Historical reviews of Irena Knezevic, Nader Behdad: Irena Knezevic assigns long homework and challenging exams that are often too long for the time given. Nader Behdad’s class is not a pushover, requiring significant time on homework to understand concepts for exams.
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Raw average: 1.59/5 from 29 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.
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Daniel van der Weide is not listed in the provided reviews, so no specific summary can be generated for him based on the supplied evidence. The current instructor is Daniel van der Weide, but the reviews are historical.
HAIHAN SUN is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
IRENA KNEZEVIC is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
JOHN BOOSKE is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
NADER BEHDAD is recorded teaching in Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
WILLIAM N. HITCHON is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2010, Fall 2011. 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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Section
Mode
Enrolled / capacity
Waitlist
LEC 001
Classroom Instruction
24 / 60
0
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Historical reviews of Haihan Sun, Nader Behdad: Recent reviews for Nader Behdad and Haihan Sun describe the course as manageable and engaging, with passionate instruction and fair grading. These instructors are praised for their passion and student support.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.17 GPA, 56.5% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.55 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.17 GPA, 62.8% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Irena Knezevic, Nader Behdad: Irena Knezevic assigns long homework and challenging exams that are often too long for the time given. Nader Behdad’s class is not a pushover, requiring significant time on homework to understand concepts for exams.
Historical reviews of Haihan Sun, Irena Knezevic, John Booske: Students report that John Booske’s simplified examples can cause confusion, while Irena Knezevic moves through lectures very quickly. Conversely, Haihan Sun is praised for making the class not difficult if students pay attention in lecture.
Topics
Electromagnetic fields
Electromechanical systems
Magnetic circuits
Plane wave propagation and reflection
Transmission lines and impedance matching
Skills
Analysis of static and dynamic electromagnetic fields, plane wave propagation, and reflection.
Application of transmission line theory, impedance matching, and Smith chart usage.
Evaluation of forces, work, and magnetic circuits in electromechanical systems.
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A48.8%48.8%
AB14.0%14.0%
B11.6%11.6%
BC7.0%7.0%
C4.7%4.7%
D11.6%11.6%
F2.3%2.3%
Grades over time
Through Fall 2025
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Fall 2025 · all course levels
3.173.17GPA
Higher than 99% of other courses
in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
4343letter grades
More recorded grades than 2525% of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: 70.070.0 letter grades.
About this comparison
1320 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
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.