<p>What’s the general pacing in college for EE textbooks? What I’m asking is, typically, what size/length textbooks are issued and how long do you usually have to read them? In particular, I’m looking at this book:</p>
<p>I’ve been curious about the college EE workload and what the textbooks and workload are like. So, he gave me this book he had laying around to look over and read in my spare time to get a better idea. However, I don’t know if this IS a college-level textbook (It’s 1200 pages, but the print is somewhat large and it seemed too easy/simple to read for a college textbook, so I’m not sure). And, more importantly, I don’t know how much time you’d usually have to read/go through such a book. I’d like to know so I can figure out how the pacing would be to get a better idea of the workload (Like, how many months would you have to read it?).</p>
<p>Can you post your EE (or EE-related) textbooks and how long you have to read them?</p>
<p>It’s highly dependent on what professor and which book. Honestly, in my experience most EE classes are more about doing and applying rather than heavy reading. If a prof is doing a good job explaining the concept, I actually don’t spend a ton of time reading.</p>
<p>Well, it doesn’t have to be READING, per se. Just how much time is spent with the book and the material it covers (How long does the course use the book, and how long does the course last).</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I understand what you are asking. Courses last one semester usually, and the book for the course is used for that one semester. Sometimes a subsequent class may use the same book, but it’s the discretion of the professor.</p>
<p>Hmm…I’m failing to see where the communication problem is. What I’m asking is for how long would this book be used for a class? Would it be one semester, like you said? Maybe one quarter? After you tell me this, how long is one semester or quarter in the context that you’re using it (And thus, I have how many weeks this book would be used, and then I can conclude roughly how the pacing would be)?</p>
<p>Spring/Fall semester is about 16 weeks or so. The summer semester is about 11 weeks. Now keep in mind not all classes cover every chapter in the book. Again it’s highly dependent on the professor and the level of the course (some materials in the book may be too advanced for a given class for example).</p>
<p>As for the book you linked, I looked at the chapter list. It appears to be a one semester book, as it primarily only deals with passive components (RLC, diode, transformer etc).</p>