Mehdi will yell at his students for not answering in the way he sees fit. If students do not do well on the test, he will create tests that are harder next time.

I love how when you ask him what/why you got the wrong on the M.C. tests, he tells you that you picked the wrong answer. and he tells you to study from your bubble sheets (but with no test questions or review sheets). DON'T TAKE!

Horrible, this professor is rude and unapproachable for students. I would not recommend this class to an in-law. Study guides are not helpful and professor expects quotes from the book on tests.

This guy really sucks. The tests are badly composed, his lectures are impossible to follow, and he is always very irritable.

he's a good chap, you cant understand what he is saying half of the time, but the text is easy and the tests are as well

this teacher was not very nice at all. People were afraid to ask any question, even a review question. just a little tip also, never come late to his class, he freaks out if you're one min late.

very hard, unhelpful, mean tone, attitude is that he is better than everyone and teaching is a waste of his time.

When he bothered to show up for class he was a complete ****. His grading made no sense and he would not explain his reasons. DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH THIS MAN!!!

he is rude and is very unwilling to help. when you ask questions he cant remember what he was talking about so he yells at you. he hates when you are late and attendance is taken but you dont learn anything from being there. tests are nothing like lecture. you have to be able to read the book

Worst class I have ever taken!

If you interested in becoming part of a new “educational paradigm” where the work load is insurmountable and your grades are abysmal then this is the professor for you.

this class sucks! all the material that he tries to teach us at one time is unreal! seems like this class has to become your full-time job to get a decent grade! he says he lets the students run the class, but then tells you to stop talking about a subject when he gets sick of it! class time is unorganized and the grading sucks!

He absolutely does not care about his students. He does not prepare for the class and cares only about making class easy for himself.

bad prof. attendence is mandatory. don't be late or he will stare at you until you leave. doesn't understand that students might get sick and not have the $ to go to the dr (therefore don't have a dr note) don't take him!

Took this class online and it was TERRIBLE. Not clear on grading and you had no idea what he wanted from you. In order to get an A on a paper it needed to be persuasive but these were all INFORMATIVE essay exams. They are long and he does not give out A's. Said very good is a B+ & excellent is A but he gave a B+ on a good. Not clear at all.

Lose 5% of your grade each and every time you miss class. Very strict in class on phone use and eating? Strange but okay. VERY hard to understand... same old same old class.. would have gotten more out of the class if I could understand him.

I sincerely advise you guys do not take this class. I took online, his grading is so poor, he gives you C for just citation, even though I added. Sometimes he give you B for shortening your answers, instead of A. Be advise, don't wast your time and money.

You can't understand what he's saying because of his accent, so you'll have to listen really hard. He takes his job too personally, so don't do anything wrong because you'll offend him.

All answers for the exams MUST come out of the textbook which was written by Abbas. Exams are around 10 pages in length, but he only writes about one sentence of feedback and knocks off letter grades for simple mistakes. He doesn't give clear instruction and makes grammatical errors constantly. Lazy, disorganized and inconsiderate.

This professor assigns papers that aren't allowed to be based on any outside information besides the textbook he wrote, leaving no room for any other interpretation besides his own. The only feedback given was regarding "the paper was unorganized" and the feedback was always written without punctuation and grammatical errors. Not based on content.

wouldn't suggest taking this class. I am an excellent writer but each of his "exams" I got nothing better then a C. I spent at least three hours on each exam.

He posted NOTHING except the syllabus, brief instructions and "exams" (these are just papers from the textbook he' put together for this class). No valuable feedback/input on grading. My papers have been used as examples of good work by other professors, and I can't get above a B+ with no explanation. I can thank this class for ruining my 4.0 GPA.

10+ page papers on the textbook; you literally need to read the textbook, format the paper in his obscure way, and then answer the questions of his poorly worded and vague "exam rules" just to get a decent grade. I got a B- because I formatted one section incorrectly, even though I got all of the information correct. Worst class I have ever taken.

He has very vague instructions for his papers and never grades any higher than a C. He also never gives any responses or reasoning to why he decided to grade a paper so low either so, you can't reflect. You can only use the book on the papers and must cite the pages used. Even if you do so, don't expect a grade higher than C.

Terrible grader. Lazy and unclear. Gives no reason for why he grades low on all exams. Has terrible guid lines for exams and knocks of a ton of point for not providing headings the way he IMAGINES. Does not provide examples of how he wants exam papers done either. Its a guessing game you won't win. Don't take his class unless necessary.

Worst class ever! The whole semester consisted of 4, 12 page exams, that he supplied questions for. Thats it. I feel like I didnt learn much and wasted money on this course. You have to have the paper formatted a specific way, but he is very unclear on how he wants it exactly. Very tough grader! I had a 4.0 before taking his course.

Avoid this professor at all costs! He only gives exams which are papers you need to write from a textbook that he wrote. He will tell you exam your answers are still incorrect even after you got them from his book. He will also tell you that your paper formatting is wrong but will not tell you how to fix it. This class killed my GPA. Good luck!

By far the worst professor I've had at SCSU. I am halfway through the class and received a C- and C+ on our first two "exams" (12 page essays that he gives vague instructions on). I have maintained a 3.75 GPA, and this class is the first I have ever gotten grades this low. I pride myself on my writing and know these grades don't reflect my work.

I've only been a college student for a year now, but I can easily say this might be one of the worst professors I have/will have. Class consists of no teaching and reading 4-6 chapters of a textbook and writing four 12 page essays. He provides little to no feedback on what to improve on. Received a C- and C+ on my first two essays. Don't recommend

Tough grader for sure. I pride myself in my writing abilities but in this class no matter how hard I tried all I got were B's. He has no grading rubric and is very unclear about what he wants. he gives little to no feedback when grading. Only 4 tests throughout the semester which sounds easy, but each has to be at least 12 pages long. Good luck!

The professor was okay in the beginning, but towards midterm, I had contacted him to ask how I can improve my grade and he said "read my feedback"... his feedback said to go into more detail. so I did and received a C- for too much detail. I asked again for help and he completely ignored all my emails until the last day of classes.

Professor Mehdi is the worst professor at SCSU. I contacted people in the class and asked for their feedback and he COPIED / PASTED THE SAME FEEDBACK ON EVERYONE'S PAPER. I ensure you he does not read the entire paper since he ignored my ENTIRE PARAGRAPH ABOUT HIS UNFAIR GRADING. This man is lazy, inconsiderate, and outright unfair.

Avoid at all costs! Worst professor I've ever had! Doesn't post anything on D2L except for super vague guidelines for the papers. He grades super harshly and gives terrible feedback. Scheduled a zoom meeting to talk about how I could improve my grade and he just yelled at me for not following the guidelines.

Didn't learn valuable sociological info, learned to appease writing requirements of sum1 unwilling to grade fairly. Potentially harmful 4 freshmen who'll take that mindset with them thru out rest of education. Kills creativity, causes u 2 question thoughts/ideas. Seek profs who grade on ability & effort; not 1 so committed to grading poorly.

Avoid if possible. Whole class is graded on 4 "exams" which are really just 12 page papers where you answer his questions. No outside sources but the one textbook for class allowed. Useless feedback. I was told I did not cite from the book enough at the same time I was not being original enough? Could not provide any grading rubric.

HORRIBLE CLASS. Found it highly unprofessional and disrespectful for him to write, "DID YOU WRITE THIS PAPER OR JUST COPY FROM THE BOOK." on the top of my second exam. Everything was in my own words. I have had strict A's in all my writing classes but cannot seem to please him, no matter how hard I try. SCSU needs to fire him immediately.

This professor hardly ever answered any of my questions about anything. he would always just say check the syllabus or read your textbooks. all answers from the homework had to absolutely come from the textbook. which was in my opinion very massive. I could not even have my own thoughts on the topic and his feedback was not helpful either.

nah man, this professor gotta be the worst professor out there in scsu. he never cooperates , never listens to what one has to say. Gives tough grades. 0/10. GET SOME OTHER CLASS INSTEAD OF SOC 111!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Run. Do not take a class with this professor ever. I have gotten zero good feedback and when I ask for clarification or help, he does NOTHING. He grades harshly even though I'm only paraphrasing the book, which is pointless because I barely learn anything when I can't even have original thoughts. Never take a class with him. EVER.

He is by far the worst professor ive ever had. He gives us so little information on how to set up his papers yet he grades so harshly and constantly mentions how I don't have enough information from a certain topic but again we dont know what to write off of. I asked if he could check my paper to see if i was on the right track and he said NO, OK.

It's not that his class was hard; it was just annoying. He only graded us on four papers, which had to be 12 pages or longer, but he gave us four sentences on what he wanted the paper to look like. He then would dock heavy points off my paper because it didn't have what he was looking for, but how would I know if he never stated it to begin with?

The worst professor at SCSU. The class had 4 "exams" that were 12 page papers. He would not have a zoom meeting, but instead gave me his personal phone number. The entire phone call he screamed at me and proceeded to tell me that I can't follow directions, talked over me every time I tried to say something and eventually just hung up on me.

Doesn't provide good instructions on assignments.

Don't take unless absolutely necessary! Grades harshly. Sent an email about first paper asking how subtitles should be used. He responded telling me to look at rubric telling me 12 pages use subtitles and was told to look at another link telling to write 12 pages double spaced. Then in my feedback he gave me a D+ for not using subtitles correctly.

If you ever have the misfortune of taking a class "taught" by this "professor", I have only the greatest pity for you. One of the questions on his test, which was worth 25% of my grade, was "define the objective, and subjective of social problems". No, that's not a typo. Yes, I was docked points for getting that question wrong. No, I don't know why

This class was only hard because of the little instruction given to us. He gives poor feedback on everything even though he doesn't give in depth instructions on what he wants us to write about. All questions are open ended. Then he tells you what he wants in your paper AFTER you submit it, and he grades it.