<p>Those of you who received a letter from UF Physics department encouraging you to take this course as incoming freshman your first semester - what are your thoughts? What have you heard about this course?</p>
<p>The letter from the physics department states that Prof. Ivan Furic will teach it and that it will be a small class (approx. 30 students). Know anything about this professor? </p>
<p>Has anyone taken this class before?</p>
<p>I heard it was pretty darn hard (even for people with an AP physics background), and mostly geared towards people who want to major in physics. That being said, I think it would be great if you enjoy physics and that’s your thing.
edit: this is opinion from an honors student at UF, not mine.</p>
<p>My d’s seriously considering it. First of all she loves physics (had honors and AP) in high school, and she’s probably going to start with Calc III. I was looking at the ratemyprofessor’s (and yes, I DO TAKE everything with a grain of salt). However, that being said the profs for physics 1 with calc, which are two two teaching the honors sections have some of the worse reviews I’ve seen, albeit a very small sampling. Where as this guy, Furic, has much, much better reviews. Plus, D’s not totally convinced about engineering … she could be swayed to a physics major or a math major if the right people get a hold of her. I’m afraid at times she’s chosen engineering because she knows that’s employable, not because it’s necessarily her passion. </p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>I didn’t take 2060 but I took 2061 and it was an intense course content-wise. One derivation of magnetism from a moving electric charge I didn’t see again until I was a graduate student.</p>
<p>The exams weren’t too hard though; it was an easy A for me.</p>
<p>I’m glad this topic came up because I desperately need assistance with this.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I signed up for a very late Preview session (~July 22). However, I desperately want to take this class. Is it at all possible that there will still be slots left for this class given the fact that most UF students would have already registered by the time I do? I mean, I know that hundreds of matriculating UF students probably want to take enriched physics and I couldn’t stand being in any other physics class when I start UF next year. I’m really nervous about this, it’s actually making me sick! Oh dear…</p>
<p>Is there anything I can possibly do? Could I perhaps nudge somebody to “reserve” a spot for me? I just don’t know what to do…</p>
<p>yep, maybe someone you know can register for it (to hold 1 seat) till your hold is lifted</p>
<p>heh</p>
<p>Are you guys planning on taking it first semester? I was thinking about taking the class first semester also, but then again its recommended you take Chem and Calc for first semester and i’m wondering if Honors physics on top of that may be too hard.</p>
<p>I had Ivan Furic (Russian, no worries, you’ll be able to understand him) as my teaching assistant for PHY2048 (Physics with calculus). He was one of the best teaching assistants I’ve had at UF. He really knows his material and encourages input from the class rather than just lecturing to you. </p>
<p>He actually wants people to understand and has a really great way of putting things into perspective…</p>
<p>On the other hand, I felt he challenged our small section more than the other ones in PHY2048 since we had harder quizzes, but looking back, it wasn’t that bad.</p>
<p>He even graduated from MIT with his PhD!</p>
<p>**</p>
<p>If PHY2060 doesn’t conflict with the PHY2048 section you would take, then you can add both and drop one of them before drop/add period ends after the start of classes.</p>
<p>A kind note to those who practice holding classes for others, depending on certain circumstances, dropped classes are not always put into the pool of available classes to everyone immediately, so while someone may hold a class, then drop it for you, you may not be able to see it until some random time after.</p>
<p>According to the letter my D got asking her to consider taking this class, they made it fairly clear that if you’re interested and the class is full to let them know. They’d find a way to accommodate, i.e. opening another section. So, I’d say if you’re closed out and you want it, let someone know. There were phone numbers on the letter that you were to call.</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>P.S. From any who’ve had or know about this: she wants to sign up for Calc III 1st semester. Would these two classes cause craziness. She won’t take the chem; she’s tested out, and as she’s probably going MechE she won’t need additional chem. She’s considering math and mechanics as minors. She’s one of those kind of kids who’ll fret more over the diversity requirement class than an additional upper level math class, if that helps.</p>
<p>Wow zebes, taking Enriched Physics and Calc III the same semester is pretty hardcore! I’m actually planning on taking that load myself but only because I want to take Quantum Mechanics and Lin. Algebra as soon as possible so I can get favorable placement in a quantum theory project research group. I’ve just resolved in my mind that I’ll probably be a hermit my first semester.</p>
<p>This is what I see when I attempt to add the class (not that I need it…) but for the preview folks, it’s possible they could open more seats, but remember if Ivan is the only one teaching it, it is going to be limited to what he can teach in the classroom. I’ve seen the classroom’s and they can only hold about 30 people.</p>
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<p>Since I’m not in the honors program at UF I get this error:</p>
<p>This section is restricted to students in the Honors program. If you have questions, please contact that office at 392-1519. </p>
<p>However, I’ve seen situations where people not in the honors program are invited to take some sections, especially if the main ones are full.</p>
<p>OH Dangit!</p>
<p>I’m really worried about getting a seat now. My preview date is July 8-9 which means that 5 groups of UF students will have had the opportunity to register by the time I do. Oh dear…</p>
<p>It’s possible that they will limit the amount of seats per preview session so that every preview session has an equal opportunity at getting it.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I can remember but when I had Preview last year, you could add/drop classes up until that day ended. Otherwise you would have to wait until drop/add.</p>
<p>I took this class last fall…I would definitely recommend it! I had Furic as well, and he was definitely a good teacher. He grades very fairly, and he does tons of cool demos in class (almost every day). As far as physics professors go, he’s way cool. The majority of people in the class got an A. </p>
<p>If you got a letter, they should have room for you. When you sign up for an honors class, they reserve it for you so it doesn’t matter when you go to preview. Also, when I signed up for it officially at preview, it had -16 seats left, and there were at least 40 kids in my class.</p>
<p>Zebes/iridethewave:
I took enriched physics and calc 3 my first semester at UF as well. Got a 4.0 GPA. Definitely doable. Enriched physics doesn’t require much outside work…there are about 10 questions of online homework that you have a week to work on. Calc 3 is actually pretty easy, too, and I LOVED that class…favorite math class to date (I’m a math major). And don’t worry about not having a social life, I still found time to be a part of the SHO executive board, honors ambassadors, have a job, do research, and hang out with friends a lot. 
Plus, some of my best friends at UF are my study buddies from PHY2060.</p>
<p>^^^
Kaitlinc3, </p>
<p>Thank you sooo much! You’ve really helped us with our decision. I seriously hope we can get her into both the calc 3 and the enriched physics class. We’re kind of confused by this whole honors class choice thing, however. They had her choose 7 classes that she “could” take for an honors class in the fall, and they told her it would be done lottery/computer style in picking. She also hadn’t received the letter about the enriched physics invitation before choosing those 7 classes so she didn’t choose it as one of her seven, even though she would have. You’re a math major, huh? Mind if I go OT for a second and pick your brain. LOL. What do you want to do with your major? D’s first love is math, second is physics, and she’s chosen MechE as a major because she’s not really sure what else to do, I think. She doesn’t want to teach math, wouldn’t have the patience. PM me if you have a chance and wouldn’t mind … would love to talk. :)</p>
<p>zebes, guessing this will all get handled next week at preview</p>
<p>Went to preview this week and D and one of her roommates who also got the physics letter set up a meeting with Yoonseok Lee, the man who signed the letter. He’s an advisor to physics students as well as being a professor. My d signed up for the class after talking to him. He answered all her and her friend’s questions, gave them a tour of the classroom (contrasting it, btw, with the regular physics I classroom) and a tour of the lab. I guess because they asked questions and he had time, he also showed them his research area. So, my d, who’d been assigned h calc 3, opted out of that into regular cacl 3 so she could take the honors enriched physics 2060. He suggests you wait and take the lab spring semester because it covers physics 1 and physics 2. 2060 is also offered in the spring, but no guarantee you’ll get Furic teaching then (we’ve heard lots of good things about him). This class can be taken with Calc 3, and he believes that’s no trouble if you’re up to calc 3, obviously. It can also be taken concurrently with calc 2, but as it uses calc 2 in the class, you shouldn’t take it with calc 1. He doesn’t suggest taking calc 3, phsyics 2060 and chemistry 2. My D asked. LOL He said that this school has this thing called a “football team,” and you might want a life. <g> Oh … as far as the lab goes, he did say that the lab is completed in class (2 credit hours because phys 1 and 2 lab together), so there’s no outside class lab reports, etc. So, D if she decides she wants chem 2, which she might not need, can take it in the spring and won’t be doing two sets of lab reports, etc., outside class. I think that was it … can’t remember off the top of my head all he said.</g></p>
<p>zebes</p>
