ECE-550D
FUND COMP SYSTEM & ENGINEERING
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Difficulty runs on the high side even without a single dominant complaint theme. Best for students who can handle a demanding pace without needing constant hand-holding.
DepartmentELEC&CMP
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment25–44
Semesters of data3
7.0
Hrs / week
150
Responses
211
Enrollment
71%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.4
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.4
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.5
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.9
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 210 comments across 6 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Difficulty runs on the high side even without a single dominant complaint theme. Best for students who can handle a demanding pace without needing constant hand-holding.
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
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Instructor ratings are strong even when the comments do not cluster around one obvious positive theme.
Tradeoffs
• Difficulty runs high even when comments do not settle on one dominant complaint.
Best fit for
Best for students who can handle a demanding pace without needing constant hand-holding.
Student Responses
redundancy indirection add cache or buffer
Fall 2024 · Younes, Rabih
- Computer architecture core - Verilog and platform (MIPS)-specific assembly programming - Usage of FPGA harnware
Fall 2024 · Younes, Rabih
1. Gate logic 2. Building a simple processor 3. Memory hierarchy
Fall 2024 · Younes, Rabih
planning ahead for upcoming assignments viewing slides from professors perspective methodical way of approaching certain problems
Fall 2024 · Younes, Rabih
So much!!!
Fall 2024 · Younes, Rabih
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Li, Hai 3.1Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.1Difficulty2.8Would retake45%Based on 11 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 6.9 | 88 |
| Fall 2024 | Younes, Rabih 1.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality1.3Difficulty4.2Would retake4%Based on 25 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.5 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 60 |
| Fall 2023 | Younes, Rabih 1.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality1.3Difficulty4.2Would retake4%Based on 25 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.2 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 63 |
Instructor
Li, HaiELEC&CMP
Also teaches
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