Professor Abidi gives great intuition about circuit analysis. He follows a very rigorous proof based approach to develop the theory and gives very clever intuition which made the class very interesting and fun. He was taking his job very seriously which made me take the class seriously and give my best effort. Homeworks were okay with 1 or 2 hard questions on each homework. His midterm and final were relatively hard but you can get a 100% on both if you thoroughly review your lecture notes and make sure you understand the homeworks. A lot of people told me not to take 110H with him because he is insanely hard and condescending. This was not the case for 110H. If anything he welcomed people to ask questions during his office hours and explained the intuition behind concepts I was confused about. His exams and homeworks were fair. Would recommend this class if you really want to develop a rigorous and intuitive understanding about circuits which you wouldn't otherwise.

Probably the best professor I have had so far at UCLA. Don't listen to what other reviews and a certain UCLA EE club has to say about him, they are all wrong, you should definitely take this class!

Abidi's lectures are probably the best I have ever sat through, I learned so much in his lectures about circuit theory. His lectures are in-person, not-recorded, and done on blackboard. None of this matters though, because his blackboard lecture notes are probably the most organized and well-thought-out lectures I've ever seen, and never have I been able to learn so much in the span of just 2 hours. He only has 4 homeworks, in contrast to the 7 common in other classes, and none of the homeworks were tedious or took a particularly long time to do (you can basically start the day before due date, and can finish within at most 4 hours, but usually 2-3). However, they do require a lot of thinking, and its the homeworks where you do a lot of learning, understanding, and serves as excellent preparation for exams. All told, Abidi's 110H was the class with the least amount of work required which I have ever took. All lower-div EE classes require an absurd amount of work, but Abidi's philosophy is to not give unnecessary amounts of work.

On exams, old reviews for Abidi mention how difficult his exams are. That is no longer the case, he has lightened up a lot; at least for our midterm, the median was ~73%, which is really good compared to many other EE classes (and big jump from his previous years midterm averages of <50%). All the questions are definitely doable on his exams if you are meticulous; no trick questions, straightforward questions with no tedious work, but which require you to be intuitive and meticulous about your thinking. If you are still worried, I will mention this: Abidi gives out generous partial credit for wrong answers, but correct process, thinking, or direction (of course, no credit is given for nonsensical attempts, meaningless work shown, or just outright wrong answers). His curve is insanely generous; in our class of 14, at least 5 people, including myself, got A's (almost 40%!). This is far better than the typical curves you would see in normal ECE 110 taught by other professors.

Van Valkenburgh is listed as a reference text for ECE110H, but you genuinely do not need the book, as Abidi's lectures are so in-depth and comprehensive they alone will teach you all you will need to know. Abidi also is wonderful about taking and answering questions; I always bugged him for questions after class, and he would ways stay up to 10-15 minutes after end of class to answer my questions patiently and thoroughly. His personality, by the way, is massively different from what people in old reviews say about him; he has genuinely chilled out, and is much more patient and nicer. I often barged into his office unannounced, even when it wasn't office hours, to bug him about questions I had on lectures or homework, and he would always gladly and patiently answer each and every one of them (probably should not do this though, of course).

Also, shout out to our wonderful TA Mannan. Most amazing, kindest, and humble TA I have ever had at UCLA, he complemented the class so well. His discussion sections were very thoughtful, and he was also amazingly nice and patient about meticulously answering our questions.

To end this review, I just want to say, taking this class was the best decision I ever made here at UCLA. I was almost on the verge of not taking it, since I almost listened to the professional bad advice givers at a certain UCLA EE club. Again, you should not listen to these people, otherwise you are missing out on some truly exceptional classes and experiences. Since I hear he's teaching 10H in Fall 2023, you should definitely take it with him (relatively easy A + being far better prepared relative to peers for future circuits classes)

Abidi's lectures are amazing. I've learned more from Abidi than any other Professor I've ever taken at UCLA. I daresay that overall, he is the best EE Professor in the entire department.
Other people give out horror stories about his unfair grading and asshollery - this is completely false. Professor Abidi is actually a very nice man who's always willing to answer students' questions. His grading for homeworks and exams (he grades exams himself, a rarity at UCLA) was actually very lenient on partial credit, and his curve was very generous.
For workload, Professor Abidi's material learned to work put in ratio is probably the best in the entire department. He only assigned 4 homeworks and each homework was doable in one sitting. However, none of the problems were busywork and they all contributed to my understanding of the material in novel ways.
Professor Abidi should teach a masterclass to other UCLA Professors about how to teach their classes.
I'd also like to mention that our TA, Mannan Jalan, was the best TA I've ever had at UCLA.
To future UCLA EE students considering whether or not to take EE110H with Abidi: I implore you to do it. If you're already interested in circuits, you'll come out of the class with a deeper understanding. If you're not interested in circuits, you'll start to love them as a result of Abidi's class.

Alright, I baited myself into taking this class in winter cuz I thought Abidi would be teaching 115A in the fall and wanted to take it in the spring to avoid that. If I knew he wouldn't, I probably wouldn't have taken this class for credit.

Final grade is determined by 20% HW (4 of them), 30% midterm, and 50% final. Pretty traditional with how he runs the class (chalk on blackboard for lectures, makes you do your hw and exams with pencil and paper).

For his positive points, Abidi is a pretty good lecturer. He explains everything from the ground up, so you gain intuition for all of the content easily from lecture alone. Doesn't record lecture or post notes online, but I would still recommend going to in-person lecture even if he did. Also he has a pretty generous curve at the end (otherwise, I definitely would've failed).

His accent is not very noticeable and his handwriting is extremely neat for an engineering professor. In terms of pure content delivery, he is one of the best out there.

As for his negative points, he is one of the most intimidating professors I've ever had. Although his lecture flow is good, no one really wanted to ask questions as he has quite the remarks for people who didn't get concepts immediately. Rarely does more complex examples for concepts in class since he expects you to think on your own for the HW. Good for intuition, but I was pretty lost on hw and exams most of the time because of that (but maybe don't be like me and start hw the morning it's due).

Also, since two lectures were missed due to holidays, we had a makeup lecture on a Friday later in the quarter. Even with this, we were still behind, and Abidi had to rush through bode plots and polyphase circuits at the end. Not really his fault tho, but those were important concepts on the final and I would've liked more emphasis on them.

In general, if you've read his other reviews, he is still kind of the same (good lectures but huge ego), but his negative points are more toned down nowadays.

Mannan was a good TA. More approachable, and he went through more examples in discussion.

Honestly, if you're not absurdly good at circuits coming into this class and want to save your GPA, I'd recommend asking to audit his section for 110H in winter and taking 110 for credit in spring. I was so happy to just pass this class after taking the final.

This class is very, very hard. The professor is very, very good. If you want to learn a lot, then take this class. If you don't give a ****, don't take this class. He makes you think about the material and digest it on a level that no other class will, but in my opinion, it is so worth it. He has a mildly large ego, but he is also a giant in the field, so you can't really blame him. His homeworks take a while, and his exams are ridiculously difficult (I think I got like a 23/50 on the midterm and idk what I got on the final because he never posted it, but I left half of the test blank at least). In the end, his curve was insane and I somehow got an A. I highly recommend taking this class if you care at all about EE. If you don't, then switch to CS and sellout to SWE .