Circuits and Electronics
(Spring 2025)

Welcome to 6.200! We're very much looking forward to working with you all this semester!

We are still figuring out some of the details of how our spring 2025 offering will be structured, and we will update this page with more information as we get closer to the start of the semester. In the meantime, please be aware of the following:

  1. Course Number

    Since fall 2022, all course 6 subjects have been renumbered (rationale and details can be found here). This subject used to be called 6.002; moving forward, we will refer to it internally as 6.200 ("six two hundred"). But for registration purposes, please register for 6.2000 (note the extra zero).

  2. Ready for 6.200?

    The only prerequisite for this class is 8.02, but there are some additional topics that you should feel comfortable with before taking this course:

    • Working with linear functions and linear equations

      • Moving between representations of linear functions, e.g., slope-intercept form y = mx + b, standard form Ax + By = c, point-slope form (y-y_1) = m(x-x_1).

      • Sketching and interpreting graphs of linear functions, including estimating slopes and intercepts from graphs and interpreting graphs in terms of physical quantities.

      • Solving simultaneous linear algebraic equations graphically and analytically

    • Logarithms and mathematical operations on them, e.g., \log(xy) = \log(x) + \log(y).

    • SI units and prefixes ("nano" means 10^{-9}, etc). You will often need to convert between various units (e.g., you're given a value in milliAmps but you need to express it in Amps) and you should be able to do this without a calculator.

    • Integrals and derivatives, and their interpretations; and the fundamental theorem of calculus (the change of the value of a function across an interval is the integral of its derivative over that interval).

  3. Lab Assistants

    6.200 is currently looking for lab assistants! If you took and enjoyed 6.200 in the past and are interested in returning as a lab assistant, please fill out the application at https://eecsla.mit.edu by Friday, 17 January.

    If you have any questions or concerns, please send them via e-mail to Adam Hartz, hz@mit.edu.