Reviews of professor Firat Sayin

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Firat overall wasn't a bad professor, he had good lectures and was friendly. If you paid attention to the lectures the material made sense. He was vague at times with what he wanted for the group project, and his midterm and final could be a bit of a challenge to some. However, if you are able to attend the lectures and give effort you'll do fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This prof is very cold. Wont answer questions, just pawns you off to his TA. 0 clear grading criteria, tells you to respond in the discussion but grades them tough. He is clearly too good to have time for his students. I would not recommend this class with this prof to anyone. I loved Micro OB and was so excited for this course. Im disappointed

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
smart guy.. tricky group project but exams were kinda straightforward.. would recommend if you wanna learn and get good grades.. get ready to put in some solid effort tho.. stay away if you wanna get an easy a

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
10/10 would not recommend - one of SMU's worst professors!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very vague and treats the class like it's a fourth year course. Didn't make any attempts to rectify the poor performance on the midterm. Just blamed the class for being lazy. Class average was mid 40's

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Tough grader. Average mark in midterm was 45 or something and students were blamed for not doing the work needed to do well even though many attended every class and still didn't get a good grade. He knows what he's talking about but isn't bothered much about students doing well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Grades the class like its a 4th year class. Midterm and final seem easy enough but they aren't graded that way. Although many students made complaints about the midterm grading, nothing was changed for the final and it was marked as harshly as the midterm. He seemed nice at first but that soon changed once the midterm and final came around.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I somewhat enjoyed the class, He is not as tough of a grader as others have said. My only issue with the course is how detailed he gets when in lectures, which then reflects on the midterm,There is a lot of concepts then subconcepts and definitions to know. My experience with MicroOB was much different and I guess I was expecting a similar approach

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the worst profs I've had in a while. He only grades you from the midterm, final, and a huge group presentation/report. Was very vague in what he wanted from us for the group work, even when asked multiple times. He also keeps telling the class we wont get jobs because of the upcoming recession, and was overall pretty negative in general.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Test are way harder than the level of the course.