UCLA Engineering Q&A

[imrightuarewrong]

<p>Anyone in EE 115A last quarter get their grades back yet? Seems like nothing has been done and we still don’t even have the final grade, hoping to get the grade in the next few days…</p>

[lajolla3]

<p>Can I have some advice from CS/CSE majors?</p>

<p>1) Is math61 necessary in CS180? Do you think it’s possible to take them concurrently and still be fine in CS180?</p>

<p>2) Next quarter, I’m taking four classes, including CS 131, so I want my fourth class to be as easy as possible… I’m choosing between CS 174A (TERZOPOULOS) and CS 180 (GAFNI). Which one is a better choice? Both professors have harsh reviews on Bruinwalk, so I’m kinda scared. Can you please compare CS 174A and CS180 on difficulty?</p>

[grapesoda]

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Can I have some advice from CS/CSE majors?</p>

<p>1) Is math61 necessary in CS180? Do you think it’s possible to take them concurrently and still be fine in CS180?</p>

<p>2) Next quarter, I’m taking four classes, including CS 131, so I want my fourth class to be as easy as possible… I’m choosing between CS 174A (TERZOPOULOS) and CS 180 (GAFNI). Which one is a better choice? Both professors have harsh reviews on Bruinwalk, so I’m kinda scared. Can you please compare CS 174A and CS180 on difficulty?

1. It’s not strictly necessary, but taking it will help you pick up some of the material faster. It’ll help you with things like proofs and basic graph theory.</p>

<p>2) They’re both reasonably tough for different reasons. 174A has programming assignments which can take a while to do. 180 has homework that’s not easy if you want to do it right, and there are legitimately tough problems that you’ll have to spend some time to get comfortable solving. Neither class is what I would call “easy” and both are pretty heavy on theory. I’d say that 180 is a “harder” class, but 174A might be more time-consuming.</p>

[arklogic]

<p>You want to take 180 with a good professor. The material you learn is very practical.</p>

[lajolla3]

<p>I will probably go with the more time-consuming and relatively less practical CS 174A. Thanks for your informative replies, grapesoda and arklogic!</p>

[wifey99999999]

<p>Eggert is awful… wait until Majumder is teaching CS 130…</p>

[grapesoda]

<p>Rupak’s in Germany this year. So you would probably have to wait over a year to take 130 with him.</p>

<p>Eggert’s not bad. His classes tend to be more work, but he’s a good lecturer.</p>

[MetalFace]

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@fatedreality

EE121B with Professor Chui will be tough but definitely not that bad if you’re willing to put effort in (but I guess that should be true for most eng classes eh ). BruinWalk | Professors | Chi Chui On
I would say that review is pretty spot on. </p>

<p>The only thing I would say is that the book wasn’t TOO helpful - what you really want to invest in is the EE2 course reader by Viswanathan. I cannot STRESS this enough. If you have it - awesome! If not - GO GET IT. It’s a fantastic refresher of EE2 which is definitely crucial if you want to do well in his class. The very beginning of the course will be focused on reviewing the stuff from EE2 so you don’t want to be clueless.

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<p>The [url=<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Solid-State-Electronic-Devices-6th/dp/013149726X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293863503&sr=8-1]Streetman[/url”>http://www.amazon.com/Solid-State-Electronic-Devices-6th/dp/013149726X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293863503&sr=8-1]Streetman[/url</a>] book did a good job covering all of the EE 2 material, but not so well for the EE 121B stuff. Chui summarizes that book in his PowerPoint slides, and he adds additional stuff too. I recommend the [url=<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Semiconductor-Physics-Devices-Donald-Neamen/dp/0072321075/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293863547&sr=1-1]Neaman[/url”>http://www.amazon.com/Semiconductor-Physics-Devices-Donald-Neamen/dp/0072321075/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293863547&sr=1-1]Neaman[/url</a>] book as reference because it covers some topics a lot better. However, I prefer the [url=<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Device-Electronics-Integrated-Circuits-Richard/dp/0471593982/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293863615&sr=1-1]Muller[/url”>http://www.amazon.com/Device-Electronics-Integrated-Circuits-Richard/dp/0471593982/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293863615&sr=1-1]Muller[/url</a>] book because it goes more in depth than the others. I never liked the Viswanathan reader, I just felt it was sloppy.</p>

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@fatedreality

Agreed with imrightuarewrong regarding EE110L and EE115A. The only thing I can add about EE110L is…don’t bother devoting hours and hours to the lab reports like you might be tempted to (or not). From what I saw…the entire class almost always got full credit (with a difference of just a couple points between the top score and lowest). The 3 quizzes you take throughout the quarter is really what’s going to determine your ranking, and hence final grade in the class. Usually the people ranked 1-4 at the end of the quarter will be getting the As.

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<p>I agree not to spend too much time on the lab reports i.e. formating, fancy graphics, thesis style explanations, etc., just focus that it is concise and meets their requirements. I would focus on the quizzes because they determine your grade so pay attention to the lecture portion of lab, read the manual, and remember stuff from your lab experiments.</p>

[automath]

<p>Does anyone know how many years of experience you need (in CA) for you to take the PE exam? I heard some say 2 and some say 4 but I’m not sure. I do know that my degree counts as 4 years of experience but I don’t know how many work exp. years I need</p>

[kirbyrock]

<p>Is anyone here a chemical engineering taking the biomolecular option? I’m basically looking for any information I can about the major. What does it deal with? What makes it different from bioengineering?</p>

[bngo92]

<p>Hey does anyone know what the essay for the change of request major should be about. I’m trying to switch to CS&E</p>

[wowow12345]

<p>Does anyone know if ESAP Acceptance letters come earlier than the normal UCLA Graduate admission?</p>

[grapesoda]

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Hey does anyone know what the essay for the change of request major should be about. I’m trying to switch to CS&E

Just write about your interestes why CSE is a better fit for you than your current major and how it won’t alter your plans to graduate on time. It’s not a big deal as long as your grades are good.

Does anyone know if ESAP Acceptance letters come earlier than the normal UCLA Graduate admission?

From what I’ve heard, admits all come at the same time. Maybe someone can verify?</p>

[BoelterHall]

<p>ESAP:</p>

<p>You get it in form of an email, whenever you are eligible. So you will know before you apply for graduate admissions.</p>

[bngo92]

<p>I got 3.43 fall quarter and am looking at about 3.5 this quarter, higher if I can pull off Chem 20L. How am I looking? Thanks</p>

[grapesoda]

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I got 3.43 fall quarter and am looking at about 3.5 this quarter, higher if I can pull off Chem 20L. How am I looking? Thanks

You should be fine.</p>

[kael136]

<p>Anyone knows which CS class offered in Spring that is theory-based . I’m choosing one to take along with CS33</p>

[grapesoda]

<p>Well the traditional theory classes are CS 180 and CS 181. Neither is necessarily easy. Why theory in particular?</p>

<p>Some other classes that could potentially fall under the theory-heavy category: CS 161 and CS 170A</p>

[wifey99999999]

<p>CS 180 is much harder than CS 181. </p>

<p>Avoid Gafni at all cost…</p>

[UCLABruin]

<p>Would it be a bad idea to take two CS upper divs (with only one other class) during the first quarter in which one takes an upper division course?</p>