Average Class hours:
4.8
Average Lab hours:
2.4
Average Prep hours:
5.5
Average Diff rating:
4.2
Average Overall rating:
5.7
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Thu May 03 14:15:50 EDT 2007
Class hours:
5.0
Lab hours:
1.0
Prep hours:
4.0
Prereqs:
Nothing.
Diff rating:
2.0
Overall rating:
6.0
Subject info:
I will never use this material for anything.
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Dr. Kong
Maxwell stories
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Material
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Required for 6-1, and 012 is too horrible.
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Easy. All the solutions are in the book, so you can check your answers.
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Sometimes the matlab labs could be tedious, but they were okay.
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The textbook was okay for the occasional reference, but overall not worth the $130 to buy it.
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Exams were very reasonable.
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I'm not sure how the course will be graded. That was never made very clear. I hope I get an A.
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Last updated: Thu May 03 16:39:46 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 0.0
Prep hours: 6.0
Prereqs: 6.002, MATLAB, basic 8.02
Diff rating: 4.0
Overall rating: 6.0
Subject info: Matched my expectations.
Hot: Prof Kong and Prof Hu
Or not: MATLAB, MATLAB, MATLAB!!!
Motivation: Requirement to complete my ee headers
Pset comments: problem sets were useful in learning the material. The matlab part was useless. assumed we had sufficient matlab experience, which was not the case.
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Readings comments: Textbook is good for finding the required formulas and to prepare for tests. book is kind of dense
Quiz comments: exams were fair
Grading comments: fair
Suggestions: get rid of the matlab part of the class, or at least prepare us initially for it, insead of assuming we know it
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Last updated: Sun May 06 19:30:59 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 5.0
Prep hours: 5.0
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Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 6.0
Subject info: Very interesting
Hot: Great lecturer, great TAs, interesting material
Or not: nothing
Motivation: Requirement
Pset comments: Very useful
Lab comments: Reasonable
Readings comments: Very simple, straightforward
Quiz comments: Good
Grading comments: Unsure
Suggestions: Excellent class
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Last updated: Mon May 07 16:14:18 EDT 2007
Class hours: 4.0
Lab hours: 2.0
Prep hours: 4.0
Prereqs: Basic Matlab, vector calculus
Diff rating: 2.0
Overall rating: 4.0
Subject info: The problem sets provide insightful practical applications of theory but were not generally as difficult or lengthy as expected.
Hot: No final, short problem sets, short project
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Motivation: Provides a basic introduction to wave guides, transmission lines and antennae.
Pset comments: Generally short and included a Matlab project related question. Did not collaberate but similar questions with worked answers were available on the course website.
Lab comments: Matlab project was not long, was interesting to design and model an antenna and put theory to use, it did not help much in learning material.
Readings comments: Textbook and online notes (with many worked examples) were useful for learning material.
Quiz comments: Quizzes were fairly straightforward and well designed to asses understanding of the fundamentals without going into too much detail. Important to go to lectures just before quizzes as some quiz questions are given and worked through.
Grading comments: heavily weighted on problem sets. generally very lenient with marking.
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Last updated: Mon May 07 19:04:02 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 3.0
Prep hours: 6.0
Prereqs: 8.02, 18.03
Diff rating: 6.0
Overall rating: 7.0
Subject info: Amazing class, amazing Lectures, Professor Kong is king.
Hot: Professor Kong is king! Lectures!
Or not: Textbook.
Motivation: Course 6 header, if I took it again, it would be for Kong.
Pset comments: VERY VERY HELPFUL, do the PSETS!
Lab comments: Labs were in matlab and a big waste of time. Did not teach anything and students get hung up on Matlab code errors when they should spend their time learning.
Readings comments: Textbook has a lot of proofs, but he posts the book online. Textbook not helpful.
Quiz comments: Exams were very fair. Kong is VERY helpful, no supreises.
Grading comments: Fair grading. Slightly harsh on psets.
Suggestions: Do whatever Kong did.
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Last updated: Tue May 08 00:38:24 EDT 2007
Class hours: 12.0
Lab hours: 0.0
Prep hours: 12.0
Prereqs: 8.02
MATLAB
some programming experience
Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 6.0
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Pset comments: very useful to understand the material
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Readings comments: the textbook is very useful
Quiz comments: fair
Grading comments: fair
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Last updated: Tue May 08 04:26:17 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 5.0
Prep hours: 5.0
Prereqs: 6.002 and 8.02, Matlab programming experience
Diff rating: 4.0
Overall rating: 6.0
Subject info: Electromagnetic wave theory, antenna, and Maxwell's equations.
Good balance between application and theory.
Matlab programming assignments were interesting, but the handouts were a little confusing.
Hot: 2 1-hour quizzes, NO FINAL!
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Kong and his stories about Maxwell
Or not: Recitations -- Cover material that is simply not needed. Long derivations and topics covered that are never covered in problem sets, lectures, tests, or projects.
Motivation: Header class for course 6.
All those interested in electrical engineering should take this class.
Pset comments: Good problem sets. Covered the material, and didn't take too long to do.
No collaboration needed. Any help could be obtained during interactive office hours held twice a week.
Lab comments: Design project (matlab programming assignment), was good and interesting.
Could have used a little introduction to matlab as a review at the start of the course.
Readings comments: Textbook is good and follows material taught in class.
Quiz comments: Good. Perhaps a bit too easy. Grade averages were high, and test problems made it difficult to show that you really had an understanding of the material.
Mid 70's average tests are preferred to high 80's.
Grading comments: Very fair.
Suggestions: Keep professor kong!
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Last updated: Wed May 09 12:07:49 EDT 2007
Class hours: 4.5
Lab hours: 3.0
Prep hours: 3.0
Prereqs: 8.02, 18.02, some mathematical maturity, MATLAB
Diff rating: 3.0
Overall rating: 6.0
Subject info: The content is: em waves and applications to radio, communications, power. Well-balanced between theory and applications.
Hot: Awesome demos in lecture and recitations - 'scope traces and lasers
Maxwell biographical stories
Or not: Professor gives away 1/3 of the quizzes in lecture
Motivation: It's like 8.03 but relevant to course 6. You get to answer questions with "zero", "one", or "infinity" when the lecturer or recitation instructor asks the class.
Pset comments: Kind of useful; material did not seem to correlate in time with lectures, necessarily, though.
Lab comments: MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB!
Readings comments: The textbook is missing much material, which is fortunately posted on the website.
Quiz comments: You have to understand the concepts; you don't actually need much math on the exams.
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Suggestions: Keep the demos.
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Last updated: Fri May 11 15:33:28 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 0.0
Prep hours: 7.0
Prereqs: MATLAB programming!!!
Diff rating: 3.0
Overall rating: 5.0
Subject info: Strength: TAs are really nice.
Weak: MATLAB design problems!!!
Hot: TAs, office hours, Kong's Maxwell stories.
Or not: Matlab design projects.
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Pset comments: Problems sets are very time-consuming, and a lot harder than the tests.
Lab comments: The design projects were tedious, and required a lot of MATLAB knowledge.
Readings comments: Textbook was not so useful. Online PDF textbook was a lot more useful.
Quiz comments: The exams were straightforward, clear, and A LOT easier than the problem sets.
Grading comments: Yes, it was fair.
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Last updated: Fri May 11 16:23:31 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 5.0
Prep hours: 4.0
Prereqs: matlab, vector algebra background.
Diff rating: 3.0
Overall rating: 5.0
Subject info: good balance. should have less algebra - and more concepts!
Hot: Professor Kong's stories about Maxwell. Tests are not that bad. P-sets are short.
Or not: Confusing, sometimes. Need to do more practice questions, less talk, more problems. Overwhelming amount of new things learned.
Design project took awhile and was ambiguous.
Motivation: Required.
Pset comments: Short, but hard to get answers for. Go to interactive session for help.
Lab comments: Labs and design projects were challenging. It was hard to know if you were doing the right thing or not. Not too long though.
Readings comments: Textbook did not cover enough, and was a little bit confusing. It was lucky that p-sets were based off the book and problems done in class.
Quiz comments: Reasonable. Be careful not to make stupid mistakes on p-sets - you will be penalized A LOT for it.
Grading comments: Not sure of the grading policy yet.
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Last updated: Fri May 11 18:15:34 EDT 2007
Class hours: 4.0
Lab hours: 3.0
Prep hours: 5.0
Prereqs: 8.02
Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 5.0
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Hot: Kong's humor
Stories about Maxwell
Interactive homework sessions
Or not: Matlab
Motivation: EE Header
Pset comments: Most psets involved searching through the textbook for applicable equations rather than using knowledge from lectures.
Lab comments: MATLAB projects were a pain and seemed irrelevant. They were more an exercise in MATLAB than course material.
Readings comments: Supplementary readings online were very helpful for psets.
Quiz comments: Very straightforward exams. Go to all lectures and you'll do fine.
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Last updated: Sat May 12 15:10:25 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 6.0
Prep hours: 3.0
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Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 7.0
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Hot: Maxwell story time. Professor Hu and Professor Kong.
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Last updated: Tue May 15 14:15:13 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 1.0
Prep hours: 8.0
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Diff rating: 4.0
Overall rating: 7.0
Subject info: I learned about the propogation of electromagnetic waves in different media, waveguides, antennas
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Motivation: It important for many applications and how the world around us works
Pset comments: They were useful for learning the material, but they could have been more general.
Lab comments: The design could should have been more drawn out. We knew it was coming but it came too suddenly.
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Last updated: Wed May 16 13:43:57 EDT 2007
Class hours: 4.0
Lab hours: 2.0
Prep hours: 3.0
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Diff rating: 7.0
Overall rating: 7.0
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Last updated: Thu May 17 00:50:44 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 2.0
Prep hours: 10.0
Prereqs: 8.02, 18.03
Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 7.0
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Hot: Professor Kong, Quiz review sessions.
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Pset comments: The problem sets were very useful. They force you to look at the course literature which is extremely in depth and enlightening.
Lab comments: The matlab assignments were good extensions of the material we learned. They were quite reasonable in length.
Readings comments: EXTREMELY useful. There is a textbook and online notes.
Quiz comments: Quizzes were easier than problem sets.
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Last updated: Thu May 17 14:33:30 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 3.0
Prep hours: 5.0
Prereqs: 6.003
matlab programming
Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 6.0
Subject info: The content dealt with learning basic E&M applications and wave theory. The class met what I expected. There was a good balance between application and theory, but it was weighed more towards theory.
Hot: The Maxwell Stories during class
Or not: The Matlab programming assignments
Motivation: I am interested in the subject matter and I need it to graduate. Someone else should take the class because it is well taught and Prof. Kong is amazing. For others who will take the course, make sure that you can work in Matlab.
Pset comments: They were very useful and directly tied to what we were learning in class.
Lab comments: The labs and design projects were broken down piece by piece and used to slowly build up a FD-TD. They were very reasonable in length since it was broken up for the whole term.
Readings comments: The textbook was useful, there weren't any class notes.
Quiz comments: The exams were very good. They were very conceptal and made sure that we understood the basics of what was going on. You just needed to understand the main concepts, they weren't out to trick you on something silly. The exams were about the same difficulty as the psets.
Grading comments: The grading policy was extremely fair.
Suggestions: Maybe not have the course so centered around programming assignments.
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Last updated: Sat May 19 14:15:17 EDT 2007
Class hours: 1.0
Lab hours: 0.0
Prep hours: 7.0
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Diff rating: 4.0
Overall rating: 5.0
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Last updated: Sat May 19 20:13:19 EDT 2007
Class hours: 2.0
Lab hours: 3.0
Prep hours: 6.0
Prereqs: 8.02, understand euler's formula and trig identities
Diff rating: 5.0
Overall rating: 5.0
Subject info: You learn intuition about EM waves. Helpful teaching staff.
Hot: MIMs
Or not: You
Motivation: I wanted to gain some intuition as to the physical characteristics of electronic components and EM waves.
Pset comments: The problem sets are a little challenging, especially because of the Matlab assignments.
Lab comments: Design project is not much harder than the homework Matlab assignments because of the TA's helpful code.
Readings comments: Textbook written by the professor, pretty useful.
Quiz comments: Quizzes simplistic, almost exactly the same as the practice tests.
Grading comments: Graded easily.
Suggestions: tell more Maxwell stories, they are entertaining
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Last updated: Mon May 21 06:42:40 EDT 2007
Class hours: 4.0
Lab hours: 2.0
Prep hours: 4.0
Prereqs: 8.022, 6.002 helpful
Diff rating: 4.0
Overall rating: 4.0
Subject info: Learn about waves and propagation.
Hot: Tutorial.
Lecture with Au Kong's random stories.
Or not: No formula sheets on tests.
Recitation going over unimportant concepts.
Motivation: Wanted to understand more EE type stuff.
Pset comments: Problem sets are standard MIT - a lot of time to complete, but prepare well for quizs.
Lab comments: Design projects were easy, though a small portion of the grade for the amount of work.
Readings comments: Textbook was somewhat useful, though it didn't go over every concept.
Quiz comments: No formula sheets for exams - WTF?
Quiz matter was okay. Would have strongly preferred a formula sheet.
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Last updated: Tue May 22 01:32:21 EDT 2007
Class hours: 5.0
Lab hours: 1.0
Prep hours: 3.0
Prereqs: some MATLAB familiarity, basic 8.02
Diff rating: 2.0
Overall rating: 4.0
Subject info: you learn a good breadth of material about EM waves. however, I don't think any students really gained an intuition for the material because we just regurgitated certain examples for tests.
Hot: fair grading
easy tests
Or not: not understanding lectures
Motivation: I took it because it is an EE header.
Pset comments: not useful, the answers were all online already anyway and I frequently referenced them. The material did not relate well to exams.
Lab comments: The one project near the end of the term was just a MATLAB exercise, which, can be a debugging nightmare. The project didn't help learn the material at all.
Readings comments: The textbook goes into way more depth than what is required for the class. Consequently, it was only helpful to reference specific topics.
Quiz comments: we just regurgitated the material for quizzes. not a very thorough understanding was necessary.
Grading comments: grading was very fair and lenient.
Suggestions: This was my first class that was taught by an entirely foreign faculty. My lecturer, recitation instructor and tutorial instructor were all chinese and had accents. I had a difficult time understanding their english. I suggest that a more diverse faculty in the future would make students feel more comfortable.
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