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he rushes through the material and thinks we know how to do stuff when we do not. lectures are not very organized and he can be hard to follow because of that. However he is a very nice professor and wants us to do good. tests are straightforward since he takes questions straight from the chapter practice problems and his powerpoint.
You basically end up teaching yourself. Lectures are unorganized and he assumes you know how to calculate equations. Midterms are easier then other professors and he seems very nice, but is really hard to learn from.
Dr. Farahat is not the best lecturer. He skips over a lot of material and expects us to know it before he teaches it. However, the exams are straightforward and not that bad. He said for every exam our allotted time is however long it takes him to complete the exam times three, which is very generous. Just be prepared to self-study.
Farahat has good intentions with his students and truly wishes for them to succeed in his class. His tests are very straight forward and relatively simple with partial credit. However, his lectures are mediocre at best, so expect the majority of your learning to be outside of the lecture hall. He often rushes through important concepts.
Class is fair and plenty of resources are provided for test preparation. That being said, I don't know that I'm learning much from Dr. Farahat. If you want to succeed in this class, you WILL have to teach yourself ALMOST everything. I'm receiving good grades but I can't help but feel that I'd be better off with another professor.
really wants to see his students succeed! definitely a more hands-off professor: will provide u with all the necessary resources to succeed, but u will have to work rlly hard for a good grade. just always take notes on his slideshows before class and practice the hw. tests are straightforward w most problems coming from hw or lectures
Lectures not useful at all. If you want to get a good grade, you need to do a lot of self study by yourself in order to catch up. Discussions does not link to the lecture, because most of the content were not covered in class.
Very difficult to understand. Lectures were pointless and confusing. Homework was helpful and was the only way I was actually taught the material. Definitely will have to rely on outside resources. Expects you to teach yourself/ already know the material the night before lectures.
Avoid Farahat at ALL costs. He gives no partial credit on tests and he skips over material during lectures. I am a straight A student and this is my first ever C. I wish I could go back in time and chose someone else. DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!!!!
Prof Farahat was super funny and definitely cared. Before the TA strike he tried to give as much partial credit as possible. His test are based off of the practice problems he sets out so definitely do all those. He was a little scattered brained but overall a good prof.
Not the best lecturer, but exams seem to be comparatively easier than other 2A professors. Curve also was extremely generous, much more than expected. Great for fulfilling a requirement, but if this is the first of many chemistry classes you must take, or if you learn more from lectures than self-study, you may want to find someone else.
Nice guy but his lectures were basically useless; this is a teach-yourself class. The class is also very test heavy so don't mess up on the exams because it hits you hard. Curve wasn't very generous if you had a high grade already. He didn't prepare us well for the standardized final and we didn't do very good on it. brought my grade down to a B+.
He cares about his students and wanted us to succeed. Although I feel like I self learned a lot (I took notes before coming to lectures). His midterms are probably the easiest out of all the chem2a profs.
Not a great lecturer, you will have to teach yourself/use outside resources. Has the easiest tests out of all 2A professors. Test were heavily weighted, two 23% midterms and a 36% final. About the same curve as any other 2A professor.
For each lecture you have to read and take notes on 50+ slides to understand the lecture and the lecture is just a review of the slides. His handwriting is bad which makes it hard to follow along in lecture and he goes very fast too. I don't recommend taking if it's your first college chemistry class.
he didnt really teach in lecture and was not very engaging. he basically just assigned us youtube videos to watch for enderle. did not give very much practice questions. just meh. only did good in class because I took ap chem.
Very nice man, not good at lecturing. Lectures are funny and entertaining because of his personality, but course content is not conveyed clearly or consistently.
While he cares about his students, lectures are not engaging at all. Powerpoint slides are provided before each class (avg. 50+ slides) as well as Enderle videos, but neither are used during actual lecture. Tests are easier compared to other professors. Be prepared to teach yourself. Would not recommend if this is your first chemistry class.
Chem 2A is overall difficult, but Farahat is a pretty decent professor. You'll need to watch a lot of pre-lecture videos and his lectures do move fast, but this is pretty standard across the chem professors. His midterms are definitely much easier than most others and he really does care about the effectiveness of his teaching.
Farahat is a nice man, but a bad lecturer. He gets his exam questions "from the back of the book", but there are a lot questions for each chapter so its hard to pinpoint what he finds important. He does not provide any of his own practice exams. Terrified of my final grade to say the least. Would not recommend for your first college chem class.
I learned more from Enderle's Reader than I did from Farahat. When students asked questions in class, the answer was usually "read the PowerPoint" or "look in Enderle's Reader". Examples often confusing, as was his handwriting. However, slides with example problems were always posted, and tests were fair. Be prepared for a lot of self-studying.
his lectures were awful. he would always jump around different topics and if we were solving a problem he would never go in depth. he just assumed we know everything when we don't. the open ended questions of his tests were insane and some of them I've never even seen and im the type of student to study a lot so idk what his problem is.
Know that he has the easiest tests ever but CHE 002A is a hard course. He will tell you how to achieve so it is on you to do the work. He cares about his students a lot and cares about the effectiveness of his teaching. Ask him questions during the lecture please and don't complain after you're too scared to ask and end up not understanding.
I took APChem in hs so I did have prior knowledge. He does make some mistakes during lecture. However, when looking back at notes, i do understand the topics but there are some things that i do need to self teach myself. He provides a lot of example problems so use that as he uses it for his tests. And just skim the slides.
His lectures are useless, and midterms are easy, but the final exam is hard. You need to self-studied a lot. In our midterm 2, he just copied some questions from the PowerPoint, so make sure you read all his ppt. If you do not study AP chem before, I would not recommend this professor.
The lectures you cannot understand, doesn't record lectures, and his handwriting is sloppy. The hw and post labs would take me at least 10 hours a week and didn't even help with the exams, I ended up choosing P/NP for a grade because I had other classes to focus on. Professor was not helpful, and the labs were eh, nothing special.
Isn't that bad as some make him out to be. Lectures are based on Enderle's notes which is found in bookshelf. Don't attend lectures, it's better to take notes at home, review, do the hw (after ch. is entirely done), then do the practice test. Questions on exams were fairly challenging and the curving was lenient. Ofc, not the best but not the worst
You do not need to go to the lecture because he has records. His midterm exams are very easy, you don't even need to listen to the lecture, you just need to do the questions in his PowerPoint the day before the exam to get a very high score. The final is difficult, but Mr. Farahat is very kind, so he has a very big curve (two letter grades)
Lectures have record. He give a generous curve on two midterms and one final. Midterms are easy as long as you pay attention to the examples he gives in the lecture and read through the PowerPoint. Just be prepared that his lecture is tentative and each powerpoints he posted have 50+ slides.
Gives lots a resources to study from. Cares greatly about students succeeding in his class. Super helpful PowerPoints you should review from. Tests are relatively easy since he takes examples that are very similar to the ones in his PowerPoints. Really pay attention to the resources he gives you, not everything is covered in class.
You will have to study extensively outside of class because the lectures are not very helpful as he gives one example and moves on as well as being very boring and un-insightful. However, these curves ARE CURVEY, ended in the 50%'s with a B. Needless to say, you won't learn 100% in the class so if you want to do well in future, textbook is must.
There is a very generous curve at the end and the midterms were fairly easy. He offered a lot of resources for before lecture which was really helpful to not be lost since he can be kinda all over the place with his messy writing. He wants everyone to succeed in his class and was very supportive, definitely take if you can.
This class had a generous curve, but it was because many people didn't do well on the tests. Test questions are almost exact copies of questions in OWL or his presentations, but he doesn't explain them well. His lectures were very hard to follow and the notes were unorganized. Lots of independent studying. Wouldn't take again.
RUN! He has Lecture slides that he says you should take notes on the day before class but uploads them at 10pm. He is a horrible lecturer and he barely teaches. He goes over examples but very very poorly. If you have accommodations, good luck! He thinks you just want extra time and is slow with setting it up. Large curve cause he's bad at his job.
Professor Farahat is a confusing lecturer that does not cover the course content nearly as in depth as necessary, given that all the sections of CHE 002A take the same final exam. He has a heavy accent and isn't the best at English which can lead to some really inefficient lectures. Avoid him if at all possible.
I don't know what all these negative reviews are, they must be by people who didn't want to put in the work. He posts pre lectures every night which were extremely helpful in priming for the lecture the next day. He genuinely wanted the students to succeed and exams were good representation of material learned in lectures. Would 1000% recommend.
Negatives: acts like a high school teacher. Wastes time during class then goes through the slides so fast that sometimes students can't even write things down. "We only go over 10% of what you need to learn in lecture". Positives: his tests and homework were easy enough (if you study). He does care that students succeed but can be harsh.
His style isn't compatible with 128B. He often spends too much time on simple concepts, then breezes through important reactions. For all 3 ochem classes I've taken, I've passed through my own effort, which is to say this one wasn't any different than the rest, although that fact can probably be blamed on the nature of the material itself. Funny.
Strong recommended. I didn't attend any lectures (self-taught), only go to school for the lab once a week because I live 40 miles away. Before the exam 2-3 days, I tried to read all the PowerPoint slides he used to teach in lectures (really really long), tried to do & understand the homework, and WATCHED PROF.ENDERLE YOUTUBE VIDEO. HUGE CURVE tbh:)
Although the grade cut-offs are very generous, I worked so hard only for a B+. I scored higher than not only the mean/median, but also the upper quartile for both Exams, had the highest lab grade in my section, 100%'s on homework but I still only managed to get a B+. The work and effort I put in did not reflect my grade so thats upsetting.
This class is not terrible. Practice problems are incredibly helpful to study for the exam. Textbook is a MUST USE item. Do NOT wait until after 1st exam to go through it! Lecture attendance required. I didn't find lectures helpful at all. He has an accent so if that is something you struggle with take a diff teacher. No partial credit on exams.
Inefficient lecturer. Only way to obtain knowledge it reading textbook rather than going to lecture. Teaches surface level but not willing to explain difficult concepts in depth. He is caring and willing to help students in OH. Practice problems that he provides are important for exam. Would not recommend but not someone to avoid.
Poor teaching, subpar lectures. Read the textbook, and do questions daily to pass. His teaching is the bare minimum of what you need to know. Does not go into difficult or any concepts in much depth. Take a different professor.
Can be difficult to follow during lecture due to accent but he is a good professor and really cares for the students. DO THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS!!!!
To be honest, if it wasn't him i would've failed ochem since the midterms and finals are actually the practice problems. You actually have to spend the time to work on the practice problems since there's around 50-70 questions for each chapter and he doesn't provide the answers for them but the answers are available in discord.
Amazing professor because he actually cares but get ready to do work, just as you would any organic chem. Do the practice quizzes/exams and you'll be ok.
Very inconsiderate of his students. Over half of class had only less than an hour to complete a midterm that is an hour and a half long due to the head TA's incompetence and he decided to make these students retake it despite there being so many other better solutions. The exam on the retake is significantly more difficult than the original.
lectures are very disorganized and has a heavy accent. However the powerpoint slides he uploads are pretty clear to follow. Had to teach myself everything outside lecture
He was a very nice man and it was clear that he cares about his students. I had a lot of difficulty understanding his lectures due to his accent, but the power points were posted online and were very easy to follow. He provided additional work outside of the lecture that was very helpful on the exams. Organization could be better though.
Dr. Farahat is a nice man that cares about his students. Clear criterias and fair class. Gives recommended textbook problems before midterm (it was my mistake not doing them). Lab experience is determined by TA, glad I had a good one! Generous curve too. Thank you Dr Farahat!
Kind professor who truly cares for his students. Lectures require you to read beforehand, but he provides exact PowerPoint, reading pages, and Enderlie videos to watch which prepare you perfectly. Exams are not hard except final. Had an issue where we got less time for midterm 1 from outside issues, and he gave option to retake or use same score.
Caring professor who loves to crack a few jokes once in a while. He has an accent but it was not a problem for me personally. Provides resources to prep before each lecture (Very helpful if you keep up with those). Online homework due at the end of the quarter. Final grade is curved. Favorite professor so far!
Decent professor, midterms are extremely easy,his curve is an absolute godsend, accent can be a little difficult to understand, but you will get used to it.
Expects you to read textbook, ppt, lecture notes, AND watch videos (def didn't do all that, esp bc he sent info out the day before lecture). Class starts easy but catches up on you, esp after second midterm, so stay on top of it! Insane curve, 68% to a B. Bad handwriting during lecture. HW assignments helpful for learning how to apply topics.
he did lectures for the first half of the quarter and there were no more lectures after that. lab is pretty easy as long as you do the work, but you are graded on how accurate you are based on your calculations (not like actually accurate just accurate with your own data). we used labflow. 60% lab 40% final. final was fair.
TAKE ANY OTHER PROFESSOR BESIDES HIM. Lectures are disorganized, speech is unclear, and tests are very unreasonable. Final was NOT AT ALL like the midterms so everyone who took it my year did very bad. Only thing that saved me was the curve at the end showing that EVERYONE really did do that badly.
Prof. Farahat sends out materials to review before each lecture- DO THIS or else you will fall behind. I found lectures to be confusing, so I basically self-studied all of the material. Midterms are incredibly easy if you do his practice problems. The final was difficult and tanked my grade.
Terrible lectures and hard to understand. He goes over examples fast and it is hard to follow along but midterm exams are not too bad.
Lectures are kinda disorganized but he cares about his students and does his best to help everyone succeed. Homework is relatively easy to complete and his tests are easier than the homework. The final was definitely more difficult than the midterms but he curves so it shouldn't be too hard to pass or get an A (better curve than other profs)
He doesn't have lectures prepared so he writes the concept, questions, and answers as he goes. I got used to his accent but never his handwriting. He gives a lot of resources to read from so it's a lot of self teaching. If you took AP chem and know how to self study you'll pass just fine. If your like me and didn't/can't, then take someone else.
He is nice as a person. I liked talking to him during office hours, but he was not so great as a teacher. Lectures had passion and are worth attending, but they are recorded. Biggest curve on planet earth. 60% was a B. Although, this was only because the tests were insanely difficult with low averages. Not the worst, but there is better.
hes great don't listen to the haters
Hes a great professor tbh. Though due to
Pros: low curves, hw is not too bad, prof is a nice guy and sometimes gives EC on exams Cons: makes content way harder to understand than it has to be, exams are worth about 85% of grade, slides and lecture papers were often unreadable. My advice is to take Dr. F for his curve, but go to Chamberlain or Enderle's lectures to understand material
Seems like a good dude who cares about his students, but I learned a lot more by reading the textbook + Enderle's powerpoints. People say this professor gives good curves, but it was rough for my section.
Go take someone else if you actually want to learn chemistry
For the final grade, he gave out TERRIBLE curves. If anyone tell you he gives out good curves they are lying. For my section this quarter, the curves was absolutely trash. He's not a good lecturer, hard to understand and tells you to study 30 hrs a week for chemistry. I had to do a LOT of studying on my own just to get a B. Do NOT take him, RUN.
The lectures were disorganized and his handwriting was hard to read; you had to read hundreds of slides of PowerPoint on your own to understand the material. The curve was also terrible for my section. RUN!
Horrible do not take trust!
Overall is a good teacher. He posts pre-lecture videos to watch before class which I found pretty useful. This is my second time taking this class because I had to retake. He mainly has examples but doesn't explain the process behind the problems. I recommend using Enderle's readers and doing the practice worksheet problems leading up to exams.
Accent is difficult at times but every topic has an example in lecture, lots of resources, and homework was easy. However he wasn't good at answering questions and went too fast on some concepts. Tests didn't have many unexpected questions since he often hinted at or told us what some of the frqs were going to be. Not the best for 2A but not bad.
This class was NOT easy. Farahat relies very on dozens of videos shared before each lecture that no one has time to watch. No practice exams, expects you to study 15-20 hours a week. If this is your first time taking chem in a while I highly recommend looking elsewhere. You can expect a nice curve, but it might not be enough to get you by.
This class was very difficult for those with no prior experience. Farahat definitely gives you every resource to succeed, but sifting through all (videos, textbook, reviews) of them is unreasonable for the average student. Lectures were tough to understand. Def take if you have prior chem experience. Also 55% is like a C, keep that in mind.
This class is better suited for students who have taken chemistry in the past. If you don't have a firm foundation of chemistry coming into this class, the course will be more challenging. The midterms and the final are worth the majority of your points, so be sure to prepare for those! The practice problems he uploads are good resources for this.
Lectures were very disorganized and mainly examples. He wants students to take notes and learn off of the textbook outside of class as "hw" or reading before the lectures. Discussion is mandatory. Exams were okay but def study more than you think you should.
Not the best, not the worst. This was my first chem class ever and I fought for my life. Sends a lot of prep material, 60+ slide ppt, 30+ pg textbook, Enderle reader. Midterm content was very similar to homework/lectures, they weren't super hard. Averages for winter quarter midterms were below 50%. Final was very hard. But the curve is really good.
Not a good professor for those without prior chemistry experience. Great curve. Very test and midterm heavy. Dr. Farahat cares about his students but is still a fairly tough grader. Lectures are very unclear and half the time you're trying to understand what he is saying while trying to understand chemistry at the same time. Not worth the struggle.
Taking Che2b now, Although I didn't agree with few strange questions on the final, for the most part his exams were very straight forward and he got his point across well with lecture material. The thing that I liked about Farahat was that he gave the necessary tools laid out to you to do good in his class, it was just up to you on how to use them.
He is a really nice person, however he is almost impossible to understand and his penmanship is almost unreadable. It was easier to not go to lecture and just learn independently. Props to AATC tutors and TA's for teaching better than the professor.
His lectures are alright, but I survived mostly through youtube and enderlee's reader that he provides. His midterms are pretty chill but the final was hard.
Run away from his Ochem class! Lectures are not helpful at all but still require attendance. You need to do all the study on your own, the only good thing about this course is that slide is great. Just follow the slide and you have the chance to get an A.
Great professor, cares very deeply about his students.
His teaching wasn't that bad, the material was just a little hard (it's mainly math and formulas). After many students had difficulty with the number of questions on the first exam he lowered it for the next one. He really does want his students to succeed. His writing in class was often difficult to read and it would go pretty fast though.
He hand writes all the notes during lecture. His handwriting is really hard to read and he is a little hard to understand due to his accent. He does give a generous curve though at the end of the quarter. Study the material well because exams are hard.
imo his accent isnt even that strong + his exam questions are veryyy straightforward and he is silly even at 7:30 a.m. ... my king
Dr. Farahat is an entertaining professor, and in general he provides accessible and helpful practice exams and his midterms are not overly tricky or complicated. The main problem I had were that his notes during lecture were often disorganized, unstructured, and hard to read.
Farahat is an easy grader, funny in lecture, and very knowledgable. His handwriting can get slightly messy but it is clear enough to read. He writes on paper as part of the lecture, and sometimes it may feel unorganized, but I recommend rewatching the recordings to get a deeper understanding. His 2C exams are CARBON COPIES of the practice midterms.
Farahat is a king. He genuinely cares about his students and is very accommodating. Tests are very easy and has a lot of resources for us to succeed. He is the best chem prof and I am about to take him for the 3rd time. Do not listen to these haters. Thank you Dr Farahat!!!!!
Very huge curve
In my opinion, he was good at lecturing. However, the final exam really messed me up, and many of my peers. The overall curve ended up being really bad, it's barely noticeable. If you take his class, make sure to dissect the MC practice. My advice, do not rely on the curve. It was a 3% curve...
I was a bit scared going into che2c with Farahat, but I made the best decision to take his class! He teaches you only the things you really need to know and has AN EXCELLENT online powerpoint to use for studying. Also, his midterms were literally the same as the practice he gave out which was amazing. He is also very funny and caring, take him!
He is a good lecturer, does focus on very specific details sometimes but a lot of the multiple choice on the exams were straight from the practice. The practice is long, but if you do it the exams are not difficult at all imo. Skipped over some things that other professors taught, but he mostly removed those topics from the final. would recommend!
Farahat is a nice person, but his accent combined with his not so great handwriting along with the chem's grading scales made this class really tough.
Dr. Farahat is my favorite chem professor I've taken so far! His lectures are engaging and he explains things so well. I found his midterms to be pretty easy because he gave great study guides and his power points are super helpful for studying too. All the people who complain about his accent are lame and should just try to listen better.
His passion outweighs his teaching ability. I went to all lectures before the 1st exam, but stopped because it was hard to understand him and he assigns to read the textbook anyway. The average of the exams are lower than an F, and mentioned nothing about curving. He's very strict about grading and will knock off points from minor mistakes.
He was okay. Read the textbook and thoroughly go through his practice questions and you will do well. He has good office hours. Very fast and compact lectures which are difficult to follow. Not too bad though.
Easy exams
Barely passed this course, his lectures felt pointless since I didn't understand anything he was saying or writing.
Terrible lecturer. Extremely disorganized lectures that don't correlate with what is on exams. No practice midterms, and rushes through materials just to "get through material". Expect to self study and learn.
GOAT. EAZY-PEAZY. AMAZING. gives extemely helpful life advice such as nutella is actually good for you and exercising is mid, and do not buy bagged eggs. also he bribes us with candy.
Expected to know a lot, lots of reading & homework, draws directly from Enderle's Reader. Nice professor, straightforward lectures, hard to understand at times, expects you to understand the first time, didn't re-explain well. Exams not bad but often harder than the practice. Final long and harder than practice, fair partial points and curve though
His lectures are very hard to understand and so a lot of the time you will have to teach yourself the material. The exams were really hard but as long as you study the questions he gives you for each exam you can score really high on them.
His strong accent makes him hard to understand, and his lectures/ lecture notes are disorganized. His exams are difficult, and he does not give practice exams. He gave us a PDF of practice problems that he did not provide solutions to. His averages were below fifty and his curve was not great, considering. Really do not recommend this class!!
NOT THE GOAT. NOT EAZY-PEAZY. HORRIBLE. Doesn't go over the mechanisms and is very hard to understand with an extremely heavy accent. Midterms similar to practice, but you have to self study everything. If you can take it with another professor, not worth it. Disorganized.
No curve at all, tests aren't the easiest, handwriting could be better, and lecture doesn't seem to help. Prepare for loads of studying(this is for any CHE2a class) and tons of homework. Better off taking any of the other Chem profs.
Farahat for chem2c was very good, despite class being early in the morning, I still enjoyed going because he would try to get the class engaged, also was funny too. The only issue I can see with Farahat was that his accent made it hard for some students to understand but it wasn't bad for others. His tests were easy too.
prof is no bueno lecturer (sorry), but it's not needed. hwk is achieve 50q per week and tests are MC with a few draw the reaction type stuff. practice tests are literally exactly the same as the test so i advise going to the aatc and studying w/ people or going to TAs. self studying mostly so if ur into that you're good.
Wants you to memorize the entire IR spectroscopic range. Expects too much from students in an intro course, but is nice during lectures. Lectures themselves are not very useful
Very hard to understand and his lectures are not engaging at all. I taught myself all of the material through the textbook because his lectures are so unhelpful. His slides are basically the textbook. Sometimes would be misleading about topics that were tested or if we would have a quiz. Avoid taking him!!!
Barely understandable. Takes forever on each slide in lecture, then the last 5 minutes he rushes thru 10 slides and expects us to keep up. Gave us 10 mins to do 11 question quizzes in discussion. No dropped homework even though each was 40+ probs. A a huge chunk of our final was ch10 even though it was never covered in lecture and we had hwk on it
Farahat is a very nice person and he was my GOAT in 2C. however, I didn't find taking notes on slides efficient for learning. He just points at a mechanism but hardly explains. Quizzes sometimes included future material. idk why the avg was so high since the exams had odd questions. Avoid for ochem
His lectures are incredibly long and ineffective. He rushes through mechanisms and expects us to memorize everything for the class. Ochem takes practice, but I feel like I just don't understand the material from his lectures. He posts practice problems and some of those are on the exam, but it's little to no use if you don't understand the material
Lectures were confusing, I learned everything on youtube. Hard to follow, HW is 50q per week, weekly quiz in discussion, very exam heavy, no practice exams, the only ochem w/o cheatsheets/formulas. He expects way too much for an intro course and expects everything to be memorized. Bad about SDC accoms, so if you need those, avoid him.
AVOID. Farahat is the worst lecturer I've ever had!! He doesn't explain anything and genuinely does not know how to teach. I learned everything from YouTube (shoutout Chad's prep). The homework is literally 50 questions each week (insane) and the quiz are too long for such little time (10Q in 10min). You also don't get a cheat sheet.. annoying
He's so hard to understand. He copies and pastes from the textbook into his slides and has the time to delete keywords in sentences that makes sense of things. However, he can't be bothered to change the layout and crams his slides with text all clumped and over each other. Even his own TAs are confused as to what he wants/teaches (lack of). AVOID.
Honestly just terrible at teaching. You will not learn anything from him. He tells you to study material at home because he doesn't do it during class. He speeds through all the notes and does almost no examples. He will also go on random rants , which wastes a lot of time. There are no practice tests, just practice problems with no keys.
AVOID. Terrible lecturer. Does not fully cover material, rushes thru lecs, doesn't cover mechanisms, then will quiz you on something he referred to for 10 secs the lecture before. You will be teaching yourself. More helpful to watch Youtube & workshops thru Davis. 10 min for quizzes with 11 questions that even the TA's think should have more time.
Way too much HW (50 achieves per week), way too many quizzes in too short time (11q's in 10 min), the only ochem with no cheatsheets, rushes through lectures, unreadable slides (text stacked over itself and he deletes key words on purpose), no practice tests, NO CURVE. Just wait for Lievens or Helix to teach it, don't put yourself through this.
Rushes thru content to "get through it" for the test next week. Unreadable slides, the only ochem w/o cheatsheets, no curve, so much achieve HW, Ch practice q's w/o a key that are not similar to exams, no practice exams. I learned everything on youtube. He was only good for gen chem bc of his curves and easy exams, but now he doesn't have that
Everything good abt him in gen chem (high curve, EZ exams, practice problems) is out the window. No curves, no practice exams, no cheatsheets (all other ochems get this), slides are missing key words so you can't even read the sentences, rushes content, weekly quizzes (11?'s in 10 min), 50 hw q's per week. Don't bother w lecture, just go on youtube
He always put in SDC accoms at the last minute, so it was always a fight to get to take my weekly quizzes. We didn't get to take the final in the SDC, so we didn't get low distraction/small group testing. If you need those, I really recommend taking someone else
I understand that ochem is hard and you need to put in the work, but he just makes it so much harder than it needs to be. I wish he posted practice problem keys or finished his sentences in lecture slides so I could know what's going on. The only thing saving me was AATC and youtube (leah4sci the GOAT)
Orgo is so much harder than it needs to be with him. So much HW, but no feedback, so nothing is helpful. Practice exams have no key, just don't bother with lecture tbh, go to AATC and TA OH.
Bad teaching skills and bad pacing, and I had to rush the last chapter on ester, ether, thiol, and Carbon 13 NMR in one lecture which was not understandable. Slides are super-condensed and not readable, he points at mechanisms instead of explaining them. Final was unfair with way too many questions and 90 percent of class did not finish on time.
Really just what set me over the edge after the horrid lectures, heavy workload, no cheatsheets, lack of practice exams, and no curve was just that he didn't allow pencils on the exam. It's draw the rxn, so I kept having to switch back and forth to be able to erase. Salt in the wound...
I want to like him so bad bc he's so nice and funny, but he is just so bad at his job
While he's a nice dude, it's overshadowed by his lack of teaching. This year, he stopped handwriting notes and instead uses slides which is not ideal in a class that requires you to know mechanisms. I taught myself the entire class using the AATC and youtube since his slides were way too dense and lectures were hard to follow. Avoid him for ochem.
DO NOT TAKE. His lectures are horrible, he has "fill in the blank" slides that he reads off of (literally paragraphs) and speeds through it without explaining anything. his accent isn't even the problem he just SUCKS at teaching. i did GREAT on both midterms and somehow failed the final and he had NO CURVE AT ALL. wedge/ dash idc I'm abt to crash😭
TERRIBLE lecturer. he read literal paragraphs and filled in one or two blanks. I did amazing on the midterms because his practice problems were pretty good but somehow bombed the final despite days of studying because it made no sense and he rushed content towards the end. he has NO CURVE which is nonsense as most people I talked to are not passing
I agree with what everyone has to say. His lectures are rushed, no practice exams (only practice problems with no answers), no curve, no cheat sheet (other 118A had one), no curve, a weekly quiz with 11 questions in 10 minutes to name a new things… did I mention no curve? Half the people I've spoken to have failed his class. Not so ez pz
Horrible professor, horrible final. Do not ever take this class.
THE GOAT. THE MYTH. THE LEGEND. ABDELBASSET FARAHAT! THIS MAN ISN'T JUST ANY PROFESSOR... HE'S A WIZARD! Every midterm? EZPZ Copy Pazaza. LEGEND HAS IT... HE WAS THE ONE WHO DISCOVERED THE GRIGNARD REAGENT AND FOUNDED THE ELEMENT MAGNESIUM! He's not just teaching Organic Chemistry; he's rewriting the laws of science.
Professor Farahat was a good professor in general chemistry, however, he fumbled badly. His lectures consist of speeding and directly reading printed slides, which are ineffective when teaching subject matter. He doesn't show examples during lectures and assigns too much homework. His final exam was absurd.
His lectures are awful. He speaks fast, incoherent, and uses the same monotone voice throughout his lectures. Good luck keeping up with him during lectures. TA discussion period was more helpful for learning. The midterms were relatively easy however as the midterm problems were taken directly from the practice. The final was much harder however.
i will be rating professor faragyatt a big 5 because of that fat curve thank you king
Farahat is very entertaining and I rly enjoyed his lectures. He gives practice problems w/out an answer key but the answers are available in discord. The midterms and final are carbon copies of these practice problems so that is your best source of studying. I never opened the textbook once tbh. Also achieve homework's are very long.
Honestly he seems like he really wants to help. You're going to be doing a lot of self-study if you get him (review the lectures like CRAZY) but I think he's not doing this maliciously.
I don't believe Prof. Farahat was actually that terrible. He was generous on grade cutoffs (my actual percent grade was 85% & I got an A), is funny in lecture, & genuinely wants students to learn. It takes A LOT of effort to learn Ochem. Take notes on the readings, go to OH's, attend co-classes & lectures, make study groups, do practice problems.
oh farahat my glorious king the benevolent one (the curve clutched up)
Not that bad but somewhat stressful. Generous curve contrary to syllabus (I got an A at 83%). Use the Discord, study thoroughly, etc. and you will be fine. I never went to class and just watched Professor Lievens' lectures instead since that was enough for me. Seems caring and funny, people are overly mean to him imo. I'll miss him a bit.
Don't listen to the terrible things others are saying about him. He's a good professor, even tho his teaching style was not my fav. I found both midterms to be fair but final a little harder (normal for 118series). I heavily relied on his lecture recordings, practice problems, and the discord. His curve was god-tier and he is a sweet man.
He's a nice guy but his lectures are not helpful at all. I learned almost everything for this class from youtube and the textbook. The pacing of the class was also really bad, the beginning was pretty easy and everything got really difficult in the last two weeks. Good curve and decently easy tests though so it's not too hard to get a good grade.
Good curve. Easy midterms. Slightly harder final.
Lecture was not helpful in my opinion. Reading the textbook and watching livens lectures is what got me my grade. Difficult to understand, but he is a nice person.
Bottom line is, if you want to actually learn from a professor, don't take Farahat. His lectures are confusing and not worth the time. The homework he assigns is 50 practice problems per chapter, so we had around 500 homework practice problems, and the majority of the questions went beyond what we learned. Final was horrible as others have stated.
Had him for 118A and 2C. Explains well just hard to understand in person; recordings have subtitles :p. Midterm questions straight from his practice questions - no answers released for that reason I believe. Gen Chem, his curve isn't as good as other profs, but for a class like ochem its so goated. 58% was passing and no minus grades!!!
Farahat is very hard to understand and he somehow goes slow and fast at the same time. I love o-chem, but most of the information had to be self taught. He is also very insensible when it comes to his own mistakes as he doesn't take responsibility for misguiding questions. His curve though is not bad and I am thankful for that.
honestly, i learned almost everything on my own. midterms arent that bad if you spam the practice problems & join the ochem discord. final was INSANELY difficult & a lot of people had blanks on their papers 💔 cutoffs were pretty insane though so that's a plus. he's nice & tries to make lectures fun, but the material's just super dense.
I learned most of the material on my own/with youtube videos. He's fine, but his slides now are super dense and can be hard to grasp. But his exams USUALLY aren't too bad if you do the practice problems. The final was really hard this time for some reason but good curve so it was ok. Definitely recommend the discord/having people to ask for help.
Farahat is a nice guy and his exams are very fair but there are some problems. 1. His lectures are not good and extremely condensed. 2. Multiple choice is the supermajority of his exams and his exams are like his practice tests which is good and bad. Good bc his exams are easy but also bad bc understanding the material is not prioritized.
Me and Farahat go way back (had him 2A, 2C and 118C)! He's such a nice and funny guy, (he comes into our labs)! However, tests are just repeats of the practice problems. HW is hard, time-consuming, and not super related to lecture material. Really difficult final! Go to his lectures he loves including pharmaceutical examples from lectures in exams
He's very bad at teaching and you're basically just self teaching. I was 0.01% away from A but he didn't even check his email or gave me chance to raise my grade.
His lectures are fun and entertaining (he tells jokes and gives out prizes), but also dense. A lot of reviewing and self studying is required, however that will be the case for any ochem class. He posts around 50 practice problems per chapter which are very helpful to study. Many test questions are pulled from his slides or practice problems.
After making several comments about our class average being too high, it seems like Farahat purposefully mislead us to lower it. He told us that the final would only be 45% new material but it was really 90% new material. For him to spend weeks emphasizing how a lot of old material would be on the final only to include basically none sucked.
Didn't help that this class was at 7:30 in the morning. Of all of the chem/ochem professors I've had, definitely not the worst; lectures are coherent, but extremely dense, and his accent makes keeping up slightly difficult. Seems like a nice guy but had weird rules about no phones in lab. In the words of Farahat himself... my god.
Not the worst chem/ochem professor I've ever had. Lectures were fine; his are relatively good, though extremely dense, and his accent makes it a bit hard to keep up. Didn't help that they were at 7:30 in the morning either. His tests are extremely hard (like other ochem professors) but the curve makes it passable. In Farahat's own words... my god.
omg. I actually was fighting for my life during finals week he did not make sense and made us learn three whole new chapters a week before. But, for midterms they are really similar and almost the same as the practices he gives so at least that's something.
I've had Farahat twice now, he's a nice guy but just not a good teacher. He is very unclear and hard to follow. He brushes past important concepts and expects us to just understand them. Lots of homework unrelated to midterm/final content. His class just feels unorganized. Great curve but not worth the headache of a professor who doesn't teach.
Farahat isn't awful, definitely a no partial credit professor. Sometimes there is a language barrier, he's one of those professors that's so extremely talented at what he teaches, but execution isn't perfect. Which isn't a bad thing. Averages on exams were 55-70%, curve was generous, but doesn't curve or explain curve till after finals.
very easy class
The all-feared Chemistry Professor! Almost PURELY self study. This class is out here making people switch away from Chemistry majors. If you took APChem you should be fine, but if not good luck! This will be the class you put majority of your focus into. Challenging start to the Chem 2 series, so I wouldn't reccmend.
Great prof. would've done better if I didn't have a family emergency. Made chem fun, simple, and interesting. He also cares about your success.
Farahat was good for Chem2c but 118A was already enough of a complex topic and he struggled to get the class engaged. He's very caring and explains well in office hours but in class he's not been good. His exams were very fair though and same with his quizzes. He also gave a slight curve at the end of the quarter too. It's a self-study class.
He is extremely strict. homework + lab + mandatory discussion takes only 7% of total score. His ppt is probably the only useful thing.
Horrible teacher, his average test scores were around 40 to 50%. He completely lied to us about what was going to be on Midterm 2 and the class average was around 40%. I mean truly a horrible professor who can't teach, and this is coming from someone who got an A on the midterms.
Lied about what was on midterm 2, content on midterm 2 that wasn't taught, taught redox reactions wrong, just don't go to the 7:30 am lectures, self study and watch the enderle videos.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! If you are like me and are not a great test taker, be ready to fail. Little to no grades are put in the entire quarter, so you can not see how you are doing. Lectures are fast with HAND WRITTEN notes instead of slides, so it is incredibly hard to keep up. Professor is unhelpful and has no sympathy towards students.
For CHE 002A, Professor Farahat is an effective and kind professor. I think many people go into this course expecting to do badly, so they blame the professor for lack of understanding even though they didn't do any of the homework until finals week. Chemistry is hard, but do all the homework (including optional) and you can get an A easily.
Hard to understand, poorly designed class, didn't help that TA hated their job and shouldn't be teaching. He wouldn't make it to the material for lab in time for the post labs to be due so you'd just be in the dark teaching yourself. Super strict on testing, you HAVE to be there and if you get less than 50% on a lab or miss one you're out. Avoid.
I really enjoyed Farahat w/ his lectures & humor, you can tell he cares about his students & passionate for his work, but he's not for everyone. Lectures are handwritten, & self studied a lot with this one (good ppts), avg. for both midterms was ~46%, w/ content on test 2 that we did not cover in lecture. He DOES NOT provide his own practice tests.
CONS: Lectures felt rushed - used pre-solved problems for efficiency rather than live-solving - often told students to "take picture" and "study at home" - occasional tangents - hard to understand - had to be corrected frequently PROS: Consistent - lecture preparation videos sent before - tests had no mistakes - clear expectations on tests
please just wait until next quarter for a better professor. He lied about the lectures being recorded, he had content on the exam he didn't teach, the homework questions are completely different then the questions on the exam, and he laughs about how everyone is failing. PLEASE do not take his class. the good reviews are actually VERY misleading.
I wanted to give him grace, but his accent in combination with his rushed speaking makes it very hard to understand him. On top of that, his handwriting and note-taking is so disorganized that you can't even read anything. You definitely have to seek outside resources to do well in this class. Also, your TA can make or break your experience.
try and you'll do better than i did
He was a good lecturer, however he was almost impossible to understand in real time. His midterms were fairly easy, but his final was extremely hard, and brought my grade down by almost 10%. He also ended up cramming a bunch of information into the last week making it more difficult.
Professor Farahat is a great traditional professor. If you are taking a class with him, you just need to make sure you attend lectures and listen to everything he says carefully. A lot of reviews on him are a bit premature because they underestimate the class. If you are in a 5 unit chemistry course, be ready to have it dominate that semester.
Exhaust all other options before taking Farahat. Otherwise be prepared to have to mentally take a shot before midterms.
Don't let the ratings scare you, he's actually a really good lecturer and cares about his students. The class itself is just tough, but if you put in the effort, you'll be fine. He explains concepts well, and his lectures are engaging. Stay on top of hw, lab, and lectures and you'll do good.
Midterms are lightwork if you actually pay attention in lectures and do the tasks he recommends you complete before lectures. Half the people that come here to complain, at least for CHE2A, are just projecting their own lack of effort.
Avoid! This professor is disrespectful and unprofessional. If you don't get a 100% on his midterms (there are 2), then he shames you in his lectures. After a midterm, he made the people who didn't get 100% feel bad and he asked why we all didn't get this grade. Incredibly rude. Also, he doesn't teach in his lectures, you have to teach yourself.
Yes, the rumors are true BUT they're not as bad as people say. His own midterms are doable if you study a week in advance and really nail down how to do the specific problems he does in lecture. His lecture exercises are essentially what you'll see on the midterm and final (kind of). His accent isn't that bad, rewatch video if you missed smth.
If you do the textbook practice problems he assigns + download and review the powerpoints he posts, you will be VERY prepared for his midterms. Accent really isn't that bad and he's pretty funny imo. Lectures are recorded. Does care about his students and helpful during OH. As long as you put in some effort, 2A with Farahat really isn't bad at all.
Be prepared to teach yourself the whole class. The only thing good was that his midterms and final was really similar to the examples on the power-points. Don't go to lecture, somehow unlearned chemistry but as long as you understand the content and you use outside resources like Enderle's or Youtube videos it's doable.
Lectures are disorganized and he "saves time" by just writing out a problem before class and tells us to take a picture, I basically had to teach myself everything. He didn't have time to teach us a concept that was on the midterm and didn't say anything about that. The final curve was very good, but not worth the stress of this class.
I'm split on Farahat because on one hand, I found his lectures very hard to follow and disorganized, but on the other hand his tests weren't too difficult and there was a very generous curve for the class. I'd say only take him if you are confident in self study as that's how I learned almost everything.
Much of your experience with Farahat will come down to the TAs you have for lab and whether or not you attend lecture or discussion. Lectures are not the most helpful due to the handwritten style but the lecture slides are and I found them to be more useful than anything in the textbook.
Honestly not that bad but you have to put a lot of work in, make sure to do the reading/videos he assigns before the lecture if you want to do well. There are better professors and a lot of the time I just used Enderle's materials/videos to supplement because he explains things better but Farahat's class is fine. Also, my class had a good curve.
His accent is difficult to understand. However his tests were easy and we had a very general curve in the end.
Prof. Farahat is an ok lecturer personally I didn't have too hard of a time understanding him but his notes were not very neat and he would move on quickly. Overall his lectures were just a little unorganized for what I would prefer and I had a hard time learning from him. His midterms and final were hard but reflected the practice Enderle tests.
Dr.Farahat is not as bad as everybody keeps claiming. He has a good sense of humor and you can tell he cares. All you really have to do to pass the exams and final is read his powerpoint slides. Also, DEFINITELY make sure to do the practice exams because you might end up seeing some of those problems used on an exam…
Avoid at all costs if you want to be able to learn in lectures. He does not allow students to answer questions and scribbles on the board and excepts you to follow. You have no idea what your grade is until the very end, I thought I was failing and then ended with a B because the whole class did so bad.
Lectures are unclear. The concepts that he teaches are relevant to the tests but I didn't learn or absorb any information from the lecture and was all done through the homework. Very very difficult class if you have no chemistry background, very easy for AP Chemistry students.
He really cares. However, exams are tough, and he doesn't really give a lot of material to study. The one thing I will say is to study the power points. Curves were okay, but don't rely to much on it.
Funny at times, okay professor, lectures unclear and often rushed for 50min lectures (will only give one example and expect you to do the rest yourself at home). Content not too difficult, but if you can, use Hayashi's resources (get from a friend) since the final was very similar to his practice tests. Enderle's stuff tended to be too hard.
I love this prof! Easy exams, exactly similar to homework problems. Upto 10% extra credit. Lectures were easy and fun to understand. Easy A if u try. If not, change major :) Exams weighed 10% only! He cares alot, and has a great curve. I went from 89% to 93%(he rounds upto a percent).
Lectures were bad, sometimes he provided good lectures when he solved problems for us, but when he pulled up pre written notes and skimmed through it felt rushed and hard to stick with. Has no study guides for exams, only provides a few material for exams such as PowerPoints. HW did not correlate as much to exams. Has a good humor
rambles during lecture, very thick hard to understand accent, doesn't answer questions well
To me his accent wasn't hard to understand in anyway but its very easy to get lost cuz if you skip lecture 2 times you will find out that you missed an entire chapter. The course is literally based on how well you do on the exams and his midterms and finals were insanely hard and long. If you're ready to risk your gpa for this class take it.
Whatever you do, do NOT take this professor. He's terrible at teaching (evident by the hundreds of comments here); zero communication skills or care for his students.The department refuses to listen to students concerns and feedback about him nor do anything about it- so save yourself because they don't care since it benefits them if students fail
His lectures are absolutely useless. I could not understand anything he was saying, and he went way too fast. He will gloss over an extremely complicated topic in 30 seconds, give no examples, and put a multi-part question on the exam about it. There are some topics I didn't even know existed until the exam because he won't mention them beforehand.
Lectures and notes were disorganized and hard to understand. Heavy self teach class and midterms and final were weighted heavily. About 80% of your grade is based on tests. Would say it's the students fault for not doing well in class instead of changing his teaching style. No mercy or empathy for his students.
I was on crutches after a bad dislocation and e-mailed him that I didn't think I could crutch over to the 3 hour standing lab and he told me I would fail the class if I didn't go. Horrible lecturer that degrades the students telling them they would get 100% if they could actually try and put in effort. Had to self teach this entire class.
He does not deserve all the hate he gets. The course itself is hard, and he does a good job at lecturing. Curve could be better. You need to study an ungodly amount to get an A. Doesn't provide practice tests. If you could get another professor, but you can still pass if you have him.
1. accent 2. messy and fast 3. not flexible at all
Don't take this class, unless you're ready to cry. Chemistry is heavy course ,he makes it harder by glossing over important topics in lecture. His examples are rushed and he always tells students to look at the PowerPoint instead of fully explaining it. Your grade is mostly based on two midterms and one final. DONT TAKE IT!!
The accent is so f strong, and he's always rushing for something. Don't take it!
Farahat is okay. Average scores for midterms were around 22-28%. Unknown for final. As for the curve, don't rely on it. Please if you do take him make sure you understand the concepts because thermodynamics is no joke.
I got a high grade because I took CHE 1 last quarter. Exam were really easy. Don't bother going to class, just rewatch the lecture recordings. Really hard to understand without prior experience in chemistry. I don't think he's a bad person, just a different style of teaching with the. handwritten notes, and a thick accent.
Dude, I do not understand, especially with that accent, what in the world is he talking about.
Farahat is an amazing professor and although his lectures are handwritten, they are clear and very helpful. I would recommend watching his lectures. He provides a good amount of practice questions for midterms. The people complaining about his accent are ignorant. He is an amazing lecturer and a respectable professor.
Professor Farahat is great! Everyone commenting on his accent needs to put on their listening ears and pay attention. There is no need to be rude. He is perfectly clear and has great lectures. He also gives out candy and pens during lectures which is so sweet. He's also funny even at 7:30am.
Took 2a winter quarter, I am sure this professor is a good guy outside of class, but it was extremely hard to understand his words and handwriting. I think I cried almost every MWF morning because that's when his lecture is.
You can dislike this guy all you like however, he is funny, and I legit believe I am the only person in one of his classes to get extra credit so get ready for that. Also my man farahat just speaks quickly and not alot of people can understand his accent.
You may struggle through his accent, but his lectures were pretty well defined and easy to follow. If you're good with numbers, this class will be a breeze. Pre-lab writeups, labs, and post-labs are pretty time consuming, but that's about it. Midterms and final weren't that hard, as long as you touch up on your notes and pay attention to lecture.
He teaches chem like math, very straightforward. He actually prepares for his lectures unlike other profs only reading their ppts. Great prof.
Very difficult to understand and does not teach only does example problems in the lecture. Also does not curve any tests.
Literally, this guy is going to give you a hundred questions as a practice exam without providing the answers to any of them. So, there's no point in doing them because you wouldn't even know if you got them right or not. I would take anyone over Farahat. Save yourself; don't take him.
do not take him I am an asian who study all day for his bs, run!
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RUNNNN!!!!! HE IS THE WOREST!!
cant understand whats hes saying and cant read his handwriting. just go to enderle's lectures 10 times better. only thing besides that u need to do to ace all his MTs is the mcq study guides for each chapter he posts cause they're literally carbon copies of the mcqs on the MTs
RUNNNNNNN!!!!! No candies and pens could fix the trauma that he gave me
He's funny in class and tests are extremely fair. Do the practice and you'll be fine on the midterms. People like to complain about his accent but it's not really that bad, especially once you get used to it. I didn't even go to lectures and studied from his practice questions and got a B+ and an A on the midterms.
DO NOT TAKE FARAHAT! I was a firm beliver in its never the professors fault, its always you but God himself had to humble. I spent hours and hours studying, he provided no resources, can't understand him AT ALL, gets himself confused while teaching, is a hypocrite, gaslit you into understanding,you will only be saved if you have a good TA.
He was hard to understand at times due to his accent and messy handwriting. His lectures were mostly review and practice problems, and we were expected to read the textbook before hand. I thought he was funny and caring though. He posted a lot of practice problems which were helpful. A lot of people don't like him but he wasn't as bad as I heard
I don't get the bad reviews because Farahat's practice exams is 1-to-1 exactly what's on midterms and almost all the answers are in PowerPoints or you can search them up lol. The only thing is that the final is more difficult, but it kinda has to be. I had no problem w/ his accent and he's lowkey funny. Plus his homeworks are due end of quarter.
His midterms are easy, just do his practice problems. His final is what really went bad. He gave essentially no curve to a class that needed it. I was an all A student before this and I can ensure you his jokes or candy in class cannot make up for the pain he puts on your transcript. PSA: the curve was just removing minuses, c 70s, b 80, a 90s...
CHE 2C with Dr. Farahat is not bad at all, tbh it was almost good. His midterm questions are directly pulled out from his practice questions. Final was def harder than the midterms, but there was an overall curve for the class so it was fine. I don't think he deserves this much hate!! (at least for 2C) #justiceforFarahat
I don't even know where to begin when describing what a terrible class this was. It was poorly thought out the lectures were unclear and the notes illegible. Tests accounted for the majority of your grade and there is no curve. Would recommend to no one absolutely do not take this class.
A little hard to understanding during lectures, but overall his class is manageable and has a HUGE curve at the end of the quarter (more than 15%). I took AP Chem in high school so that def helped with my understanding of the material. Would recommend if you have prior chem knowledge, harder for students if this is your first chem class
Lectures are disorganized and confusing at times, study the practice and owl homework for sure! As long as you get most of your lab points, do your homework, and get average scores on tests you should be fine.
Do not take this professor. Not understanding towards students and does not care to see them grow. If you can avoid taking this professor, do so. I wish I listened to the other reviews.
The guy isn't all that bad despite all the jokes and memes that people say about him. He's worth taking.
His accent isn't too hard to get used to, but the lectures are rushed and messy. Discussions focused on completing worksheets, and the exams were similar to lecture topics. He gives textbook problems to focus on - these and homework problems help prepare you for the exams.
i think hes great. grade is mainly the exams and the homeworks. But exams are so easy to do well on since the questions are literally the same as the practice problems. he also records lectures which is a plus
The first thing he told us when starting Che 2A was how easily most of us would fail and he was joking but not really, unforgiving grade layout with most weight on final and midterms. Attended lectures during TA strikes so he was spread thin, combined with factors like his non-beginner-friendly teaching style, recipe for disaster for many students.
Professor is incredibly unhelpful. Don't bother emailing, asking questions in class, he will make you feel like your questions are dumb. I and others couldn't access hw, an issue he knew about and fixed, and will not excuse the 9 hws we are expected to do in 1 week each being 30-90 questions. Incredibly unhelpful, lectures from textbook, easy exams
People gave him bad ratings because they didn't study and blamed the professor. I was scared from the ratings, but the class was actually easy. His exams are simple, and his slides and textbook practice questions help a lot. If you study, you'll pass. The bad reviews don't reflect the truth.
The low ratings are misleading. Many students didn't prepare, then blamed the professor. I found the class fair and the exams very doable. His slides are clear, and the textbook problems match the tests. If you actually study, this is an easy A. Don't let the negative reviews fool you.
Honestly I was scared to take him reading these reviews but I feel like people are too harsh on him, at least for CHE 2C. His midterms were extremely easy if you do the practice he puts out, the only hard thing was the final, but overall he is a good professor that cares about his students and he's also pretty funny.
This is actually for CHE 008A but I seriously didn't understand the hate. The lectures were fun and engaging, I studied everyday and got an A easily. Don't let the hate fool you, his practice problems are exactly what you will see on the exam. Farahat is not here to trick you and if you email him for the answers on the practice problem he will give
Don't be scared by the other reviews he is amazing and so are his curves. I failed 8A with Lievens but got a C with farahat. The exams are made up of the same problems on the practice exams, word for word. So if you study that practice exam you will ace every single exam. He made 8a bearable, I will be seeking him out for 8B.
His lectures are really fast-paced and very dense, I watched lectures to more easily digest his content. As long as you do all of the homework and practice material, don't worry. There aren't surprises on exams and are frankly easier than expected (averages were passing for both midterms, not sure abt final yet). Exam heavy plus no minus grades.
Professor expects students to show proof of disability to him and ignores accommodations. His TA tried to keep me from reporting and requested personal meetings to avoid giving accommodations. He was aware of this but didn't correct this behavior. Often confrontational in class, brags about his morality, and publicly humiliates students.
This is my second time taking CHE8B, and I found Professor Farahat's structure of the class much more manageable than other OChem professors. Yes, the course grade is test-heavy, for summer session there was just one midterm and a final, no "cheat sheet" but questions were very similar to the homework and practice questions. Ya'll got this, study!!
he is nice and cares about students. makes jokes and stuff. his lectures go very fast and he has a thick accent so you really have to listen closely. his handwriting is also very messy. if you zone out for just one minute you will be so lost. overall not too bad though.
Dr. Farahat's lectures were overall confusing and disorganized, and most of it was taken from other professors and the textbook. I thought I understood the 2 midterms, but then the final was wayy harder, so beware that! For any CHE2 class, use Enderle's reader for better explanations. Def do Farahat's practice problems, the exams were very similar.
This professor occasionally had dramatic exchanges during class and sometimes discussed personal topics unrelated to the course. Some TAs displayed unprofessional behavior that went unaddressed. The professor was not always on top of responsibilities, which sometimes made class organization and communication inconsistent.
Some TAs were inconsistent in their behavior and procedures, and the syllabus included requirements that weren't enforced by the school, creating extra challenges for students trying to access support. Organization and communication were not always consistent, which sometimes made it difficult to stay on track.
sends constant emails and announcements checking on students and pressuring them to attend class, requires students to go to every class, will make students do quizzes and publicly call them out if they make any mistakes, very harsh punishments, deflects accountability, then leaves students without adequate support, ignores their academic needs
DONT TAKE HIS CLAS altho the exam is not that bad (all from his practice), but no answer to the practice qs and too many practice qs. PLUS so wordy lecturing ppt& hand written notes. 1. don't give out the ppt with the notes 2. the ppt only has part of the info that he will be lecturing 3. bad hand writing 4. poor lecturing can't explain stuff clear
Very easy, very simple. Lectures are useless but he gives candy
Tests were pretty easy as its similar to practice, he truly cares for his students and wants them to succeed. He does have a heavy accent but you can still understand him as long as you pay attention. Hes overhated in my opinion.
Controlling
Don't expect to pass this class with no effort; it's o-chem, put in the effort, and you will be rewarded. Use the resources given to you; the homework is just the practice exams with answers given, plus he's now starting to give answers to the practice questions! The class is getting better, and I prefer him over Lievens any day. USE THE TEXTBOOK!
you are cooked
No offense, but everyone complaining is being incompetent or lazy. Difficult class but not impossible by any means. There are so many worse/more difficult Profs, I thought Prof Farahat was decent.
Good morning. Yes! Yes! Amazing!
Try to avoid if there's other options he's probably not the worst chem prof but his lectures are confusing with incorrect spelling and bad handwriting, He also isn't aware of the problems during lectures aren't aligned with the board so it's offscreen. His explaining and midterms are fine but final is death. Makes chem more difficult than it should
good professor
Lecture slides are provided, but he rarely uses them during the lecture, and he kept going off on mini tangents in the middle of the lecture about how college students have poor eating habits and reprimanding people for being on their phones, despite this being a 500-person lecture hall. I ended up teaching most of the material to myself.
He is very difficult, his lectures jump around a lot and its hard to understand what im supposed to learn and know. he teaches this class like we are all PhD students. The quizzes are easy and the midterms are fairly similar to the chapter questions. His final is immensely hard.
He's okay. The midterms and final aren't too hard. He copy pastes the practice questions onto every exam. Do them.
EZPZ, AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ochem is hard but I'm pretty sure Lieven's tests are way harder than ours....Farahat's tests are fair if you actually put in some efforts. However some people's mindsets are still in lower biology or chemistry, and who's blame is that?
Lowkey a dirtbag of a human being but the exams were very similar to the practice problems. Lectures and recordings were almost useless due to poor handwriting and accent. Does put some really specific things from the slides/textbook on the exam
just dont take his class
How is everyone doing today, hmm? ok yes? hmm
Horrible professor, do not take him. I did not understand a single thing during his lectures.
Lectures are SO convoluted, I had to self-teach with the textbook (which I recommend). He also contradicts himself during lectures, so that's confusing. His HW and practice are so helpful tho, and weekly disc quizzes were easy. TAs also gave conflicting info tho :( Overall very confusing class and prof, but easy B.
Rough 2nd quarter with Farahat. Did great on the midterms but the final was hard. Curve did not match performance of class (89% for A, 84% for B+, 79% for B, 74% for C+.... Farahat is a good guy when you talk to him but man does he make it hard to succeed in this class. SELF STUDY EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
Midterms are a copy of his worksheets - easy to get A/B. Final - Content is from last 3 weeks & heavily focuses on drawing synthesis rxns. Got a B, but that was due to my laziness and failing the final. Keep up with the lectures and you should do fine. 3.5/5 for me imo.
I was high school valedictorian. Straight A's. I studied hard and maxed out at a B+. FYI Farahat wasn't present the last week of school and the final exam was 90% based on things he should have covered during that last week. All the TA's agree he sucks: he can't teach, will throw random biochem questions into the tests, and has a difficult accent.
CURVE WAS GARBAGE
The professor was absent the last week of school and that week made up at least 80 percent of the final. I would definitely recommend taking some other professor.
Just do not take him.
I wish he was a better lecturer cuz hes a funny guy, and pretty nice. However can't lecture at all, and won't even upload completed notes. Only saving grace is that midterms/final have a ton of questions copy-pasted from practice. Occasionally puts things you've never learned on tests
Farahat is super funny and his accent really isn't that bad. He just doesn't teach very well and doesn't do the best job at preparing you for his tests. He didn't have any practice tests/material, other than Enderle's stuff. But if you can't get Enderle or Gulacar, pick Farahat over Wei.
Don't take him. Had a 96.6% that went down to 82.8% after the final. Final should have been more mixed material rather than all new stuff that he wasn't even there to teach in the last week and/or the curve should have been better (A range went from 90 to 89). I don't know a single person who got an A.
While he is very entertaining, going to his lectures is practically useless. I didn't go to a single lecture after midterm 1, I did way better on both the final and midterm 2. There are a lot of practice questions, do them all because he copy&pastes. He didn't go in-depth into any synthesis questions, and that was a large chunk of the final.
Get ready to learn by yourself, he's not the best lecturer and sometimes would put random p-chem questions that he barely mentions on his slides onto a midterm which sucked. Otherwise, just do his practice problems and join the che 118 discord which has answers for them. He's the copy pasta king for a reason.
OChem is definitely hard. Dr. Farahat's lectures are fine. Most content is clearly taught. Some topics are difficult to understand during lectures so I have to go back to the textbook or find videos to self study. He had copy-and-paste questions for both midterms and finals. If you study all the practice problems, you are good.
very overhated. He's not amazing but not bad either. Both midterms had high averages (75 and 80%) with a lot of copy-paste questions from practice problems. Lectures are average and I think you can better understand his accent thru recordings. Small curve at the end of class despite generally high exam scores. Weekly quizzes suck tho
ochem is difficult in general, with farahat it was really difficult. had to learn all the material by myself because lecture slides were not helpful. don't recommend
Lectures are okay. There are questions directly pulled out from the practice problems in exams. Not so bad as long as you spend ~2 hours studying each week. Practiced synthesis worksheet and most questions are the same logic. Discussion quizzes sucks and content tested are taught in discussion. There are no regrades and answer posted for quizzes.
do ALL the practice questions they are questions on midterm1/2 final wasn't impossible as everyone said, USE enderle readers for final only thing that pissed me off was the amount of useless crap we had to memorize i prefer critical thinking and dgaf that cobalt is in vitiman b12/wtf is patina who tf needs to know this(its in the lecture tho so dw)
had him for 2c and 118a; funny guy but not a good prof. he'll mention/test you on random chem/pharmacy trivia in the exams. Most of the exams are copy-paste of his practice problems which are good; no key for the practice though. Often gets his stuff wrong. he spent 30 minutes proving someone wrong... he was wrong to being with.
Many before said there would be a large curve to this class, ended up being a 1% change, with an 89% becoming an A. That speaks for itself in the fact that it was a self-taught class with incomprehensible lecturing that was too fast for the problems given. NO NOTE CARD, which is incredibly unfair in comparison to other professors. TAKE ANYONE ELSE.
do all the practice questions he gives for midterms! he will copy and paste on test. GO TO LECTURE! he gives clues to what frqs will be in lecture. doing lecture examples is a must. says he won't curve but he will. avg for midterms was 59 and 72. cutoffs were 83.99 cutoff for a, 79 for b+, 72 for b, 67.06 for c+, 52 for c. final was a little rough.
It's unfortunate that those of us who were supposed to take Chamberlain got stuck with the worst Chemistry professor at UC Davis. Very difficult to understand in lecture and has very sloppy handwriting. Be prepared to do a lot of self-teaching and pray for a good TA that can make up material that isn't taught well in lecture (80% of material).
Curve was great it was curved up by a whole letter grade. 2 midterms and a final. Honestly studied a bunch for that final and it was a pretty rough final. So study a bunch for the final!! All in all not the best, but not the worst professor for chem 2C.
Hard to understand at times, but lecture vids have captions. Text-heavy slides, a little difficult to digest. No practice exams, only problems. Exams were not that difficult, but take up significant portion of grade along with final. Don't fall behind on lectures and practice, practice, practice.
he oversimplifies things so it's easy to understand and way too many fun facts questions on exams
Lectures can be hard to understand but recordings have captions. Many practice problems but try to do them all as they are very similar to the actual midterms, midterms averages were pretty high. Lecture slides are very dense and confusing, che 118a material overall not that hard but felt like it was harder than it shouldve been
Lectures somewhat difficult to understand, are pretty fast, and he teaches things greatly in depth which do not reflex his exams. Caring teacher and funny at times. His curve was lackluster for the A-B range, but was great for C-D. In fact, I'd complain he didn't fail enough people, 118B is now too full of D students and waitlisting is an issue.
His lectures were alright, sometimes it was pretty hard to understand him and his handwriting. Midterms are pretty clear in terms of the material covered, and he tells you exactly what he's going to put on the exam. He provides practice exams, which are similar to the midterms. Would take future classes with him!
His lectures were okay, it was pretty hard to understand him and his handwriting. He doesn't give practice exams. The curve was very good. The final was very hard.
Was very hard to understand him and his handwriting. Typically felt lost in lecture because of his lecturing style (fill in blanks on slides). Exams were not too difficult because he reuses problems from his practice materials, however, posts no answers to the practice materials. Class was made more difficult because it was hard to understand him.
Practice guides are super helpful for midterms but there's no answer key. Final is considerably harder but curve lowkey came in clutch. All homework is due end of the quarter. Prof goes on tangents and slides are a bit overwhelming, gotta pay attention to what he is saying to know what's important.
Be prepared to teach yourself everything. As he is difficult to understand and the lecture slides are very confusing, unorganized, and also not relevant to the tests.
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