I took this class with Joshi in the fall quarter of my second year. To be honest, this was the hardest course I have taken so far. They say this class is the EE version of Physics 1C, but it really is 1B all over again, with more vectors and calculus (think Math 32B.)

Joshi assigned homework problems, but they were not mandatory. Therefore, the grade was based purely on exams and quizzes. And to make it worse, Joshi didn't allow any formula sheets, so you've gotta memorize every single equation. And be warned, the exams are nothing like the book problems.

I did fairly well on my first midterm (the averages are around 50% - 60%) but on the second midterm, Joshi had 3 or 4 questions all testing the same exact concept. Which is fine, except I didn't memorize that particular formula, so I pretty much got a 40%.

With that being said, Joshi's style of teaching forces you to learn, even if it means learning on your own. His lectures are decent; sometimes you get lost at a certain point of this one proof and then the rest of the lecture is ruined.
Before entering the final, I was sitting at around 50% percentile. I walked out with a B. But honestly, I've retained so much--much more than Phys 1B where I just crammed everything on a cheat sheet. So although I didn't do so hot, I learned the core concepts that will show up again later (in EE101 for example.)

I took this class in Fall 2012. Professor Joshi teaches really well and you can undertand the stuff pretty easily. Even if you don't pay attention in class you can understand from the book it is pretty explanatory.

I got a B+ in the class and that's because I screwed up the final. You get many chances throughout the quarter to improve your grade (2 midterms and 3 quizzes). The class is hard work though. You cannot sail through it. The papers are kind of easy but only if you know you the topics really well.

His grading curve is not as lenient as the previous comment mentioned. Basically top 25 percent get A. Top 50 percent get B. Pretty normal. But overall his lectures are really organized and solid. Final is not as hard as the midterms and is higly related to the homework he assigned to us. (Only the final is highly related to the homework remember) I would recommend his EE1 class.

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 ;].

Joshi is probably one of the best professors to take EE1 with. I had many friends who took Wang and there were several important topics that they skipped over. At first he seemed hard (it was my first EE class), but after I got into it was not bad at all. He's great in lecture (very organized and articulate), thought possibly a little boring at times. There was no homework though I did poorly on his quizzes (everyone did), but his Midterms and Finals were fair, if not on the easy side. His grading scheme was extremely generous (top 20% A's, next 60% B's). Overall great first EE class to take.

I took Electrical Engineering 1 this fall with Professor Joshi. In terms of course material, the course stayed exactly in line with the established curricula. The lectures essentially followed the book page-by-page. The midterms and final exam did not have any surprises either. Rather, if one had a good conceptual knowledge of multivector calculus, a decent understanding of EM physics, and had memorized all the necessary formulas, then an A was definitely achievable. However, the course was not a truly positive experience. Joshi's lecturing was more of a supplement to the book than the other way around, a fact (when combined with his challenging accent) eventually led me to only attend half the lectures in the second half of the quarter. This was augmented by the fact that he missed two weeks of class and had the TAs teach, a task one of the TAs fumbled to the point of being almost unintelligible. At the end of the day, my good calculus and ability to memorized formulas (Joshi does not allow a formula sheet) got me an A in the class, though not without a good deal of outside work.

Professor Joshi does not seem to care very much about the class in general. he was gone to London for two weeks and several other times. Therefore, he was gone about 1/3 of the quarter and the TA's had to teach the class. The TA's were helpful when it came down to conceptual things about Maxwell's and really took the time to go through the homework in discussions and during office hours. Please do the homework, it was especially helpful for the final exam. This class is very hard because there are only 2 midterms, and one final... The exam problems can be rather unpredictable and be prepared to do tons of independent studying, going to TA's, and reviewing problems from the HW. Study hard!

Professor Joshi is not as bad as the bruinwalk rep says he is.

Yes, it is hard class. His grading system system is tough (all tests, 55% of which is determined by the final) but there is a very generous curve. And yes, his lectures are a little rushed and heavy sometimes, but if you spend some time to review your notes and the book to figure out what is actually going on, you end up okay. This class requires some extra time and thought, it's not an instant "i get it!" type of class.

Another thing everyone needs to understand is that EE1 is a tough class. So you can't hate on the professor if you are struggling with the material and don't want to put in the extra time to learn it yourself.

Also, you can't say the lectures are useless if you stop going to them. Seeing the material a few times and not understanding it is okay. It gets more clear once you review and practice the concepts/formulas. But don't whine about it being too hard if you skip lectures.

Joshi is one of those professors who assumes you already know everything that the class is going to cover. He goes through his so-called examples so quickly that you usually don't get anything out of it. Homework in this class is not too bad, but it does nothing to help you prepare for the tests since the homework he assigns covers only a fraction of the class. For tests, be ready to study and learn everything by yourself and hope you have a good TA.