Spring 2027

Advanced Laboratory

Advanced Laboratory course involving experiments related to required core material in electrical and computer engineering.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Allie3.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Mark Allie

The course relies heavily on oscilloscope usage, and students reported that they could never guarantee completing an experiment on time.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Predict electronic circuit outcomes using equations and simulations

  • Build functional electronic sub-systems

  • Compare electronic circuit functionality to predicted functionality

  • Debug non-functional electronic sub-systems using prediction and measurement tools

  • Repair non-functional electronic sub-systems using hardware corrective techniques

  • Combine electronic sub-systems into an electronic control system

  • Verify electronic system performance utilizing multi-meters, signal generators, and oscilloscopes

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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E C E 271 and (E C E 340 or concurrent enrollment), or member of Engineering Guest Students

ECE 370

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About this rating

Raw average: 2.28/5 from 18 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: 1.0/5 raw quality · 2.7/5 difficulty · 3 reviews

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Past student reviews · Mark Allie

Mark Allie’s lab sessions faced significant logistical challenges, including outdated materials and equipment inconsistencies that caused wasted time. Students reported that the course relied heavily on oscilloscopes, which often prevented them from completing experiments on schedule.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 97.7% A/AB (n=87 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARK ALLIE is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, 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

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 005Classroom Instruction0 / 180

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Mark Allie

This course is a sensor lab where students work with oscilloscopes, though one student noted the experience can be frustrating if equipment from previous sessions is broken.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 97.7% A/AB (n=87 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Mark Allie

The course relies heavily on oscilloscope usage, and students reported that they could never guarantee completing an experiment on time.

Past student reviews · Mark Allie

One student found the class poorly run, citing outdated labs and wasted time when Mark Allie removed assigned work without adequate explanation.

Topics

  • Electronic circuit prediction using equations and simulations.
  • Debugging and repairing electronic sub-systems.

Skills

  • Predicting circuit outcomes, building electronic sub-systems, and debugging non-functional systems.
  • Repairing hardware and combining sub-systems into electronic control systems.

Grades

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About this estimate

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 · 0.08 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 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.

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Selected offering source records
ECE 370 · Spring 2027

Advanced Laboratory

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

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Model & dataset provenance 
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