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Prof: Patrick Mercier / Spring 2025

Jan 16, 2026

Comments on the course

Excellent course on digital IC design. Heavy workload of assignments and labs, but they make you learn the material very well.

Course Content

Highly useful before taking grad level digital ic design classes.

Comments on the professor

Excellent prof. the course lectures are available on youtube, but the course rigour helps solidify the concepts. Had amazing TAs too, so made learning very fun.

Advice

Read the West and Harris book (available as a free pdf) for part you dont understand. The class content closely follows the book, although the lectures are sufficient.

School: UCSDCourse: ECE 165Delivery: In personGrade: AWorkload: HeavyTextbook Use: Yes
Assignment HeavyExam HeavyProject Heavy
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Class Ratings

4Good Class
1Very Hard
3Kinda Interesting
5Very Useful

Professor Rating

2Bad Prof

Prof: Drew Hall / Fall 2025

Jan 16, 2026

Comments on the course

Very difficult course, super hectic workload. The professor assumes you already know most of the material, and the pace of the class is insanely fast after the midterm. There's a midterm, long weekly homework, a final, and a difficult final project. No time to breathe. It's one of those courses you need to take if you're interested in Analog circuits, but the structure of the course and the professor will give you PTSD. I still have nightmares where I feel like I missed the assignment deadline by a minute.

Course Content

Incredibly useful stuff covered in the course, however, I wish the prof spent more time going over things more slowly. I lagged behind the class pace quite a bit.

Comments on the professor

Arrogant, know-it-all types impatient. Not very approachable outside of class. However, knows his subject matter very well.

Advice

Know your ECE 102 and ECE 100 equivalent material VERY VERY well. Else you will struggle A LOT.

School: UCSDCourse: ECE 164Delivery: In personGrade: CWorkload: Very HeavyTextbook Use: No
Assignment HeavyProject HeavyExam Heavy
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Class Ratings

2Bad Class
2Hard
1Very Boring
1Useless

Professor Rating

2Bad Prof

Prof: Jacob Mahla / Fall 2025

Jan 16, 2026

Comments on the course

Overall, the course was poorly managed, expectations were inconsistently applied, and communication from the instructor was unreliable, which negatively impacted my academic performance.

Comments on the professor

The instructor stated that I missed one day of class, which is incorrect. I attended every class session. He also told me that my grade for two assignments would be updated to reflect 100%, but this correction was never made. Additionally, I received an unusually harsh grade on the final review presentation, despite the fact that I attended office hours multiple times and contacted both the instructor and the TAs repeatedly via email for guidance. The instructor ultimately did not follow through on several commitments he explicitly stated.

School: UMNCourse: ARCH 2301Delivery: In personGrade: A-Workload: Heavy
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Class Ratings

5Amazing Class
4Easy
5Very Interesting
5Very Useful

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5Amazing Prof

Prof: Rollins, White, Folimonova / Fall 2025

Jan 16, 2026

Comments on the course

Great class, no assignments other than preparing for a weekly journal discussion. Most exams were open note and could be taken over several days.

Comments on the professor

Rollins and Folimonova were fantastic, White was disorganized and went off on tangents.

School: UFCourse: PLP 6502Delivery: OnlineGrade: AWorkload: Very LightTextbook Use: No
Exam HeavyParticipation Heavy