Fred Choobineh - Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Professor: Fred Choobineh

Department: Managerial Science

College: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECEN448
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's a good lecturer, but he does not provide enough feedback or solutions to his practice problems. There is no homework, only exams and quizzes. This makes the class more stressful than it should be.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I was fortunate enough to have Fred during his last semester teaching. He gave us the easiest quizzes, made class enjoyable and offered us lots of extra credit to make sure we all passed. He genuinely cares for his students and is a really nice man!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Fred was one of the worst professors I have had at ISU thus far. Luckily next year is his last year. If you want to learn anything about MIS, DO NOT TAKE WITH HIM.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Nice guy and means well, however his exams and many quizzes are extremely difficult and have things on it that he might have mentioned in lecture once. I am a strait A student and seriously struggling in this class!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Fred talks a lot, but is actually fairly interesting to listen to. He talks about current things related to technology. If you take notes from his lectures and review them before the exam, you will do above average and get a fine grade. Not too much homework, but class is largely graded on exam scores so it is important to pay attention and study.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Choobineh is such a gem. His lectures can be a bit boring, and the class material is dry but he means really well and cares for his students. He enjoys getting to know students on a personal level and offers lots of extra credit to ensure you'll pass. He's been teaching at Iowa State for 30+ years and does it because he enjoys it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Everyone is scared of taking MIS with Fred, but I have thoroughly enjoyed it. The tests are not too hard if you take notes in class. Everything is pretty straight forward, even for me and I don't know anything about computers. Don't be scared to take this class with Fred, I have loved it!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Can't understand him. Tests are near impossible and are on random things. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH FRED!!!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Class lectures are not very helpful, but you have to go to pass. Read the textbook. Exams are over very odd information, and overall class is near useless.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Attend the class. Do Extra Credits oppt which is unlimited. Take notes. Easy A class. One of the best professors I had so far.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Refers to himself as the google man. Loves talking about stocks and other generally unrelated topics. Unreasonably specific test questions. Lots of extra credit.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Prof Choobineh is a nice teacher, but his grading scale and exams make the course difficult. He does offer lots of extra credit to make up for the difficult exams and quizzes. Going to class is critical as he offers a lot of the extra credit only to those who show up.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The class is on management information systems yet all he talks about is stocks and how rich he is. A lot of his powerpoint slides have the same info on them as the last slide and he just repeats what he says. The only reason he is still employed is that he gives his paycheck back to the university. Dumb lectures and hard tests

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Strange class. I had a really tough time with the tests. You really have to pay attention in class and copy all the notes and everything he says to do well on the exams. Exams are very hard. You will probably need to do extra credit to pass.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Tests are way harder than they should be. No regularly scheduled homework, just random assignments for random point amounts that he assigns. Fairly heavy accent and somewhat hard to understand. Very set in his ways and hates cell phones.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• 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:

Fred has fun lectures but he makes it as hard to study for tests as he can. Tests are over roughly 120 pages + lectures, which would be fine if he stuck to main ideas or gave study guides, but he does neither. There is also no class schedule, and he does not reply to emails. He also only has his PP slides up for a week.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Does not make material interesting or fun for students. Goes too fast through lectures with irrelevant information.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Fred made this class MUCH harder than it needed to be. He didn't use blackboard and always talked about his personal stuff (such as where he invested). He didn't do a good job of preparing for what were on his extremely difficult exams. I had to study for HOURS more than I should have to scrape by with a B. Over half of my class dropped by midterms

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He gives a ton of in class attendance points so you CAN'T skip class. For his exams he is very specific, you must be able to take amazing notes or else you will miss information that he will test on. He does give an unlimited amount of extra credit if you ask him for it which is nice.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MIS301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is hard to understand and goes through slides very quickly. Should bring a laptop to class otherwise it will be impossible to take notes in class. He posts the school lectures on his website. DOES NOT USE BLACKBOARD. Never passes back old exams so you have no clue where your at in the class. Nice guy and is pretty funny. Gives out a lot of EC.