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FSN 321 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:39 am, May 7, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Nazmi is an average teacher. If you have to take 321 I believe he is the only teacher so you do not have a choice in the matter but I will try and help you prepare. He has presentations and homework and lab which is a majority of your grade. He has a midterm and a final which are pretty low in points, thankfully. He tells you to read a blog everyday and to read Michael Pollan. I would say to definetly read Pollan for the test and talk with a friends a little bit about it because he never talks about ANY of the reading in class. The blogs is up to you. He only had one question on the midterm and it was the first one becasue that is the only one I read and I knew the answer. For the midterm review all the powerpoints he doesn't ask little detail but just know everything on the slides, he doesnt give a study guide either and doesnt talk about it much so you dont really know what its going to be one but its on his lecutres and Pollan. Then for the final I had no idea what to study since he only gave 3 lectures the second half of the quarter but READ POLLAN! That was about 50% of the fianl. On my final is was all about the lists at the end of the book so make sure you know those! Lab was stressful at times but it all works out and lab should help your grade a lot. its easy and suppose to be fun so dont stress out too much about that. My group members did sometime which made it not as fun. The lab reports are easy as long as everything gets done. I ended up with an A- and didnt do well on either test, so theres hope! | |
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FSN 416 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:53 am, Jan 1, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Professor Nazmi is just extremely sarcastic. His 416 lectures were very dry and boring but I thought that his dry and sarcastic humor helped to liven things up a bit; although it kinda irked some of the students the wrong way sometimes I thought it was quite amusing. He hardly ever smiles but I'll have you know that we go him to a couple times!! Focus on the numerous amounts of readings he assigns for the midterm and final and you should pull out with a passing grade. The grant project was kind of a joke, I didnt really see the purpose in it, and he grades it pretty hard. Over all, he is funny and understanding about most things you go talk to him about, but he doesnt take any crap. Have fun. | |
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FSN 321 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:41 pm, Dec 13, 2010 Report Evaluation |
There are some good things about this professor and some horrible things. He was actually my teacher for both lecture and lab. I loved the class itself. The lectures were very interesting and the labs themselves were fun. I thought he was a very good lecturer. He kept the lecture interactive which is nice. The thing about him though is that is kind of condescending. Some people felt like he was questioning their intelligence. He is a little scary and it\'s hard to muster the courage to ask him a question for fear of being called an idiot. Overall, he is a good lecturer and I loved he material. It was a more in depth view of nutrition, culture, and people than previous classes. The main drawback is his personality and how he relates to his students. In reality, he is the only one that teaches this course, so you don\'t really have a choice in the matter. He has restructured the class quite a bit, but basically, study for the midterm(s) and do well on the projects and you will do at least ok. Hope this helps prepare you for the class! | |
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FSN 321 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:52 pm, Apr 8, 2010 Report Evaluation |
This class was fun but almost pointless. His tests were a lot more detailed then they should have been. If you take this class be prepared to study a bunch of random facts. He assigned us weekly readings that were extremely long and would tell us that he would put questions on the exams about the articles we read. Nope. Out of all 3 exams there was one, I repeat one, question about our readings. The class consisted of 2 projects, weekly lab reports with nutrient analysis and a paper per lab, 2 midterms and a final. He is not a fair grader either. Most people who took this class with me ended up getting a C or B- If you can, avoid taking this teacher. | |
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FSN 250 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:39 pm, Aug 29, 2009 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Nazmi is not the worst teacher I've had... but he is most certainly not the best. It wasn't that the class was extremely difficult either. The material was pretty straightforward and his powerpoints had all of the details needed for the tests. The reason why I graded him so low was because I didn't like how he approached the class or the material. Sometimes I felt like he had an "arrogant" attitude, for lack of a better word. He definitely lets you know if you're not participating and you need to participate quite a bit to get the full points. He says that if he can associate your name with a face then you are good to go. I felt like I participated quite a bit (enough to bring me way out of my comfort zone) but he STILL had a hard time remembering my name at the end of the quarter. The worst part of it was that when I did say something (that maybe wasn't interesting enough?) he would kind of brush it off and continue on to the next person. If I didn't do the 35 points or so of extra credit during the quarter, I would definitely have not gotten the A-. I did horribly on the midterms but got full credit on the extra credit which made up for it. The exams are pretty tough. The final was surprisingly detailed. There are 2 "Cultural Project" papers that are easy. I would recommend NOT stressing about them too much because I got full points on them and didn't feel confident that my papers were spectacular or anything. The Cultural Project group presentation is what really killed me. I put so many hours into the presentation and food presentation what we got a C on it. He was on his computer for a majority of the presentations anyway which explains a lot. Dr. Nazmi does not seem to have a definitive idea of the way to teach this class yet since I'm pretty sure this was his first quarter teaching at Cal Poly. The one 25-point extra credit paper was originally required but since it was on the actual syllabus, he decided to make it EC. Honestly, I never left this class with a good feeling inside. I always felt kind of unsuccessful because of the participation which Dr. Nazmi emphasizes greatly. Random tidbit that I know bothered a few people in the class including me: Dr. Nazmi paces like CRAZY. He walks back and forth and back and forth across the classroom. | |
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