Lecture was very random and never really specified what was important. Paden is a smart/cool guy, but lecture time never goes into detail on the material you actually need to be able to produce for exams and it is also conceptual in the book. The lab is time-consuming but not on pace with lecture. Studying old tests are your best bet for exams.

Random lectures make students hard to focus and understand the concepts.

I thought he was a good teacher.

I'm not a fan of Paden's teaching style; his lectures are really random. Exams are based on lectures much more than HW. Prepare for tests by studying old exams on the website and by looking over your notes. The Labs suck. Not too difficult of a class overall though.

Decided to give us much more difficult tests than he had given for this class in previous years.Homework was pretty straight forward but as I said before, was pretty tough to do better than average on exams.The labs were the best part of this class although they can be a pain sometimes due to faulty equipment.Overall, decent professor.

A lot of work in those labs! He is pretty smart and sometimes cracks jokes in class. Study for the exams with the exams posted online and don't stress too much because there is a curve. Relatively easy B, Very hard A.

He's very smart. Maybe that's why he can't adjust to students' level. First few weeks of class is confusing, but it gets better. He's exams are fair. My advice is that don't freak out even if you don't understand anything at the beginning. Do your homework and study sample exams.

GREAT

Nice guy. The labs were the best part of this class. Putting together circuits and running them was awesome, but we needed more support to explain what was going on. The tests were fair.

random lectures, smart as hell, he's a mad scientist!!!!

Really energetic fun teacher. Not the greatest lecturer since he mostly likes to talk about his friends company's and what they are doing rather than whats gonna be on the test. Really fun interesting class though

Great teacher, interesting. BEST ME teacher at UCSB. He also puts his ph# up for students to call. (We called him at 11 pm before the final, and he offered help over the phone.