Dadbeh Bigonahy - Quinsigamond Community College

Professor: Dadbeh Bigonahy

Department: Engineering

College: Quinsigamond Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ERG280
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a great adviser but an awful teacher. Unclear with not only what he wants for homework, but also if something he causally mentions at random even IS homework. Gives all or nothing grade for handwritten code. Lots of stress for far too little actual learning. Artificially difficult through improper teaching instead of challenging material.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT238
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Condescending, patronizing, insulting. Unwilling to assist students. Unclear expectations, inconsistent grading. Late by 10-45 minutes to every class except 1. Did 5 example problems on the board the entire semester and made errors in each problem. Students would learn more if he didn't talk and gave you the 1.5 hrs to read the book. True garbage.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BME1004
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Reads a lot from lecture slides and explains things very theoretically rather than teaching how to actually code. Lecture slides are pretty much copied and pasted from the textbook. He has a very monotone teaching style. Homework, labs and exams are very focused on writing actual code, which you don't really learn about in class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: DIFEQ1
• 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:

Best educator I ever studied under. Inspired me to work harder and challenged me. After moving on from QC squared I went to WPI. I tutored students who had taken core classes at wpi that I had taken with prof. Bigonahey.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ERG221
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

In my opinion, he's a great teacher. Sure, you'll get a 42 or a 53 on his tests, but you can still get an A in the class. He does this so you'll try harder. It works. You'll end up teaching yourself most of the material, but that's just engineering. You'll do fine as long as you put in a solid effort. Man up, you can do it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSC221
• 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:

Awful. Spends a lot of class time bragging about the engineering program. Is not clear about homework. Grades horribly. Has you manually write programs, pencil and paper, for tests. Mess up something written this way that you could easily catch with a compiler and fix, you get 0 points on that question. Condescending when you make minor errors.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSC221
• 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:

Do yourself a huge favor and avoid him at all costs! I'm sure he's a great guy but he's one of the worst professors I've ever had. He gives no partial credit and marks the whole question wrong if you get one small thing wrong (on any assignment/test).

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT238
• 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:

Took Differential Equations with this Professor despite being advised by my peers to avoid him. Needless to say the rumors were true. The Professor never issues home and relies heavily on MIT course ware to lecture what he is supposed to lecture us on. His tests emphasize memorization and rote learning as opposed to creativity and conceptual grasp.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MAT238
• 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:

This professor is one of the best professor i ever had. Many kids are complaining about he is not teaching, but in a real world, who is going to teach you anything step by step. If you are truly love the subject, you will develop a self study skill and this professor is for you. Would like to take all the courses with him. Great personality!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: DIFEQ1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Dadbeh he is a very nice caring man. I don't know why there are so many kids out there don't like him. Yes, In his class you are not expecting him to babysit you. You have to be motivated ad start learning the material by yourself. If you show the improvement of your tests through the semester, you will get a fair grade which you deserved

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHY105
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is very specific about what he requires. there is no partial credit on homework or tests and it must be neat but he is very clear about this. He is trying to prepare you for being out in the world where there is no partial credit. He doesn't curve the tests but at the end he adds a steep curve to your final grade.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHY205
• 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:

He's an awful teacher who reads from the book, nit picks answers to an extreme, and cares more about following a grading structure than actual learning. Even if you get an answer correct, you might still lose all of your points because you wrote the symbols for a unit instead of the unit's full name

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHYS102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

All he does is read straight from the book in his lecture, rarely answers student questions and when he does, he does so sarcastically and rudely. He puts in no effort to help the students. Regardless of how badly students do, he will not even put a slight curve on tests and a grades in an excessively harsh manner. Never would take again.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MAT237
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Does not like to answer questions. Expects you to just instantly grasp the material. Does not like to explain himself or elaborate. Test grading is harsh and unfair. Prefers to speak about prestigious 4 year schools than actually teaching the material. Treats people like dirt. I highly recommend avoiding this professor if possible.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSC221
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Majority of the class was spent talking about Rice and Harvard and how exceptional his engineering program is at QCC. There was no transparency is grading. Each lecture was reminiscent of groundhogs day. Homework programs were correct, repeated same results for tests and now were wrong... Skirts any attempts to clarify key points. Pass on this.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ERG225
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

After spending more than 35 years at QCC, Dadbeh lost his sanity.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ERG221
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Yeah man, he's a nice guy and you'll get a good grade in his class if you kiss his you know what. But I bet you'll learn nothing from this guy!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSC221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Said he would give 14 programs as HW for the entire semester but only gave 6. Did not learn anything from him (taught myself everything) Want my money back!!! worthless class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGINEERING
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's because of teachers like Dadbeh that the U.S does poorly in science and engineering compared to other countries and why students drop out of S.T.E.M For the love of science and country, we need knowledgeable people to teach. One of the most terrible teachers I've ever met.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGINEERING
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Extremely outdated teaching methodology. Does not know how to teach! I seriously doubt he understands anything he tries to teach. His calculus 3 class was terrible! He basically points at the book the whole semester (that's how he explains stuff). He himself does not understand calc 3; if he did he would have been able to explain concepts clearly.