Abari taught well and was very thorough in his teachings. His exams were very straightforward and some students may even say easy.

Taking m51A with Professor Abari was a great experience! His lectures were very clear, and he made every concept feel simple and intuitive. The midterm was very easy and straightforward, and almost everyone received an A. However the final was a lot harder than the midterm, which threw a lot of people off. Most of the final was straightforward, but the last few questions were pretty in-depth and tricky, so be prepared to study and do practice problems for the final. Overall, the homework was fair and not too time-consuming and the lectures were very helpful. The tests were fair and I found the class to be engaging and enjoyable.

The lectures are clear, and for my quarter frequently was shorter than 2 hours. Abari does not post annotated lecture notes to BruinLearn to incentivize class attendance. The lecture before exams are a review session (and does not get annotated slides posted). I did not feel that the discussions were that helpful. Assignments are assigned every other week, with roughly a week to complete the assignment. Each assignment has 10 problems, and are fairly lengthy. There are some things you need to memorize for exams, which are on shorter than some of the other exams I've taken. You cannot bring a cheat sheet to exams, so there are some things you need to memorize (i.e. flip-flop and transistor excitation tables, how to do K-Maps, boolean algebra, gates).

His bruinwalk is overrated. He does not care if you understand or not. Asking questions during the exam is prohibited. TAs never reply on piazza until like two days later. I got higher than the average on final and midterm but still got a B+ because of homework. 10 points on the homework is 1% of your total grade. so each homework is worth 10% so be sure to get it all correct.

It’s a hard class but Prof. Omid Abari makes it easy with his genius charm. He is always smiling when teaching this stuff which says a lot about his passion and knowledge of the topics. This is the only class I looked forward to attending lectures over Zoom. Prof’s smile is contagious, it gets you to smile and design gates in a happy environment. He teaches at a wonderful pace and asks at least several times if there are any questions before moving on. There are smart professors and there are great professors. Prof. Abari is both. He is smart and knows how to properly pass on his knowledge in a very friendly manner, making you smart as well. 10/10 would recommend, Prof Abari is a rare creature in a sea of monotone professors.

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This class was insanely straight-forward. Pay attention to lecture, do the homework, that's it. The homework is worth 100% of your grade and there are 10 of them. They vary in weight from 7%-12% of your grade depending on length. They were not tricky, but they were a challenge.

Abari is a really nice professor, though this was one of his first classes so he was still finding his groove. He is very compassionate towards students and was very helpful and patient when answering questions.

Taken during covid quarter. Ten homework assignments over the quarter, each about 10% of the total grade.

The professor was a really nice guy and he explains the material clearly. I highly recommend taking this class with him. I had no issues with him or my ta.

Great class :) No exams, only 10 hw which is assigned every week. The TAs were very helpful in explaining the concepts and giving hints. The professor is very understanding of the current situation we're all in and still be able to teach us some cool concepts.

Abari is was such a great professor!!! His lectures were very simple and straight to the point while still being engaging (ofc I did listen in 2x speed, though). My favorite part of every class was when he would share youtube videos of research projects; they were always so interesting and motivating. The homework was not too long and very doable. I would recommend looking at discussion slides every week because usually they go over a little thing he didn't say in class that is applicable for the homework. With that said, I didn't find discussion super necessary.