Reviews of professor Mehdi Darban

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bulk of the grade was from a group project that is worked on the entire length of the course. Requirements are clearly outlined and he was fairly quick to respond to any questions. If you have a good cooperative group the project can be easy. Weekly "tests" are based on powerpoint lecture slides. A lot of material, only 10 questions on each quiz.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Weekly assignments were fine. Weekly forum posts w/responses + weekly quizzes. Weekly 10 question quizzes, one page of handwritten notes allowed. The Group Project was a drag. So many specific details. Rarely interacted with Professor, didn't want to risk losing points sending him an email that wasn't to his up to his liking.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I don't feel the supporting assistants are very helpful when needed. Class is manageable and for exams you can have a cheat sheet front and back. Quiz every week but only 10 questions and fairly easy. There is a group project that is heavily weighted. You need to hope you have reliable people in your group lol

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really a great professor, but hard material. A group project is assigned and a 20 page paper + a 20 min presentation is due by the last week. If you dont read the textbook, you will not pass. Heavy on reading.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mostly self taught, he will give you PowerPoints which provide you with the info you need for the weekly quiz (open note). A big chuck of the grade is the group project, so hope you get a good group! About every week, a forum post will be due too. This class is not anything crazy. Take good notes for the quiz, turn things on time and you'll be fine

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Darban was a nice professor to learn from. His layout of the class was all over the place. Quizzes are straight from the readings. He also provides PowerPoint slides as reference while you read. Exams are also straightforward if you study. Group project was a bit tedious but not difficult if your group starts early. Discussions were easy & fun.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great teacher! Clear grading outline, very easy to do receive an A. Drops your lowest quiz score, able to pick bi-weekly discussions or completing Amazon Web Services Certification. Gives extra credit with additional projects and project section.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great professor, highly recommend taking him. MBA 703 was easy to follow as long as you put in the work, 8 quizzes, 3 discussion OR get a free AWS certification, and 1 group project. lowest quiz grade gets dropped and you can have a cheat sheet. Group project is straight forward, this class is easy and you will learn a lot! Loved it!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The overall class was easy enough to get an A. However make sure you login and check course material and deadlines on the first day.There is a graded introduction post which has a deadline of 2 days from the start date. Which is ridiculous. You instantly lose 20 points for late submission. It doesn't make sense since its graded next week anyways.