most boring class I've taken at UCSB. His lectures are totally worthless and he is NOT a good lecturer by any means. Reads off his slides, which are basically just definitions that one could look up in the textbook. Did I mention lecture was really boring? Section was too. I'd take the class with a different professor.

I really liked this class, along with the professor. Midterm and Final where easy multiple choice. Final had writing and matching too. One 8-10 page paper, that was really annoying to write, but at least there is just one. I think its fairly easy to get a good grade in this class.

Pretty easy class as long as you do well on the paper. Going to class helps you stay on track but is only helpful if you actually listen. Textbook is only good for looking up definitions, but other then that it is kinda useless. Tests are easy if you study and pay attention. The paper is kinda annoying, but not to bad. Easy B+, possible A.

I hated this class it was really boring, even though I had it 2 times a day I never went to class. he puts me to sleep all the time. they don't have review sessions. you have to identify pictures that he talks about for a few seconds on midterm and final. ALOT of reading. the material was interesting but the professor didn't teach it well.

He's very objective when it comes to teaching religion which was really nice. No one religion was glorified or put down. His lectures are pretty mundane though. There's one 8-10 page paper on a book, not too hard. Midterm was derived mostly from lecture, a little from readings. Good class if you want to learn the gist of various religions.

Campo knows his stuff on Islam. I loved going to class and loved the readings. I would just recommend working out any issues via e-mail. He took back his word when it came down to me making up an assignment even though I spoke with him before my absence. He also changed the syllabus around and it caused us all a great deal of stress toward the end.

He's a good lecturer who tries to make the subject substantial in content while still accessible to newbies. I learned about a lot of things about Islam in South Asia that I had never heard of before... and I'm Indian. He cares about his students and is pretty approachable.

Great class! And really interesting! Campo is a super nice man, and is really willing to help. Only one paper, & if you pick a good book (i did kite runner & its amazing) then the paper is easy to write. tests are easy, multiple choice. reading from textbook isnt necessary, only the reading from the course reader is, which is interesting anyway.

if you don't do the work then you can't expect to pass his class. but he really cares about his students, not just the religious studies majors. he does assign more work than is possible, but most teachers do. if you go to class and do some of the reading then you should be fine.

The number of assignments he assigns is ridiculously overwhelming. He notices students who don't come to class and takes their absences into account when grading. Avoid if possible.

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He's a very serious professor with no focus in his class. Doesn't know much about Islam and he's teaching it, LOL. His thing is India and Hinduism. I got nothing out of his class, boring, lectures don't make sense.

One of the best lecturers on campus... I had him for second time and really learned a great deal... He makes the subject really interesting... Take him!

The quality of lectures was very good... However, the way he calculates final grades seems illogical to me... I earned mostly As, I did all my work during the coursee, and I was well-prepared for the finals... However, to my surprise, the final grade I received was B. I suspect he reserves As for his favorite (usually RG ST) students...

Excellent Professor! He taught the class well, and we learned a lot. I really wanted him to focus on the political and religious aspects of present-day Islam (like he said he would in the beginning) rather than over focusing on the history. Take the class its not too hard as long as you try.

really fun class, more work than you expect. you really learn a lot of relevant stuff... i recommend taking it if you want a easy, fun class and have time for busy work.

I think he over-did Islam. I would have liked a "fairer" course, maybe one that didn't talk about how bad Chistianity is and how great Islam is, balence! He definatly had interesting points, and I personally was interested in the material, even though it was more then any college student can handle.

lectures all over the place. 80b is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. him and his liberal TAs failed me because they are so stubborn on their views. biased grading... and if you don't go to TA office hours they will find reason not to give you a good grade

Cannot write tests, you will want to throw out all the questions because they are worthless! Everything is Islam...forget Judaism and Christianity...did not want to be gotten a hold of for office hours...even email he would prefer you ask TAs

That class was lame, it was pretty much an upper division class on Islam, that flimsily supported unlikely theses and expected you to accept and regurgitate it.

AWESOME, really knows what he's talking about

This class was terrible. It was SO boring. I took 80A and loved it, but I really didn't like this class. Lectures were not clear. I was also unclear about the testable material. Boooo.

awesome teacher (with Professor Hecht), very clear, makes the class interesting, definately a recommened class and professor