Reviews of professor Deborah Berhanu

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Cosmetic chemistry was the most frustrating class I've ever taken. Professor Berhanu definitely cares for her students and is incredibly intelligent, but she is not an effective instructor. She is short-tempered and loses her patience when her students don't understand concepts. Her exams are very difficult. I barely passed this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Cant believe I got an A. So much work being remote since we did labs by ourself at home. Wish the course itself had more application to cosmetics. Felt like I had to teach myself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The best chem professor ever! She made class fun and way easier to understand chemistry. She wants to make sure all her students understand the concepts, and she can tell when we dont understand and she continues to explain in different ways so that we all do well. Test questions can sometimes be worded a little confusing, but shes great!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Look at her reviews for kingsbourough community college which is where she came from before FIT! They need a new professor to teach this course for CFM students!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Berhanu is such a sweetheart. She really wants her students to learn and will make sure to help anyone who is confused. Her tests are fair, there are three tests throughout the semester and one term project. If you are unfamiliar with chemistry she is there to help! The labs are fun too.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She can be confusing at times, but still a caring professor that wants you to learn. always encourages questions, will help with anything big or small. 3 exams, all of which were generally pretty easy as long as you know your definitions and structures

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly horrible. Very confusing and constantly contradicts herself. Unclear about grading and overall makes everything more difficult than it needs to be. Take another professor if you can!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was so disorganized and the lab techs and the professor never coordinated so the instructions that were given were so inconsistent that it was incredibly frustrating to take this class at home and do labs at home. The teachers are all really intelligent but they talk over eachother and contradict eachother so it gets confusing at times.