<p>Has anyone taken stats 105? Hows the workload and the curve for the class if you had Prof. Xu? Also, did anyone take ee141 last quarter? How was it? Thanks</p>
<p>for what BoelterHall said about waiting to take ethics because i won’t really know what engineering is about…is that a big factor in not taking the class? do 2nd years ever take it? im leaning towards keeping that class because it’ll offset the other 3 science classes a bit by having writing and such</p>
<p>boredomhall: Stats 105 is a piece of cake. It’s basically knowing the right formula and how to use it at the right time (open book/open notes midterm and final). I got an A without studying too much. However, I don’t think he curves the class. If i remember correctly, and he might have changed this, 90%+ was an A. The midterm and final was pretty easy so getting above this shouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>I also took 141 last quarter. Tabuada changed the course a lot from the previous Spring quarter. By change I mean that he made it much more difficult. Also he doesn’t curve the class but uses a fixed grading scale, which is a bad thing in an upper-div EE course and especially since the midterm and final were pretty difficult (average was around 66 and 54 for the Midterm and Final respectively). I was rank 17 and got a B+ and I was on the edge, so people below me got Bs and lower…which means lots of Cs and Ds as well. I am posting the grading scale he used last quarter:</p>
<p>A+: 93.75%-100%, A: 87.5%-93.75%, A-:81.25%-87.5%, B+: 75%-81.25%, B: 68.75%-75%, B-: 62.5%-68.75%, C+: 56.25%-62.5%, C: 50%-56.25%, C-: 43.75%-50%, D+: 37.5%-43.75%, D: 31.35%-37.5%, D-: 25%-31.35%, F: below 25%.</p>
<p>silly101: I don’t agree with BoelterHall about 183 at all. That class has nothing to do with Ethics, but is more of a history course. It is EXTREMELY easy and most people stop going to class after a while as it’s basically Weltman reading from the powerpoint slides. Midterm and Final is a lot of writing but it’s not too bad as you get to use your slides and book. I took it my first quarter at UCLA and ended up with an A. However, from what I have been hearing from friends who took the class recently they have changed the class, but regardless, the class has nothing to do with Ethics. It’s just another BS class UCLA requires you to take. Take it and get it over with. It’s a good GPA booster IMO.</p>
<p>I agree with Citan. I mean the noble intention of eng183 is to help put the implications of your engineering education into perspective when it comes to the real world, where real people will be affected by your work. However when it comes to the course itself, you’ll find that unfortunately it becomes more a GPA booster/sleeper class than anything else. I did find some of the lectures extremely interesting but could not stand the history lessons which turned out not to even really appear on the exams.</p>
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<p>Oih that does not sound pleasant at all -___- and here I was actually excited about taking the course this quarter.</p>
<p>Go with what Citan said, since you want to do some writing. The course is now ‘Limited to sophomore/junior/senior engineering students’, so some of the infrastructure might have changed.</p>
<p>The only reason I’d suggest 183 recommended, not required, more coursework was that you have a share to do in the research paper and some technical writing. If you want to write something more meaningful than B.S, then more exposure and being older helps a little. But if all you want is an A, then keep the class.</p>
<p>fatedreality: I would take it with Tabuada…because the alternatives (Balakrishnan and Levan) are worse.</p>
<p>Citan - are you by any chance under the new catalog year requiring a specified pathway (microwaves/antennas, circuits, photonics, etc)? And if so which one are you doing?</p>
<p>fatedreality: Im in Systems and Signals pathway</p>
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oh wow!! you’re the first person I’ve “spoken” with who’s in that pathway…most I know are or have chosen to do circuits, but I plan to stay far far away. I just can’t decide between antennas and microwaves and signals and systems. Mostly because I haven’t been able to find out the quality of the teaching in those two pathways…how are you liking it? and is it a lot of matlab? I was actually super excited about signing up for ee114 but it conflicted with ee141 this quarter lol.</p>
<p>I’d been planning on taking EE132A also this quarter with Lorenzelli but just found out that he’s been replaced by BALAKRISHNAN. Bruinwalk is really sketchy regarding this guy so I don’t know if he’s worth keeping since I know Villasenor is teaching the course in spring.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my only other alternative is EE121B with Chui. I’m a little worried about taking this course since I’ve been told that it’s a lot better to take EE115A first before diving in to this material and I only just finished EE110.</p>
<p>Thoughts? Should I stick with EE132A with this prof or might it be better to go with Chui, who I hear is one of the better profs for EE121B? Thanks!</p>
<p>fatedreality: Actually a majority of my friends are Systems and Signals, so I’m not the only one. Systems and Signals gives you a lot of flexibility in course choices. For example, next quarter I’m taking 121B, 114, M116L and 122L (this course is not part of the pathway and I’m only taking it for my own curiosity), which are completely unrelated courses. Whether or not you use Matlab depends on your professor, but as far as I know if you are EE you should have encountered Matlab by now, and frankly it’s not that difficult of a thing to learn.</p>
<p>If you were to ask me, I would go with Chui. There are a couple of reasons for this. First is that in Spring 121B might be taught by Woo, who is notoriously difficult and Chui’s material is mostly conceptual and my friend who took him last Winter found the class to be relatively moderate in difficulty, an evaluation which for a Semiconductor class is damn good. Second Balakrishnan sucks as a professor. My friends who took 141 with him HATED him, and let me again put emphasis on the word HATE. One of my friend got a D in that course. I hope that tells you something about him. I personally took 132A with Villasenor and that course was pretty difficult but he was a great professor, if he’s teaching again in Spring I would take it with him. </p>
<p>I don’t think 121B has anything to do with 115A. 115A is mostly circuit analysis, and you barely go into detail about the theoretical aspects of the semiconductor components. 121B is where you learn the theory behind them, and 115A is basically…voltage division. I don’t think taking 115A is a pre-requisite for taking 121B.</p>
<p>Thanks so much Citan…I think there’s a good chance I’ll be dropping ee132a and sticking with ee121b then…I guess I’ll see you in the class :)!</p>
<p>Hi guys, </p>
<p>I got a D in one of my EE courses and I was wondering what the process is to repeating a course. Do I have to take the course again the immediate following quarter or can I take it instead in the spring? Thanks</p>
<p>well if the course in which you got the D is a pre-requisite for any of the courses you are enrolled in for winter quarter, you have to take it the next quarter. I suggest to take it again asap even if it’s not a pre-req. course</p>
<p>HAHHA. TheEd, are you edwin?</p>
<p>Citan- Have u taken 113D since you r doing system and signal. If you had, how was it? Also, just wondering who you took ee101 with. Thanks.</p>
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<p>Since this isn’t a matter of opinion, get an authoritative answer by asking a counselor in the Student Affairs office instead of relying on anything said here. With that caveat, my understanding of the rules is this:
(1) Since you got a D, you passed the course, so do not have to repeat it.
(2) Since you got less than a C, you may repeat the class if you want to (and haven’t repeated 16 units yet).
(3) You can repeat a class at any time; it doesn’t have to be in the following quarter.
(4) It’s officially irrelevant if the class is a prerequisite for some other course, since you passed it. Of course, that subsequent class may well depend on your having a good grasp of the material in the prerequisite, so you might want to repeat it to learn the material better.
(5) If you’re on some kind of probation, or that D put your quarter or cumulative GPA below 2.0, your counselor may require you to sign a contract whose terms might include retaking the course this quarter, although that’s unlikely, since you passed the course.</p>
<p>boredomhall: Yea, I just took 113D this past quarter (Fall 2008). Easy A as long as you finish your project (pretty much the entire class got As, except the ONE group which didn’t finish and the lowest grade in that group was a B+), which for my team was relatively easy. The class was fun and I learned a lot. The class is basically working with a TMS320C54x DSP chip which you learn to program using assembly.</p>
<p>I took EE101 with Ozcan. EE101 is one of those classes which people generally don’t like but Ozcan was relatively alright. As a Professor he stinks but his grading makes up for it.</p>
<p>Hi guys, quick question that’s probably been asked many times already, but what’s easier:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105A or Chemical Engineering 102A? (both are Thermodynamics)</p>
<p>The prof for Chem 102A is Yunfeng Lu and the prof for MAE 105A is Ravnesh Amar.</p>
<p>Could anyone (preferably with experience) recommend me the better class to take? I’m a Materials Engineering major btw.</p>