Reviews of professor Rachid Skouta

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is very nice and cares about his students. Orgo, in general, is a hard topic to learn and he is willing to go in-depth on topics during lectures. He is approachable, he doesn't veer from topics or over complicate them as some professors do. Gave out extra credit for the last 2 exams. Willing to work with you if you just communicate with him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You can tell Skouta wants to engage students but that's where the positives end. He assigns an absurd amount of OWL's (I'm not exaggerating 60-100 per week) and then does not prepare students for the LAB's (which meet on Saturday's) or the exams. Do not take this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Skouta is one of the most caring professors you will find at UMass Amherst, he is extremely personable and cares about his student. He has been super generous with the amount of extra credit he has given us during this semester. Sometimes he explains things in a confusing way and I mainly got my grade from attending every SI session.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Skouta is a really great professor. Sometimes he can get carried away from the class material, but it is always done in a way to make the students laugh and relax. Exams are very fair and not meant to trick you. Somehow, someway I got a B and only passed one exam -- you'll be fine.