Ernest Ma - University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA

Professor: Ernest Ma

Department: Physics

College: University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHY2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

very very easy. if you don't take his class you're gonna regret it. attend class do your clicker. memorize clicker questions before every test. guarentee a B+. if you can study harder an A is very very easy! no book needed. i didn't even buy the book.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Was afraid of taking him bc of previous comments but he's actually pretty easy. Curve was like 55% for an A. Exams had like 10 MC, 5 conceptual and 5 w/calculations. Tons of EC clicker ?s. Get clickers right and do hw and pass exams and you're do great.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHY2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very Very easy class. All you need to do is study his clicker questions for both midterms and final. His grading scale makes it very easy for you to receive an A. Lots of extra credit. You have to go to his classes because he gives many clickers

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ma goes super fast! He teaches from a powerpoint, but only with a few slides and he works through problems so quickly that you can't even write them down. He's not necessarily a bad teacher, but he just went WAY too fast.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he was ok. It seems like he once used his powerpoint slides but gave up on them so now he puts them up and teaches from 2 or 3 slides. He teaches primarily out of overheads he makes that you can print out that are very convoluted. You should concentrate on the overheads if you want to do good on his tests.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class seemed hard at first because Professor Ma goes through his lectures really fast with Powerpoint slides. However, if you do the practice exams, and attend class a few weeks before the final, you should do well! In addition, his exams are all conceptual, not numerical, so study the formulas 'cause the homework problems won't help!