Quite frankly, I don't know why there are such terrible ratings on Professor Kouloujian? He was a great professor. He's very patient with all the students and wants everyone to pass the class! The assignments and midterms are extremely easy. His teaching method is extremely effective since it helped one of my classmates learn from scratch and I was easily able to learn how to read and write Armenian again! I definitely recommend this class and will be attending the 101B class this winter!

I learned so much in this one class. My Armenian reading and writing skills improved SO dramatically. I now feel more confident writing Armenian and even reading my writings my peers. He is a great professor and he wants you to succeed and fall in love with the Armenian language. His classes are stress free and they are simply for people who are interested in really learning the language. TAKE HIM!!!

Honestly whoever is reading this review right now, just focus and understand that I am giving you a free get out of Guantanamo Bay prison card. I don't believe other students are writing good reviews about him, you can tell when the bad reviews started showing up, the upvotes went up. I feel that the professor wrote good reviews about himself because I talked to the class and they described how stupidly he "organized" the syllabus and the whole course. Here let's take a look at this review:

"I learned an entire language within 7 weeks with this professor. Although the work load is not very little, he is very fair and courteous with his grading. I added the class late but he was so helpful in supporting me and being patient with my learning process. He was very knowledgeable in the Armenian culture and even entertained us with a few interesting stories throughout the course. Overall, I learned so much in his class and felt culturally enriched. Thank you Professor!"

Why would someone who took this course during winter 2019 post a review on January 22nd, 2020? We received grades earlier than that. But besides that. This course (Armenian 101A) is only offered during the FALL quarters then the 101B class during Winter an so on. How are you able to take a course that's only offered during the Fall when it is the Winter session.
Anyways this professor is someone you should just stay away from, don't touch him with a 500-foot pole, and he just assigns so much work that it is ridiculous. You won't learn to speak the language I promise you this, although you will learn to read it which I found highly invaluable because you don't even know what you are reading and what it means.

I warned you/gave you the free prison card, so did the other genuine reviews with all the upvotes/downvotes. Look at the other review where they mentioned this class was easier than there EEB classes. That review was posted before grades were even distributed. Such bullshit reviews holy fuck, don't fall for it.

This class was very useful and it does not matter if you have not taken Armenian 102A. People take the series (102A - 102C) in such random order. Do not hesitate to take this class. This class really helped my Armenian reading and writing skills. This professor is able to teach you Armenian in such a way that you will never learn anywhere in the diaspora. He is very passionate about the Armenian language and he wants you to succeed in the class and fall in love with the language. He tailors his classes in a way that they are stress free. In other words, the workload is not heavy but yet you learn soo much!!! Take his classes. You won't regret it!

Despite never having the chance to see the Armenian language in my entire life, I felt this class was extremely interesting. The professor is super friendly and generous with the grades. Basically, if you bomb your midterm, you will still get an A. What other classes could you find this kind of easy yet interesting professor? At least not in most of my EEB classes. I really appreciate the professor for making this quarter such a wonderful experience. For those that argue from time to time, just read your material more!

Throughout the quarter, he kept saying everyone will get A's if you show effort and will say quiz grades don't matter for your overall grade, but that's a complete LIE. He expects you to master the language and know how to translate/conjugate everything in 10 weeks. He will also lie to you about what will be on the quiz so never take his word for it. He's a decent professor but his teaching style needs to be modified heavily. I would suggest another professor for this course but unfortunately he's the only one. Also don't be late because he will be extra and give you a hard time about it.

I really didn't learn to speak the language (Armenian) even though the class is supposed to teach it or at least the professor is. All I did was learn to read words about the same people within the book with the same names. Some of what was in the book was pretty odd like one lesson from the book involved someone pooping. And it consisted as most of the lesson which was weird. I didn't learn to write my name, didn't learn to even speak the language to get by even by a little. Just steer clear away from this class. I have no idea why this course demanded more than my major courses, he gave no breaks at all and went off on tangents after reading a sentence from the lessons. He would even criticize students in front of the whole class just for losing track from reading along with the class. Although he would give a 25 minute speech and automatically would expect you to remember where he left off.
In short: Mean professor, boring class that made you want to sleep, hard grading, A TON OF WORK, expects you to know the whole language, wants students to learn but wont teach them to SPEAK the language.

This professor was horrrrrribbbbllllleeeee. Like honestly this guy wrote the reviews, it's so obvious too. Now from a student standpoint, I will tell you that everybody from the class complained about the workload, tests, and material. In 10 weeks, the teacher expected you to learn a whole language, especially reading, writing, and speaking. He was a decent teacher and somewhat cared about students learning but you would always stress about what your grade might be and would lose focus on your other important classes.
In the end, do not take this class with this professor. I promise you even Armenian students hated this course.

Wow, I really don't understand the bad reviews? He doesn't "pick on" anyone, I genuinely think everyone who left a bad review is just extremely sensitive. Yes, you will get called on, that's how he takes attendance. Yes, he will *nicely* criticize you in front of the class, but that's how you learn. Not to mention, there have been many times where he corrected my classmate on a mistake that I make as well, so the open criticisms are valuable to everyone. Stop being such weenies lol. The workload is a lot, but it's literally a language class. When have you ever taken a language class with little work, especially in a quarter system?? These reviews threw me off so much. No one that I've spoken to about Kouloujian in person has ever had anything bad to say, so I'm assuming one particular class had a bad experience & went ham on BruinWalk lmao.

I would recommend this course for anybody wanting to learn the language. One warning, he does not give out grades throughout the term. That said, if you do the work, it is an easy A. He doesn't care about formal evaluation and grading. All he cares about is whether you improve throughout the quarter. I had major anxiety all quarter long because I am so used to normal grading, but that is just not how he works. He is very passionate about the language, and he expects the same. His class was very interesting and different from most language classes.