I wasn't the biggest fan of the content taught in this class personally since I don't love history and geography, but Professor Mousavi made it very bearable. It is crucial you attend class as lectures are not recorded and the slides don't really have words on it, mainly just pictures. The midterm and final were very fair and consisted of the topics he said would be on it during midterm review sessions. He also allows students to do an additional assignment if you don't perform well on the midterm (which is 40% of your grade). Attendance is taken randomly and counts for 20% of your grade. There are no homework assignments, just readings which you can get away with not doing if your engaged in class lectures. Honestly this was a really chill class and would highly recommend if you're someone interested in history/geography/archeology.

Honestly I enjoyed the class and the subject in general was very interesting. However, professor Mousavi can be a little unorganized and also very hard to reach over email. I had to email him twice in order to get a response out of him. The good thing about him though is that he wants you to pass with an A. I did very poorly on my midterm and he gave those of us who didn’t do well the chance to write a reflective paper to make up for the missed points. The reading honestly I found to be not that important because the questions on midterm were from his slides and lectures. As long as you show up and take notes you are guaranteed an A.