Professor Shervin explains the material very clearly than any resources so going to the class is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT !! Do the home and practice them before the test especially before the mid term because the mid term questions are mostly related to the homework still do not get lost on the concepts. The final is hard but still doable if you get enough practice on the homework. I don't think professor Shervin curves the grades so if you did bad on the mid term, you have to be ready to scarify your self for the final.

Moloudi is the best professor I’ve ever had.

* Moloudi is a very clear and straightforward lecturer. His lecturing style involving calling on random students to answer questions. Don't be too alarmed! He tries to help students if they don't know the answer to his question. He has a very...dry way of talking, so he can come off like an asshole, but I don't think it's that deep.
* Tests are fair, have some old test questions, have some homework questions. Best way to study for exams are old tests, lecture exercises, and homework.
* Homework can be tedious. DO NOT TRUST CHEGG ANSWERS. I don't know how many people I've seen scribble down random Chegg answers, but most of the online solutions to the homework are wrong. Just do the work yourself, and I promise you it isn't too terrible once you find the method to the problems.
tldr; He's a clear, incredibly fast-paced lecturer, and his style/personality are not going to be everyone's cup of tea. TAs will probably be easier to ask questions to rather than him because they're usually more approachable. Tests are challenging but fair.

Moloudi is a strict, no BS kinda guy. He's the type to call out people he thinks aren't paying attention or those he knows the names of. He's a good lecturer and has helpful analogies to explain difficult concepts. His homework is KILLER though. (at least I found it to be lol) The exams have some similarities to his previous exams, but they're still difficult. Honestly don't really know how I clutched an A- in this class, but bless the curve I guess? I would definitely recommend creating study groups and keeping up with the material because it's HARD.

I think Moloudi is a decent lecturer, but it's sometimes difficult to keep up with him especially when you are scrambling to write everything down in lecture. There is a 10 minute break in which he actually is writing on the board the entire time so it's not really a break. I really wish this class was bruincasted as I think it's sometimes difficult to follow. This would allow students who aren't good at keeping up in class the ability to replay at home.

There was one midterm and the average was 70. I did slightly below average. I thought it was relatively fair. Two questions similar to homework, one a bit more difficult, and the last one was hard.

The final was extremely stressful to study for as Moloudi told us that everything would be covered on the final when in fact it was only post-midterm stuff. Last bit of material was a bit crammed. It seems like Moloudi really wants students to actually use their brains when approaching this class. He is that kind of professor. Kind of a dick sometimes because he really wants everyone to know their shit. He also says there is no curve, but I highly doubt this is the case as too many people would get D's and F's. The final overall was extremely difficult and everyone I was studying with pretty much thought they failed. Still haven't received our grades in this class yet, but I'm expecting around a C+ assuming I do a little below average again.

My advice to you in this class is to start the homework early and go to TA office hours and professor's office hours....there are some problems which can be quite tricky. Also, if you want to ace the class, make sure you go to every lecture and review the notes after every lecture. He really does test from his lectures. There may be a problem or two which takes concepts from lecture.

Moloudi is easily one of my least favorite professors that I've had at UCLA. His lectures sway back and forth from covering essential material to absolutely pointless, nonsense. He will tell the strangest analogies that do not have any relevance to the class whatsoever. He would constantly walk into class 5 or 6 minutes late and then get made at people who came in right after he did. Would not recommend.

Grades only on the Final scores! So Beware

Pretty great. The class is always at 8AM so its a bit painful but Prof. Moloudi emphasizes alot of intuition and uses metaphors for teaching. He doesn't give extremely computational tests. Midterm was a rehash of hw and lecture examples, and the final was trickier. His final is 55% and Midterm 35%. The HSPICE lecture has a quiz at the end.

Moloudi is a very direct and no-nonsense lecturer. He expects everyone to show up to lecture and take detailed notes even during online learning, not guaranteeing that all the lectures would be recorded (though in our case all of them ended up being recorded). He writes things out on a tablet/whiteboard and doesn't use slides. His examples and explanations are very clear however and you can learn almost everything you need by paying good attention in lecture.

Homework assignments were taken out of one of the textbooks (but still relevant to the lecture material) and could end up being pretty long, remember to start them in advance. Grading on the assignments was fairly lenient and it's not hard to get good marks.

Moloudi likes to write his tests out on a single sheet of paper (or a single page that he screen-shared with Zoom in our case), so the raw problem count isn't that high, but you need to be able to quickly recognize how to solve the problems, and then solve them with little delay. There's not much computation required and on the final no calculator was needed. Midterm had a series of true/false theory questions, final had no theory questions. The tests are fair in terms of difficulty provided that you really understand the problem solving processes from the homework, when reviewing you should ensure that you can solve the problems on your own without peeking at the solutions. Partial credit is fairly generous so write something for every problem.

The syllabus says that he doesn't curve the class, so I wouldn't count on a curve being able to save you from poor test percentages, but I found the overall difficulty to be fair and it's possible to bounce back from an eh score on the midterm.

Moloudi is just a really fantastic lecturer. There are a lot of times when he simply says "put down your pencils and actually listen to me" and he communicates complicated concepts very well. Homeworks and tests are tough but fair, and I came out of this class very satisfied with what I learned. Pace of the class is also very good.