<p>Who is easier/better for EE 115AL: MESGHALI or BABAIE?</p>
<p>heard babaie was the one to take for ee110l (over mesghali)…but yeah don’t have any personal experience with either.</p>
<p>do yo need to take 110 before 110L? on the website it say requistes: 110 or 100. but then it says enforced requisites: 10 or 100. confusing…?</p>
<p>Requites are courses you should take before the subsequent course, but it is not enforced. Enforced requisites will be more strict. If you haven’t taken those courses, you shouldn’t enroll.</p>
<p>In this case, you should have taken at least EE 10 (for EE majors) or EE 100 before taking EE 110L. It is recommended that you also take EE 110 before 110L as well, but it is not required (meaning you can take them concurrently if you want …).</p>
<p>It’s better to have two circuit analysis courses before taking EE 110L, in my opinion for EE students, but students who only taken EE 100 (non-EE) do fine as well.</p>
<p>The EE 110 requisite is enforced depending on who you take it with. I know that Baghdasarian does enforce it. He makes you show him that you have taken EE 110 or EE 100.</p>
<p>Hello. Second year MAE major here. So far I’m taking CS31 and MAE 103 in the Spring. Not sure if I should take 1 or 2 additional solid classes. </p>
<p>I’ve heard CS31 is very time consuming. I had a little Java in H.S. but that’s all. Someone here also ranked 103 as 8/10 in difficulty. </p>
<p>I’d like to graduate in 4 years, but don’t want to die and/or go lower than my current B’ish average.</p>
<p>What say you, wise people? What else should I take?</p>
<p>Take one more course (105A or 102), and if you want to take the fourth course, let it be a GE. MAE 103 is one of the first courses (along with 105D) where you learn that engineering is not finding a formula and plugging in values (what you might have thought you could get away with in the Physics 1 series).</p>
<p>Fluid Mechanics is an important class … the concepts are important … you might be shocked that it can be a difficult class especially while doing problem sets.</p>
<p>how much work is cs 35L? im trying to decide whether to take it for fun since i have a 2 hour gap on monday and wednesday so that class fits in perfectly… but on top of that i am still taking cee 103, 110, mech e. 103 and math 33b… is it a bad idea to add cs 35L to the list? (keep in mind that im only taking it because i think it might be interesting, since im not a cs major so it doesn’t really satisfy anything besides unit count lol)</p>
<p>also i found out that my mech e, cee 110 and math 33b finals are on the same day back to back to back… should i drop one of those classes or is it possible to petition to take the final at another time?</p>
<p>the first few projects in CS35L took me quite a bit of time. i suggest you enroll and do the first assignment and see how you feel. if you catch on to UNIX fairly quickly, you may enjoy it.</p>
<p>I’m a second year ee major taking cs m51a / ee m16 (logic design) this quarter and I really don’t like the class and I’m sucking at it so I’m thinking of switching majors to cs. The class is under both the ee and cs department though so I’m curious whther the class reflects the material in cs more or ee more. </p>
<p>Also, I’m curious how ee upper divs compare to cs upper divs. It seems to me that ee is all circuits, which I don’t like. How much programming is involved in the ee and how much in cs? Is the cs major hard because of the programming involved or something else?</p>
<p>Lastly, how hard is it to switch majors from ee to cs as a second year who’s a bit behind with mediocre to poor grades (Bs and Cs, no As). I’m also curious why cs 32 is considered a “weeder” class when the median score on every assignment is a 95 (taking it currently). What is the grade distribution in cs 32 in general? in cs m51a? lastly, how much harder are cs 33 and cs upper div classes than cs31/32/m51a?</p>
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<p>I’ll speak from an EE major’s (general path) perspective. Personally I detested CSM51A (more because of the professor than the actual subject though) but once I got through it I honestly haven’t revisted much of the material at all…in fact CSE majors have to take the circuit lab corresponding to digital logic whereas EE majors on the general pathway don’t</p>
<p>I also detest circuit classes with a passion so I’m actually happy to say that as a 3rd year, I haven’t really had to take that many (EE10, EE110, and EE115A are the only ones that come to mind). I’ve actually really enjoyed most of the other EE classes I’ve taken :] whereas CS to me is way harder because of the never-ending projects and just how long they take. I’ll let the CS/CSE majors on the board comment on everything else heh. But programming in EE is pretty much limited to a end-of-quarter project for some of the classes (but it’s always been in MATLAB or PSPICE (circuits)) and they’re not that bad at all.</p>
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It might be a bit tougher for your major switch petition to be approved, but give it a shot if you’re interested.</p>
<p>CS32 is considered a “weeder” course because on the midterm, final, and harder projects, the average is nowhere near 95. But, at the same time, there are people very capable of getting 95 on everything. So that’s where students generally get separated.</p>
<p>CS 33 is a bit harder than CS 32, mainly because it’s different and debugging an assembly language program takes a lot longer. Upper division classes are generally all harder than CS 32.</p>
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The class reflects the material in cse or EECS because you’ll need it for future design labs and upper divs. You won’t have to worry about it if you go straight CS.</p>
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EE programming is mostly done through MATLAB (not too hard to learn) while CS upperdivs require you to learn a variety of languages (CS131 uses Python, Scheme, Prolog, OCaml, Java with Eggert and other upper-divs may use C/C++, Lisp, etc.) Other CS upperdivs include algorithmic analysis and yeah…mostly programming projects.</p>
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Generally, the breakdown for the weeder CS classes is: CS32 is 2x harder than CS31, and CS33 is 3x harder than CS32. This is the GENERAL assumption but may vary between student preferences.</p>
<p>And what grapesoda is correct…although the median may be 95 for the projects, the ones who are getting lower than say 70, are generally weeded out. Also, the average scores for the exams are definitely lower than ~80.</p>
<p>I have a schedule conflict in Spring quarter for Physics 1B. Witten is full and closed (no wait list). Malkan’s final exam is immediately after my MAE101. Gekelman’s final exam is the exact same time as Math 32B. is it possible to get into Whitten’s class? do I just show up the first day and beg? what aoub discussion group?</p>
<p>Even if you hate circuits, everything you do as an EE is related to circuits so you will have to deal with them for as long as you stay in EE. </p>
<p>For some reason the Integrated Circuits pathway is very popular right now. I think it’s mostly because of the low math and physics requirement. Which pathway are you doing fatedreality?</p>
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<p>When I took Whitten’s 1C course, he allowed anyone in as long as there were enough seats in the instructing classroom. Seeing that 1B will be in PAB 1425, I believe he will let up to 10-20 more in at most. Show up to class the first lecture and he’ll announce what will happen. He is pretty flexible. I remember in 1B, there was up to 225 students enrolled (although Whitten did not teach that quarter). Lectures accommodated everyone, but not exams, so this is why they would very much like to restrict to the quota (late arrivers had to sit on the floor to take a midterm … sucks).</p>
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Suck it up … back to back is pretty normal.</p>
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<p>No it is not! Avoid if you can, otherwise good luck with that ****.</p>
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<p>I hear the professors for that pathway are much better than say the ones that teach for Antennas and Microwaves (which I’d been thinking about going for). But I think I’m set on the Signals and systems pathway :] and yourself?</p>
<p>you think back to back is bad… next quarter i have 3 finals monday back to back to back with no choice to change lectures (all three are the only lectures and 2 of them are offered once a year)</p>
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<p>I was thinking of MEMS or Solid State. I’ve also been thinking of choosing the Antennas and Microwave pathway because a lot of companies (i.e. Lockheed, Northrop, Qualcomm, etc.) seem to be looking for people with some RF background.</p>
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<p>You’re *<strong><em>ed. You don’t even have time to take a *</em></strong> break. :(</p>