Reviews of professor Assad Fotovatian

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had this prof for physics 1 and this course was much less well taught. It felt like the lectures were poorly planned and I had trouble following the content. There would be questions on the hw and quizzes that we hadn't learned yet. The material was pretty easy so it wasn't that bad and he's a really nice guy, just very diff than physics 1.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This is by far the best profession I have had at Northeastern. His study guides laid out clearly what was going to be tested on the 6 exams we had before the final.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture heavy, homework is completely optional, and if you have taken calc before, it is an easy A. Grade is based off of 6 exams and the final. Practice exams are super similar to the actual exams, and he is very understanding. He can get distracted during class, so sometimes he is hard to follow. I personally loved him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Physics 2 with Assad was a cakewalk over Summer 1. Super easy exams, similar in difficulty to the practice exams. Some questions on the homeworks and quizzes can be challenging, but the most challenging questions won't be on exams. Lectures are great but are very long and slow paced. Physics II Lab isn't hard, but is a time sink; some bad TAs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Fotovatian is definitely a safe option for Calculus. Not going to lie, sometimes he would make me super mad cuz a lot of times his lecture examples had a lot of mistakes. But overall, he's a super fair grader and super nice, so still a really good professor. Way better than some other calculus professor that I hear of.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He provided the notes online and his practice quizzes closely resembled the real ones. However, your grade is entirely made of quizzes/tests -homework/participation has no impact. No extra credit was offered. He mainly wrote on the board, rarely explaining the material. He was often late to class. The average class attendance rate was about 50%.