ECE-526
SEMICON DEVICES FOR IC
Not in 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 enrollment6–17
Semesters of data3
4.7
Hrs / week
36
Responses
36
Enrollment
100%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.1
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.5
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.3
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.5
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 73 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
This course was very difficult and Dr. Roy clearly knows the content extremely well. The course was device based. I learned about BJTs, MOSFETs and MOS capacitors. All three devices extremely relevant to my current research. We learned a lot about the current state of the semiconductor industry, while also semiconductor physics and complicated device structures.
Fall 2023 · Roy, Tania
MOS Device physics, theory, and application.
Fall 2023 · Roy, Tania
I learned how to draw band diagrams for different devices, how to think about current in devices, and how voltage effected devices
Fall 2023 · Roy, Tania
1. Fundamental knowledge of pn junction. 2. Fundamental knowledge of bipolar junction transistor (BJT). 3. Fundamental knowledge of MOSFET.
Fall 2023 · Roy, Tania
Basics of semiconductor devices
Fall 2023 · Roy, Tania
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Roy, Tania 3.4Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.4Difficulty3.4Would retake59%Based on 17 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 5.0 | 13 |
| Fall 2024 | Roy, Tania 3.4Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.4Difficulty3.4Would retake59%Based on 17 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 17 |
| Fall 2023 | Roy, Tania 3.4Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.4Difficulty3.4Would retake59%Based on 17 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 6 |
Instructor
Roy, TaniaELEC&CMP
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