It was my first time having Nabi, and it was great! The material is so fascinating and applicable to your own life; she uses tons of examples in lecture that I would write down. Grade is based on midterm, paper, and final. Exams are online and open note; paper is easy and broad(I did it in a day). Class is great bc Nabi is so personable and lively!
Professor Nabi is a good professor and her lectures are interesting to an extent. Your grade in this class is based off of a midterm, a paper, the final and your participation. This class was not very enjoyable, I don't recommend. Nothing personal to the professor but not a lit class.
Professor Nabi is an extremely engaging professor and wants to support each student equally. She recommends office hours and is helpful if you are confused/ need clarification. She uses a lot of examples in her lectures that apply to the concepts we are learning. Lots of reading and only graded on a midterm, final, and essay.
Professor Nabi is my favorite professor at UCSB. She makes sure to give examples for all concepts which allows students to understand the material better. There was one midterm, one final and a small paper, which were all online.
Tests are hard (online/open book/provides study guide) Does not post lecture slides
Prof. Nabi gives good lectures and her slides are easy to follow along. Her exams are online and open note which is great, but the tests are very hard. Some of the questions are subjective and they are mostly short answer. She also tends to ramble a lot during lecture and talk about herself but connects it to class content which is good.
Dr. Nabi is a pretty run-of-the-mill professor. Not too bad, but not amazing. She can be funny at times, which breaks apart the monotony of lecture. However, she doesn't post any of her slides and some questions on the exams (1 midterm and 1 final) can be kind of subjective.
The class is pretty interesting and she is passionate about the material. However, she isn't the most charismatic professor. Compared to the other upper division comm classes, this one is definitely more challenging. Grade is composed of 3 exams, a 2 page essay, and some participation. Exams can be difficult, but take good notes and read carefully.
Do not take her class, is she knowledgeable on the subject, sure. But her exams are the hardest I have ever taken in my academic career and even when you think you did well you didn't. her exams are 10% multiple-choice and the rest will be short answer and essay questions. Least favorite class at UCSB by far. The course consist of 3 exams/1 essay.
Professor Nabi is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about comm and emotion. She is approachable, caring, and very understanding. her exams are on the more difficult side but shes very generous with grading and you will come out of the class more knowledgeable in comm and emotion. I highly recommend this class and professor nabi.
Toughest grader in my academic career, really impacts my decision with taking any of her other courses in the future.
Took in Spring, coming back to say she was really straightforward in regards to grading criteria. We had 5 timed quizzes every two weeks. I did not read, just used my lecture notes and tried to skim the book. In the end, she made your lowest scoring quiz weigh less and your highest scoring weigh more, so that helped boost my grade. Pretty fair
Lowest grade I received at UCSB. I never missed a day of class, studied so hard on the exams, went to office hours and still ended up with a B. Great lecturer but EXTREMELY tough grader. Def avoid!!
+ Content & teaching: very good to excellent. Nabi is a highly respectable researcher, especially in persuasion, and she is quite good at lecturing; I really learned a lot - Grade is heavily dependent on participation & lacking can SIGNIFICANTLY impact your grade. Those who prefer to be quiet/learn more independently, be aware & make an effort!
Professor Nabi is one of the best professors at UCSB. She is engaging, has great personal experience stories, and her slides are straight forward. Her tests are mainly focused on the lectures (you could get an A- without doing the readings). Just don't use your phone in class, it is her pet peeve!
Nice professor, difficult class. TONS of reading. We only had midterm/final so there's not many chances to improve your grade. Tests are challenging and require you to reason and analyze, definitely not simple/straightforward. Lowkey regretting taking this class
Professor Nabi is the best teacher in the COMM department at UCSB, hands down. Her class isn't just enjoyable, you really learn a ton because she's brilliant. For all the people on here complaining about how hard/bad of a teacher she is... you're clearly just looking for the easy way out. Her classes are NOT that bad.
There was a lot of studying required with Nabi's class. The exams are heavy on the essay questions and they ultimately require memorization over application. Nabi is a nice woman who is very approachable however, not the best lecturer if i'm being honest. The content in her Health Comm class is pretty interesting. Graded on 1 paper and 2 exams.
I know she didn't get the most amazing rates but I think she's a really great professor. Her tests are hard and you do need to know a lot, but she gives really understandable examples in class and the books do a good job explaining as well. Course is heavy in material but overall i feel like I've learned a lot. put in effort and its very doable
I regret taking Nabi's class moreso than any other Ive yet taken at UCSB. She's a very kind woman but not a good teacher in my opinion. Her exams are short-essay dominant and require more memorization than actual analysis, application or understanding. She says she does not want to make tricky exams but despite this, her phraseology is unclear.
would not take again: confusing prompts and test question phrasing, not consistent when defining terms in lecture, values memorization on the exams mores than comprehension or application.
Lectures were very interesting but material was often difficult. Readings reinforced what was discussed in lecture and greatly added to my understanding of the material. Do the readings and make connections to the examples given in class and this class is relatively easy!
I am not sure how I feel about this class. It was a weird class. I learned a lot though. Tests were really difficult and paper was also weird. However, after taking this class, everytime I see and ad I think of the theory that would apply.