AI Rate Professor

Media Arts

Michael Emami

MCOM125 · COMM122 · VIDEO666 · MCOMM · MCOMM111 · MATH90 · MCOM120 · VIDEOSTUDIOOP · MCOM110 · VIDEOPROD · MCOM101 · FILM · MCOM118 · COMM111 · MCOM · MCOMM118 · MCOM117 · MCOM111 · MCOM121 · 44 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Avoid unless you are a serious film student , and hard-to-follow lectures.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard to understandPlays favoritesRude commentsHigh standardsPolarizing
  • Majority of reviews are strongly negative on clarity, rudeness, and favoritism
  • A minority praise his film knowledge, passion, and high standards for serious students
  • as mandatory and

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some call tests and papers easy if you attend, while others say you must work hard and may still suffer favoritism.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content difficulty is mixed; production classes feel brutal for some while survey film classes feel easier.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Despite a few glowing reviews, the bulk of comments tell students to run or pick anyone else.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

if you rework papers with him, but favoritism and .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

Typical load includes film journals, a paper, tests, and project work; production courses feel heavier.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Many students call lectures boring, hard to understand, or rude, outweighing a smaller set of strong endorsements.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Common mix of , and many movie journals.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person media arts students are sharply split, but most report hard-to-understand lectures, rude or political tangents, and favoritism; a smaller group loves his standards and film knowledge.

Main concern

Clarity, mood swings, favoritism, and .

What students said

“Learned pretty much nothing in his class being that he is very hard to understand.”
MCOM111
“ teacher i have ever seen”
MCOM120
“Dr. Emami is a brilliant professor. He holds his students to standards that can be apprietated by anyone who cares about their education.”
MCOM111
“ as soon as he gets the chance if he doesn't like you.”
111

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and journals; some call the but overall format is standard.

Two ExamsResearch PaperFilm JournalsIn-Person Class

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

paper with presentation, and many film journals.

Two ExamsResearch PaperFilm Journals
“2 tests, 1 research paper with presentation, and 11 or so journals on each movie watched.”
MCOM111
“ and ”
MCOMM111
“The .”
MCOM111

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Pretty easy I guess. Lectures are boring, but only 2 easy tests the whole semester.”

Voice snapshots generated from 44 in-person reviews, highlighting polarization around clarity, favoritism, and standards. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“He means well but he is just not a good teacher. His english is not the best.”

⚠️ Clarity Problems

22/100

“If I could give him a negative 5 in clarity, I would.”

👎

28/100

“Don't even think about it! Just run, run far away!”

🌟 Minority Praise

75/100

“This is the . He is truly a teacher who cares about his students”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his lectures consist of
  • Hard to understand clearly because of his accent
  • Very pationate lectures and film selection is diverse

Theme 2

😡 About Character & Fairness

  • Makes rude comments
  • he does seem to favor men
  • as soon as he gets the chance if he doesn't like you

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and
  • Don't expect an easyA out of him though;he is going to make you work for it
  • If you attend class you will pass

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

44

Recent reviews read by the AI

44

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-four reviews spanning many years show a consistent negative lean with recurring themes, yielding high confidence.

Inside 44 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 56
3 out of 53
2 out of 58
1 out of 521

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1