Reviews of professor Mostafa Abedinifard

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would say that Mostafa is really caring and nice. But his grades this semester have been unacceptable to many students. Strict standards are his choice, but it seems that even if you follow all the standards and work extra hard, it's hard to get good grades.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Mostafa is somewhat humorous and offers interesting themes of Persian literature. Note, however, that the grading requirement for Literary Analysis of 395 is demanding if you require elective course credit. 394 A study based on post-Iranian revolutionary film would be more suitable as an elective. Also, learn MLA writing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
terrible prof, never taking him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Kind and caring professor! One of the warmest people I have come across. It is disheartening to read some of the other students feedback because Dr. Abedinifard goes the extra mile to support his students learning needs.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Abedinifard is an amazing individual. He deeply cares, rspectes, and helps everyone and all nationalities would feel welcome in his class. HOWEVER, absolutely tough grader! He has a really long list of expectations that you have to meet in a strict limited word count. He is really flexible with due dates and helps a lot in his office hours.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Abedinifard is definitely an expert in Persian literature and extremely knowledgeable in the field of Iranian studies. However, you have to put on the work. Lots of homework and assignments. He's a fair marker. You have to work really hard to earn a descent grade. Overall, I'd recommend this prof if you really want to be better in writing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This course is really a nightmare. Disorganized contents, no one knows what is going on. The weekly discussion on pizza is really disorganized, which is probably due to the TA. Anyways, do not take this course, unless you want really low grades.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Mostafa is thoughtful, friendly, and gentle. Although you can feel the arrogance in his expert aura, I don't think it is a problem. The grading for each assignment is very harsh. I can only say that I try to talk to him and him more. Doing weekly tasks well is suitable for students who want to get elective credits but don't care much about GPA.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you're not an expert in literary analysis, I highly recommend taking Mostafa's 394 as an elective, where he's good. Since 395 is based on Persian literature, there is a lot of literary analysis work. And Mostafa is pretty tough on this part, you probably spend a lot of time and get frustrated too.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think students' concerns are justified, I took Mostafa's 394 and worked hard to get good grades. This semester he seems to have begun to deliberately raise the bar to leave us in a state of loss and frustration, and the final paper is graded harshly. If it wasn't for the homework and other scoring items that saved me, my GPA might have been bad.