EC ENGR 115A
Analog Electronic Circuits I
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Enforced requisite: course 110. Review of physics and operation of diodes and bipolar and MOS transistors. Equivalent circuits and models of semiconductor devices. Analysis and design of single-stage amplifiers. DC biasing circuits. Small-signal analysis. Operational amplifier systems. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2025 - Many of these bruinwalk reviews don’t give professor Abidi justice. You will grow so much during this class, not just in circuits, but as an engineer overall. This class offers an opportunity to learn from a master in the field, and I really hadn’t taken anything like it. Yes it is hard, and you have to go to every lecture in order to succeed, but it is very rewarding. After taking this class, you can look at a circuit and understand it fundamentally, no need for equations- and circuit interviews for internships and jobs- a breeze! Don’t get discouraged by a lot of the reviews here regarding Abidi, it won’t be an easy A but you dont learn much from an easy A anyway. Would Highly recommend!
Fall 2025 - Many of these bruinwalk reviews don’t give professor Abidi justice. You will grow so much during this class, not just in circuits, but as an engineer overall. This class offers an opportunity to learn from a master in the field, and I really hadn’t taken anything like it. Yes it is hard, and you have to go to every lecture in order to succeed, but it is very rewarding. After taking this class, you can look at a circuit and understand it fundamentally, no need for equations- and circuit interviews for internships and jobs- a breeze! Don’t get discouraged by a lot of the reviews here regarding Abidi, it won’t be an easy A but you dont learn much from an easy A anyway. Would Highly recommend!
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I really do not recommend Chang for any EE class. His jokes aren't as funny as other students make them out to be; in fact, I remember one of his jokes talked about how Mechanical Engineers aren't as hard workers as Electrical Engineers. Even though I'm an EE major, I did not really appreciate that joke because I have several friends majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He does not do much of the teaching in the class; instead, we had to depend on the TA. So, basically, if your TA is good, you will have an easy time in Chang's class. However, if your TA is often late to discussion and confuses students easily, like my TA was, this class will be MUCH harder than what it should be. All in all, avoid Professor Chang if you can.
I really do not recommend Chang for any EE class. His jokes aren't as funny as other students make them out to be; in fact, I remember one of his jokes talked about how Mechanical Engineers aren't as hard workers as Electrical Engineers. Even though I'm an EE major, I did not really appreciate that joke because I have several friends majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He does not do much of the teaching in the class; instead, we had to depend on the TA. So, basically, if your TA is good, you will have an easy time in Chang's class. However, if your TA is often late to discussion and confuses students easily, like my TA was, this class will be MUCH harder than what it should be. All in all, avoid Professor Chang if you can.
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Fall 2019 - EE 1115A is one of the 8 choose 6 core classes. And typically people take the easier ones and are left with deciding between 115a, CS33, and ee133a. Between those three 115 is the easier one. Darabi is a decent lecturer and because 115 is more formula based than 110 and 10 it makes it easier to not only follow but also understand. The homework’s are really long and take forever. But doing them is the only study material you’ll have since there are no practice exams. The midterm was super tough as was the final. Overall would take again with darabi. The ta’s were fantastic.
Fall 2019 - EE 1115A is one of the 8 choose 6 core classes. And typically people take the easier ones and are left with deciding between 115a, CS33, and ee133a. Between those three 115 is the easier one. Darabi is a decent lecturer and because 115 is more formula based than 110 and 10 it makes it easier to not only follow but also understand. The homework’s are really long and take forever. But doing them is the only study material you’ll have since there are no practice exams. The midterm was super tough as was the final. Overall would take again with darabi. The ta’s were fantastic.
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Spring 2020 - Note: Taken online (Covid). As a professor Moloudi is one of the better ones. Both in-person and online lectures are relatively engaging. He's very thorough and generally is pretty clear with explanations. Moloudi is very blunt, but not rude like Abidi can be. I had him in-person for 110H in winter, he does not post slides so it's very important to go to the lecture (which sucks since normally they are at 8AM). Exams are tough but fair.
Spring 2020 - Note: Taken online (Covid). As a professor Moloudi is one of the better ones. Both in-person and online lectures are relatively engaging. He's very thorough and generally is pretty clear with explanations. Moloudi is very blunt, but not rude like Abidi can be. I had him in-person for 110H in winter, he does not post slides so it's very important to go to the lecture (which sucks since normally they are at 8AM). Exams are tough but fair.
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