M E STD 50C
Making and Studying Modern Middle East
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of modern Middle Eastern cultures through readings and films from Middle East and North Africa. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2018 - I took this class because the grading curve looked really nice and it sounded like an interesting topic, but I was really disappointed with the class I ended up with. The lectures were thoroughly not engaging and she was very unclear about what she required from us. At the beginning of the course she said a good skimming of the readings would suffice for classroom discussions, but it became clear that you were expected to read many of the readings in full and have a deep understanding. It became overwhelming when we were asked to read 3 long novels in 3 weeks along with additional readings. The midterm and final were also very time consuming although they were take-home. You had 1 week to write just about 3000 words. Additionally, in my discussion section there were only 9 people enrolled and not everyone came to each section so participating and having a conversation with a limited amount of people was pretty difficult, but I feel like my participation graded dropped significantly just because there was no one to talk with. Overall, pretty disappointed.
Spring 2018 - I took this class because the grading curve looked really nice and it sounded like an interesting topic, but I was really disappointed with the class I ended up with. The lectures were thoroughly not engaging and she was very unclear about what she required from us. At the beginning of the course she said a good skimming of the readings would suffice for classroom discussions, but it became clear that you were expected to read many of the readings in full and have a deep understanding. It became overwhelming when we were asked to read 3 long novels in 3 weeks along with additional readings. The midterm and final were also very time consuming although they were take-home. You had 1 week to write just about 3000 words. Additionally, in my discussion section there were only 9 people enrolled and not everyone came to each section so participating and having a conversation with a limited amount of people was pretty difficult, but I feel like my participation graded dropped significantly just because there was no one to talk with. Overall, pretty disappointed.
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