EC ENGR 10
Circuit Theory I
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Requisites: course 3 (or Computer Science 1 or Materials Science 10), Mathematics 33A, Physics 1B. Corequisites: course 11L (enforced), Mathematics 33B. Introduction to linear circuit analysis. Resistive circuits, capacitors, inductors and ideal transformers, Kirchhoff laws, node and loop analysis, first-order circuits, second-order circuits, Thevenin and Norton theorem, sinusoidal steady state. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2023 - First off, Pamarati is nice, well-spoken, clear, and clearly takes his job seriously. I would be lying if I said he was a bad professor, as he does a great job instructing. With that out of the way, the tests were far harder than the homework, and graded harshly. I knew 3 other students in the class, and the best grade was a C, I know for a fact all of us were putting some serious work in, but it wasn't enough to do good on the tests. Midterm 1 had a mean of 33/50, midterm 2 had a mean of 30/50, and the final had a mean of 46/100. While there is a posted curve, it is set up to ensure everyone passes, you will have to perform well on the tests to get a decent grade.
Winter 2023 - First off, Pamarati is nice, well-spoken, clear, and clearly takes his job seriously. I would be lying if I said he was a bad professor, as he does a great job instructing. With that out of the way, the tests were far harder than the homework, and graded harshly. I knew 3 other students in the class, and the best grade was a C, I know for a fact all of us were putting some serious work in, but it wasn't enough to do good on the tests. Midterm 1 had a mean of 33/50, midterm 2 had a mean of 30/50, and the final had a mean of 46/100. While there is a posted curve, it is set up to ensure everyone passes, you will have to perform well on the tests to get a decent grade.
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2025 - Professor Zhang puts in a real effort in conducting his lectures, and it shows. He spends a lot of time making sure every topic on his slides, every practice problem, every diagram is explained thoroughly as if ECE 3 isn't a pre req for this class. I ended up not going to lecture because of this, I felt the classes were redundant, but if you struggled in ECE 3 or didn't feel you learned much from Briggs then don't feel intimidated my taking ECE 10 with Zhang. The midterm and final are extremely fair -- midterm avg was 70s and final avg was 88.8. HW is 30%, Midterm 30% and final 60%. He offers 2% bonus credit for being in the top 10% of contributors on Piazza, 1% for the course eval, and he even has a "try harder" adjustment to your midterm if you had a 10 - 20 point increase in the final. Overall, professor Zhang is extrememly passionate and meticulate in his lectures and I am happy I had him.
Winter 2025 - Professor Zhang puts in a real effort in conducting his lectures, and it shows. He spends a lot of time making sure every topic on his slides, every practice problem, every diagram is explained thoroughly as if ECE 3 isn't a pre req for this class. I ended up not going to lecture because of this, I felt the classes were redundant, but if you struggled in ECE 3 or didn't feel you learned much from Briggs then don't feel intimidated my taking ECE 10 with Zhang. The midterm and final are extremely fair -- midterm avg was 70s and final avg was 88.8. HW is 30%, Midterm 30% and final 60%. He offers 2% bonus credit for being in the top 10% of contributors on Piazza, 1% for the course eval, and he even has a "try harder" adjustment to your midterm if you had a 10 - 20 point increase in the final. Overall, professor Zhang is extrememly passionate and meticulate in his lectures and I am happy I had him.
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