Reviews of professor Mehdi Darban

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class consists of 5-6 open note quizzes, a huge group project, and 4 discussion posts. It was my first LSUS class and honestly it was a walk in the park. Teacher provides study guide lecture every week for the exams and the whole test is based on it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. D's class was great! Good way to ease myself back into college. Quizzes every week, but the material is very straightforward. Massive group project, but I had an incredible group.I could see how this would be difficult if you didn't have a good group, but I was fortunate. Instructions could be a little more organized, but it's not impossible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dude is legit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Darban is very inflexible. Difficult to communicate. Group project is the biggest part - not good. I got 89.43 and he wouldn't help to promote to an A, only because he doesn't do any rounding. There's a 15 question test every week, it's not difficult. His video lectures are difficult to understand, luckily closed captions are provided.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best class so far. Clear grading. Responsive and the group project wasn't bad. Don't think twice, just book the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Quizzes are not straight forward, 10 Questions T/F and MC which you have to understand the content and is tricky. You get 15 minutes to complete it with a Proctor. The discussion posts are ridiculous as you have to add journal articles as reference and apply concept every week and feedback responses are just as long. Group project  time consuming.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This course includes a group project with 8-10 of your peers that accounts for 43% of your grade. Also, there's weekly quizzes which he drops the lowest one.  The study guides are very hit and miss. I didn't necessarily enjoy this class like everyone else did. You are allowed a page of handwritten notes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Large group project that is worth a lot of your grade. Quizzes every week, a midterm and a final that are very tricky. Discussions every other week. Tons and tons of reading off Powerpoints that do not make sense in addition to a very outdated textbook. Class I felt was not organized.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Major portion of the class is a session long group project. The assignment itself is fine, however if you end up with a group of people that are not going to participate and work to get things done timely, you may have a very difficult time with this course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Unpopular opinion, but I really liked this class! It was my first in the program and I learned a lot, esp. regarding vertical integration (Zara case), value chain, Porter's 5 Forces, competitive advantage. Lots of writing in the group project, but expectations are clear. My group was rad and I got to meet some good friends I wouldn't have otherwise