AI Rate Professor

Engineering

Stephan Harsany

ELECTRONICS · ELECTRONICS56 · ELEC65AB · MICROWAVE · ELEC56 · DIGITAL · DEVICES · ELEC50AB · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.2

The decision

Worth taking for electronics if you show up, stay engaged, and can handle a blunt humorous style.

Best fit · Effort For RewardEngaging LecturesHands-On LabsFunny MentorCareer PrepIndependent Learning
  • Strong recent praise for , and real-world electronics prep
  • Course difficulty stays manageable if you pay attention and do the work
  • Older reviews are mixed, so experience may vary by era and attitude fit

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Multiple students say the class is not hard and solid effort with attention leads to passing or high grades.

All evidence is in-person; recent reviews report A/B outcomes with manageable work.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Average difficulty is low and students say attention plus labs make electronics understandable.

Only in-person reviews; older comments sometimes call him harder to follow verbally.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

though older posts rarely discuss it.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

82/100

Would-take-again is 100% on reported data and recent students strongly endorse him despite some old detractors.

Recommendation strength is highest in post-2009 in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

66/100

as punitive; students who pay attention generally pass and feel prepared.

Format shift

In-person only; .

Workload

Light

62/100

Reading and labs matter, but overall load is repeatedly called not hard with focused effort.

Format shift

Workload comments are all from in-person electronics courses.

Teaching experience

Good

74/100

Recent students praise multi-mode teaching and humor; a smaller .

Format shift

comments.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Learning is reinforced through lectures, hand examples, labs, and .

Format shift

Assessment picture is in-person only with .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person electronics classes with lectures, worked examples, and labs; many students call him thorough, funny, and career-ready.

Main concern

A minority of older reviews found him off-topic, long-winded, or hard to get help from.

What students said

“He lectures, does hand examples with the class, and ”
ELEC56
“Thorough instructor who keeps students engaged.”
ELECTRONICS
“Overall the class is not hard, just pay attention and get as much help as you can”
ELEC56

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.

Reviews do not clearly prove special proctoring; success is tied to lectures, labs, and staying on task.

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; students emphasize lecture attention and relevant labs.

Lecture plus labsHand examplesReading required
“Three different ways of cementing what he is trying to teach into your brain”
ELEC56
“Very difficult Teacher, but very thorough.”
DEVICES

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Professor Harsany should be an example to all professors at Mt.Sac.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 in-person reviews spanning 2004-2024, balancing recent praise with older criticism. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

74/100

“He lectures, does hand examples with the class, and .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

82/100

“ !A+”

📘 Course Manageability

68/100

“Overall the class is not hard, just pay attention and get as much help as you can”

😄 Classroom Personality

80/100

“Funny professor!!! Always made me laugh!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Thorough instructor who keeps students engaged
  • and concrete in his language
  • He is a very good teacher

Theme 2

⚠️

  • he is long winded and boring
  • He doesn't stay on topic
  • really had to pay close attention to understand what he was trying to say

Theme 3

🔧 About Career Value

  • He will get you prepared either if you are transferring to a 4 year school or to start working
  • making a dry topic like electronics into something understandable

Data context

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Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

15 in-person reviews across two decades show a but also older negatives and sparse grade data.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

ELEC565 reviews
DEVICES2 reviews
DIGITAL2 reviews
ELECTRONICS2 reviews
ELEC50AB1 review
Show 3 more courses
ELEC65AB1 review
ELECTRONICS561 review
MICROWAVE1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

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

0

No reported values