Professor Yaqub is amazing! He is probably my favorite professor at UCSB. While his lecture slides do not contain much information, he is a great lecturer and everything is very straightforward. Yaqub is a fair grader and is also quite understanding of unforeseen circumstances. I definitely recommend his courses!

Prof Yaqub is very passionate about what he is teaching and he is an amazing lecturer. He only grades on two things, a midterm paper and a final which were graded tough, but fair. The class is very reading heavy, but the lecturers pair well with the readings and it is worth it. Learned a lot and enjoyed it!

Prof Yaqub's lectures were very interesting and he took the time to incorporate videos/primary sources into them which made the lecture more involved and captivating. Also posted lectures online, so attendance was optional - however final and midterm papers required citations/evidence from readings and lectures. Would highly recommend this class!

Really great lecturer who makes it interesting by inserting videos. There's a lot of reading but the essays are honestly really short and he doesn't grade too harshly.

prof yaqub was probably one of my favorite profs i've had the pleasure of taking a class with at ucsb so far! his lectures are very easy to follow and interesting and prepare u for assignments. caring, hilarious, and engaging with students! 2 papers + weekly reading responses :) 10/10 class tbh, hope i get to take more hist courses w/him

Reading responses worth 35%, midterm essay worth 25%, final essay worth 40%. I really enjoyed this class. The topic was interesting, there were interesting videos, and when Professor Yaqub lectures he sounds super passionate about what he's talking about. He's super cool. It was a lot of fun!