Fall 2026

Electronic Circuits I

Electronic Circuits I covers modeling and application of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Srdjan Milicic2.7/5Shuva Mitra

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Some reviewers characterize the course as one of the most unnecessarily difficult they have taken, citing dense lectures, illegible handwriting, and exams that are heavily weighted and unrealistic compared to teaching.

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Prerequisites

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(E C E 203 and 230) or member of Engineering Guest Students

ECE 340 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Srdjan Milicic

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Raw average: 1.96/5 from 24 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: 2.5/5 raw quality · 4.6/5 difficulty · 15 reviews

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Srdjan Milicic faces criticism for dense lectures, illegible handwriting, and exams reviewers find unnecessarily difficult and misaligned with teaching. Students describe him as dismissive, unapproachable, and lacking engagement or accountability for learning struggles.

Other reviewers praise Milicic as an enthusiastic lecturer who makes concepts accessible through clear lectures and review sessions. These students found exams fair and homework simple if they attended class, noting he values feedback and helps during office hours.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 2.64 GPA, 31.7% A/AB (n=63 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.93 GPA, 44.6% A/AB (n=65 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.76 GPA, 32.1% A/AB (n=84 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=78 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Christopher Demarco: Christopher Demarco provided clear lecture notes and fair tests, though his reading-heavy style and lack of problem-solving focus reduced attendance. Reviewers noted the course is test-heavy with challenging exams, but grading remained fair for those who studied.

CHIRAG GUPTA is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRISTOPHER DEMARCO is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANIEL VAN DER WEIDE is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HONGRUI JIANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LUKE MAWST is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PAUL MILENKOVIC is recorded teaching in Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

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

WILLIAM N. HITCHON is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2015, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZHENQIANG MA is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2012, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. 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 Instruction68 / 6916
LEC 002Classroom Instruction88 / 1000

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Student experience

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Srdjan Milicic’s teaching style generates polarized reviews, with students describing him as either an amazing, caring lecturer or a condescending, difficult instructor. Experiences range from finding exams fair and helpful to viewing them as unnecessarily difficult and poorly aligned with lectures.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.10 GPA, 43.8% A/AB (n=105 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.08 GPA, 49.0% A/AB (n=151 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 84.4% A/AB (n=109 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Some reviewers characterize the course as one of the most unnecessarily difficult they have taken, citing dense lectures, illegible handwriting, and exams that are heavily weighted and unrealistic compared to teaching.

Positive experiences highlight that attending lectures and office hours is crucial, with some noting that exams are fair and homework is simple if students engage with the material and attend review sessions.

Topics

  • Semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.
  • Diodes, bipolar and field effect transistors, and non-ideal op-amps.
  • Linear amplifiers.
  • Frequency domain characterization.

Skills

  • Modeling and characterization of semiconductor devices.
  • Developing circuit-level models for diodes, transistors, and op-amps.
  • Analysis and design of linear amplifiers.
  • Frequency domain characterization of transistor circuits.

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 · 0.26 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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
ECE 340 · Fall 2026

Electronic Circuits I

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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