Electrical and Electronic Circuits

ECE 376 covers electrical and electronic circuits, teaching analysis techniques for resistive, first-order, and AC circuits, including op amps and transformers.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Joseph Andrews, Paul Milenkovic, Steven Fredette: Workload varies by instructor. Paul Milenkovic assigned long, tedious Moodle assignments. Steven Fredette and Joseph Andrews use a flipped model where students complete homework and exercises in class, with some noting daily quizzes or self-study requirements.

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Prerequisites

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MATH 222 and (PHYSICS 202, 208, or 248), or member of Engineering Guest Students. Not open to students with credit forE C E 230.

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Paul Milenkovic: Paul Milenkovic is described as brilliant but ineffective, with lectures moving too fast and office hours being unhelpful. Reviewers cite awkward behavior, irrelevant lecture content, and a lack of engagement, though some note homework is doable and labs are standard.

JOSEPH ANDREWS is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

STEVEN FREDETTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2025. 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

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Joseph Andrews, Steven Fredette: Reviews for recent instructors are sharply divided. Some praise Steven Fredette for caring and fairness, while others criticize his flipped classroom and lack of teaching. Joseph Andrews receives uniformly negative feedback for not teaching and poor classroom management.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 2.96 GPA, 41.7% A/AB (n=96 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.93 GPA, 47.1% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.98 GPA, 39.6% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Joseph Andrews, Paul Milenkovic, Steven Fredette: Workload varies by instructor. Paul Milenkovic assigned long, tedious Moodle assignments. Steven Fredette and Joseph Andrews use a flipped model where students complete homework and exercises in class, with some noting daily quizzes or self-study requirements.

Historical reviews of Joseph Andrews, Paul Milenkovic, Steven Fredette: Experiences range from supportive to frustrating. Steven Fredette is praised for answering questions quickly and teaching fairly, but criticized for outdated lectures and lack of feedback. Joseph Andrews is criticized for not teaching, being absent, and creating a noisy environment.

Topics

  • Resistive circuit analysis and equivalent circuits.
  • Operational amplifier circuits.
  • First-order circuits with capacitors and inductors.
  • Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, phasors, and power calculations.
  • Mutual inductance and transformers.

Skills

  • Analysis of resistive, first-order, and sinusoidal steady-state circuits using nodal/mesh analysis, superposition, and Thevenin/Norton equivalents.
  • Analysis and design of operational amplifier circuits.
  • Calculation of complex power, power factor, and analysis of transformers and mutual inductance.

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 3 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 · 0.11 GPA average error.

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