midterms and possibly the final as well, but turned in all the hw and went to every class and ended up with a B+. This guy is pretty much useless but you will most likely pass.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHYS50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hella easy. Just keep doing the homeworks and youll be good with a 30% on the class. Midterms are straight from homework and very easy to get a 100% on. Multiple choice and can be done well with educated guesses.You cant understand squat he says but that's what workshops are for. take him if you want no work and a good easy grade. He curves easy