CS 2330

Keys to success:
1) Go to every class, especially on Fridays
2) For prelabs, knowing where to place wires on the breadboard before lab was quite helpful
3) Study for the midterms; while they are fair, the final is incredibly difficult, and it is easier to do better on the three midterms than the final
4) Go to office hours or TA hours if you don't understand even the smallest concept. All of the material in this class is cumulative, and getting behind is deceptively easy

From my experience, this is a very polarizing class in terms of perception of difficulty. Some people pick up the concepts very quickly and other take a lot longer.
Office hours are helpful.
Concepts build up so be sure not to miss too many lectures.

A great introduction to Digital Logic and circuits. By the end of the class, I gained an understanding of how a basic computer works and was able to break down all components to an understanding of how they worked with logic gates. Professor Dugan is phenomenal and sets up the class to be very forgiving. She only takes the top 10 quiz grades, allows dropped "explorations" (in-class assignments), and allows the final to replace all midterm grades. The lab for this class is at times needlessly difficult: construction of physical circuits sometimes did not work due to faulty chips which led to grade deductions. That being said, she leaves a lot of room to make up for grade hits.

Dugan is cool although you have to meet her outside of class. the subject matter can seem dry but gets challenging very quickly

Dugan is a wonderful professor. She can seem kind of dry, but she teaches very well and is extremely kind and helpful during Office Hours. The class is relatively easy; it can start to get confusing for the last 3rd or so of it, but other than that if you go to class and pay attention and do the labs you should be fine. There are 5-6 labs, every two weeks, that can be frustrating as you work with real circuits but if you put some time into planning it can be done without any problems. Highly recommend this class as it is both very educational but can be pretty fun and interesting as well.

This class is somewhat difficult, but Professor Dugan gives you many opportunities to make up points from assignments and quizzes. The labs can be rather difficult, especially when you need to work on physical circuits will old wires and chips. Overall, the class is pretty fun, however.

This was my favorite class this semester! Prof. Dugan is a really great professor and manages to make the material very understandable. I recommend this class to anyone interested in CS as it's not difficult to grasp and it's really interesting to be able to break down a simple program into physical components. Stay on top of the concepts as you go, even if they seem easy, as the final topic (Processor Design) ties everything together. Lots of free points on studios and explorations even if you don't do as well as you'd like on the exams. Also, studios no longer involve an in-lab physical construction of any components (it's just modeling the solutions in Logism) -- no need to worry about faulty components, and you can leave pretty quickly after the lab session begins if you come in with the design completed.

This is a fantastic course if you are interested in electrical or computer engineering. Professor Dugan is a very interesting lecturer, and has activities to keep you involved in the material. Everything is very organized and the objectives are always made clear. The work is regular, but not a ton. There are weekly "studios" (designing a logic circuit in software) and quizzes (on the previous weeks topics). There are also three midterms and a number of "explorations" (basically in class studios) which begin later in the semester. It can be challenging, but plenty of opportunities are given for extra credit, and a number of quizzes and explorations are dropped to help your grade.

Dugan is the most fair professor I've had. You know exactly what she expects and she's always on point with her schedule. The class is extremely well organized on collab and you know how to prepare for every class. She records her lectures (audio and video) so you can review/catch up on the material. She loves to use technology in this way and she also assigns weekly studios to help you understand the material. She also makes the class interesting and fun. Overall, I highly recommend this class for ALL students including non-engineers (if you can get in the class). This is an Intro to Comp Engineering class, so don't worry about prereqs.

My Tips- Don't underestimate the class. It starts off easy, but once the element of time kicks in, the class gets much more difficult. She'll even tell you when the class gets significantly harder. Although it gets tricky, Dugan is a magnificent professor. She's a great teacher and she's there to help. The grading is extremely fair as well. We had about 15 quizzes in the semester and she let us drop 5 of them.... we dropped a few exploration grades.... AND her little dutch knockout rule really boosts your grades in the end. (If your final is higher than your test average, your grade on the final replaces your tests) My favorite class so far!!!

Dugan is the best. The course seems really easy at first, but will ramp up quickly. Make sure you get 10's on quizzes as early as possible, because the later quizzes are pretty difficult. However, there's a lot of fluff built into the course, and her own OH are pretty helpful. She also curves slightly at the end. Exams can be interpreted as relatively easy if you know the material, but most of them have few problems, with all or nothing credit, so watch out for that. In general though, she's a good teacher and its a good class, although i didn't really find the material that interesting