Arabic

Maryait is a nice professor and keeps the class entertaining. I would take a course with her again as she is a nice grader and is patient with us. She does cold call and assignment a lot of homework everyday.

If you are looking for a course to increase your skills from studying abroad, do not take this class. We rarely speak in class as most of the discussion is purely about the reading or we read aloud from the text. I would not take this course again. It is clear that this is the professor's passion, but he does not seem to allow for other points of view or ideas that challenge his own. He consistently went 5-10 minutes over time and appeared to be annoyed when students packed up when the class was over. If you are able to take a different 400 level and you're not a huge literature fan, I would strongly recommend taking another class.

If you are looking for a course to increase your skills from studying abroad, do not take this class. We rarely speak in class as most of the discussion is purely about the reading or we read aloud from the text. I would not take this course again. It is clear that this is the professor's passion, but he does not seem to allow for ot …Read more

This was an incredibly valuable class. Despite it being a midweek night course, the environment Professor Ayoub created made it feel like a book club. The course is reading-heavy (we read roughly one novel and secondary source per class), but the selection of readings was great, and I found it manageable if I dedicated a few hours of my weekend. Professor Ayoub deeply cares about her students and what they have to share.

This was an incredibly valuable class. Despite it being a midweek night course, the environment Professor Ayoub created made it feel like a book club. The course is reading-heavy (we read roughly one novel and secondary source per class), but the selection of readings was great, and I found it manageable if I dedicated a few hours of …Read more