Ata Anzali

Ata Anzali is a great professor. I had never taken a religion course, so this was a great intro class for religion. His lectures were engaging and the workload was not too much. He does grade the essays pretty strictly, but he let's you revise them. If you don't say exactly what he wants you to write, then you will likely have to revise your essay. Otherwise, class was good. There are four quizzes on the readings at the beginning of the semester. But after that, you basically just need to read in order to do well on the essays. Great intro religion class!

Ata Anzali is a great professor. I had never taken a religion course, so this was a great intro class for religion. His lectures were engaging and the workload was not too much. He does grade the essays pretty strictly, but he let's you revise them. If you don't say exactly what he wants you to write, then you will likely have to rev …Read more

The class was too focused on discussions and therefore if talking was not the way you showed participation then you felt like you were failing the class. Personally, the professor felt hard to talk to and I felt as though he showed very clear favoritism.

I really like professor Anzali because he is so passionate and excited about his teaching. I will say the readings were pretty dense and sometimes a lot to follow/remember. Lectures could be a little boring but he will throw in some fun jokes to keep you present.