Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.01 GPA, 44.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.32 GPA, 58.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Electric Circuits and Electronics
Covers electric circuits, electronics, and digital logic analysis.
Summary
1 / 7
Historical reviews of Dan McCammon, Peter Timbie: Reviewers rate the difficulty as high, noting that lectures are scattered or disorganized, requiring significant independent study to understand the material.
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Prerequisites
Course mapPHYSICS 202, 208, 248 or graduate/professional standing.
- PHYSICS 202
- PHYSICS 208
- PHYSICS 248
- graduate/professional standing
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Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- PHYSICS 202
- PHYSICS 208
- PHYSICS 248
- graduate/professional standing
Professors
Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Dan McCammon describe him as knowledgeable but note that his lectures can be scattered and demanding. Reviewers suggest he expects students to grasp significant material independently.
JOHN SARFF is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PETER TIMBIE is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. 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 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 44 / 46 | 0 |
| LAB 301 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 12 | 0 |
| LAB 302 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 12 | 0 |
| LAB 304 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 12 | 0 |
| LAB 303 | Classroom Instruction | 9 / 12 | 0 |
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
Historical reviews describe the course as difficult with poor instruction, citing scattered lectures and disorganized teaching that force students to rely on textbooks.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.14 GPA, 56.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.44 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.39 GPA, 63.2% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Dan McCammon, Peter Timbie: Reviewers rate the difficulty as high, noting that lectures are scattered or disorganized, requiring significant independent study to understand the material.
Historical reviews of Dan McCammon, Peter Timbie: Students report frustration with unhelpful lectures, describing them as scattered or disorganized, and note that the textbook is also of poor quality.
Topics
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Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released– average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
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.
4 earlier forecasts · 0.16 GPA average error.
Grades over time
Through Fall 2026
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Where this course fits relative to
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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
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Selected offering source records
Electric Circuits and Electronics
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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Model & dataset provenance
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