Hossein Hakim - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Professor: Hossein Hakim
Department: Engineering
College: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Show up to classes, you won't even open the textbook. Ask questions during lectures and he'll find ways to give you an A. Tests and HW's are straight-forward. Definitely would recommend.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He's just great
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst professor I have had so far. Spent hours on each homework assignment only to learn the material the day after it was due. For tests you had to teach yourself from homework solutions released less than 24 hours before the exam.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ES3011
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Controls - Half of the class was ME/AE, but concepts were only ECE. Very tough exams. He gave us a massive 3 page problem straight out of the book. Class is boring. Only good thing, if you go talk to him before exams, he tends to fill you in with what might be coming.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Coming from a person who got an A in Signals I--I'm just lost. I've attended every lecture. Read every chapter. I even invested in a different textbook. I am now confident that the problem does not lie with me. Stabbing a board with chalk and saying "It's easy, no?" does not constitute teaching. I'm fed up with Prof. Hakim. I just want what I pay f
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really takes a personal interest in his students.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Can't understand a word he says. No partial credit for exams.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Excellent professor. Has a passion for teaching and for his field. He is a really nice guy who will bend over backwards to help you, but you have to show some initiative. Interesting lectures, good organization, good class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The homwwork is very hard but the tests are really easy. If you care about your grade and learning you will easily ace the class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
poorly organized course. He can't provide clear explanations for anything, nor did he provide enough examples. The material shouldn't have been this hard. I'm sure I'll forget everything in a few days.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ECE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is Senor Salsa! Cares way too much about his ballroom dance team than ECE... Its ridiculous. I wouldnt recommend Hakim if you had a choice. His exams suck (4 problems, very little partial credit)...Has an eerie resemblance to Saddam, just without a mustache
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: SIGNALS2
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not a BAD teacher. Helpful if you go to talk to him, lectures...eh. His HW's are way harder than the test which is how it is supposed to be, Helpsessions are a must. Over all...nice guy, ok for signals 2.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: EE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He accussed me (and 11 others) of cheating; I have never in my life! This meant that I either accepted the consequenes or waited six months to try and prove to the campus hearing board that I didn't cheat. He had no proof and it was my word against his.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: EE2022
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
HORRIBLE AS HELL. This guy had the nerve to cut a whole whole week of lecture, and make it a 6-week class. We learned only half the stuff Ted Clancy taught 2 terms earlier. Did not prepare us at all for ee3801. Teaching skills are nil.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: EE2311
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Topics and concepts are tough but he does a good job.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: SIGNALS12
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He understand that signals is a hard topic, so while he may give very challenging homeworks, examples on the tests are easier, and he curves the tests. I also found lecture very helpful, since the book was a complete abortion.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: SIGNALS
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
great guy, always willing to help and makes a hard class much easier if you go and pay attention
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: SIGNALS12
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is a smart guy,minimally hard to understand for a guy w/ an accent, signals is a hard class and he makes it better with review sessions before tests. and cheet sheets are life savers - he allows them.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: EE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class drew out my hatred for signals. I didn't go to lectures toward the end of the term because it was too painful.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: EE2312
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Curves waaaay up, and his review sessions are life-savers. Homework is MUCH harder than the tests.
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