Paul Milenkovic - University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

Professor: Paul Milenkovic

Department: Engineering

College: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

One of the weirdest people I have ever met, he has good intentions but they are completely misguided. If you can read his handwriting and are willing to read the book you should be okay in this class. Make sure the first few days of lab to get to know people around you so you do well. The practice exams are representative of what is on the exam.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Lectures are the most useless lectures I've ever had. I went the first two weeks and skipped the rest because they didn't help at all. The labs are good help because the TA's can help you with the material. Milenkovic gets off topic too easily and has very poor organization.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Honestly, probably did too much LCD at one point. Labs are useful to learn material, he puts up a sheet with similar problems on the board while you work and wanders around answering questions. Literally the weirdest dude ever. Lecture is useless, my roommate never went and got an A, homework is mostly for practice but still graded.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Yikes. The lectures, labs, and homework were all extremely disconnected from each other. We had to teach ourselves the material. He was very off putting and unapproachable. The labs are incredibly frustrating considering how much of the final grade they are. Milenkovic is so strange and completely unapproachable.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He was the worst professor I have had. He does not know how to explain concepts efficiently 1 on 1 or in lecture. His examples in class were often incorrectly calculated, which confuses the class. He will call people out in lecture if they are not looking at the screen when over half the class already skips. Just read the book and go to lab

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He obviously knows what he's talking about but he can't convey it well to you. Takes off points for trying. Would not recommend.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Paul is a cool guy but this class really shouldn't just have 1 lecture per week.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This man is literally insane. During his one lecture of the week, half the time is spent drawing on analogies and telling stories that are not only irrelevant, they are failed attempts at humor where he will actually chuckle at his own jokes. Additionally, his exam questions are somewhat easy but there's just too many of them and everyone suffers.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One of the absolute worst professors I have ever had. I seriously do not understand how such bad teachers can fly under the radar at this otherwise great university. This man is a terrible teacher, and an even worse explainer. You want to learn circuits your own way, with your own intuition? Too bad, that doesn't fly here. Made me hate ECE376

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This is a hard class. It takes a lot of work and hw is not worth much. Make sure to go to all labs. His test are tough but if you can do the practice exam it should be somewhat okay.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ME376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

How much I like him decayed exponentially as the semester went on. He goes out of his way to make things difficult. In the in class moodle quizzes, points are taken off for wrongful attempts. I understand this for multiple choice but all problems here are like that. What kind of professor deducts points for trying? He's terrible at teaching also.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is the worst professor I have ever had.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

milenkovich was not a great professor by any means. His lectures werent overly helpful

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The structure of this class was horrible. The lectures were not helpful at all and I basically taught everything to myself. Other than that the tests and homeworks were fair. If you don't have to take this class, i would avoid it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The class has you learning the material on your own during harshly graded lab exercises, with useless lectures on the material following the labs. The lectures are an absolute waste of time, with awful analogies and terrible preparation augmented by poorly executed examples. If you have a choice, take anything else.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The lectures are fairly useless. Little to no actual explanation of the material, and what it is is understood more easily through the book or other online sources. For example, one of the lectures revolved around explaining how to solve a three variable three equation system of equations. Even the TAs don't understand what he's talking about.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Milenkovic is clinically insane. Lectures are somewhat helpful, but more so entertaining. Free comedy once a week as Milenkovic dances around the room like he's in an asylum. The material of the class is super interesting, but the way it is set up is sub-par. Moodle quizzes take up the labs and no hands on experience is supplied.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Probably the worst professor I've ever encountered. Manages to make even the most basic concepts confusing. Thinks he's funny but he's not at all.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This dude is literally Doc Brown. Classic case of crazy genius that can't teach. The way he teaches is all over the place, extremely unorganized. This class needs way more that one lecture per week. Labs should be discussions. Very off topic in lecture. Doesn't explain things well at all. Doesn't provide practice exams and the exams are hard.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE376
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is class is pretty easy. Yes he is off topic and little out there at times, but it's hilarious, I loved going to lecture. Do the homework and practice exams and you'll be more than fine.