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Sam Emaminejad

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Easiness 2.4 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Nov. 13, 2018
Quarter: Fall 2017
Grade: A

Sam is a great professor. He cares a lot about making sure that all of his students fully understand the material. His lectures mainly consist of him teaching from slides, and deriving equations on the slides with chalk on the blackboard. He's not the most engaging lecturer, but he is very responsive and helpful in office hours/outside of lectures.

Homework sets in this class were a mix of book problems and his problems that he created. They didn't take that long in comparison to other EE classes, so outside study is necessary to do well on his tests.

Exams were tough, but not ridiculously tough. If you spend enough time studying, you will find that the questions are very fair. Sam is a very generous grader and takes an improvement score into account. So if you do poorly on his quiz and midterm, but do very well on his final, he will account for that.

All in all, a great professor. One of the better professors in the EE department. I strongly recommend taking 101A with him.

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Jan. 2, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A-

Exam and homework materials require thought and patience, but aren't crazy difficult or barely related to what is taught. Sam uses slides but also writes down derivations and examples, so it's important to follow along. Textbook is also useful, a couple formulas not in the slides can be found there.

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Dec. 29, 2018
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+

Not as easy as people make it out to be. Homework is easy. Quiz is average. Midterm is tough. Final was tough as well.

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Feb. 20, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-

E&M is an inherently difficult class. This professor used slides but used examples in solving problems that would eventually be seen in homework and exams. Read the book and attend lecture. Overall great prof for the class and gives good grades.

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June 7, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: B

His the BEST, the class material is tough but he explained everything so well that you don't even need to study after the lectures, the class is based on weekly hws that is straight from the book, a quiz that he said you can determine if you need to drop the class or not based on it, and a midterm and final which is extremely hard but he gives a really good curve at he end

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EC ENGR 101A
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Dec. 19, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B+

This is a hard class, electromagnetics inherently is, and despite the challenges of 2020 remote learning, Prof Emaminejad was overall pretty good as instructor for this class.

The professor took a full flipped classroom for the first half of the class, recorded lectures to watch and using lecture time as optional office hours/discussion on the lectures.

During the second half of the class as topics became a little more difficult, and we started to go beyond Maxwell's equations, he switched to live lectures.

As a lecturer, he holds up, he lectures fairly well with slides, he generally explains pretty well, my only complaint is that he spent far less time on electromagnetic waves than he should have.

Homeworks are challenging but fair, exams are similarly challenging but fair.

Overall I can recommend this professor for this class.

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EC ENGR 101A
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Dec. 29, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A-

Professor Emaminejad posted pre-recorded lectures during the first half of the quarter but held live lectures during the second half. Although he is a good lecturer and a successful researcher, it definitely felt like he didn't make enough effort in teaching as he should have. Normal lectures should take around 2 hours but his pre-recorded lectures were only around 40 minutes in length - even though these lectures were pretty concise and well-recorded, I believe he could've made more effort in providing sample problems or go more in-depth on some topics. Other than this, there's actually not much to complain about. He is one of the best EE professors that I've encountered and he explained concepts extremely well. His midterm for this quarter was pretty easy, which may have given people false impressions that the final would be as easy (it wasn't) - however, both exams were still considered generous comparing to my other classes. Looking at previous posts on Bruinwalk, I was expecting a curve on the final, but apparently there wasn't one. The workload for this class is light and the homework problems didn't take long to finish. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with him.

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EC ENGR 101A
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Jan. 4, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: P

This class was pretty ass. The homeworks, quiz, and midterm were all very easy, and most of the class got 90%+ on each. However, the final exam was super difficult -- I'm glad that I took this class P/NP because I got an F on the final. The first 75% of the class is a review of Physics 1C mashed with Math 32B, and the last part of the class is about transmission lines, which are a complete left turn from the previous content. 5/10 class, would not take again with this professor.

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March 20, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A

Pre covid, he lectured from slides and handwrote examples. He is a very affable and funny guy, but I don't feel like this material was explained all that clearly. The first part is interpreting things using maxwells equations, which I found to be and odd mash of uninteresting problems (sheet charges and the like). I dont think he explained transmission lines and phasors very well at all. You'll probably have to take ECE10 for that. He kind of just shows things to you and says "I know its hard, just use it", and so alot of students get lost in the sauce. Prior to the class, review line integrals and multivariable calculus or the first homework will be pain. I wouldn't recommend him per say, but I also wouldn't discourage you from taking him.

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Jan. 10, 2022
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A

Take this class with Emaminejad! He explains things step by step and gives the underlying intuitions behind each concept. Additionally, at the start of the quarter, he does a mini review of vector calculus and relevant physics, so if you're one of those students who took those classes quarters ago, I recommend this professor. Just to note, look at the textbook! He sometimes uses textbook examples and questions for tests! (Additionally, the (Ulaby) textbook is incredibly helpful and can be found online.)

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2017
Grade: A
Nov. 13, 2018

Sam is a great professor. He cares a lot about making sure that all of his students fully understand the material. His lectures mainly consist of him teaching from slides, and deriving equations on the slides with chalk on the blackboard. He's not the most engaging lecturer, but he is very responsive and helpful in office hours/outside of lectures.

Homework sets in this class were a mix of book problems and his problems that he created. They didn't take that long in comparison to other EE classes, so outside study is necessary to do well on his tests.

Exams were tough, but not ridiculously tough. If you spend enough time studying, you will find that the questions are very fair. Sam is a very generous grader and takes an improvement score into account. So if you do poorly on his quiz and midterm, but do very well on his final, he will account for that.

All in all, a great professor. One of the better professors in the EE department. I strongly recommend taking 101A with him.

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A-
Jan. 2, 2020

Exam and homework materials require thought and patience, but aren't crazy difficult or barely related to what is taught. Sam uses slides but also writes down derivations and examples, so it's important to follow along. Textbook is also useful, a couple formulas not in the slides can be found there.

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+
Dec. 29, 2018

Not as easy as people make it out to be. Homework is easy. Quiz is average. Midterm is tough. Final was tough as well.

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-
Feb. 20, 2019

E&M is an inherently difficult class. This professor used slides but used examples in solving problems that would eventually be seen in homework and exams. Read the book and attend lecture. Overall great prof for the class and gives good grades.

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: B
June 7, 2020

His the BEST, the class material is tough but he explained everything so well that you don't even need to study after the lectures, the class is based on weekly hws that is straight from the book, a quiz that he said you can determine if you need to drop the class or not based on it, and a midterm and final which is extremely hard but he gives a really good curve at he end

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EC ENGR 101A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B+
Dec. 19, 2020

This is a hard class, electromagnetics inherently is, and despite the challenges of 2020 remote learning, Prof Emaminejad was overall pretty good as instructor for this class.

The professor took a full flipped classroom for the first half of the class, recorded lectures to watch and using lecture time as optional office hours/discussion on the lectures.

During the second half of the class as topics became a little more difficult, and we started to go beyond Maxwell's equations, he switched to live lectures.

As a lecturer, he holds up, he lectures fairly well with slides, he generally explains pretty well, my only complaint is that he spent far less time on electromagnetic waves than he should have.

Homeworks are challenging but fair, exams are similarly challenging but fair.

Overall I can recommend this professor for this class.

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EC ENGR 101A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A-
Dec. 29, 2020

Professor Emaminejad posted pre-recorded lectures during the first half of the quarter but held live lectures during the second half. Although he is a good lecturer and a successful researcher, it definitely felt like he didn't make enough effort in teaching as he should have. Normal lectures should take around 2 hours but his pre-recorded lectures were only around 40 minutes in length - even though these lectures were pretty concise and well-recorded, I believe he could've made more effort in providing sample problems or go more in-depth on some topics. Other than this, there's actually not much to complain about. He is one of the best EE professors that I've encountered and he explained concepts extremely well. His midterm for this quarter was pretty easy, which may have given people false impressions that the final would be as easy (it wasn't) - however, both exams were still considered generous comparing to my other classes. Looking at previous posts on Bruinwalk, I was expecting a curve on the final, but apparently there wasn't one. The workload for this class is light and the homework problems didn't take long to finish. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with him.

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EC ENGR 101A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: P
Jan. 4, 2021

This class was pretty ass. The homeworks, quiz, and midterm were all very easy, and most of the class got 90%+ on each. However, the final exam was super difficult -- I'm glad that I took this class P/NP because I got an F on the final. The first 75% of the class is a review of Physics 1C mashed with Math 32B, and the last part of the class is about transmission lines, which are a complete left turn from the previous content. 5/10 class, would not take again with this professor.

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
March 20, 2021

Pre covid, he lectured from slides and handwrote examples. He is a very affable and funny guy, but I don't feel like this material was explained all that clearly. The first part is interpreting things using maxwells equations, which I found to be and odd mash of uninteresting problems (sheet charges and the like). I dont think he explained transmission lines and phasors very well at all. You'll probably have to take ECE10 for that. He kind of just shows things to you and says "I know its hard, just use it", and so alot of students get lost in the sauce. Prior to the class, review line integrals and multivariable calculus or the first homework will be pain. I wouldn't recommend him per say, but I also wouldn't discourage you from taking him.

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EC ENGR 101A
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Jan. 10, 2022

Take this class with Emaminejad! He explains things step by step and gives the underlying intuitions behind each concept. Additionally, at the start of the quarter, he does a mini review of vector calculus and relevant physics, so if you're one of those students who took those classes quarters ago, I recommend this professor. Just to note, look at the textbook! He sometimes uses textbook examples and questions for tests! (Additionally, the (Ulaby) textbook is incredibly helpful and can be found online.)

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