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Art

Masood Kamandy

DMA064 · ART60 · ART060 · ART64 · ART056 · A64 · ART064 · ART081 · ART22 · PHOTO31 · ART061 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
88/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
82.35%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

if you want rigorous, portfolio-building design or creative coding with strong mentorship and are willing to put in .

Best fit · Effort For RewardGives excellent feedbackCaring mentorProject-heavy designChallenging but rewardingIndustry-ready skills
  • Most students praise patient, resource-rich teaching that builds real design and creative-coding skills.
  • , and frequent deliverables.
  • A small minority felt lectures repeated readings and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many earn As including A+ , and at least one course grades partly on effort, but work is consistently challenging.

In-person reviews emphasize effort-based success; the sole .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Students repeatedly call design and creative coding classes hard with and dense projects.

Online review rates difficulty 5 and graduate-like; in-person reviews mostly rate 3-4 with challenge framed as rewarding.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and several tags say skipping means you will not pass.

Both online and .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

84/100

Strong majority would take again and minority saying avoid.

; the single online review would not take again.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

56/100

Often grades on growth and effort with , though some call him a .

Format shift

Online review tags Tough grader; .

Workload

Heavy

38/100

, and large finals or presentations are common.

Format shift

Online review emphasizes lots of homework; and reading load.

Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

and industry-relevant mentoring, with only a few unhelpful-lecture complaints.

Format shift

In-person praise is very strong; the lone online review is mixed-to-negative on teaching clarity.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Assessment is driven by projects, presentations, prototypes, readings, and critiques rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

; online review does not describe exams either.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person art and interaction design classes are highly praised for supportive critiques, accessibility, and and .

Main concern

and projects, and .

What students said

“there is a really amazing supportive critique for .”
ART064
“Masood is a wonderful teacher who is extremely patient and kind towards his students.”
ART60
“dont think i learned much. assigns a lot of reading and ' but doens't do a lot of teaching.”
ART064

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Single online review found the course graduate-level hard with and lots of homework.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“Treats course like it's a Graduate level. Groups grades in batches resulting in reduced level of and what to improve before the end of the course.”
DMA064

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Courses rely on recurring projects and presentations with critique rather than classic closed-book exams; proctoring is not clearly described.

Project-based assessmentPresentationsSupportive critiquesReading discussions

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and critiques; traditional exam policy is not clearly proven in comments.

Biweekly projectsPresentationsStudio critiques
“every 2 weeks a and a presentation is required.”
ART064
“we had 2 mini assignments a week and one larger project, final project was 30% of grade”
ART22

Online

Online evidence focuses on homework volume and .

Lots of homeworkBatch grading
“Groups grades in batches resulting in reduced level of and what to improve before the end of the course.”
DMA064

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I can honestly say I have never learned more about design and art than from Masoods IxD class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 reviews (16 in-person, 1 , and minority criticism. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Mentorship Quality

88/100

“Masood is a wonderful teacher who is extremely patient and kind towards his students.”

🛠️ Skill Growth

90/100

“you come out of it feeling like a better and adaptable designer”

📚 Workload Intensity

38/100

“assigns a lot of reading and ' but doens't do a lot of teaching.”

👍 Recommendation

84/100

“He is compassionate and open-minded! !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • you can improve your designs
  • Masood genuinely cares about the development and success of his students.
  • always full of resources, guidance, and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Still, you can pass the class without knowing how to program, graded on effort.
  • Class is very independent but he's literally behind you ready to answer questions
  • Treats course like it's a Graduate level.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • if you try.
  • and resourceful.
  • can come off as as well .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen detailed reviews from 2016-2022 with strong theme consistency and only a small dissenting cluster.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

13

A+ 4 · A 9

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1