Reviews of professor Mahmoud Darrat

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Darrat is easily one of the best professors I have had at UT, especially as a grad student. He's well versed in global business/geopolitics and puts his own entertaining spin on everything to make you interested. I honestly learned more from his tangents than I did from half the classes I've taken so far.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Darrat is a funny guy and you will never be bored during his lectures. The tests were pretty difficult, but if you study you will be fine. He has very high expectations for the final group project so make sure you get working on that not too late in the semester. I would say I learned a lot from his class and it wasn't too time-consuming.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best professors EVER. Super cool and understanding. I usually hate lectures but he makes them so interesting and I was eager to listen to them. Test can be difficult but manageable. Big group project but nothing crazy difficult. Would take again!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Surprised by the negative reviews, I loved this class.Tests are hard, did a lot better on the second than the 1st. I disagree that he's an insane grader, our group got an A on the project and some others did too. No flex but not all projects were good quality in our class. Some were trash which might explain the grading. G

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Attendance is absolutely mandatory. HARDEST TESTS out of any class I've ever taken, and they were on procotorio. Lectures are interesting but not enough to out balance the difficulty of his tests. No one gets above an 85 on the final group project, bc he grades it insanely hard. Yes he's funny but the tests are impossible, so you wont do well

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He provides audio with powerpoint slides and exams are primarily from those lectures. He has weekly discussion boards and the topics are interesting like how AI is being used to sample dead artists and create new unauthorized songs. Most online classes I've taken are distant but he tries to keep it engaged. I can actually say I learned something

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Unique professor with a lot of knowledge on current events and useful and funny lectures. Although most material is online, his lectures make it way more interesting and understandable becuase of discussions brought up in class and he doesn't shy away from controversial issues. However the test's are hard so STUDY but he does scale them sometimes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's hilarious and I looked forward to lectures bc of how passionate he is about the material.   People would bring up random current events in class and he was always aware and on top of the issues with interesting interpretations and opinions. He also provides cool real world examples from videos to visualizations which helps it stick.Great prof