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Luke Mawst

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Raw average: 2.82/5 from 11 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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What students say

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ECE 340
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
As every review has said, he's extremely boring. The exams were open note, so an easy grade, but it's really easy to cheat yourself out of learning extremely important EE fundamentals. His lectures are reading out of a textbook for an hour, and then ending class 10 minutes early. Take this with somebody who will make you actually learn the subject.
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ECE 340
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Luke is okay... between him and other 340 profs he might be the least of all evils. His lectures are meh. It's just him pulling out his notes from the first time he taught the class and copying his scratch work up on the board for you to decipher. The exams are just "find the equation you need, plug-n-chug" so you might as well just read the book.
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ECE/PHYSICS 235
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Really boring, hard to stay interested; derivations are a little hard to follow sometimes. That said, he's a nice guy and really not a bad instructor... it's really my fault that I did poorly in his class. If you can do the homework problems, you can do the exams.
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ECE 340
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Not the most interesting lecturer. If you are able to stay awake, you will find that the concepts are kind of interesting, and Mawst does a good job teaching them. The tests are very straight forward, and the course is designed in such a way that you can guess pretty easily exactly what will be on the them.
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Classes with Luke Mawst

ECE 399

Independent Study

1–3 credits

Independent Study course for ECE featuring directed study projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Eric HoffmanDan Negrut+54 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
ECE 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–6 credits

Advanced Independent Study for ECE involving directed study projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Eric HoffmanIrena Knezevic+66 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Fall 2023 · limited sample
ECE 790

Master's Research

1–9 credits

Independent work on master's research overseen by a qualified instructor. Students demonstrate the ability to formulate, analyze, and independently solve advanced engineering problems and communicate research results orally and in writing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Irena KnezevicDan Negrut+68 more

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ECE 399Independent Study
Spring 2027ECE 491Senior Design Project
Spring 2027ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2027ECE 790Master's Research
Spring 2027ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2027ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2027ECE 999Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 399Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2026ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ECE 999Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026MS&E 699Independent Study
Fall 2026MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2026MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026MS&E 990Research and Thesis

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