SHEREEN SAKR
She is not nearly as bad as the rest of the ratings will have you believe. Be prepared to do the work to understand the concepts, of which there are many, so definitely utilize your TA and group studies with your peers! The professor does have a heavy bias, but she's very intelligent and easy to get along with.
She has a clear personal influence she shares in class, some was good, some was bad, at the end of the day, it's night.
The CUMULATIVE final was diabolical and structured to not let you earn an A, you have to have a DEEP understanding of everything mentioned over the course. The class itself involves INSANE amounts of abstract thinking which is great but it correlates poorly to assignments (more difficult to interpret what prof. wants you to do).
Genuinely sold my soul to barely succeed in this class.
Probably the worst film class I've ever taken. Mandatory lectures forced to sit through with AI generated slides, not related to readings, and if there is content that does related, it's quickly passed over. Week 7 changed our final from 10% to 25% of our grade due to lack of planning from her. Don't take this class with her if at all possible.
Changed the final from 10% to 25% after the midterm. The content in this class is interesting I will say. Shout out to my TA who taught me more than the professor. Good luck to anyone that has to suffer through this poorly taught class.