Peer Legacy for ECE302
All students who have previously taken ECE302 are welcome to use this page to leave comments/give advice to future students.
- I found ECE302 to be one of the hardest (if not the hardest) ECE classes I've taken. It's not impossible to get an A, but it takes a lot of work. This is one class where I think conceptual understanding is really critical to doing well on the exams, because you really need to understand when to use one equation and when to use another equation and how different probabilistic situations differ, etc. I found lecture to be very minimalist (at least as far as going through practice problems), so I utilized my T.A. very heavily (just about every week). Be sure to get a fairly solid grasp on "1D signals/systems" before you start dealing with "2D signals/systems". Otherwise, the material will likely be very confusing.--rscheidt
- Chih-Chun Wang teaches this course very well. If he's teaching it, be sure to take it if you haven't :) As always, step away from the math and ask yourself, "What am I really doing?" In a course like 302, many students come in with some understanding of what probability is. Make sure the math matches your expectations. --weim
- I took ECE302 last semester. I think it is easier than 301, 311 and others. I did not spend a lot of time after class. The only thing I did was to do my homework and understand them. I went to professor’s office hour and TA’s office hour for additional help. I did not read any extra materials other than the book. But I did not spend a lot of time reading the book. Compared to 301 and 311, I did not use a lot of calculus. Most of the time, I only need some high school calculations. The class starts from one dimension to two dimensions to multiply dimensions. As long as a student understands the one dimension problems, everything else is just repetitions. Since a lot of things are very similar in this class, I felt I learnt the same thing three times. That is really a good part of this course. If you did not understand some of the material the first time, you still get the chance to understand them later. I spent a lot of time on this course at the beginning of that semester. But I spend less and less time after that. Chih-Chun Wang is a good professor on teaching. I recommend students taking his class.--pan11
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