[UPDATE: this is an incomplete entry from Y2S1 published for memories' sake. At the time of this publication aka Feb 2022, I have effectively forgotten what I wanted to write here, so I'll be leaving this post as is.]
Hello to all my readers! I hope everyone is doing well. :) This is my course review for Y2S1 AY19/20. I have tried my best to remember as much as I could but please forgive me if I forgot anything. Some parts will be left as ? if I really don't remember.
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Y2S1: August 2019 - Nov 2019
General comments on what I did well, what I could have improved on etc will be included at the end of the post. I will also update the final results when they are out.
Each course is broken up into the following parts:
1. Marks and assessment component of the course
2. Course mechanics
3. Short Intro
4. Easy parts
5. Difficult parts
6. Exams/ final paper
7. Tips to do well
8. Overview/ my personal (MIGHT BE BIASED) comments
[CONFIRMED] YEAR 2
SEMESTER 1 (20AU):
MAJ-CORE EE2001 CIRCUIT ANALYSIS (4AU), GRADED
MAJ-CORE:
EE2004 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (4AU), GRADED
MAJ-CORE:
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I (4AU), GRADED
MAJ-CORE:
EE2008 DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS (4AU), GRADED
GER-CORE: EE0005 INTRO TO DATA SCIENCE & AI (3AU), GRADED
GER-CORE: HY0001 ETHICS & MORAL REASONING (1AU), P/F
CORE/MPE GRADED AU CLEARED: 37/61, TOTAL AU OF GRADED COURSES:
51 /69, TOTAL AU CLEARED:
57/141
=== REVIEW PORTION ===
EE2001 - CIRCUIT ANALYSIS (Y2S1/4AU)
Lecturer:
Part 1: Prof Er Meng Joo
Part 2: Assoc Prof Justin Dauwels
Part 3: Assoc Prof Soh Cheong Boon
Part 1: Prof Er Meng Joo
Part 2: Assoc Prof Justin Dauwels
Part 3: Assoc Prof Soh Cheong Boon
Tutor: Prof Wang Youyi
Quiz 1 (?%): ?/?
Lab 1 (?%): ?/?
Lab 2 (?%): ?/?
Home Assignment 1 (5%): ?/?
Home Assignment 2 (5%): ?/?
I would rank EE2001 on the harder spectrum of courses that I've taken so far. There are a lot of theories behind what they teach and they don't teach from the ground up. For example, the course goes straight in to application of Thevenin etc. I didn't feel that there were any groundwork for students to fully appreciate how the theories were derived. Also, Laplace was a complete disaster. Dauwels is bad at teaching and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND learning from YouTube or some other source.
As mentioned, the final paper is a 4 question paper. Each question corresponds to a part of the lecture notes covered. Question 1 talks about circuit analysis part of the course and includes op amps. It's quite a standard question and enough practice should be done to do well in it. Question 2 is on Laplace and is set by Dauwels. Highly advised to leave it to the last as there have been instances in the past where it was set wrongly as mentioned by SCB in his revision lecture. Questions 3 and 4 are related to power if I remember correctly. I think there was one question from my batch that was related to the Homework Assignment that we were given.
1. Marks and assessment component of the course
Quiz 1 (?%): ?/?
Lab 1 (?%): ?/?
Lab 2 (?%): ?/?
Home Assignment 1 (5%): ?/?
Home Assignment 2 (5%): ?/?
Finals (60%): ?
NOTE: INCOMPLETE/UNCONFIRMED ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
NOTE: INCOMPLETE/UNCONFIRMED ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
2. Course mechanics
EE2001 consists of weekly online lectures and a 2h weekly tutorial. Finals consists of 4 questions, each set by a different setter. There are 2 labs, each before and after recess week. 2 home assignments are given and must be submitted by a certain deadline in hardcopy. Quiz 1 was administered around end September.
3. Short Intro
Circuit Analysis introduces the basics of circuit theory in EEE. In my opinion, this course is the "core of the core" in all EEE courses. It is split into 3 parts. The first 4 weeks deals with things like basic laws e.g. Thevenin, KVL, KCL... and introduces inductor and capacitor. Part 2 introduces Laplace Transform for 2 weeks I think. The last part talks about power, though I cannot remember exactly what. I do remember that there were delta-Y etc transformation or something like that, but that was towards the end. There is also AC current content in part 3.
Circuit Analysis introduces the basics of circuit theory in EEE. In my opinion, this course is the "core of the core" in all EEE courses. It is split into 3 parts. The first 4 weeks deals with things like basic laws e.g. Thevenin, KVL, KCL... and introduces inductor and capacitor. Part 2 introduces Laplace Transform for 2 weeks I think. The last part talks about power, though I cannot remember exactly what. I do remember that there were delta-Y etc transformation or something like that, but that was towards the end. There is also AC current content in part 3.
4. Easy parts
Personally, I don't think there were any easy parts. Some of my friends thought that the power part was easy, but I really hated power. Maybe it had to do with me burning out by the time the later weeks came. If I really had to choose, I would say that the first few weeks were manageable but that's really about it. Everything goes to shit once Dauwels starts lecturing from week 4 onwards.
5. Difficult parts
I would rank EE2001 on the harder spectrum of courses that I've taken so far. There are a lot of theories behind what they teach and they don't teach from the ground up. For example, the course goes straight in to application of Thevenin etc. I didn't feel that there were any groundwork for students to fully appreciate how the theories were derived. Also, Laplace was a complete disaster. Dauwels is bad at teaching and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND learning from YouTube or some other source.
6. Exams/ final paper
As mentioned, the final paper is a 4 question paper. Each question corresponds to a part of the lecture notes covered. Question 1 talks about circuit analysis part of the course and includes op amps. It's quite a standard question and enough practice should be done to do well in it. Question 2 is on Laplace and is set by Dauwels. Highly advised to leave it to the last as there have been instances in the past where it was set wrongly as mentioned by SCB in his revision lecture. Questions 3 and 4 are related to power if I remember correctly. I think there was one question from my batch that was related to the Homework Assignment that we were given.
7. Tips to do well
1. Homework Assignment should aim to score full or as close to full as possible. They are not easy, but get a good friend and tough it out together and things should be alright.
2. Labs should be more or less equal throughout the cohort. That being said, SCB did mention that there were A-game professors who tried to give high marks during the lab to help their students. I don't know which profs these are but they do exist so...
3. Finals should be practised a lot. Pay attention to the Homework Assignments given; there could very well be a part of the finals question or even a whole question that comes from the homework assignment. Questions 1, 3 and 4 should be mastered if you wish to score high in this course. As for Question 2, try your best.
2. Labs should be more or less equal throughout the cohort. That being said, SCB did mention that there were A-game professors who tried to give high marks during the lab to help their students. I don't know which profs these are but they do exist so...
3. Finals should be practised a lot. Pay attention to the Homework Assignments given; there could very well be a part of the finals question or even a whole question that comes from the homework assignment. Questions 1, 3 and 4 should be mastered if you wish to score high in this course. As for Question 2, try your best.
8. Overview/ my personal (MIGHT BE BIASED) comments
I really hate circuit analysis. This course felt like a big rush because they were rushing through the whole thing. Lectures are pre-recorded and go really fast without any explanation. For example, in part 1, the lecturer would say something like "use KVL to redraw the circuit like this" without showing how to actually do it. It's really frustrating to figure out alone, especially when there are a lot of content. My tutor was shit and I didn't learn anything from him. I think I started to skip the tutorials after week 2.
Towards the end, SCB will hold a revision lecture. Apparently, a lot of people will attend this lecture as they say it's very important. Personally, I didn't feel very confident after listening, probably because I was really lost throughout the course anyway. One funny thing would be listening to SCB trash talk Justin Dauwels. For me, the revision lecture was more of an entertainment session where SCB ranted about his displeasure with Dauwels haha.
P.S. If you think EE2001 is hard, wait till you get to EE2002 Analog Electronics. :)
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Towards the end, SCB will hold a revision lecture. Apparently, a lot of people will attend this lecture as they say it's very important. Personally, I didn't feel very confident after listening, probably because I was really lost throughout the course anyway. One funny thing would be listening to SCB trash talk Justin Dauwels. For me, the revision lecture was more of an entertainment session where SCB ranted about his displeasure with Dauwels haha.
P.S. If you think EE2001 is hard, wait till you get to EE2002 Analog Electronics. :)
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EE2004 - DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (Y2S1/4AU)
Lecturer:
Part 1: (can't remember the dude's name)
Part 2: Assoc Prof Lim Meng Hiot
Part 1: (can't remember the dude's name)
Part 2: Assoc Prof Lim Meng Hiot
Tutor: Assoc Prof Ho Duan Juat
Quiz (?%): ?/?
Lab 1 (?%): ?/?
Lab 2 (?%): ?/?
Lab 3 (?%): ?/?
1. Marks and assessment component of the course
Quiz (?%): ?/?
Lab 1 (?%): ?/?
Lab 2 (?%): ?/?
Lab 3 (?%): ?/?
Finals (60%): ?
NOTE: INCOMPLETE/UNCONFIRMED ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
NOTE: INCOMPLETE/UNCONFIRMED ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
2. Course mechanics
3. Short Intro
4. Easy parts
5. Difficult parts
6. Exams/ final paper
7. Tips to do well
8. Overview/ my personal (MIGHT BE BIASED) comments
