<p>Thats good to hear. I read few comments on him from ratemyprofessor and he seems to be fair. However, EE 331 is for non ECE majors. So I think you may have gotten the easy way out. As for Patt Yale I’m not quite sure of his teaching methods for his course.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you have your EE302 and EE306 professors flipped.</p>
<p>In any case, EE302 with McCann will be good. He’s probably the best of all the professors that offer the class at UT. He’s taught it for years and it shows. Students from other professors sit in on his lectures because he explains it better. In general, EE 302 is considered to be the easiest class in all of EE so you shouldn’t have to worry about it at all.</p>
<p>EE306 on the other hand is a notoriously hard class and you happen to be taking it with a notoriously hard professor. This will be your toughest class of the semester so make sure not to slack at all. Dr. Patt is a very smart person and makes very tricky tests so surface understanding of the material will not suffice. To do well in the class, you will have to have a near, if not, perfect understanding of the material. It’s not hard to understand how the LC-3 works. It’s about knowing how to use it to do whatever you want and knowing why you can do that. On a lighter note, I believe he once taught at UIUC so you may be able to strike up a consersation with him. Just make sure not to say anything wrong because he’ll be quick to call you out on it.</p>
<p>M340L is known to be an easy class as well. The problem with it is that people begin to take it too lightly and don’t approach the homework seriously. My advice: take the homework seriously and go to class. That’s all it takes to get an A in the class. Most professors give practice exams ahead of time and I know that one gives out the questions to the exam with different numbers the class before the test. I believe the only bad professor was one with a Chinese name.</p>
<p>As for the UGS 302 course, the difficulty can shoot in either direction depending on the professor. These classes give the professor a lot of freedom is designing the course so some UGS classes will require an essay a week while others have completion grades. I’m not sure with ratemyprofessors.com but myedu.com should have a reliable set of reviews from which you can gauge the difficulty of your particular UGS 302 course. </p>
<p>All in all, you should have a relatively light schedule ahead of you depending on how well you handle Patt’s class. How much work you can squeeze in depends on how well you understand the material. EE302 should take up about 2-3 hours of homework on non-test weeks. EE306 can range from 2 to 16 hours depending on how good of a programmer you are. M340L shouldn’t take more than 2 hours a week and, as I said before, the UGS class will vary.</p>
<p>I have this exact ECE schedule! Only one difference, for my “extra” class I opted for AST 307 Introductory Astronomy (LACY, JOHN H). I don’t know if it will be difficult or not, but it definitely sounds interesting. Anyone know anything about AST 307?</p>
<p>I am also a little concerned about Patt. Some random students even yelled out that his class was a “character building experience” during orientation. We will see, but I think I will be fine.</p>
<p>You’re not expected to know how to program. You are expected to be dedicated to learning it and, by the end of the class, you should be able to develop basic assembly programs. Having prior experience gives an advantage because the programming exercises may be familiar to those who have some background (basic sorting algos etc.), but if you work at it, you can figure it out.</p>