Fulya Pinar

Prof. Pinar was a deeply passionate and knowledgeable teacher. The classes were lecture-based with room for questions and small discussions.The content itself is interesting, but sometimes the class was a bit monotonous and not entirely engaging, at no fault to Prof. Pinar. You don't have to participate to get a good grade in my opinion. Practically, there were 2 papers and a presentation, and lots of reading. The readings were easy to skim (they're so long that you have to skim), and since you don't have to participate if you don't want to, how much you read is only to your benefit when writing your papers. Prof. Pinar is incredibly kind and accommodating as well with extensions etc. Would recommend.

Prof. Pinar was a deeply passionate and knowledgeable teacher. The classes were lecture-based with room for questions and small discussions.The content itself is interesting, but sometimes the class was a bit monotonous and not entirely engaging, at no fault to Prof. Pinar. You don't have to participate to get a good grade in my opin …Read more

The class was interesting and the papers had clear instructions on how to be done. There was 3 total, and a discussion every week. I agree that the readings were sometimes a lot but being able to refer to her lectures in the papers was good. She's a good professor and would take her again, but do keep in mind she does assign many readings and her lectures can get dull a bit. We also had a discussion leadership in this class and a final project outside of the papers but no exams. I would not recommend if you are just trying to fill your schedule, because she is passionate about the subject and likes to lecture. She's a nice person overall.

The class was interesting and the papers had clear instructions on how to be done. There was 3 total, and a discussion every week. I agree that the readings were sometimes a lot but being able to refer to her lectures in the papers was good. She's a good professor and would take her again, but do keep in mind she does assign many rea …Read more

This course was incredibly interesting and gave me an understanding of life in general in the middle east that I didn't have before. However, this is not a class you should take to fill a fourth class or round out your schedule. There is a TON of super dense reading and both the weekly discussion posts and the papers for this class require a lot of thought. Professor pinar is great at teaching and is very passionate, but I would not reccomend if you expect a heavy workload.

This course was incredibly interesting and gave me an understanding of life in general in the middle east that I didn't have before. However, this is not a class you should take to fill a fourth class or round out your schedule. There is a TON of super dense reading and both the weekly discussion posts and the papers for this class r …Read more