EC ENGR 101A
Engineering Electromagnetics
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Requisites: Mathematics 32A and 32B, or 33A and 33B, Physics 1C. Electromagnetic field concepts, waves and phasors, transmission lines and Smith chart, transient responses, vector analysis, introduction to Maxwell equations, static and quasi-static electric and magnetic fields. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2023 - Professor Candler is a really good professor. He is a really engaging lecturer and cares about everyone's learning. His lectures are clear and he provides plenty of examples, those in which he goes in depth. The only problem was that the lectures were at 8 am, which can make it difficult to find motivation to attend. Additionally, the lectures are not recorded, but the annotated notes are posted a bit after lecture. The content is basically that of Physics 1B and 1C, but in greater depth with a larger emphasis on the multivariable calc. The grades comprised of: 39% - Final 5% - Quiz 1 5% - Quiz 2 30% - Midterm 20% - Homework 1% - Final Survey The exams are relatively straightforward, with some of the questions being directly pulled from the problem sets. He also gives out plenty of practice before hand, releasing practice midterms/finals as well as study guides, practice problems, and exam reviews. If you can get over the 8 am lectures, I highly recommend taking the class with Professor Candler.
Winter 2023 - Professor Candler is a really good professor. He is a really engaging lecturer and cares about everyone's learning. His lectures are clear and he provides plenty of examples, those in which he goes in depth. The only problem was that the lectures were at 8 am, which can make it difficult to find motivation to attend. Additionally, the lectures are not recorded, but the annotated notes are posted a bit after lecture. The content is basically that of Physics 1B and 1C, but in greater depth with a larger emphasis on the multivariable calc. The grades comprised of: 39% - Final 5% - Quiz 1 5% - Quiz 2 30% - Midterm 20% - Homework 1% - Final Survey The exams are relatively straightforward, with some of the questions being directly pulled from the problem sets. He also gives out plenty of practice before hand, releasing practice midterms/finals as well as study guides, practice problems, and exam reviews. If you can get over the 8 am lectures, I highly recommend taking the class with Professor Candler.
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Fall 2023 - The class itself was pretty easy. Pretty much a review of vector calculus and physics E&M from an engineering perspective with a slight introduction to electromagnetic waves and transmission lines nearing the end of the quarter. The content, especially for electromagnetic waves, sometimes did not seem that intuitive since there were many random Greek symbols flying out of nowhere. However, looking back, it wasn't so bad. Transmission lines and using the smith chart was fun, too (to me at least). As long as you do some extra studying and possibly look at some other online resources, you should be fine. The professor is a great guy, but an okay professor. He's not that engaging, and his lectures are difficult to follow at times. Since he posts his lectures (from COVID) online, you don't have to attend in person, and you'll be able to grasp the same material, since he pretty much goes over the same stuff. HW's, midterm and final were fair and straightforward (and provided a lot of partial credit/lenient grading). Quiz was questionable? I felt that there was some random stuff in there, but that could just be me. However, he does emphasize that he "doesn't like to surprise his students" when it comes to the exams, it does seem like that is the case. Also, if you can't seem to follow along, use the textbook. The slides/content he covers in class are pretty much the same as you'd see in the textbook. Half of his exam questions were also on there, so I'd highly recommend it as a resource when studying. Overall, the class was interesting, the professor was alright, the exams were fair (and I'd say on the easier side), and looking back, I shouldn't have worried about this class as much as I did. I definitely would say this would be one of your easier classes to take in the EE curriculum when taking Sam. I'd definitely recommend!
Fall 2023 - The class itself was pretty easy. Pretty much a review of vector calculus and physics E&M from an engineering perspective with a slight introduction to electromagnetic waves and transmission lines nearing the end of the quarter. The content, especially for electromagnetic waves, sometimes did not seem that intuitive since there were many random Greek symbols flying out of nowhere. However, looking back, it wasn't so bad. Transmission lines and using the smith chart was fun, too (to me at least). As long as you do some extra studying and possibly look at some other online resources, you should be fine. The professor is a great guy, but an okay professor. He's not that engaging, and his lectures are difficult to follow at times. Since he posts his lectures (from COVID) online, you don't have to attend in person, and you'll be able to grasp the same material, since he pretty much goes over the same stuff. HW's, midterm and final were fair and straightforward (and provided a lot of partial credit/lenient grading). Quiz was questionable? I felt that there was some random stuff in there, but that could just be me. However, he does emphasize that he "doesn't like to surprise his students" when it comes to the exams, it does seem like that is the case. Also, if you can't seem to follow along, use the textbook. The slides/content he covers in class are pretty much the same as you'd see in the textbook. Half of his exam questions were also on there, so I'd highly recommend it as a resource when studying. Overall, the class was interesting, the professor was alright, the exams were fair (and I'd say on the easier side), and looking back, I shouldn't have worried about this class as much as I did. I definitely would say this would be one of your easier classes to take in the EE curriculum when taking Sam. I'd definitely recommend!
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Fall 2014 - Professor Joshi is hard. He teaches directly from the textbook which is good! Homeworks are assigned from the textbook but not graded. He gives out two quizzes, each worth 10%. 1 MT and 1 Final. quiz1 10% quiz2 10% MidT 30% Final 50% His quizzes were simple - 1st one covering math32B material because we need to know it. 2nd one covering capacitance. Easy questions. His MT was mainly smith charts. Just be careful! A lot of people aren't and if you do the problems in the book and the assigned homeworks, the MT should be a breeze for you! His final was mostly proofs of equations, and some smith charts. Really tough stuff especially if your foundation for math32B is weak. Luckily for me i spent a lot of time proving the equations to myself when i studied so it wasn't much of a problem. He doesn't ask anything too difficult though. Oh yeah, one caveat - you don't get any cheat sheet for anything. That means you have to memorize MANY equations. It's a headache and this class will most probably be time consuming but it's worth it when you get into 101B because it really builds your foundation for electromagnetics!
Fall 2014 - Professor Joshi is hard. He teaches directly from the textbook which is good! Homeworks are assigned from the textbook but not graded. He gives out two quizzes, each worth 10%. 1 MT and 1 Final. quiz1 10% quiz2 10% MidT 30% Final 50% His quizzes were simple - 1st one covering math32B material because we need to know it. 2nd one covering capacitance. Easy questions. His MT was mainly smith charts. Just be careful! A lot of people aren't and if you do the problems in the book and the assigned homeworks, the MT should be a breeze for you! His final was mostly proofs of equations, and some smith charts. Really tough stuff especially if your foundation for math32B is weak. Luckily for me i spent a lot of time proving the equations to myself when i studied so it wasn't much of a problem. He doesn't ask anything too difficult though. Oh yeah, one caveat - you don't get any cheat sheet for anything. That means you have to memorize MANY equations. It's a headache and this class will most probably be time consuming but it's worth it when you get into 101B because it really builds your foundation for electromagnetics!
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