Her lectures made absolutely no sense, she uses big words to try to make it seem like she knows what she's talking about. Class was an easy A but very difficult to sit through. She assigns an absurd amount of reading, expecting students to read entire books in one day. However, midterm and final are really easy and content is somewhat interesting.

Professor Rana clearly cares very deeply about the course materials, and does her best to really connect with her students.

Reading was manageable: 4 books with an average page count of 200. Smaller readings throughout the course that are only relevant for a few easy questions on midterm/final. Both papers have open-ended but manageable prompts. Really not that challenging if you put forth effort and use some critical thinking beyond ChatGPT. Worth it for the GE reqs.

not the worst class ever but lectures were extremely boring and not really relevant to the work you need to do in the class, lots of unnecessary background info. the TA's grade harshly on the two papers that make up the majority of the grade, but the midterm and final are relatively straightforward.

If you are interested in ethnic literature and put a little effort, you will be fine. Attending lecture is important for keywords on tests. Lectures are well-structured and insightful. Readings are really interesting and go by quick, well selected. Not that much reading, not sure why other reviews are complaining when it is a literature class...

the most insane amount of reading i've ever witnessed in a course. I didn't read any of the assigned books and still got a B but like she expected you to be reading like 500 pages a week, girl bye. lectures were so ungodly boring and TA's sucked. they will refuse to regrade papers even if you have valid points. not worth it for a GE.