Honestly the BEST EE teacher I've had and I'm 5 years deep here. Moloudi actually cares about teaching and every aspect of his class reflects that. Speaks clearly, interacts with the class, explains everything very well.

I went from understanding almost nothing about circuits after taking 110 to mastering transistors. Thanks Moloudi.

Homeworks take a long time... Like 5 hours+ easily. Sometimes more like 12. If you actually do them you'll do very well in the class.

Lectures are extremely worth it. This man is a teacher. He does his job very well.
His lectures are clear and he presents the material extremely well. He went slower at the beginning of the quarter to ensure we would have a good foundation for the rest of the material later on. Other professors like to rush in the beginning of the quarter, thus creating a disparity from the beginning.
Easily, one of the best professors I've had at UCLA.

Professor Shervin Moloudi has been the BEST lecturer I have had at UCLA (currently a 3rd year) _BY_FAR_. During lectures, he'll pause and tell you to put down your pencils and just absorb whatever explanation about theory or other transistor-y things he's about to tell you. He also uses a lot of analogies, explains the motivations behind why we’re learning about the circuit components we run into in class, and in general explains things very clearly (and often times with humor), making the intro analog circuits class very pleasant. I would highly suggest attending every lecture as well because sometimes he strays from the Razavi textbook (like in chapter 4 where BJTs are introduced through the exponential model versus the in class piece-wise linear model) and for the homework and exams you’re expected to do what he teaches in class. He also calls on people a lot, but does it in a friendly and guiding way if you don’t know the answer, so don’t worry if you’re a socially awkward penguin whose heart rate skyrockets to 300 bpm when called on in class, so take it as a learning experience if you don’t know the answer.

The TAs I interacted with (Hao and Amrutha) are very, very helpful and knowledgeable as well, so attending their discussions/OHs is probably a good idea, especially when you’re confused about material or stuck on homework.

The homework assignments are pretty dang long, but really doing the homework (i.e. not copying the solution manual or friends) definitely prepares you for the exams. Always do your homework and try to start it early if possible so you don’t wind up staying up super late the night before and then turn into a zombie during class after you turn it in. One complaint I have about how Professor Moloudi handled the homework would be how for the first midterm, we had to turn in a homework set (8am) the day of the midterm (6pm) and had minimal time to review the homework solutions (although because of the giant class, I’m guessing it was a hassle to reschedule a time and place for a midterm where we could all fit in every other seat, so it might’ve been difficult to push back the midterm from Tuesday to Thursday). There was also a Pspice design project that was pretty straightforward, but try to start that before the day before its due as well or you may run into complications with how it works on the SEASnet lab computers (the project itself is very easy, but getting it to run can be ridiculously frustrating for seemingly no good reason).

The exams are definitely fair, although it is clear that the vast majority of the class just copies the solution manual for the homework and never puts the time into learning the material (40% average on the midterm). Just took the final today, but I’m guessing the class behavior will be roughly the same. By being familiar with the last 3 homework sets and doing the examples he suggested us do on our own from the textbook, you should be able to cleanly get at least 75% of the final correct.

While I know that most people crammed into this class (175 students out of an enrollment cap of 100) to avoid Abidi (47 students out of an enrollment cap of 100 in Fall 2011), I think some people expected a cakewalk because they lucked out by dodging the Abidi bullet and just didn’t put any effort into the class, which is unfortunate because with just a bit of work, the course is a very easy “B” and a reasonable “A”, especially with such a huge class.

Overall, two thumbs up for Moloudi. Even considering taking EE 115B because of him and this how 115A went (despite not being in the IC pathway).

Lectures are clear and organized. Very worth attending. Exams are fair but still a little difficult. As long as you do the HW's you'll be fine on the exams.

He gets mad when people walk in late though.