ECE-331L
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Term
Overview
Feedback is mixed. The clearest upside is that teaching clarity stands out. The ratings are softer than the more upbeat comments might suggest. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
DepartmentELEC&CMP
Terms offeredSpring, Fall
Typical enrollment12–20
Semesters of data3
6.6
Hrs / week
19
Responses
46
Enrollment
41%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
3.2
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
3.4
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
3.3
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
4.0
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 56 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mixed. The clearest upside is that teaching clarity stands out. The ratings are softer than the more upbeat comments might suggest. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Teaching clarity stands out; students repeatedly say the material is explained clearly and effectively.
Tradeoffs
• The numeric ratings are soft even if the comments do not converge on one dominant complaint.
Best fit for
Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
1. BJT circuits 2. CMOS circuits 3. Logic circuits
Spring 2024 · Fair, Richard
Circuit Design, PSPICE simulations, small signal analysis
Spring 2024 · Fair, Richard
How device parameters are related to behavior of simple transistor circuits like amplifiers, inverters, and memory Learning (by rote practice) how to think about your degrees of freedom in a solution: what needs to be identified explicitly, what needs to be guess-and-checked and what can be ignored What approximations you must always make to make progress in a given analysis
Spring 2024 · Fair, Richard
I learned about two of the major families of transistors (BJTs and MOSFETs), and how they can be used to design amplifiers and digital logic circuits. I also learned how to analyze small signal models for amplifiers and how design multi-stage amplifiers to attain certain Op-Amp characteristics.
Spring 2024 · Fair, Richard
MOSFET analysis BJT analysis Small signal models
Fall 2024 · Fair, Richard
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Fair, Richard 3.7Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.7Difficulty3.2Would retake75%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 20 |
| Fall 2024 | Fair, Richard 3.7Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.7Difficulty3.2Would retake75%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 3.3 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 14 |
| Spring 2024 | Fair, Richard 3.7Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.7Difficulty3.2Would retake75%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 2.6 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 12 |
Instructor
Fair, RichardELEC&CMP
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