Reviews of professor Muhammad Rahman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Muhammad definitely opens up more as the semester goes by. In the first half of the semester, we had some quizzes and lots of reading. But the last half was more work and revising our designs. He knows a lot about typography and gives really good feedback--even gives you design ideas and concepts. By the end of the semester, I really did like him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take classes from him if you can avoid it. His criticism is inconsistent, subjective, and unconstructive. He values complaining about bad work much more than actually helping students improve their skills and knowledge, which quickly becomes draining to put up with.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Muhammad pushes students beyond what they think they can do and although it can be frustrating at times, but all my best work is from his class. I learned more in any class I have taken at DAAP, just gotta be strong minded and not take his reactions/ some critiques to heart. In the end he cares so much about his students and wants your top work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Communication is a problem. It is hard to understand what he wants, and he is awful at replying to emails in a timely manner. During critiques, he gives the first few people good criticism, then runs out of time and the rest of the class doesn't get the same quality of feedback. His friendly personality doesn't show until the end of semester.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Muhammed is fairly cold and hard to talk to, especially at the beginning of the semester. You have to work very hard to dig his personality out of him. He is a poor communicator, often changing what he wants on a whim and emailing last minute late into the night. He is very intelligent about typography and can give good feedback if you push him.