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She's a really nice person. However, her tests are freaking hard and the practice exams are nothing like the actual tests. Heavy accent and at times hard to get. Its Saturday course, you'll need your threshold of pain to be thru the roof on this one.
taking her will be like taking an online course. shes not helpful, hard to understand, and lec doesnt help with tests. take it at your own risk. Lots of hw that was almost never covered in lec.
She is a firm believer in lecturing on basic concepts and making the students figure out the rest. To that end, she did a really good job- She outlines everything and goes over basic problems. Do the homework w/o solution manual. that may help.
Very knowledgable, fair exams, lots of homework and exercises (which are given points if completed) A little hard to understand at first, but once comfortable she is clear and concise. Prepares you for 401 and beyond. C's and B's are easy to come by, A's take a little work.
I totally hated her. She was nice and funny from time to time but she totally did not explain any of the material well at all. And worse, she would totally go on a tangent and tell random stories which just made the lecture even more confusing when I could
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She is very hard to understand, tests are all of the subject she never explains subject clear (I was better in high school at chem) she gives no extra points at all which gives you even more chance to fail the class. good thind is that she drops three quizes and changes your grade of the lowest exam if you have good grade on your final exam.
keep away! there has to be better teachers out there than her. she teaches like she expects you to already know alot of the material, she skips certain parts and leaves you very confused.
Lecture is very confusing, don't have a clue what this professor is talking about. Testing is so difficult, but the final exam are okay, but not as difficult as the exam.
This class was very difficult. She is hard to understand (the first day I thought it was a language class!). Never a chance to raise your grade and when talking to her she asked me what were the chances of passing! I'd like a teacher to encourage me or give me the tools to improve for next time.
Is difficult to understand at times, but had no problem writing it on the board when we told her we were having difficulty understanding. Buying the book was useless. She tests from her lectures: make sure you take GOOD notes. The first test was rather hard but it allowed you to learn how she tests. Very knowledge able, adequate helpfulness.
Probably the worst teacher i have had. You cant understand what shes saying and doesnt explain the material. She teaches like you should already know everything and shes just a refresher. Highly not recommended, her tests are hard and she doesnt give any extra credit.
I think she hates me.. she hates us all.
She was a little hard to understand @ 1st, but after the 2nd week it was a lot better, test are on lecs and hw, do your hw early and you'll pass her test. She also scores on a low % 68% is a C, no xtra crdt, but she drops a test and a lab. She's funny & I liked her. This was my 2nd time taking chem had prof Clark, I got the material better from her
Boy I just wasted my summer on her. Her quizzez and exams are completely different from her lectures and homework. She gives you only easy and simple examples during lectures and hard problems on tests. Her accent is very bad. You will spend more time trying to figure out the words she's saying than learning chemistry. I dropped this class.
This has been by far, my favorite teacher in college. She has an accent but talks slow enough to understand her. Plus she writes on the board. She explains the matterial very well and clarifies anything when you need extra help. She wants you to be successful and motivates her students. She also makes funny jokes. Test are hard at 1st.
She's tough but fair. Also funny! She outlines the lectures before class begins and writes lots of stuff on the board, making her somewhat easy to follow. Some questions on her test come out of left field! I studied for the last test thoroughly and still some 20% of the questions came from barely-covered parts of her lecture.
She is extremely difficult to follow (her accent and her teaching style). What I study in preparation for the tests is usually NOT on the test. Give us a break!
She needs to work on pronunciation.
she is a hard teacher but very fair. study and keep up woth labs and homework assignments and you will do well.
Summer session, a bit hard to understand but you get used to it. I felt like she expected us to know or even like chemistry, like her UCDavis students. tests are all on lecture. Lectures are useful basing the way for most math probs. Labs are easy! student solutions manual a must for hw. no extra credit. i was sure i was failing but ended up w/a C!
i had to drop the class because for one, i could not understand what the heck she was lecturing about(accent). And two, i had never failed a test in my life, and i failed her first test, and thats when i dropped. i took in the summer so that might be the case, but i highly doubt it. i do not recommend this teacher to anyone.
Prof Nasiri is an excellent professor. You can easily understand her accent if you take the time to. Her notes will be all you will need - she is very thorough and goes over things several times. I truely recommend her as a wonderful professor.
wonderful person, and the accent really is not that bad if you pay attention. but, when it comes to tests they are extremely hard and the study guides she gives do not help. it is almost as if what she goes over in class is completely different than what is on the actual exam.
Prof. Nasiri is a very nice person, very knowledgable and funny. Unfortunately, her teaching style is really difficult to get. Her tests are difficult and have only 20 questions, but are worth 14% of your grade. No matter how much I studied, I never did well on tests, nor did a lot of other students. Don't take her unless you already know chem.
very helpful and approachable. Knows her stuff thoroughly. exams are almost entirely mult. choice (25 Qs, 4 pts each). quizzes roughly every week (5 questions each usually, not mult. choice.) Enjpyed her class very much. I found class fairly easy but you have to do well on exams to do well.
I took her during the summer, but then again, chem is not a class for summer time. there is tons of material and little time to learn it. She is HILARIOUS!I think that she is great at teaching, her accent is a little hard to understand at first. Every test is based on her notes that she writes on the board, so pay attention! you learn alot!
she has accent but she is nice teacher.
This is not a class for someone who dosn't know Chem. The tests are Very Hard and most of our class is failing. The class average is 63%. She is a nice lady but a poor teacher to have a class average so low. Don't take her if you don't have too. I wish I didn't, because I've always been an A student now getting a D in Chem.
Dr. Nasiri is a very nice person. She wants to help you and likes it when you ask questions. At first her accent was very difficult to understand but I finally got use to it. If you've never taken a chemistry class before it will probly be really hard. I dropped this class a month before it was over because I wasn't doing well at all but neither wa
Dr. Nasiri gives very very hard quizzes and tests with tricky questions and answers. She is not at all helpful at labs. Although she definetely knows what she is talking about it, she expects the students to remember every single word and detail that she says in class, which is hard to do, considering that I understood about 75% of what she said.
If you take her class you'll regret it!!!
you basicly have to teach yourself prepair to spend money on a tutor
Chem's not easy and she doesn't hold your hand. But, she is a great teacher if you actually go to class, listen and study.
This professor has a very strong accent. Literally began with over 100 students and ended the semester with around 15 students. Very unhelpful and many students had difficulty time with her exams. I should have withdrew from this class.
No the class itself was not easy but Prof. Nasiri made the information very comprehensible and relevant. She is very intelligent and Chemistry is obviously her passion. Your notes are your main source of info so lecture attendance is mandatory. Her accent is strong so record her lectures so you can make sense of what she's saying. She's also funny.
M. Nasiri is a nice lady but not a good teacher. She makes a lot of mistakes, in quizzes, keys, practice exams and exams. Even on your notes, you will find mistakes when you re-read it. She is not helpful at all, she doesn't explain anything. Really, don't take her class. You will regret. Her quizzes and exams are very hard. Not for beginners.
DO NOT TAKE!! She expects you to be familiar with chem, even though it's intro. Exams/Quizzes reflect NONE of the notes, and lecture is hard to understand. You'll regret taking her...Drop before you start!!! Don't say you weren't warned! Online HW doesn't correspond with her style of problem solving either. Horrible teacher.
This professor told the class that no textbook was necessary and that all of our exams would be based on her lecture. Completely false!!! I sat through every lecture not understanding anything, and her quizzes and exams were absolutely not just based on lecture. I would NEVER recommend taking this teacher.
Please save yourself some time and not take her class. I tried really hard and failed. her lecture sucks cause you couldn't understand her. and her husband is her spy cam. don't bother cheating..
Do not take this professor. She has no skill to teach, does not keep office hours, does not answer questions,(without making you feel like a dummy) has tricky advanced quizzes, that do not reflect what she taught in lectures and her practice exams are completely different from the real ones. Also, she never bothers to go over any exams in class.
She is hard but stick it out. Do not give up and SHOW UP EVERY DAY. you will do better in the end than you thmk you are doing. her quizes make you want to hang yourself. the final is easier then her quizes.
She is not a bad teacher. The course is not easy. She is funny and honest. If you spend your time and effort for your class work,you will get A. Good luck!
DO NOT TAKE HER EVEN IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. Her grade scale is horrible. Its almost completely weighted on tests and quizzes, which by the way, are trick questions a lot of the time. She says that you don't need your textbook to pass the class, which isn't true. She makes everything super complicated!
HARD. All I do is study but its never enough. Basically, what ever she is covering, find the hardest version of that example study that. Then study the other 50 things you have to know and their hardest isotopes, and you might be lucky enough to get a 5 out of 10. Do that for all quizes and work twice as hard for the exams and you can pass with a C
This teacher was humorous and honest; that's probably the only reason to take her. She was difficult (more than you think), she did expect you to know how to do things and overall, I hated coming to her class. Her exams/tests/final (basically all) were very hard, tricky, and were not comprehensible. If you are a wiz at chem, take her, if not, DONT!
Difficult subject matter, but Nasiri is very helpful if you are involved and ASK QUESTIONS. Study LOTS. She has a great sense of humor. Online homework not mandatory but was crucial to my passing this class!
Dr. Nassiri is the best! She puts things into context. Has a good sense of humor. Her class is HARD! I came into this class being the worst science student. Her tests and quizzes are no joke. Study, read, do the hw. Hard work pays off. I got a B, but she prepared me for 400. This class is a piece of cake!
She is very smart but does not teach well at an intro level. Test/quiz are based off lecture, but she goes way too fast as if we are already familiar with what is being taught, and it's impossible to learn well out of class because she never uses the book. Very poor teacher at intro chem. Her teaching is too advanced for students at the 305 level.
Professor Nasiri is a good at teaching knows the subject well but exams and quizes were difficult. Read book and do h.w. and buy practice book very helpful. Exams not based on her lectures even though she says so they are based on the book but more difficult. Not an easy class really got to work hard.
Professor Nasiri is a very sweet woman. She loves Chemistry and has a wonderful sense of humor. But when it comes to teaching, she lacks the presentation skills and she makes everything seem so difficult. She teaches in such a way that it's almost as if she WANTS you to get confused. Be prepared to hire a tutor.
I took this over the summer, biggest mistake of my life. I barely passed. Never in my life have I cried so much because of school. Dr.Nasiri is very kind but I dreaded coming to her class. She's not specific about the material and she complicates everything. Also she has a very strong accent. Record her lectures. Better yet, just don't take her :(
She is a very difficult professor, because she works as Davis as well it shows in her lectures. Many classmates read the textbook before entering in class, but if you have a busy schedule, and want one on one time with a teacher, you may want to reconsider taking her. She goes through lectures real fast and tries to cram a lot of information.
Follow the syllabus and you'll do fine. Ask a lot of questions in lecture and lab. If she doesn't feel the class is getting it, she'll slow down. Doing the homework and asking questions is the key to passing her class. The labs are super easy.
One of the most strict lab professors ever. Likes to trick you in her lab quizzes and does not even communicate clearly. She is very confusing.
Lab quizzes are difficult to the max! Marks you pity points for not completing lab. Does not help you at all. She is very unclear on what she wants, Lectures are pointless. Overall very strict. AVOID
Pretty good teacher. She has an accent but she's completely understandable. Gets very in depth to the subject so her class probably isn't great for non-science majors. Labs and tests are easy to average.
Do not take her!!! Her lectures are very hard to understand not because of her accent but because of the way she teaches.
She's tough and a great lady but not a people pleaser (which I totally respect). Stay on task and work hard (that's what you should be doing anyway in Chem) and you'll be fine. She'll always answer questions. She's smart and it shows. You get used to her accent--no big deal.
Last fall i took her for Chem 300 and regret it to this day. She is very unclear on what she expects, and overall i did not find her helpful. During a quiz she had the nerve to snatch my unfinished quiz and said "times up". No warning or nothing. During lectures and H.W. assignments i was completely lost. save your money & time. Not Recommended
This is a hard class. Dr. Nasiri is a really nice woman but most of the time VERY hard to understand only because English doesn't seem to be her first language. Do NOT even think about missing one day if you want to pass her class.
Very difficult, not many students in the class passed. Quizzes are difficult tests are harder. YouTube saved my life
Do the odd problems on the HW bc she spot checks and rarely collects. She tends to skip key points so her lectures are confusing. Shes available for questions but usually tells you its in your notes. If you push you can get some help. If you have some chem background you will be fine. Otherwise, reading the book is essential and you will WORK hard
She is a very sweet lady but a horrible teacher. It is not her accent, it is just her teaching style that is bad. Wants to confuse her students. Literally only a handful pass. Even my tutor thought our assignments were too tough for beginning chem. All assignments are very heavily weighted. DO NOT TAKE HER!!!! SERIOUSLY. TAKE SOMEONE ELSE!!!!!!!
Her lectures in Chemistry are the best I've ever had. She goes through many examples in class and also tells stories and makes the material more relatable. She cares about teaching and it shows. Her accent is easy to understand after an hour or so. She grades fairly and lets you replace one bad test. DO ALL HW, she collects it randomly for points.
Dr. Nasiri is a wonderful teacher and a good person. I love how she gives real-life examples of concepts that makes material easy to understand! She wants you to succeed and is there for you, but know that she will make you think and be resourceful. This class is hard and you have to work hard for a good grade! She is a teacher you will not regret.
She's absolutely a bad teacher. By the end of the semester, more than 85% students has dropped, withdraw, or fail her class. I'm a straight A student and I got a C-. Her teaching is wrong. She does not teach from the book, lecture notes are not relative to quizzes and test. Beware, you must know about chemistry b4 taking her class or you will fail.
She is a very nice lady, but man I worked really hard for a C. I met with a classmate every mon and wedensday. I just didn't feel like the tests reflected our notes,etc. I felt like it was a lot of the conversion problems and that's it. I know its a hard class, but the C did not feel warranted.
Her exams are heavy and hard. She is also difficult, her lecture is hard to understand due to her accent.
I took a class to support Chem 300. I spent hours every week on on line. What I never did was ask a question in class. She made students feel as if they were not "worthy " of being in her class. I can not over state her desire to make her students understand how lucky they were to take her class at Sac City, she teaches at UCD and they charge more
terrible, waste of time! Read your book because most of the stuff on the tests is not included in lecture. She will make you feel dumb for not knowing something and will just tell you its in your notes instead of helping you to understand it. And if you try to question the math she will just tell you that you should already know it. hard tests
This is the hardest class I've taken to date. She doesn't always follow the book and the quizzes aren't based on her lectures. Be prepared to watch hours of YouTube to understand the concept. A chapter and a quiz every week and if she finishes the lecture early, be prepared to turn in your homework and take a quiz the next class.
Nasiri is a very sweet professor but there is just one problem, and no it is not her accent. It's her teaching style. I understand that she is a little older and she is teaching at davis so it is hard to switch between a university stle and a community college style but this is rediculous. Class started with 140, it ended at 32. DO NOT TAKE HER
You will not understand her lecture at all. I Deeply lost in her class even I try to get helps and tutor. Dont take her. It will waste of your time and money.
You can't understand her that well. She is not consistent and teaching style isn't up to parr is kind of all over the place. If you have a question be prepared to answer yourself. She will make you work for the answer instead of giving you the answer to your question. Sad, but I would not recommend her to anyone.
Please just don't waste your money and time just don't take her. You won't understand anything.
Weak, loosely summarized lectures pulled from e-text, literally no lab instruction, minimal HW which doesn't relate to her very difficult and confusing tests, unwilling to listen, multiple grievances to dean, many drops. You will be teaching yourself by reading and finding videos. WASTE. Worst instructor ever. Can't believe she's still employed.
I worked really hard to teach myself these concepts, once I understood the concepts they weren't difficult to comprehend. However, I shouldn't be having to teach myself. She was disorganized, skipped key concepts, not clear, asking her questions was a nightmare, doesn't actually listen to you. Doesn't even walk through the labs. AVOID.
HORRIBLE. WASTE OF TIME. STRONG ACCENT. If it wasnt for Marissa Maribel on YouTube I would have failed. She teaches the lessons through a word doc with limited information and provides simple examples that do not help with hard questions on the quizzes. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! I am surprised she has her Doctorate and is still employed.
Just like all of the other negative reviews, please beware of Nasiri. If it wasn't for my amazing tutor I would have not passed this class. I worked so hard to reach a C grade and that was based solely on self study and hard work. Professor Nasiri should not be employed, because she is single handedly hurting students potential rather than helping!
Professor Nasiri is a very caring instructor. Her class is tough and she is a tough grader, but if you show up, stay after lab and ask questions, or go to office hours, she will help you. I often had questions on concepts or assignments and was able to get help when I needed it. I worked hard for my grade because the subject is tough. But she helps
Went from online, open book, noncumulative tests her entire series, to closed book in person cumulative final exam of the entire series. Seems very unfair for students who learned through her COVID series. Save your grades. Do not take this class if you do not need this info for the future. She teaches old school with chalkboard and projector
Do not take a class with Professor Nasiri! Her online classes are absolutely horrible. She does not record her lectures so you HAVE to go. Her accent is very thick and extremely hard to understand. The labs have no structure and you have to basically teach yourself the whole class because she always gets off task and doesn't cover material.
waste of time do not take it unless you already know Chem, going to class is waste of time, her lectures are waste of time because you do not understand. quiz and tests are extremely difficult, she is crucial when it comes to grading. do not take it.
Nasiri is one of the best professors I've ever had. Chemistry is a difficult course by nature but she explains things very clearly. Her lectures are interesting and she always has a fun story to tell. It is obvious that she is passionate about teaching and she cares about her students' success in her class and in their future classes.
She is great but difficult. A LOT of independent studying is required but she is always willing to answer your questions. She understands she has a thick accent so don't be scared to ask for clarification. Her exams will catch you off guard but looking back, they were actually fairly easy. Put in the time and you'll do fine. !REVIEW CLASS NOTES!
Professor Nasiri is a great professor who wants to help if you are willing to ask. The exams will be based solely off the material covered in class. I had never taken a chemistry class but this class was great. If you are willing to put study time in, participate in lectures, ask questions when you are lost you will surely succeed in this class.
First chemistry class I've taken since 2009! Super challenging but I made it through by going to lectures, reading the textbook, and tutoring. Dr. Nasiri is available before & after class. Extra time during lab to ask her questions. Most points come from exams. 20% of the grade is from a cumulative final. No extra credit.
Come to her lectures, ask questions, go to tutoring & you should be okay. I also recommend studying her lecture notes, your notes from lecture, & watch YouTube videos for exam studying. STUDY! like STUDY STUDY. Exams are hard, but put the time in to study & you'll be okay. No extra credit, therefore no leeway, so make sure to do good in everything
She is a nice person, but a horrible professor. The content that were on our exams, were not on our study guides.
Nasiri speaks broken English with a THICK accent I could hardly understand half of what she said. She doesn't use visual references during her lectures, her notes on the whiteboard are scattered and not consecutive along with her lectures. She bounces around from point A to point T and it's incredibly difficult to keep up. She can be condescending
Her practice exam's are NOTHING like the actual exam don't waste your time studying them. Her exams are impossible to pass the whole class except maybe 2-3 people actually pass. She makes her tests based on HER lecture notes not the book and she has like 30 slides per lecture. Also double check your test score, she graded my test wrong twice.
run... she has strong accent and her teaching is really unclear. I have to attend another professors lecture to understand the materials. No graded homework so everything depends on the exams and quizzes, and they are so difficult. plz plz choose another professor's class or you will definitety suffer.
Nasiri is a nice person but a bad and boring teacher. She often goes too slow and off track, wasting precious lecture time. I recommend watching the supplemental vids, going through the homework pdfs before starting the quizzes, taking the practice exams, and seeking outside resources. Try to form a study group with other classmates. Good luck.
Dr.Nasiri is wonderful human being and has made her contribution to chemistry. Time for her to retire. 80% of my fellow students dropped this class by the 2nd exam. Her teaching style is dated and hard to comprehend. I have nothing bad to say about her personally but, her teaching is something else. You have been warned stay away!
I have never felt more confused, frustrated, or brought to tears by a class than I have in this course. Her lectures are all over the place, but they don't even prepare you for the quizzes. Her answer keys are frequently incorrect. She can barely navigate Canvas or Zoom. I hope for her own sake and the sake of future students that she retires ASAP.
If she's the only prof left for a course, you're better off waiting till the next semester. Over half the class dropped because she is so hard to learn from. Typos EVERYWHERE. Lecture does not prepare you for hw/quizzes/tests. The overall rating she has here is GENEROUS for how tough a teacher she is. Get ready to learn everything from youtube.
This professor does not budge when mistakes are found in curriculum. She set us up to fail that class no one in this class passes. Counselors recommend to drop her class and retake with another professor. She is not helpful nor does she take accountability for flawed curriculum. Do not take the class. The average was 58% and Im a Honor student.
assumes u already know the material, doesn't take the time to thoroughly teach/explain it. Lectures are hard to follow, half my class ended up dropping out. Her practice exams don't reflect the final exam,you need to study everything on ur own. Be prepared to put in a lot of extra effort. I'd recommend avoiding this class.
Nasiri's lectures can be disorganized, but with the help of unstuck study's study tools, I managed to learn the material. The exams are tricky, so be prepared to put in extra effort.
I do not recommend!! She has a very strong accent and makes it super difficult to understand. Her lectures are unorganized. She gets distracted and goes off topic and continues talking/giving lecture way beyond the time that class is supposed to end. Many people have dropped out, including myself. It's just NOT it. DO NOT TAKE WITH HER!!
There's no extra credit opportunities, no make up tests, and practice test questions don't reflect the actual test. Basically once you start slipping, there's no redemption arc. This was the most stressful class I took and had to drop it cause I slipped at the beginning. I have nothing against her as a person, but she really needs to retire.
PLEASE PLEASE avoid this course if you can. While the professor is kind, her teaching is ineffective and the class is extremely challenging. She rarely offers help when students struggle, and her explanations are hard to follow due to a strong accent. Most of the class dropped. Save yourself the stress and take a different Chem course instead.
Save yourself the hassle and do not take this course with this professor even if she is the last one available!
Exams do not reflect what is being taught in class or lab. Be prepared to teach yourself the to help fill in the material that is not covered or poorly explained. if you have prior knowledge with a solid math background this will help bridge the disconnection from the course to exam. With that said, she is a very kind person in general.
Took her in Spring 2025 but dropped and retook in Consumnes for Summer. I thought I was the issue but it really was the professor. Please do not take her, even if shes the only one available in SCC. I recommend taking it at another LRC college instead, she's not worth taking as her lectures are useless and your grades are mostly determined by exams
Had a B+ in class up until the final. Very hard to focus on her lectures due to big accent. Try to find other teachers. Other than that nice lady.
One day after lecture she didn't let us know before class ended that she wasn't gonna go to the lab and I left when class ended and she told the rest of the students that stayed behind that don't go upstairs me and another 10 students where waiting for her and we had to go ask the dean where she went? The dean didn't even have her contact info.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
91%
Textbook Required
81%
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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