Professor Williams is one of the clearest lecturers I've encountered so far in the ECE department. His lectures are pretty well structured and could give students a good perspective of how semiconductors work. However, I found the materials to be a little bit dry since I personally did not find semiconductors to be an interesting subject. Aside from that, simply judging this class by the effectiveness of the professor's teaching, I would say this class contains extremely important knowledge, and could be a fun experience for some students. This class consisted of four quizzes and a final paper (no final exam nor midterms) for my quarter due to Covid, which may seem like more work than typical quarters. However, the grading scheme is pretty generous, and as long as students put in the work, getting a good grade wouldn't be an issue.

Just writing his notes, plus too many words instead of equations. Could have just printed out the stuff before the class and explain it in details during the class.

Professor Williams is a great lecturer who gives lots of good intuition and examples for pretty difficult subjects. I would definitely recommend taking him for 2H, because I think it really gives you a strong basis for all of semiconductor classes. Don't be scared off by the honors part, it's really not that much more work than a normal class and the grading is actually more generous.

Ben Williams is a great guy; I took EE 2 with him this quarter because he was teaching it (I took 101 with him last quarter). I love how he goes slowly during lecture so you have some time to process what he is teaching. He always answers your questions, and he knows what he's talking about. He always prepares lectures and posts them online afterwards.