Prof. Cui is a new professor, and it was his first time teaching this class. Overall the material was very dry, but he did a good job making the lectures engaging. The homework was very reasonable, and if there were problems that many people were struggling on, it would be removed. Some of the later homeworks got more difficult, and became a bit of a time crunch. Midterm was very easy, and the final was quite a bit more difficult, but it was graded pretty leniently.

Professor Cui teaches the class well, despite class getting boring at times. He was accommodating on homework and the exams were not too bad.

This was clearly Professor Cui's first time lecturing. I will say that some lectures focused too much on theory/derivations and lacked examples, while others did the opposite. However, during Office Hours, he was quite helpful whenever I was unsure about a topic. He did record lectures, though they were sometimes blurry, and he also uploaded lecture notes before and after lectures. He is an accommodating professor, as evidenced by lenient grade cutoffs and two grading schemes. In my case, he was also kind enough to issue a PTE for not taking CSM51A/ECE M16. Just make sure you have taken 10, 11L, and 102.

The midterm exam was reasonable and followed the same format as the homework and practice midterm, with two of the three questions nearly identical to the homework and practice midterm. I found the final exam to be more difficult, but not impossible. I found the practice final to be useful in studying, but I would definitely make sure to go over homeworks. Homeworks aren't too bad and are pretty straightforward.

Once you learn LaPlace, it will stick with you and play a huge role in your homework and exams. So that is definitely a topic to master because it will help you approach other problems such as two-port networks, transfer functions, bode plots, and general circuit analysis.

Overall, solid class. I feel like I learned a lot and it was pretty rewarding.

[EDIT]: Insanely generous curve! An A- was about a raw score of 80 or better. Impossible to fail.