<p>How is EE 42's difficulty (relative to say CS 61A) and workload? How easy/hard is it to get an A? Would you recommend EE 43? Would EE 42 need Phase I?</p>
<p>I'm an L&S CS major who currently is doing well in his technical classes, and finds the workload from 61A to be somewhat time consuming, but definitely manageable. </p>
<p>I'm debating between taking 2 technicals (CS/Math) with a breadth and R&C or taking 3 technicals (CS/Math/EE) with R&C.</p>
<p>EE42 is highly different from CS61A. 42 is and electrical engineering class which you will spend a lot of time solving circuit problems whereas 61A is more programming. You actually do not need to program anything in 42. as for 42, you have homework (problem sets) due each week plus midterms and finals.</p>
<p>How easy or hard the EE42 is depends on your knowledge on circuits. If you are very comfortable with physics with circuits, the you’ll be find. However, if you are not, you are most likely to have to work a lot more. </p>
<p>I will highly recommend you enroll in your technical classes on Phase 1. I know CS classes are a lot of work. The 4 units that they’re allotted are not equivalent to other major’s 4 units of workload so if i were you, I’d think about just taking 2 technical classes. You can sign up for 3 and see if you can handle it.</p>
<p>Oh, and EE43 is a VERY time-consuming for a one-unit class. It does not help you in any way for EE42. You should not be taking EE43 if you’re taking 3 technical classes just to have some time for the other classes.</p>
<p>^okay thanks, so would you not recommend EE 43 if I have absolutely no interest in electrical engineering (I do have some interest, but only because EE is related to CS)</p>
<p>and yeah, I do know CS classes take much more time than represented by the number of units. I probably spend 2-3 hrs/week on Econ while anywhere from 2 -5 hrs / week outside of class on 61A (not including the projects).</p>
<p>For EE 42 would you say Physics 7B is necessary? It’s not listed as a pre-requesitie, but I looked at some of the powerpoint slides in past years and it looked like if you don’t know electricity stuff then you’ll have no idea what’s going on.</p>
<p>Also, the reason why I want to take EE 42 + math 54 + CS 61A next semester is so I can take CS 70 & 61C first semester of my sophomore year, which allows me to declare the major then. That way I can enroll in upper division classes ASAP</p>
<p>Between EE 42, Math 54, CS 61BL, which would do you think I need to Phase I the most?</p>
<p>They are all of equal popularity, so it doesn’t really matter much. I would phase 1 CS61BL definitely because you’re gonna want whichever lab is most convenient for you. You’ll probably be waitlisted for Math if you don’t phase 1 it, and won’t get a nice discussion, but people will drop and make room for you. For my phase 1 last semester, I grabbed CS61B (because it was Shewchuk) and Math 54.</p>
<p>Physics 7B would certainly help for EE42, although it is not necessary and the people you are graded against most likely will not have taken Physics 7B. My friend is a CS/Applied Math major taking Math 54, CS61B, and EE42/43. He says the lab is useless and it’s his least favorite class right now, but the workload is manageable.</p>
<p>Don’t take 43; it’s the lab component of the class and eats 3 hours per week for the lab plus anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours more for the prelab. It helped boost my understanding of how circuits work, but you could get a similar effect out of just looking at the prelabs, figuring out what you don’t understand, and then asking questions about it during OH.</p>
<p>7B is not necessary. You don’t do any real theory work in 42, and the professor spends a lot of time hammering in the stuff you would cover in 7B. Honestly, I would be very surprised if 7B helped at all.</p>