Abstract :
When I was an undergraduate I wanted very much to learn electronic circuit design, but I couldn´t. The instructors of the required electronic circuit design courses I was compelled to take seemed to be showing off, and on that basis I certainly didn´t choose their follow-on elective courses. Everything in graduate school was elective, and not wishing to jeopardize my grade-point average I merely audited the electronic circuit design courses. Again, I came away with the impression that the instructors were highly competent magicians. They knew razzle-dazzle circuit simplifications that eased analysis and supported design, but I was unable to learn them. Most of the other courses I took didn´t seem like that to me, so I had plenty of options other than electronic circuit design.
