[dcassett]

I had such a self-paced course in the '70s based on the book "Fundamentals of Logic Design" by Charles Roth, Jr. It should be noted that the book was specifically written for self-paced study, and as such acted as a sort of tutor by carefully laying out a sequence of reading short segments, answering short questions about the material, then doing more involved problems. I found this course to be very effective and motivating for me, especially given the undergraduate class sizes.

[somenameforme]

Wow, care to share your alma mater? That was the exact book we also used - some decades later, 5th edition for my class! Absolutely wonderful book. Wow, what a wave of emotions I got when looking at that book's cover again!

And yeah that course and book gave me a serious love of electrical engineering to the point I even considered swapping majors (it was part of the CS curriculum for us), and in hind sight I rather wish I did, but hey - wisdom to pass onto the kids.

[dcassett]

That was at UT Austin, where Dr. Roth was a professor. Another thing about that course - the problems that were given by the TAs for the 90% proficiency checks seemed pretty challenging and weren't in the book. You really had to know your material, yet there were no big surprises.

[somenameforme]

Haha, it's a small world isn't it? It was EE316k for us, and yeah, sounds like he set the precedent and people carried it on forward perfectly.