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EC ENGR 170A · Rec 1B

Principles of Photonics

Fall 2026Rozells, J.4 units

Seats, time, final and grades

Seats

Open, 1 seat left.

34 of 35 enrolled.

Meets

F 3:00pm-3:50pm

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Final

Mon 7 Dec, 8:00am to 11:00am

One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.

Read 2 days ago.

Grades

3.62
predicted, all instructors · 361 grades

361 letter grades, everyone who has taught EC ENGR 170A.

Read 19 minutes ago. This is a recent reading, not a live seat count.

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Meets: F 3:00pm-3:50pm

Lecture: TR 2:00pm-3:50pm

Boelter Hall 5436

Grades

3.62
predicted, all instructors · 361 grades

2 people have taught EC ENGR 170A in the grade record: CARBAJO, SERGIO at 3.67 over 296 grades and WONG, CHEE WEI at 3.45 over 65 grades.

A range
74%
P/NP
0%
D/F/W
2.5%

Full grade history for EC ENGR 170A

What students say

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Will it still be here

high risk chance of closing before your enrollment pass.

Final enrollment per term from four years of grade data. Summer excluded: different population, different pass structure.

  • 3621F
  • 3522W
  • 4322F
  • 1723W
  • 7123F
  • 1324W
  • 6624F
  • 8125F
Enrollment by term: 21F 36, 22W 35, 22F 43, 23W 17, 23F 71, 24W 13, 24F 66, 25F 81

Peak 81 · most recent 25F at 81

Seats over time

Freed 1 seat over about 1 month

4 times reopened
34 of 35 · 1 left
18 Aug 04:309 Sep 13:161 Oct 22:02
dibs read 150 of the 902 hours its hourly record covers, 17%, and did not look in 752. dibs had no hourly record before 25 Aug, which is the other 173 of 1075 plotted.34 of 35 enrolled at the newest reading, 19 minutes ago, with 1 left. Seats from 18 Aug 04:30 to 1 Oct 22:02, 35 to 34. dibs read 150 of the 902 hours its hourly record here covers, 17%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 752 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 25 August at 09:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 173 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist. Flat between dots joins recorded counts; changes between reads may be missed. The line starts when dibs first saw this section rather than reaching back before it existed. The last one is the last time dibs read this section, moved or not: 19 minutes ago.

Show the readings (11)
Recorded Enrolled Capacity Status Waitlist Hours read
1 Oct 22:02 34 35 open - 5 of 30
30 Sep 17:02 34 35 open - 21 of 136
25 Sep 02:22 35 35 closed - 2 of 5
24 Sep 22:52 34 35 open - 2 of 8
24 Sep 15:52 35 35 closed - 3 of 11
24 Sep 05:22 34 35 open - 2 of 9
23 Sep 21:22 33 35 open - 2 of 8
23 Sep 14:22 34 35 open - 55 of 398
7 Sep 01:40 35 35 closed - 14 of 131
1 Sep 15:40 34 35 open - 53 of 348, 173 no hourly record
18 Aug 04:30 35 35 closed - -
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