Nirmal Sethia - California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Professor: Nirmal Sethia
Department: Business
College: California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MHR3020
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
What others have said is true, this teacher is consistently rude to students and over explains very simply concepts like we are children. The subject of this class was often very open-ended and influenced by personal opinions, but he teaches everything like what he says is gospel. He only wants to hear responses that support this lecture slides.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MHR000
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Honestly don't take this professor because he will make you hate the entire school and the system that even allowed him to teach. He's a tough grader, takes hours to explain a 5 min concept, gives exams that have common sense answers yet somehow you still get them wrong, you answer a question its always wrong even if its a different pov he's bad!!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MHR302
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Avoid if you can. Goes way into detail about the easiest concepts. Makes common sense seem like rocket science. Comes off as rude and standoffish
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MHR3020
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Please listen to all the bad reviews they are right! He pressures you to respond in class then blows you off like- "um, no you're wrong, next?" Tests are LONG only 1.5hr for final with 40m/c & 4 written answers. No clear guidelines on team project til 1 week before due. Won't update grades on BB nor tell you your grade. Phd means nothing to me now.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MHR3020
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Do not take him if you aren't a very patient person. He takes his sweet time heavily over-explaining very simple topics that a middle schooler could understand and he treats it like it's very complicated material. He isn't straight out rude but can be pretty abrasive and doesn't respond well to answers that are not exactly what he wanted to hear.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MHR3020
  • Grade Received: D+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Please save your time from getting a bad grade. He does not let you use your computer at all. If you ask questions he will shut you down for no reason. Everything has to be his way and only his way. His make tests super hard with a writing part that if you do not answer exactly how he wants you do not get points. His also really rude to everyone.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MHR000
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The best professor I ever had in my entire life..... He told me to remove my socks...
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Taught the class as if we were 8 years old. The most ridiculous part is, this is the easiest/most common sense subject to the point where it's actually a joke. Yet he tries to make it seem like rocket science by docking points off for no reason. He legit spent 2 hrs on a definition explaining verbs/articles. Livid that my tuition $ goes towards him
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Before you enroll in this class, please take note of this. He will lecture the class like they are in elementary school. You will not be trusted to use a laptop. He will show you that miracles do happen because for some reason he has a phd. The best thing about this class is that he sets the bar so low EVERY professor you have after will be better
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
First time I've ever been harassed/humiliated/targeted from a "professor". I felt like a 6th grader in his class from his elementary teaching criteria. Don't buy book, if your defs. are not word for word from his lectures you won't get credit, & even if you do word4word, it will depend on how much he "likes" you. He is a truly disgusting human.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
No textbook needed. His test are based on his lectures and notes. Do not be afraid to speak up and ask him questions or answer something. Ask him to give more examples because it will help you on the test. Email him, he is nice.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: FRL100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Has a midterm and exam studied as much as possible failed
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: D-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is THE WORST professor/mentor/man I have ever met in my life. He is unfair, biased, rude, condescending, disrespectful to everyone in the classroom. He shows favoritism to a few students based on their nationality, gender, or race even if they are not the brightest. You can try your hardest to get that A but if he doesn't like you then good luck
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wastes a lot of time by asking students for definitions before he gives them to us. One test, midterm, supposedly accumulative final. He never gave us the full class time for any of the tests and they have short answer questions (you better write what he wants). There is a group presentation + 12 paper paper, you have to interview people.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MHR318
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This professor is the epitome of a person who did not know what to do with his life; thus recurred to teaching as a last resort! He tells you to buy a $200 book you never once use, expects you to answer test questions verbatim, expects perfect attendance or threatens to lower your grade. He is an insensitive, single minded individual. AVOID HIM!!!!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MHR301
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is by far THE WORST professor Ive ever taken, It was my first quarter at Cal Poly and this professor just made EVERYTHING hard for no apparent reason, He didnt let you use your laptop to take notes and he would call you out when youre late to class, Study the slides like they are written from god cause he thinks having a Phd allows for that
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MHR301
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The tests are difficult, and somehow everyone does poorly. The essay questions must be word for word how he defines the topic or it is wrong. Bases about 60% of the class on a single film. Kinda hard to understand, so pay attention. Group project really demanding. Showed some ounce of mercy at the end, and offered a little help on the final.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MHR301
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
By far the worst professor I have ever had! Not only is it difficult to understand what he is saying, he is very rude to all his students. Forget about class participation, he shoots down any & all answers. The tests are multiple choice & essay questions that require you to memorize the whole book. And after the test he makes you stay for lecture.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MHR301
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is hands down the worst professor I've ever had. He's rude and doesn't understand what he's talking about. His tests are impossible because it has to be word for word what he lectured. Even if you have to wait a semester to take this class, do it just to have a different teacher.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MHR301
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Terrible instruction. I graduated Cal Poly and this class was the only class I ever received a bad grade in. HE IS TERRIBLE!! Hard to understand and he shuts students down when they try to explain their ideas. He has a hard time explaining what he means. This professor was insulting. Just because one has a Phd doesn't mean you should teach!
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