Reviews of professor Farrokh Malihi

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He does a good job on reiterating concepts necessary to know for the tests. The slides and the textbook help in understanding the hard concepts. He is a good clear grader and does his best to teach the material in an understandable way. I recommend taking his Organic Chem 1.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Malihi provides all the information pertaining to what comes out on tests through PowerPoint slides and homework. There was some confusion with setting up the textbook at the beginning, which discouraged a lot of people. So we just ended up not using it at all. Overall, attending his lectures and doing the homework will net you an easy A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lenient grader on labs. He messed up the final exam for my class. My classmates and I had no idea what to expect until the time of the final. Most were doing well prior to it, but his unfair administration messed up a lot of us. Disorganized, late grader, poor with technology and communicating with students. I'd never sit through his class again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Farrokh is a tremendous teacher. I had him for both Organic Chemistry I and the associated lab. He genuinely cares for his students and gives each student individual support that best helps them prepare for the class. He does not focus on grades, but instead wants his students to learn the concepts of the class and be successful.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Make sure you work on the exam. You have no idea which is your grade. He gave the grade randomly. You don't know what is your grade on Canvas he just posted on SIS.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a good professor. He takes time to listen to your questions. His lectures and explanations clarify the main concept of the course. He is detail oriented and focuses on practicing. His practice problems really help a student to learn well. If you want to learn, I recommend to take his class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was a hybrid course. The experiments discussed were almost completely theoretical, as data was generally not provided to go through the experiment in a hypothetical scenario. Graded within a timely manor and gave multiple opportunities for extra credit. All but maybe one assignment was completed with a lab partner.