This class picks up where ECE 101A left off. Professor posted prerecorded lectures every week, leaving lecture time for questions. I studied primarily out of the textbook and didn't need to seriously review the lectures except for one specific topic (using transmission line model to calculate coating dimensions). Homework consisted of textbook problems, mostly fine but it's easy to overlook something and get dinged a few points. Exams were proctored on Zoom, you were allowed 1 side of 1 sheet of paper for the formula sheet on the midterm and 2 sides of 1 sheet of paper on the final. I thought the exams were alright. Most of the problems were computational but you needed to know the ideas behind the formulas to choose the appropriate one for the situation.

Midterm average was around 60% and the final average was around 80%. Professor didn't say if she was going to curve or not, but I'm pretty sure she either did curve or adjusted the grade brackets, so I wouldn't panic if the raw scores don't look good.

Overall I think this is a good core course if you were fine with ECE 101A and want to learn more about plane wave transmission, waveguides, and basic antennas.

Professor Jarrahi is very good at communicating and ensures that people truly understand the material. Additionally, whenever someone asks questions about practical applications of subject material, she makes sure to expand on that topic, making the lectures even more engaging and interesting. Overall I don't think the professor does anything bad and would say that the way she teaches this class is fine as is.

Jarrahi was ok. My biggest issue with the class was that the tests had questions that were unclear. Even though I understood the course material, I lost a lot of points because of strange wording leading to unnecessary confusion. The homework was usually really straightforward to understand, so the tests came as a bit of a surprise. The questions weren't that difficult in terms of the math, but some of them tripped me up because they weren't clear. This was especially true of the midterm. It was frustrating that I had received 0 points on some parts because I couldn't recognize what a given value was or how to connect the question to the theory.

Once I saw the solutions manual, I was frustrated because I had studied so hard and had a strong grasp on the material, but in the moment of the test, a small lapse of focus led to a significantly worse grade. I understand that this is partly my fault and that some people in the course had recognized what to do in this problem, but whether or not I had understood the question was irrelevant to whether or not I understood the material. It was unfair that this small mistake reflected so heavily in my grade.

To people considering taking this course, I would still recommend it. The homework is easy and the professor is a pretty good lecturer. This course made much more sense to me than ECE 101A did. The class experience is fine throughout the quarter. The tests decide the grade in the class, so make sure to focus hard on those. You are allowed a cheat sheet. My advice is to spend a lot of time on the cheat sheet. It is the best thing you can do to prepare.

Professor Jarrahi is a very knowledgeable professor, but most of this class is straight out of the textbook. This is good because all of the homeworks are from the textbook, but it can be pretty dry sometimes. Professor Jarrahi is clear in her examples and derivations, and goes over practice problems before the midterm and final, so definitely show up to class on those days. The midterm and final are also pretty reasonable. It's an interesting class if you like electromagnetics.

Jarrahi's lectures are a very dry recap of the textbook with useful problem examples. Homework's are incredibly easy and have a limited connection to the exam. I think the TAs make the exams so really pay attention in discussion, review sessions, and OH to see what material and problem types are focused on.
imo textbook + discussion > lectures.

As long as you actually study and don't rush through the homework and put in the effort to understand the material then getting a solid A is a guarantee. I got pretty lazy and really dropped the ball in the last few weeks which made my grade drop to an A-.

To me at least, I didn't find the material difficult and it was fairly straightforward. It's not as interesting and advanced math-heavy like 101A however. The midterm is fair, only 3 questions and as long as you do the homework and understand the information given from the question, then you will do good on the midterm. When I took this class there was no final due to the COVID-19 situation growing and my class just had a 2-page research report.

Overall, it's a chill class and nothing difficult as long as you do the work (and it's not much). Oh I also skipped all my discussion sessions and I was able to do fine, but I do encourage going to them if you are having trouble. If not, there's no need to go and they aren't mandatory.

The course material only consisted of three chapters. The midterm and final were computational problems rather than deriving proofs. Homework was basically straight from the textbook. For this quarter, all the lectures were pre-recorded for understandable reasons, but that made it harder, at least for me, to stay on top of things. So while the final and midterm both tested reasonable and expected concepts , I didn't study enough to do well on the exams.

Professor Jarrahi is a very nice professor her lecture is very engaging , she lectures straight from the book so you do not have to worry about taking a note, home works are from the book so doing it help to understand the concept, when comes to exam, her exams are supper fair if you attend class and go to discussion you definitely get a good grade.

I'll just dive into the realities of my experience with my class.
* Tests often parallel old exam questions. If they're not old questions, they'll test the same concepts. In preparation for the exam, pay attention to discussion questions and study old exams.
* Homeworks are just from the textbooks, and solutions can be easily found from online resources. Most people will get high marks on this. Homework is busy work and is often not in line exactly with lecture material. Don't bother studying for exams with HW.
* Lectures are very, very dry. Prof. spends time going through all math. Yes, all the algebra. Yes, every little step. Very hard to pay attention. Not engaging in lectures. Tests will not require in-depth derivation knowledge.
tldr; Jarrahi isn't a terrible professor. Class is dry. Having an amazing TA like we did helps.

Every EE major knows this is the easiest class of all the other electives you could pick from. The entire material is comprised of 3 chapters from the E&M textbook used in EE 101A.

You have 5-6 homework assignments and all the answers are available online. Lectures were completely useless and slow. You are better off just reading the 3 chapters of the textbook and doing the homework and that would suffice for the entire quarter. No one attends any of the discussion sections.

Midterm was 2 questions, with the first question having 14 parts in it. Median was a 70. Final was 5 questions. The exams are not similar to the homework at all. The exams are similar to previous midterms from previous years. The Professor attaches similar exam problems on CCLE so it's recommended you study those for the exams.

Score at the median for the homework, midterm, and final and you will get a B+ or an A-.