Fall 2026

Digital System Fundamentals

Covers digital system fundamentals including logic components, Boolean algebra, and computer organization design.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Setareh Behroozi3.8/5Julie Hsiao

Summary

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Homework is challenging and time-consuming, but attending discussion sessions and collaborating with groups makes the class much easier to manage.

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A andE C E/​COMP SCI 252

COMPSCI/ECE 352 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026
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Raw average: 3.83/5 from 40 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 3.2/5 raw quality · 3.0/5 difficulty · 6 reviews

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Setareh Behroozi is praised for knowing students' names and caring about their success, with helpful discussion sessions that clarify challenging homework. Reviewers recommend attending these sessions to access complex examples and group collaboration.

Critics report that Behroozi is difficult to reach via email, often taking days to respond, and lacks flexibility with assignment deadlines. Some also cite issues with outdated course content and a flipped classroom model that did not meet expectations.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.35 GPA, 57.7% A/AB (n=78 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.35 GPA, 57.6% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.30 GPA, 64.4% A/AB (n=87 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.32 GPA, 63.9% A/AB (n=36 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Eric Hoffman, Mikko Lipasti: Mikko Lipasti is praised as a smart, caring professor who teaches well and makes the course engaging. Eric Hoffman receives a negative review criticizing him for not teaching in class and ignoring student needs.

AZADEH DAVOODI is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2010, Fall 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERIC HOFFMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSEPH KRACHEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JULIE HSIAO is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATHERINE MORROW is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL MORROW is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MIKKO LIPASTI is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2019, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SETAREH BEHROOZI is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

XINYU ZHANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YU HU is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Spring 2012, Fall 2015, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction7 / 1150
LEC 002Classroom Instruction8 / 1150
LAB 301Classroom Instruction1 / 220
LAB 302Classroom Instruction4 / 220
LAB 303Classroom Instruction1 / 220
LAB 304Classroom Instruction2 / 220
LAB 305Classroom Instruction1 / 220
LAB 306Classroom Instruction3 / 220
LAB 309Classroom Instruction1 / 220
LAB 310Classroom Instruction2 / 220
LEC 001Classroom Instruction108 / 1151
LEC 002Classroom Instruction66 / 1150
LAB 301Classroom Instruction23 / 240
LAB 302Classroom Instruction20 / 240
LAB 304Classroom Instruction21 / 241
LAB 303Classroom Instruction22 / 240
LAB 306Classroom Instruction21 / 240
LAB 305Classroom Instruction23 / 240
LAB 309Classroom Instruction23 / 240
LAB 310Classroom Instruction21 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Reviewers describe Setareh Behroozi's class as highly supportive, noting her care for student success and helpful discussion sessions that clarify complex material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.20 GPA, 51.0% A/AB (n=151 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.39 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=176 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.31 GPA, 64.2% A/AB (n=123 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Homework is challenging and time-consuming, but attending discussion sessions and collaborating with groups makes the class much easier to manage.

Students report frustration with slow email responses, inflexibility regarding makeups, and outdated video content.

Topics

  • Logic components and Boolean algebra
  • Combinational logic analysis and synthesis
  • Synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic analysis and design
  • Digital subsystems and computer organization design

Skills

  • Combinational logic analysis and synthesis
  • Synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic analysis and design
  • Digital subsystems and computer organization design

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.10 GPA average error.

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
COMPSCI/ECE 352 · Fall 2026

Digital System Fundamentals

Recorded 2026-09-07
COMPSCI/ECE 352 · Fall 2026

Digital System Fundamentals

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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