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Chandrasekhar Joshi
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I think a lot of people might have a hard time with him because of the material itself and maybe his accent. I had the fortune of having taken Corbin for Physics 1b during the summer quarter before, so most of the electrostatics of the course was still fresh and I didn't have to study as hard as many others. It's hard stuff so I don't think its all Joshi's fault. His accent might be a little hard for some people who haven't had and Indian professor, but I took a few classes already with thick accents so it wasn't difficult. You do learn quite a bit and although he does go by the book, he doesn't give you something completely out there. Honestly, I was swamped with so much to do that I self-studied most of the quarter. Re-did homework questions, took my own notes, in preperation for his quizes and midterms. His lectures are more like supplements to the book, which are a very good thing, alot of the time the book gets confusing and convulted, so going to his lectures then reading over the book and taking your own notes would improve your understanding. He does not give cheat sheets for any of his exams, but i recommend actually writing a cheat sheet anyway to study. And practice being able to derive different formulas, like energy from capacitance, vice versa, potential from Electrical field of a cylinder, spheres, etc. TA's are really just luck the the draw. Some ridiculous stuff happened this year so some people got screwed over if they were in a back section. But Brad, one of the TAS, was amazing, he had like 4-6 hour office hours and he's fun, approachable, and doesn't mind rexplaning things until you understand it. I don't think that there really is an easy professor for EE1, its hard all together, but if you learned Physics 1b well (from corbin probably best), it wont be impossible. His exams are lonng, his quizes are long, too long for a twenty minute period despite being MC. Good luck! And if anyone wants to buy my book, I have the seventh edition, international, works fine for the course and has all the questions ;].
I think a lot of people might have a hard time with him because of the material itself and maybe his accent. I had the fortune of having taken Corbin for Physics 1b during the summer quarter before, so most of the electrostatics of the course was still fresh and I didn't have to study as hard as many others. It's hard stuff so I don't think its all Joshi's fault. His accent might be a little hard for some people who haven't had and Indian professor, but I took a few classes already with thick accents so it wasn't difficult. You do learn quite a bit and although he does go by the book, he doesn't give you something completely out there. Honestly, I was swamped with so much to do that I self-studied most of the quarter. Re-did homework questions, took my own notes, in preperation for his quizes and midterms. His lectures are more like supplements to the book, which are a very good thing, alot of the time the book gets confusing and convulted, so going to his lectures then reading over the book and taking your own notes would improve your understanding. He does not give cheat sheets for any of his exams, but i recommend actually writing a cheat sheet anyway to study. And practice being able to derive different formulas, like energy from capacitance, vice versa, potential from Electrical field of a cylinder, spheres, etc. TA's are really just luck the the draw. Some ridiculous stuff happened this year so some people got screwed over if they were in a back section. But Brad, one of the TAS, was amazing, he had like 4-6 hour office hours and he's fun, approachable, and doesn't mind rexplaning things until you understand it. I don't think that there really is an easy professor for EE1, its hard all together, but if you learned Physics 1b well (from corbin probably best), it wont be impossible. His exams are lonng, his quizes are long, too long for a twenty minute period despite being MC. Good luck! And if anyone wants to buy my book, I have the seventh edition, international, works fine for the course and has all the questions ;].
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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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