This class was horrible! You can read the textbook and know it from cover to cover and still fail the test. The test questions are way more complicated than the book. His lectures are boring and to understand him you literally have to sit on the front row. He calls name to answer questions!!! BORING CLASS!

If taking for basic chem stay away! Difficult class. Basically teach yourself whole semester. If you have to take him, sit in the front and pay attention!!

Horrible. He doesn't seem to give a damn. I think he is probably overworked which adds to his disinterest in his students.

Do not take this class! He thinks that you already know everything, he won't help youu,, if you need help you have to attend SI session which aren't helpful!!! It doesn't matter which your situation is,, he goes to fast in the learning process, too much work. But not help!!!! So, if you want or need basic chemistry DO NOT TAKE IT WITH HIM

Weeding Out Class. Unnecessarily hard because he knows how easy the class really is. If you fail a quiz, you automatically fail the lab. Attendance is MANDATORY. If you miss a lecture, you are BARRED from attending the lab. If you fail 3 labs, you fail the class. He is also a pompous. "Only refer to me as Dr. Arman". Don't waste the time

I cannot think of one pleasant word to describe this horrible professor. don't take!

This guy does not know what he's doing, do not take him!!!! His quiz are only 3 questions and if you do bad on it you will lose a huge amount of points.

Do not take this class!!! Very unhelpful and harsh!! He rushes through everything, once gave a 20 question quiz in 60 seconds, no time to think! He just reads off power points and doesn't explain well.

He is very unclear on his points and just reads off a powerpoint. If you aren't a genius at chemistry do not take he just confuses you on topics you should already know.

WORST TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD. Do NOT take his class!

He is by far the worst chemistry teacher that exists. He does not answer questions. He does not care what you make in the class. He doesn't teach well and his tests are way more advanced than what basic chemistry requires. DROP THE CLASS. I didn't believe these reviews until I took the class-your GPA will be killed in this class

This guy must really hate his job because he looks so miserable. He seems to have a bad attitude about everything. If you ask any questions, you will get a sarcastic answer. If you walk in 2 mins late, you will be put on blast. He will find the smallest thing possible to blow up The amount of work that must be done for 1 credit is ridiculous also.

This lab is a joke. I have 3 other science classes and this lab is more work than all combined. Makes you write a 4 page pre-lab write up of what's already written in your lab manual. Online pre lab quizzes have typos so you miss questions due to his errors. Only chemistry I lab professor at UTSA so you can't avoid him. Good luck, you'll need it!

This class time wise 11 other hours taking. He doesn't care. This lab will affect your other classes. Faculty basically pays him to teach all basic chem and gen chem and is tough for tenure. Not his fault too many kids taking gen chem wanting to be doctors. Weed out class. WEED OUT CLASS. Hope your a freshman to devote TIME.

Hardest science class ever. omg hate him. i wouldn't recommend taking his class ever, EVER! Expects you to know stuff. Be prepared to teach your self or to use your phone to google at any chance you can. Says you can buy a text book but isn't clear, "all chem books are the same" big help...

Please don't take him! He gives so much HW and quizzes. Attendance will help your grade but all he does is read from his powerpoints and doesn't make concepts easy to understand. Plus the HW is kinda hard and you only get 2 chances per question. If you don't pass the HW, then you can't take the quiz. It's just so frustrating! Be prepared to cry!

If you like being ridiculed for asking a question go ahead and take him. He's honestly not that bad of a professor but he's just so rude that it makes him very unapproachable. Chemistry is not a good course to take when the professor isn't friendly or even the least bit respectful.

He is very rude, and if you ask a question he thinks its dumb he will reply sarcastically and then laugh at you. Not only that when you ask for help, it seems like he will help you but then he never comes back to address your question. It is like he makes it hard for you to learn! I would not take him.

He reads off powerpoints and you have to teach yourself. I only went to class for the iclicker quizzes, he does one EVERY class no matter what. He just mumbles and expects you to understand. When you ask questions, he gives rude answers. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL COSTS.

There is an I-Clicker quiz every day. The exams are taken on an I-Clicker. Have you ever tried to put chemical formulas into an I-Clicker? Along with the daily quizzes, there is also online mccgraw hill homework, reading and quizzes, for each chapter. You will need the textbook because you will basically have to teach yourself.

Completely unorganized, useless in office hours, and sporadic in lectures. Quizzes have 8 answer choices, and his lab is a waste of time. He almost made me change my major into women's studies. But here's the thing; you can't avoid him for lab.

First off Im an A student here at UTSA with a GPA of 3.82. Professor Arman doesn't elaborate in most of his lectures. He also talks very low and his powerpoints have very little information. So be ready to read the textbook over the semester. Most of the time he expects us to know whats he is talking about after minimal teaching.

Had a quiz everyday with i-clickers and 60% of the quizzes were attendance. Usually he expects you to know the material so he will quiz you on something he hasn't talked about and then teach it after the quiz you just failed lol. I never understood his lectures and he can be very mean and rude. Though I've heard that if you talk to him he's nice.

I would avoid Arman as a first choice for a chemistry course. I only had him for a lab lecture and was legit intimidated by his rude attitude toward students coming in late. A friend had him for lecture and said exams were tough and he lacks in providing more examples of calculations for practice. He asks you questions on quizzes that are tedious.

If you are reading this, doesnt matter what they say about Sadeghi take Sadeghi, Arman is probably the worst CHE professor you can take.

I wish that I could have taken a different professor for lab lecture but Arman is the only one who teaches it. There were quizzes done every class and they were always very difficult to pass. I worked hard for this class and only received a B. For a class that is worth only 1 credit, I believe that the grading and workload are ridiculous.

not willing to help

I only had him once a week for 50 minutes for lab lectures and it was no doubt the worst and hardest 50 minutes of my whole week but he is the only one that teaches gen chem 1 lab lectures so good luck

Not bad if you know chemistry already or are ok with being stressed out all semester until you get extra credit at the last minute and barely pass. Prepare to answer everything perfectly or fail. Quizzes every other class. Terrible office hours. Rarely responds to emails in a timely manner. Save your GPA and tuition money and chose someone else.

Very poor explanations during lecture regarding what we are doing in the lab the next week and quiz questions completely unrelated to lab lecture concepts. I think you have to take his course for Gen Chem lab 1, but if you can avoid it, try to. He belittles students and is short and snide with answering questions.

I couldn't tell you how much Arman knows about chemistry, but he sure doesn't know anything about respect or humility. I dropped his class a few days in! I saw this dude deny a girl help with her Iclicker during a quiz, he rudely told her, you should of asked me before! Broo its not like she knew her Iclicker would stop working!

Spent half of the class on daily iclicker quizzes and then the other half going over them, by the time were ready to actually teach were out of time. Had to self teach myself all semester since half of the classes this semester he would spend on the iclicker quizzes. Also moved hws and exam dates and never told us the new dates for the exams.

Tough Grader, memorize the power point slides BEFORE class if you wanna make it through his quizzes that he has after every class. difficult to get accessible outside of class and favorite thing to say is "Not my problem". Final had questions that I had never seen before and was not related to what we were told to study. Did not make sense.

Most of the class period was spent doing iClicker quizzes which was over content he hadn't taught. After these quizzes, there was only 20 minutes left of actual lecture. He assigned lots of work without concern about long it would take to complete it. His teaching skills were weak. He didn't seem to care about of his students and was rude.

Unless you want to maintain a good gpa DON'T take this guy. I was in Gen Chem 1 and he was throwing organic chemistry questions that he never even explained how to solve. He puts questions that were never taught on exams. He isnt very good at teaching and unless you sit in the very front rows you won't be able to hear anything, he is super quiet.

Dr. Arman is the worst professor I have had so far. IF he or his TA responded to emails, most of the responses were unhelpful and too late. His quizzes always had things he hadn't taught and were almost always short answer. His lectures are dry at best and he makes a lot of mistakes. Choose someone else, anyone else!

The post lab assignments were a struggle. Arman never gave clear instructions on how to do the post labs, and you'd usually have to guess how to do everything by yourself. Almost everyone in the class was confused oh how to complete the labs, and neither Arman or his TAs were any help. Yeah, I'm aware chemistry is tough, but Arman makes it tougher.

Absolutely one of the worst professors I have ever taken. Given this is in the middle of a pandemic and we are all adjusting but omg.. only taught us O-Chem and not General Chemistry. Not to mention half way through the semester he just decided to stop teaching us. Prepare to to teach yourself.

Throws in O-Chem, difficult tests which do not cover textbook material, and unreasonable work load

you only have to show up 3 times for attendance and that's it, his lectures sometimes don't match up with the homework so it SUCKS, you really REALLY do have to teach yourself, he's not bad but yeah .. he is sadly and homework is due on Saturdays at 11 weirdly, if you're good at chem, good for you and if you're not, I'm sorry- I had somewhat help

Do not take Arman. Gave too much work for a 1 credit hr class and never gave clear instructions. It was almost as if he wanted his students to fail. Didn't learn anything from his lectures and he made us download this computer thing called vlab that we literally only used once. You would think he would be more lenient with the pandemic but nope.

Try your best to avoid Arman Hadi at ALL costs. He does not care about his students or his class. He barely responds to emails, if any. He expects you to have knowledge from higher-level classes that we have clearly not taken. His material does not match up with his assignments and he will not work with you. You WILL have to teach yourself.

Professor Arman is one of those teachers they warn you about. The one who brags about how hard class his class is. He gives an insane amount of work and adds more assignment systems whenever he so feels. If you want to take Arman, he will lecture to the best of his abilities. But you better have a small course load. Take at your own risk.

It got to the point where my classmates were gonna reporting him to the head bc the work load was too much just to find out he was the head of the department! You have video HW b4 every lecture & quizzes Friday nights, 200 topics of aleks due by the end of the semester, learn smarts & labs, I wish I could create a list, running out of characters

DO NOT TAKE HIM!!! lectures are BORING and long. he does not care about students and is not helpful. only replies to emails when he wants to with 1 or 2 sentence replies. his quizzes and post lab assignments are long and is meant for you to fail. every question is worth so much points, get 2 wrong and you fail. worst professor ever.

THE WORST PROF I'VE HAD! Don't take him! Doesn't teach well, boring, unnecessarily long lectures, and IGNORANT! He only responds to emails when he feels like it. Lazy! IDK how he's still employed!

Where do I begin? I took his Chem 1 Lab. It's 1 credit hour. Why the heck do I end up with 4 assignments a week? Like dude... It ended up being much more difficult than it should have been. Do your GPA a favor, and take a different prof.

The worst professor Ive ever had.. thats it.

TERRIBLE professor, avoid at all costs! 1. Impossible to contact. Expect 5-never days for a response 2. Unnecessary & uncomfortable assignments. Have to take selfies & send pictures of your house for "chemistry" 3. Takes months to put in grades & doesn't show what's wrong 4. Typos everywhere so you don't know when hw, tests, & even the final is due

Professor Arman is teacher who clearly likes the subject that he teaches. However, he is not a good teacher. Overall, does not care about students or their grades. The course has more homework and assignments than necessary and do not help prepare for tests. He does not follow the syllabus and is not flexible if you need help. Do not recommend.

This class requires ALOT of work. He actually knows a lot of the subject, but definitely gives way too much work. This class isn't impossible but he doesn't consider the other classes we have. His video lecture is like sitting through a bad sitcom that has questions.

Probably the worst professor Ive had. This class was beyond difficult and the way he teaches makes any subject a chore. There was way too many tedious assignments and the constant quizzes just stresses everyone out. Horrible class and a horrible way to learn about chemistry.

It's clear that Dr. Arman is a very intelligent man who knows a lot about his field of study. HOWEVER, he is probably the worst professor I've ever had. He's extremely hard to get a hold of, and his style of teaching leaves you feeling overwhelmed. Additionally, the quizzes at the start of class are ruthless. My advice: pick another professor ASAP.

Awful teacher he does not care about students nor he likes to teach. He will exhausted you with tons of homework.

Though Arman is a very knowledgable professor, this class (more specifically the amount of work), ruins that real first-year college experience for many students. I understand that we are no longer in high school, but having 6-7 assignments due every week is taxing for many to the put where things are just extremely confusing. Take someone else!

By far, one of the worst professors i have ever had. He assigns homework as if his class is the only one we are taking. I spend every single day of the week trying to get the work of his class done and still receive low grades. Only take him If you plan on ruining your GPA and mental health because that literally how it is.

Do not do it. DO NOT. I only had him for the lab and cannot imagine ever taking him again. He seems nice but gives you 15hours of work every week to do. Quizzes during every class. the WORST part is some of your assignments you have to use a website that crashes 100% of the time so no one ever ends up doing it. Dont do it. do not. its not worth it.

I gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he wouldn't be THAT bad. No, he was actually worse than "bad". If you have no life and enjoy doing 15 hours worth of homework a week then sign up! The 1-2 hour playposits twice a week was actually a nightmare. Nothing personal against him. I just can't believe he thinks we are superhuman.

Dr. Arman gives ridiculous amounts of work for a 1 credit class. He does not care about his students. There were mandatory play-posit videos for 1hr every week plus quizzes, data sheets, etc. This class consumed my semester and I had to focus on it the most. I was only able to survive this class bc of TA office hours. DO NOT TAKE

Would make mistakes in either lectures or exams themselves, not a very quick response time and not much self responsibility when errors occur

Arman = useless. Stuck in the old ways of teaching, Expects you to memorize the little details of things that are easily found with a little research if ever forgotten Rude. Gives enough HW that surpasses all your other classes combined. Some questions on test weren't gone over in class, nor mentioned we should know. Did I mention he is rude? Avoid

Video lectures that are required before the class, and then quizzed on that material. Questions in lecture video are asked before material is covered. Exam questions are filled with little tricks that deviate from material covered in class, and never discussed in class. Exams will not be reviewed, thus you don't know what you got wrong to improve.

Get something wrong on the test? You won't know. He NEVER gives you the tests back or goes over the exams. The grade you get, you settle for. He could blindly pick a number 1-100 and give you that score and you won't be able to know if that truly is your score or randomly picked! Useless class that UTSA requires students to take for extra $$$.

I can see why he's an assistant professor rather than a full professor. Possibly as a result of his Ph.D. elevating his brain a little too far in this environment. Although though it is only a Chemistry I course, it makes you feel like you are enrolling in a lab to become a true scientist. Horrible. So many many unnecessary works and CAN'T TEACH.

This guy is a horrible example of what an instructor should be. He overloads students with unrealistic assignments and does not give proper feedback with grading. Taking this course with the lecture is not a good idea if you care heavily about your GPA. He never truly explains the concepts and is downright condescending. Save your time and money.

This man is pompous and arrogant. He loves hearing himself talk even though he speaks at .5 speed. Don't take his course you will hate your life. He will not answer your questions, he expects you to know organic chem in genchem. I did well because I gave up time with friends, family, and my mental health. Do yourself a favor; take it somewhere else

If you want to save your GPA take chem at community college or any other university. It is not worth the mental strain, he is the lab coordinator and makes your life hell for no reason. With 3 exams and 2 lab reports all in the same chemistry class due in 1 week. I am not sure how he still has a job here, he is an awful professor.

Cannot stress how much I don't like Professor Arman. His teaching style is so old fashioned. So obvious he doesn't even like teaching. Lousy professor. Makes his classes harder than they need to be and the material need to be updated.

This class with this professor is hard just because he makes it that way. DO NOT take him if you want to keep your GPA, or even if you don't want one single class to take up all your time. IF YOU TAKE HIM: always read twice what the question asks, don't skip a lab lecture, pay attention cause all of the class time is useful, and good luck.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!!!!! he does not care about his students, leaves you feeling extremely overwhelmed. clearly doesnt care about his students, need to look up youtube videos for actual explainations. Dont waste your mental health on this class its not worth it.

One of the worst professors i've ever had. I got a 5 on the chem AP exam but having to retake this course for prerequisites was my worst mistake ever. He never shows your final grades, he has extremely hard lessons compared to the class level and the labs do not even make sense with the amount of work required. AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS

run. avoid him. just dont do it.

AVOID THIS PROFESSOR LIKE THE PLAGUE!! Arman clearly doesn't care about his students so much so his "teaching" philosophy is that not everyone should pass. He grades EVERYTHING from iClickers, 2 hour-long pre-lab videos, data sheets, and impossible post-lab quizzes. I wouldn't be surprised if he started grading your breathing. Don't take Dr. Arman.

doesn't teach you anything during the lectures every class is just a pop quiz and your expected to just know everything and have every possible conversion factor or combination or any elements in the universe memorized and if u complain about how your supposed to know something he just says "you should have this memorized like I'm the prof or sum

I would rather get paper cuts on the webs between my fingers than take his class again. Tons of busywork - apparently the work he gives out is 4x the work that other professors give. This class is more of a weedout class than my actual Gen Chem class - and this is only worth one credit! He acts condescending towards his students, too.

lecture is mandatory with iclicker. questions are hard even when present, grade can still be low. post lab videos are easy, but make less than 60, you CAN'T attend the lab- automatic ZERO on your lab sheet and post lab assignments. post lab writing assignments that have to be long and if you don't fully understand the concept - well, good luck.

Him being the head of the chemistry department is the only reason you should take him. SO MUCH HW for a single credit. expects you to fail and makes curves his grading instead of teaching better or making his exams easier. final practical averages a 50 among his students. Unclear grading guidelines for writing assignments. AVOID

worst professor I have ever had, very unprofessional when it comes to grading, does not provide specific feedback and grades harshly for wrting assignments.

Loves chemistry but hates teaching? In 1131 there is a quiz in every class, so learn the content before the lecture. He is usually rude and he knows his reputation. It's not that he's a bad professor he just doesn't care about you or your personal problems and makes his mistakes the classes fault.

I would rather get paper cuts and juice lemons than ever take this class again. It is SO MUCH WORK for one-credit hour. The TAs for the lab are nice for the most part but they GRADE SO HARD and it's not their fault it's Arman's. The class average for our writing assignment was 20. And no matter which instructor you take, he controls everything.

He doesn't like teaching, its very evident. He loves chemistry though but that doesn't matter if you don't like students. Very rude, not understanding of anything or people. Won't do anything unless you cc the dean of chemistry in an email, and acts like students are robots and not human. Would never ever take a class of his on purpose.

HORRIBLE, DO NOT TAKE. the worst, rudest professor i have ever had literally avoid him at all costs possible, even the staff do not like him

Quizzes every day. Not a single lecture was done in class time. Teach yourself the day before class or you're screwed. Hated it.

Arman Hadi is the grand orchestrator of Chemmisery 101. Imagine paying good money to endure an hour of iClicker Hell, sinking into despair, being jolted back by soul-crushing quizzes meant to obliterate confidence. My 4.0 GPA, now disintegrating into oblivion. This class will test your endurance, sanity, and will to live. Save yourself—just run.

Horrible professor who obviously doesn't care about his students; all he does is yell at us and give indirect "answers" to questions. Ridiculous amount of challenging classwork for GENERAL chemistry ONE. Not only is he a tough grader, he's straight up inconsistent with grading and doesn't provide feedback in time for the next assignment due. -11/10

If you love ALEKS and already have an understanding of chemistry concepts take this class. If not, just don't. Trust me.

Weekly misery: watch hour-long lectures, take notes, show up to class for a quiz, not be allowed to use the notes you took the day before, recall all the info you learned less than 24 hours ago, cry about your score, then start teaching yourself. The course is formatted to make students feel hopeless, where you either teach yourself or drown, gl.

As this class is required for most health profession majors, most kids are subjected to take it. At all cost do not choose him as your professor, there are a few other options. Each lecture was a quiz, not one did we go over material. To teach you he assigns post it videos that are from 4 years ago, not in class learning. ALEKS is mandatory , 24:7

Spent hours & hours on homework every week. His class is set up to where you have to listen to his 1-2 hour lecture online before every class then go to class and get quizzed the whole class which he used as the attendance grade for the day there is still whole weekly homework assignments AND aleks to complete. He is also passive aggressive.

This man is the worst professor I've ever encountered in my life. I literally freeze from PTSD whenever I see him in the BSE. I'll just be sitting there eating my bagel and he walks past with his pain-inducing aura. He gives instructions for lab reports and then takes points off if you didn't include something that he DIDN'T ASK FOR. Save yourself.

Does not teach. Entire lesson involves watching a prerecorded video, at home, before class, to then simply be quizzed over said video during the entire 1 hour in-person lecture period. Zero actual lecture. His "teaching" involves made-up elements, hastily prescribbled notes with typos and a circled answer to the problem. Good luck figuring out why.

I can get past his assingments

His assignments are doable but it's just him as a person that will have you stressed. He gets angry if you walk in late and he's super nit picky about everything. He doesn't teach and he's never around to help so if you're looking for a good professor don't take him. He doesn't care and will not help you if you need it!

Not remorseful about anything. I missed one small pre lab video because I broke my leg and got an automatic 0 for 3 other major assignments because of that one missed assignment. He would not let me make up that unnecessary pre lab video assignment under no circumstance. Don't take him even my Gen Chem 1 professor hates him.

He is the worst professor I have ever met. Do NOT TAKE HIM. I never took him tbh but he makes the exams for gen chem 1. HORRIBLE he wants us to fail he IS NOT UNDERSTANDING! No matter how hard you study YOU WILL FAIL. Gen chem will be your entire life for the semester so be prepared for no social life at all.

Just don't.

The professor does not teach during class. He uses lecture time to quiz students and requires students to watch year old videos where he explains the topic with very little effort. You cannot simply learn the topics on your own and attend class, the class and the videos are mandatory. The vast majority of the class failed before the final exam.

do not take him

Used class time to give quizzes and cold-called students to answer questions.

I was one of the few students who did decent in his class, and I only say this so y'all don't think i'm just bitter about my grade. BRO SUCKS. He never really seems to think he's the problem when scores are so low. attendance is absolutely a must if you want to pass, good luck to anyone who takes him

I just recommend to not take him

I've never taken a course where the professor was this disrespectful towards his own students. It almost feels like he enjoys his students suffering. Only tells you how assignments should be done half way through the semester. Don't bother asking him questions he'll respond as if you're a child. Don't take him.

I asked him a question after class since he never responded to my email, and he acted like I personally cut funding for male pattern baldness. It's the middle of the semester, we've already turned in two writing assignments, and we just went over expectations. Still no grades. Choose a professor who will respect you.

He isn't understanding of having struggles with chemistry and uses class time to do quizzes and you are expected to learn material on your own outside of class

Take him if you already know all the contents well and just gonna waste some money to have the credits. Even though, everywhere it is stated to be a "traditional in-person" class, but it isn't. You just have to watch his youtube videos and answer a lot of quizzes EVERY CLASS.

Weed out class, just dont take him. Fair concepts, ridiculously hard professor, over complicates everything

Every morning I wake up, I wished I had passed away in my sleep so I wouldn't have to walk to this professor's class. Awful lot of homework, doesn't teach and gives quizzes during class instead, generally isn't helpful or kind either.

Designs questions with the intent of "tricking" the student, almost exclusively using exceptions-to-the-rule or exceptions to the exception. Assigns a ridiculous amount of homework, that isn't even necessarily difficult, just extremely time consuming. All learning is done outside of class, and classes are just daily quizzes. Yells at students.

I respect him for his contributions to research on campus, but as a professor he was not good. The hour-long videos took up so much time from my other courses. The tests took up so much of the overall grade; you get ONE bad test, say goodbye to that A. He's also nearly-impossible to contact outside of class. Please drop.