ECE-520
GRAD INTRO QUANTUM ENGINEERING
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that teaching clarity stands out. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
DepartmentELEC&CMP
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment12–16
Semesters of data3
5.8
Hrs / week
21
Responses
44
Enrollment
48%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.6
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.9
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.7
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.3
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysismedium
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 18 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that teaching clarity stands out. 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
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
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
Things I learned: - Deeper understanding of quantum computing algorithms - Quantum Hardware architecture of trapped ions and superconducting - How to read a scientific paper
Fall 2024 · Brown, Kenneth
Basics of Quantum Computing are all covered, which is excellent. Learnt pretty much about the entire stack. Have taken similar course at different institution, but that course did not really dig deep into real Quantum Computing.
Fall 2024 · Brown, Kenneth
- basics of quantum computing - real world survey of quantum hardware in its current state - quantum error correction basics
Fall 2024 · Brown, Kenneth
I learned a lot about the fundamentals of quantum computing. We covered various algorithms, hardware platforms and touched a little on error correction.
Fall 2024 · Brown, Kenneth
1. Fundamental principles of quantum computing 2. Several important quantum's algorithms 3. Several path of physical realizations for quantum computing
Fall 2024 · Brown, Kenneth
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Brown, Kenneth 4.5Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.5Difficulty4.0Would retake100%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 3.9 | 16 |
| Fall 2024 | Brown, Kenneth 4.5Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.5Difficulty4.0Would retake100%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 12 |
| Fall 2023 | Brown, Kenneth 4.5Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.5Difficulty4.0Would retake100%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 7.8 | 16 |
Instructor
Brown, KennethELEC&CMP
Also teaches
ECE-621 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION4.5