PHYS 391LElectronics Laboratory

Units: 0.25
Faculty: Science
Subject: Physics

When it runs

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

For students who have taken or are taking PHYS 391.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Corequisites

Completed or concurrently enrolled in:
- PHYS391 - Electronics (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

PHYS 391

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LAB 001	6896	0 / 24	Jan 20 13:30–17:20 Feb 3 13:30–17:20 Feb 24 13:30–17:20 Mar 10 13:30–17:20 Mar 24 13:30–17:20
LAB 701	2585	19 / 9999	Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

33% liked it25% easy38% useful

From 6 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Why the hell does a lab course have both a final project AND a final exam? Only Mikolas knows. The project is written, which again is dumb for a LAB course, and is a bit difficult if you don't really understand all the relationships between transistors. The lab exam was just flat out terrible. 11 stations, 10 minutes at each station. Other than that the lab reports were easy 100s. Just be warned that the extra time you spend in the lab is caused from things breaking or already having broken things, and the lab instructions (like all physics labs) are not fully clear. The lab helped with intuition about how to build amplifiers with transistors and op amps, and basics of circuitry, which are…

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention PHYS 391L, May 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2017

Sep 27, 2017 PSA: Course selection has started 47 points, 45 comments

“Course selection is open from now until next Tuesday. For first years: this is NOT first come first serve. Take the time to look through and consider what you want to take. …”

u/A_Pool_Shaped_Moon: “PHYS 444, 391, 391L, 375, 460B, 437B. I have a fun life (Plus all the fun electives seem to be in the fall term).”

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Spring 2017

May 4, 2017 Has anyone here taken PHYS 391 / 391L? 1 point, 0 comments

u/threnna: “I'd be taking it as an elective and it sounds like it could be interesting, but I couldn't find any comments on the course. Is it useful? Hard? Is the lab not terrible?”