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Jennifer Rashidi
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Fall 2023 - Dr. Rashidi is an excellent professor, though I think this course suffers from a time crunch. The sheer volume of dense information relayed means there's little time for discussion. All told there were over 1,000 slides by the end of my semester, most of them dense. If you are a humanities major, beware that you are expected to enter the course with a working knowledge of human biology, or at least not get lost in the information as you jump right into it from day one. In my opinion, the class should be a bit longer or cover slightly less information. The tests are difficult to study for as they are completely write-in and encompass anything mentioned in the slides up to and including single bullet points buried in hundreds of pages of information. However, with all that being said, Dr. Rashidi is a kind and wonderful professor. She records all the lectures in case you cannot make it, provides several extra credit opportunities, allows cheat sheets on the exams, and is available beyond her stated office hours and always willing to try and further your understanding of the material. While the tests are tough, she's a very fair (even generous) grader for the paper assignments. My recommendation: take the course if you're interested or have an aptitude in biology and disease processes, or if you have the time and ability to really sit down and study full-time.
Fall 2023 - Dr. Rashidi is an excellent professor, though I think this course suffers from a time crunch. The sheer volume of dense information relayed means there's little time for discussion. All told there were over 1,000 slides by the end of my semester, most of them dense. If you are a humanities major, beware that you are expected to enter the course with a working knowledge of human biology, or at least not get lost in the information as you jump right into it from day one. In my opinion, the class should be a bit longer or cover slightly less information. The tests are difficult to study for as they are completely write-in and encompass anything mentioned in the slides up to and including single bullet points buried in hundreds of pages of information. However, with all that being said, Dr. Rashidi is a kind and wonderful professor. She records all the lectures in case you cannot make it, provides several extra credit opportunities, allows cheat sheets on the exams, and is available beyond her stated office hours and always willing to try and further your understanding of the material. While the tests are tough, she's a very fair (even generous) grader for the paper assignments. My recommendation: take the course if you're interested or have an aptitude in biology and disease processes, or if you have the time and ability to really sit down and study full-time.
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Spring 2023 - i was nervous to take this class with Dr. Rashidi because of the previous reviews, but idk what happened during the pandemic bc I LOVE DR RASHIDI. she is so kind, so helpful, and so intelligent. this was my favorite anthro class i have ever taken at ucla. she is engaging during class and knows her stuff! she's always available at her office hours and explains things really well. yes, she can talk fast during lectures sometimes, but she records them so all the information is easy to access on canvas! the course comprised of a midterm, a final, a research paper, and a few very simple homework assignments. the instructions for the homework she assigns are very clear, and you can go to her anytime during office hours to ask clarification questions. she gives you so much time to think about your research paper and a lot of the homework assignments were designed to help you outline the essay so you aren't swamped at the end. (ex: one homework assignment was literally just our research question/hypothesis, another was 2 sources, another was the essay outline, etc.! super helpful!). the material is super interesting and the midterm & final were very fair and reflective of the lectures and slides. i really recommend this class, i learned (and retained! lol!) so much, and Dr. Rashidi is just the sweetest person ever.
Spring 2023 - i was nervous to take this class with Dr. Rashidi because of the previous reviews, but idk what happened during the pandemic bc I LOVE DR RASHIDI. she is so kind, so helpful, and so intelligent. this was my favorite anthro class i have ever taken at ucla. she is engaging during class and knows her stuff! she's always available at her office hours and explains things really well. yes, she can talk fast during lectures sometimes, but she records them so all the information is easy to access on canvas! the course comprised of a midterm, a final, a research paper, and a few very simple homework assignments. the instructions for the homework she assigns are very clear, and you can go to her anytime during office hours to ask clarification questions. she gives you so much time to think about your research paper and a lot of the homework assignments were designed to help you outline the essay so you aren't swamped at the end. (ex: one homework assignment was literally just our research question/hypothesis, another was 2 sources, another was the essay outline, etc.! super helpful!). the material is super interesting and the midterm & final were very fair and reflective of the lectures and slides. i really recommend this class, i learned (and retained! lol!) so much, and Dr. Rashidi is just the sweetest person ever.
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Winter 2023 - Super chill professor, midterm and final are very straight-forward. Lots of memorization required involving anatomical locations, bones, and things of that matter. My TA was extremely helpful and discussion/labs are required but are only an hour every week. I did little to no reviewing prior to exams and did ok. If I did review, I honestly could've achieved an A.
Winter 2023 - Super chill professor, midterm and final are very straight-forward. Lots of memorization required involving anatomical locations, bones, and things of that matter. My TA was extremely helpful and discussion/labs are required but are only an hour every week. I did little to no reviewing prior to exams and did ok. If I did review, I honestly could've achieved an A.
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