One of the single best professors I've ever had. Funny, engaging, interested in the subject. Barely touched the textbook, 1 Midterm, 1 Final, study and you'll be fine.

amazing lecturer. one of the best professors i've had so far. his lectures are super interesting and entertaining. class is not mandatory but i always wanted to go. class isn't easy but worth taking.

Attendance not mandatory, but his lectures are very helpful and fun. Use the textbook every week plus the reader. Fair grader

Amazing and entertaining lecturer. He made everything come to life. The supplementary readings were very helpful and interesting. The tests were not too difficult as long as you remained on top of the material. However the amount of reading he assigns per week can be insane at times. The class was probably my favorite this past quarter

Prof. Yaqub is very entertaining and explains things well. Makes lectures very entertaining. You really do get a better understanding of History and he makes learning fun. Eric Fenrich was one of my favorite TAs. He is a very fair grader whom will help you if you need it. Try to get him for section.

I really enjoyed this class and professor. Not only was he a good speaker but he presented the material really well-using movie and documentary clips; a lot of reading (only the Reader ones are really necessary) midterm was IDs adn one essay final is IDs and 2 essays but possible prompts were given in the studyguide. TAKE this class with him! :D

Way cool teacher, made lectures interesting with enthusiasm and jokes

Loved this class! You could tell he knew his stuff and enjoyed teaching it. Definitely not an easy A but if you put the effort in its a good class.

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!

Professor Yaqub is a great lecturer who is very knowledgable about US history. I thoroughly enjoyed this class and the workload was manageable. 2 essays and weekly reading responses, clear guidelines and IMO very interesting material. Would definitely recommend this course and prof to balance out a difficult schedule.

Im a senior and this his class has definitely been one of my favorites at UCSB since I've been here. Really nice guy but also really passionate about what he teaches. Two papers which accounted for most of the grade but I found the papers quite fun to do as the lectures and readings are really interesting and engaging.

This is a FANTASTIC course! It includes different forms of historical writings and various historical topics. The reading tasks are heavy, but it's an honor course so it's very reasonable. The assignments required to submit are just six two-pages papers from nine weeks and two cooperative presentations. The discussions are very meaningful.

took 171D Sping 2020 (online-COVID-19) and this was my favorite class e v e r. Graded on 2 papers (clear rubric and lets you interpret in your own way) that are really simple and easy. weekly reading responses may help your grade; I think he just checks to see if you did them and takes that into account when calculating final grades.

My favorite professor at UCSB! Very well-spoken, you can tell how much effort he puts into teaching. He makes extremely confusing topics sound simple. I'm always zoned out in other lectures, but he kept me engaged the whole time. Very accommodating when I was ill and needed an extension, and at the end of the quarter with the COVID outbreak.

Professor Yaqub is a great lecturer and was super accommodating, especially amidst the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. Really nice guy who makes learning history interesting.

He's very kind, and does his best to make dry material interesting. However, there are many resources that can substitute for lecture. Barron's EZ 101 Study Keys for American history are solid gold. Unfortunately, they make lectures obsolete (and, he posts his slides on Gauchospace anyways). Very, very nice, but lectures aren't that helpful.

Entertaining and straightforward. It's easy to zone out of his lectures but it's good to still go to get the general sense of the class. Posts his slides online. Make sure you get a good TA tho to help you explain things! Don't get Elrod!!!!! 1 paper, 1 midterm, 1 final.

Salim is the best lecturer I've ever had. Makes them extremely interesting by adding videos, songs, impersonations, and other things to break the monotony of an hour+ long lecture. Can't recommend him enough. Be sure to study for the final and work hard on your essays! He's a great teacher, but that does not mean he's an easy A.

Prof Yaqub is a great lecturer, and is very adamant about his courses. I've taken three upper-div classes with him and all of them have been interesting and fairly graded. He usually assigns two short (4-5 page papers) in lieu of a midterm (woo!), and the final is very manageable. I highly recommend Prof Yaqub. He genuinely cares about his students