AI Rate Professor

Social Science

Mohammad Safarzadeh

ECON01 · ECON1 · ECON1226 · MACRO2 · ECONECON · ECON2 · MICROSECT · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
57/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
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Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you will stay on top of readings and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardKnowledgeableHard ExamsHybrid OptionsApproachableMixed Reviews
  • Solid knowledge and
  • , and grade-unfriendly
  • Mixed recommendations depending on study habits and format

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Several students say hard or effort.

; no official online review count.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

36/100

Economics content plus difficult tests make this more demanding than a light gen-ed.

; no official online review count.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

74/100

One hybrid student notes attendance at meetings was not counted toward the grade.

; no official online review count.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

56/100

Many praise him as fair and funny, while others strongly warn to stay away.

; no official online review count.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Some call him fair with , but .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

54/100

and concept review rather than pure busywork.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

64/100

Many describe clear, funny, approachable lectures, with a minority calling him boring.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Comments center on quizzes and especially difficult exams as the main grade drivers.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person and hybrid-tagged reviews show a .

Main concern

Hard or .

What students said

“I enjoyed the hybrid class very much and found Prof. Safarzadeh and fair.”
ECON01
“ if you don't study.”
ECON1
“ so difficult... Stay away from this guy.”
ECON1

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

some late extra-credit relief.

Difficult ExamsVague QuestionsExtra Credit

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Reviews describe difficult tests, sometimes vague questions, and occasional .

Difficult ExamsVague QuestionsExtra Credit
“ if you don't study.”
ECON1
“ .”
ECON1
“He surprises you at the end w/xtra credit. DO THE XTRA CREDIT.”
ECON2

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ if you don't study. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 reviews, highlighting . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

64/100

“he's very professional. lectures are straight to the point but can be fun whenever he brings up a pertinent annecdote”

📝

38/100

“ so difficult. No matter how hard you might study... it will be impossible to receive a good grade.”

👍 Split Recommendation

56/100

“I reccommend, despite my poor grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and fair
  • Friendly guy! Lectures are interesting and funny at times.
  • does horrible job of lecturing, very boring beyond belief.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • simply if you want A .
  • if you don't study.
  • . Took him online. He surprises you at the end w/xtra credit.

Theme 3

📅 About Class Format

  • I took the hybrid class and had no trouble keeping up with the material.
  • I didn't like the fact he didn't count attendance to the class meetings into the grade.
  • he replies to emails 2- 4 days later

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Nine mixed 2006-2009 reviews are detailed enough to show a .

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

Course coverage

ECON13 reviews
ECON011 review
ECON12261 review
ECON21 review
ECONECON1 review
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MACRO21 review
MICROSECT1 review

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