EC ENGR 10H
Circuit Theory I (Honors)
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Requisites: course 3 (or Computer Science 1 or Materials Science 10), Mathematics 33A, Physics 1B. Corequisites: course 11L (enforced only for Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering majors), Mathematics 33B. Honors course parallel to course 10. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2019 - Very engaging lectures. Prof. Abidi explains the material with tons of passion and got me excited about circuits. He emphasizes approaching the problem and thinking about circuits correctly. His midterm had a very high average, but the test definitely makes you think and teaches you. Since some of his work is in coupled inductors, he emphasizes ideal/nonideal transformers, which I don't think you will get in any other class. Though he can seem a bit intimidating, he bears a wealth of knowledge that he is willing to share. His 11L lab section lectures are also amazing. The final is pretty difficult, since he probes deeper to see what you know. He grades everything by himself, and grades based upon what your thinking is.
Fall 2019 - Very engaging lectures. Prof. Abidi explains the material with tons of passion and got me excited about circuits. He emphasizes approaching the problem and thinking about circuits correctly. His midterm had a very high average, but the test definitely makes you think and teaches you. Since some of his work is in coupled inductors, he emphasizes ideal/nonideal transformers, which I don't think you will get in any other class. Though he can seem a bit intimidating, he bears a wealth of knowledge that he is willing to share. His 11L lab section lectures are also amazing. The final is pretty difficult, since he probes deeper to see what you know. He grades everything by himself, and grades based upon what your thinking is.
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2022 - Depending on the time sequence of your circuit-related physics/engineering courses, many concepts may appear elsewhere before (physics 1 series, ECE 3...). In general, this course is a good review and elevation to circuit theory fundamentals. Professor Darabi has a well-structured lecture with examples, but it is still worthwhile to do practice problems from other sources before the exams besides the given examples and homework problems (don't forget to review transformer equations). The textbook is probably the only thing to be improved for this course, as I personally think it is a little bit old (from half a century ago), but as long as you follow the lectures, you do not need it.
Fall 2022 - Depending on the time sequence of your circuit-related physics/engineering courses, many concepts may appear elsewhere before (physics 1 series, ECE 3...). In general, this course is a good review and elevation to circuit theory fundamentals. Professor Darabi has a well-structured lecture with examples, but it is still worthwhile to do practice problems from other sources before the exams besides the given examples and homework problems (don't forget to review transformer equations). The textbook is probably the only thing to be improved for this course, as I personally think it is a little bit old (from half a century ago), but as long as you follow the lectures, you do not need it.
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