Even though the class is one unit, the workload feels like a 4 unit class but professor Darabi is so understanding, he often told us to go easy on lab reports and as long as it covers all the requirements, it doesn't need to be over 10 pages. His lectures are really really helpful and in details. I took 2 circuit lab classes before this but all the professors expected us to know how to work with equipments, but professor Darabi explained every small and basic steps which made me an expert in circuit analysis.
This class is not all about the instructor, most of the class depends on TA's too which unlikely mine was horrible. So my recommendation : no matter what, take professor Darabi but also make sure you know the TA from your previous classes or you gonna have a hard time in this class

I thoroughly enjoyed this class, and Professor Darabi prepares you very well for Analog IC design. Class is split up w/ a 27.5% project, 27.5% midterm, 43% final, and 3% participation/survey. Homework is totally optional, but was very good practice for exam and project, with 2 written homeworks and 1 Cadence homework. The project is about designing a differential op-amp with certain gain, swing, and bandwidth requirements, and was overall relatively easy to complete, and gives good practice into using Cadence Virtuoso. The class lectures were very comprehensive and insightful, and Darabi did a good job answering questions and building intuition. The exams are not too bad, and he still curves very well regardless. The TA Somanshu was also excellent in giving us additional practice in his discussion sections, as well as being generous to provide extra office hours where we could ask questions. Overall, I would definitely take this class again.

EE 1115A is one of the 8 choose 6 core classes. And typically people take the easier ones and are left with deciding between 115a, CS33, and ee133a. Between those three 115 is the easier one. Darabi is a decent lecturer and because 115 is more formula based than 110 and 10 it makes it easier to not only follow but also understand. The homework’s are really long and take forever. But doing them is the only study material you’ll have since there are no practice exams. The midterm was super tough as was the final. Overall would take again with darabi. The ta’s were fantastic.

I really don't know how to describe this amazing professor. In my opinion professor Darabi has one the best lectures in ECE department. He explains everything from baby steps and he's so caring about the students. He never let a question unanswered and except his normal office hours, he always made an extra one for student who need helps. This class has 4 hw sets with 12 question each, where usually 5 of those are extra credits, if you start early you can finish them way before the deadline, but my quarter everyone got lazy and complained about the workload so he gave us and extra 25% bonus on each hw. His midterm and final are fair but not easy, but again he's so caring that he offered to reduce the midterm weight if we preform better on final.

I love this big beautiful sexy man. One of the best teachers I've ever had, and he taught a very sexy and interesting subject (wooo filters!). So insanely nice and kind and understanding and gives so much extra credit. I would love to take this class again (or any class with him in the future for that matter).

Depending on the time sequence of your circuit-related physics/engineering courses, many concepts may appear elsewhere before (physics 1 series, ECE 3...). In general, this course is a good review and elevation to circuit theory fundamentals. Professor Darabi has a well-structured lecture with examples, but it is still worthwhile to do practice problems from other sources before the exams besides the given examples and homework problems (don't forget to review transformer equations). The textbook is probably the only thing to be improved for this course, as I personally think it is a little bit old (from half a century ago), but as long as you follow the lectures, you do not need it.

Darabi is an excellent lecturer, and I enjoyed the class. However, as implied with the honors notation, this class is more difficult, and goes more in depth than the regular counterpart. There is a curve, and I am likely among those saved by the curve. Darabi handwrites his notes on the whiteboard and does not record lectures for the most part, so it's not as easy to catch up if you miss a lecture, and assigns homework roughly every other week. The homework consists of 6 to 7 mandatory problems, and the rest are bonus questions. The exams are intuitive if you understand capacitors and inductors well, otherwise they are a bit of a pain. Would take another class with Darabi again.

If you liked using the AD2 from ECE 3 well you're in luck because this class uses the AD2 for the entire quarter. You learn about basic circuits (matching the pace with ECE 10/ECE 10H), from voltage dividers, up to multi-order RLC circuits. 4 labs, 4 reports (roughly 8 pages long), assigned every two weeks, with the lab specs for the entire quarter published at the start of the quarter. The labs and reports are expected to be completed by each individual. Lots of people cram doing the lab and the report 48 hours before it's due. You will likely also do that too. If you decide to do the labs early and do the report later, you'll likely have to repeat doing the lab as well. Lab sections are not mandatory, EXCEPT for the days your reports are due, as for my quarter there was a "quiz" and practical demo required for checkoffs. For the checkoffs, I partnered up with a friend, but that policy is up to your TA.

Only dislike is his failure to record lectures.

Darabi is a pretty good professor. His lectures are clear and has a really good intuition of circuit analysis. This class comprised of 4 homework assignments, a midterm, and a final. These are all rather difficult assignments. If you pay attention in class and study the homeworks, you should be able to do well on the exams.