Reviews of professor Farhad Zabihi

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's overall pretty nice, but he is definitely a tough grader. The grading criteria is not clear.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very very particular grader, believes in "doing things right the first time." Most helpful at office hours. Lets you bring notecard to exams (lifesaver)! Exams are nothing like the homework and less than 30% of chapter review. Once solved an exam problem correctly the "long way" and he changed future exam questions so that wouldn't be allowed.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class had A LOT of homework. However, the homework was only 8% of the grade, so as long as you know the material it's not so big of a deal. The rest of the grade is on quizzes and tests. If you learn the material, you should get a good grade, even if you don't do most of the HW. You may not want to take this class for credits only.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pro:
Knows his stuff. Explains well. Grades exams quickly
Con:
Uninspirational. Boring. Lazy. Likes to skip review classes before exams. Talks quietly, and writes on a small projector that is not very clearly projecting, so it's difficult to see what he writes up. Terrible handwriting.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Pretty baller professor. Very hard class but hes a dope guy that takes his job seriously and you can tell that he is enthusiastic about math. I kinda feel bad for not doing the homework or studying as hard as I should have, but this is probably my favorite class that I have taken in college so far and made me consider switching my major to math

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
dont take him....

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Get ready for LOTS and LOTS of homework. There are 10 sets of homework which are turned in weekly. 10 quizzes which are ok and 4 exams which are extremely difficult. He gives study guides but it seems as though the study guide is easier than the actual test. Good organization.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The first test was the hardest so dont feel bad if you get a no passing grade. Quizzes are fair, there is 10 of those weekly. Test are HARD, there is 4. He can be nit picky when grading ; for example if instruction say one thing he will dock off points for not doing it the way he wanted it and he will tell you it was implied in the directions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Toughest class I've ever taken. Very hard grader but encouraging and he clearly wants you to succeed. Won't give full credit (even with correct answers) if you don't show your work. SHOW ALL STEPS! DON'T SKIP ANYTHING! But I learned a lot and I would take a class from him again. Very fast paced class, it's easy to fall behind.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is a pretty good professor, but you really have to do the homework if you want a good grade. The homework counts as extra credit which was helpful to bump up your grade. I would say you dont really need to go to class, but if you have poor time management skills to watch the lectures or video resources, then you will have a hard time.