ECE 2630

Archie doesn't do a great job teaching this class, but his grading on exams, especially the final, helps you get a decent grade. The book is pretty much useless, everything you need to know about solving problems is taught in class. There is no need to focus on anything but solving problems because he doesn't test you on anything else.

Great professor, relatively easy course. There's a lot to be learned if you've never taken circuits before, but anyone with a basic background in electronics should get by with little effort.

Archie is my BEST memory throughout my undergraduate learning experience. He is sincere, nice, and an expert in material. I love him and really respect him a lot.
Yes, materials are hard. However, practice makes better. The more questions you do, the better your grade will be. Archie provides many ways for you to learn, including online quizzes, exams, design problems. He is an innovative guy who also use course recording system and has all lecture slides posted online and accessible to us. With the help of all the resources he provided to us, I am sure that everyone would really learn a lot. I am actually an international student so that English is not my first language. However, those course recordings and lecture slides and all other stuff helped me a lot in learning and repeating.
Sincerely, Archie gives me a best learning experience I've ever had in life. He answered questions timely and are always ready to help.
I admit that materials are tough. However, you can really learn a lot while studying. Archie is the best best best professor I've ever had.

Archie is one of my favorite professors at UVA. He's the most friendly person, and is very knowledgeable about the material. Even though the subject matter is very difficult, he makes it bearable and easy to understand. His lectures are very engaging, and he's open to student's opinions on different aspects of his class. His office hours are very helpful and he really wants you to understand the material.

As stated before, the course is very difficult. The main problem is getting some of the conceptual aspects down - it's hard to wrap your head around them, and the best way to understand them is to keep doing problems. Once you have your head around the main concepts, the rest of the course comes a lot more easily. This class is the core of most of your EE knowledge, so its important to get an understanding of the main concepts.

The class has two midterms, weekly quizzes, advanced hw (design) problems, and a final. The design problems you do in groups and they are probably the most difficult part of the course. They really make you think, but Archie is very helpful with these. The quizzes were done through WebAssign for my class. You get multiple attempts (same/similar problems different numbers) to do, but it gives you the correct answers after each attempt, so make sure you understand how to get those answers before attempting again.

Overall, it's an enjoyable, albeit difficult, class that is required for all EEs and CpEs.