Shawkat Hammoudeh

School: Drexel University
Department: Economics
Location:Philadelphia, PA
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 Pros: Easy A
Cons: Cant understand him
Attendance is mandatory
Class is unbelievably boring
He is the worst professors that I have had at Drexel. He clearly uses notes that he created in the 80's with a few updates. DONT buy the text book, he gives you a 92 page word document that he goes through in class. That is all he does, just goes over the information he gave you already. Class is a complete drag but attendance is factored into your grade. But don't worry, his exams are worth 80% of your grade and are open note so is practically impossible to fail his class. I will never take one of his classes again.
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 Pros: Great professor. Responds to email quickly. Is fair when grading homework and makes himself available to students who have questions.
The midterm is a take home exam
Cons: Hard to understand his accent at times. He talks fast and writes on the white board fast too. You need to pay attention if you expect to pass this class. His final exam is hard and is usually five questions that have 5 - 8 questions within a question. The biggest problem with this type of exam is if you get the first part of the question wrong this will determine the outcome of the rest of the answers which will also be wrong.
His final exam is 50% of your grade for this class. No room for error!
He does not tell you exactly what is on the exam either. So you have plenty of concepts to study.
He will not let you take the final home, but it is open book.
I rented my book but he does not use it. Don't waste your money. He emails all students his condensed power point notes for class in the beginning of the semester. I believe we cover about 9 chapters that amount to 115 - 120 pages.
Overall, a great and knowledgeable professor. If you love economics, you will love him and score well in his class. I just competed my final last night so I don't know what my final overall grade is for his class. I am very hopeful that I scored great.
The professor also gives out a project in week three or four I believe and he requires you to join with another student and work as a team. The project requires you to complete Regression Analysis using Excel spreadsheets based on the information he provides in his syllabus as well as answer questions based on the regression results.
Good luck if you are taking this class. Study hard and you should attain a good grade.
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 Pros: organized notes
fair exam
very flexible with office hours and meeting
great with responding to e-mail
very knowledgeable
helpful
caring
this list can go on
Cons: none
I mean he teaches Econ. You either love this subject or you don't. Things can get tough. But if you're self motivated, this guy will get you where you want to go. Amazing professor!
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Don't give a sh*t about other comments, he is horrible
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 Pros: You do not have to buy textbook
Exams are open notes, laptop, book but it is NOT something you can just google. You will have to study hardcore beforehand to get an A
Cons: You will not be able to understand a single word he says. He has a thick and soft accent that will make you fall asleep every class.
He repeats the most simple things to us like we are dumb and the more complicated things he just flies through
His lecture notes are extremely difficult to understand
DO NOT TAKE HIM
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 Pros: Well organized notes for the whole year provided
Very attentive, approachable to student needs
Cons: I don' know if its because its not his native language, but the style the notes is written in is kinda hard to dig through. everything you need to get an A are in the notes, its just digging through all he superfluous stuff that makes it tedious
Talks quietly, draws a lot, kinda boring at times. Otherwise, I loved his class. Open-note exams are a nice bonus too.
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 Pros: Great teacher who knows what he is talking about! I took him for an International Business class and it was amazing! He uses the textbook, online exams, and class discussion problems to help teach the material. It was interesting and I felt as though I learned a lot.
Cons: He tends to write all over the white board which can be confusing if you are not paying attention, so just pay attention :)
One of the best professors Drexel has!
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 Pros: Easy (but helpful!) homework
No textbook
SUCH a nice professor, quite amusing during lecture and always willing to help!
Open book/note exams
Cons: Talks in circles sometimes
Not the most interesting subject
I loved Hammoudeh. He's super nice and a really caring professor. The material wasn't too rough, takes some understanding and memorizing of terms. The most math you need to understand is the slope of a line, but even he explains that... again and again. Can be a little boring as he overlaps lectures and repeats himself, but you can have your laptop open in class, so just remember to start paying attention when he goes over the new stuff.
Homework due every week, graded, but is very helpful in understanding the material.
No textbook, but instead a large text document of material, which he goes through in lecture.
Final grade is half midterm, half final exam, with a little in class participation/attendance and homework.
Open book/note exams, though you'll still want to study a bit beforehand as they are very concept-heavy.
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 Hamm is a boss. Real cool guy and very nice. He is the man
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 Good professor. Definitely knows what he is talking about and cares about the students. He uses his own notes which are really easy to follow and lay out everything you would need for the tests and homeworks. The tests are open notes so it wasnt too bad.
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 Pros: He's nice and helpful, he always would like to help student. I actually sat with him for an hour talking about what should I do as a concentration!!
Cons: hard tests but they are open book tests but you need to know the concept and study well to get an A
The class consist of 11 chapters were they are divided into 6 moderate assignments and two test (mid-term and Final) also five percent is on attendance where you need to show up and get your laptop so you could use it if you become bored. He teaches well and the exams are pretty hard because he is going to ask you about concepts so he could know that you know the subject or not. you should get nearly over 90 % as overall grade so you can get an A!!
In my situation I did my homework and got 87 out 100 in the mid-term (average 83, most student got over 90) then I did well on my final and GOT AN ((A))!!!
At the end, I really recommend him for econ 201, Goodluck!
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 Hammoudeh is an excellent professor. He teaches from his own notes and not directly out of the book, essentially requiring class attendance so one knows how questions should be answered. Grades derived from 3 tests and several HW assignments.
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 Very nice and caring guy. He has very detailed notes. They are helpful and easy to go along with. This class was over five weeks in the summer. Usually only kept us 3-3.5 hours instead of 4 each session. We had two homework assignments. EASY. He also lets you redo them if you mess up. Then a final on the last day of class. Open book and open notes. THATS ALL
A very short and easy econ concentration class. Definately recommend this class, as well as him as a teacher!
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 This professor has no clue how to teach. He sends you 150 pages of notes, which he says is better than the book, so why assign a book? Then he reads the notes word for word as his lecture. You can't hear a word he says. He told our class certain info wouldn't be on the midterm and then it was. You can't take anything he says seriously...he changes his mind all the time. Would not take him again. Can't stand him!
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 Not mean in his exams or grading. But speaks in a monotone. You have to fight to keep awake. Just a single exam at the end of the accelatated 5 wk summer term.. easy as hell. He strives to cover the syllabus he promises and does it. You need an A take him!!
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 Does not involve a lot of work, a lot of reading though and a few very easy excercises for homework. At the end of the summer accelerated course - take home final consisted of 4 problems (easy). Nice grading! You really learn something there (especially about oil prices, natural depletable resources and efficient allocations)! The class is farely easy if you have taken ECON 201 but involves some math.
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 Overall he is an okay professor. I felt like he cared about the students, but the class was a little boring and he goes into a lot of detail. I think an Econ major would really like him, but for everyone taking it b/c you have to maybe take someone else.
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 He really does help you and gives good grades. He is a little bit boring and sometimes his "jokes" are rather tasteless.

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