I took this class for English Comp 3D (which counted for the diversity requirement) and I really enjoyed it. My friends who only took comp 3 said they had at least 4 essays and it had a lot of reading, but Mehdizadeh didn't work that way. She assigned readings for us to annotate and small research assignments, but I wouldn't complain about the HW load. Also she only had 2 essays for the whole quarter, none of which revolved around reading a book beforehand. It revolved around diversity of course. Anyways she is really willing to help you and if you can, take this with her! (especially 3D).

I really liked this class, Dr Mehdizadeh is really friendly, engaging and a great lecturer. I took English Comp 3D with her, and so all the material was focused on diversity, and she really knows what she's talking about. She also takes a genuine interest in her students. I would recommend going to office hours. Her assignments required a reasonable amount of work, but they were interesting and very open ended. Overall this was a great class.

The workload is tremendous and will force you to devote a lot of time to her assignments. Her many assignments are sometimes tedious and you can expect to write 2 writing assignments per week, which can get quite annoying and difficult to finish especially when you must complete other class assignments. Not a lot of reading though.
I feel that her grading of these assignments are quite lenient though so I guess that's nice.

The lectures are engaging and informative, but there is not much organization to these lectures. Attendance is mandatory and she'll fail you if you're absent multiple times w/o a valid excuse. Participation is also an exceptional chunk of your grade.

To get an A in the class, make sure you devote time into her assignments and approach them with an open mind. Often times, for her assignments, she'll allow you to explore different perspectives and encourage you to go outside your bubble.

Neat class overall if you don't care about grades or workload. Workload wise, the class is killer.

The guy below describes the class pretty clearly. I couldn't get an A without the extra credit, so that's pretty much a good thing. But overall, I feel very agonized throughout this quarter. She scared me from the first assignment till the end. And I literally don't know what's the meaning of her lecture. But she's very nice person during conference, though she never offers concrete suggestions to my essays.

I took this class as an engineer in order to satisfy the English requirement, and choosing Mehdizadeh as the professor was the best decision I have made with respect to choosing my classes. She is by far the best. She is extremely helpful. She plans out the entire quarter and hands you a syllabus that serves as a calendar for you to be aware of what is due and when it is due. Everything is submitted on CCLE. You could essentially complete all the essays by the second week of class, and just revise as time passes. She does not grade anything until the final drafts are due at the end of the quarter, which is great because it allows for you to have ample time to ask her to revise or stuff like that. This leads me into my next point of her being very open to making appointments with her students to revise and/or answer questions. The work load is moderate to high; however, if you stay on top of it, submit rough drafts on time, and put a little effort into taking her recommendations for revising to heart, you will most definitely be guaranteed an A. I passed the class with over a 100% thanks to her extra credit essay. She doesn't give A+'s, though. If you have the chance, don't hesitate to take Mehdizadeh!

Mehdizadeh is a great professor. Albeit somewhat opinionated at times, she is very organized and helpful, and very critical during class discussions, helping to facilitate a truly academic dialouge. She gives detailed essay help during conferences and is very clear about what she expects from students, and is not the harshest grader. If you need assistance, she will be there to guide you along. 5W was quite a nice class because of this and I definitely recommend taking it with her. As long as you try, and care about the material, you shouldn't have much of a problem getting an A. The grade distribution doesn't lie.

I would truly recommend this class to fulfill your writing II requirement. The professor is very helpful and as long as you do your work you will get an A.

I really enjoyed this class. My friends who only took comp 3 said they had at least 4 essays and it had a lot of reading, but Mehdizadeh didn't work that way. She assigned readings for us to annotate and small research assignments, but I wouldn't complain about the HW load. Also she only had 2 essays for the whole quarter, none of which revolved around reading a book beforehand. It revolved around diversity of course. My favorite was that she gave us kinda a lot of freedom. There was a prompt but since it was vague, we were able to weave it and it let us write about stuff we wanted to research. Anyways she is really willing to help you and if you can, take this with her! (especially 3D, so much better than 3 b/c it fulfills the diversity requirement)

Dr. Mehdizadeh is a very friendly and engaging proffessor. The entire class is based on Shakespeare's Othello, and is actually pretty interesting. However do not be fooled, its a lot of work. If you are willing to do the work though, highly recommend Dr. Mehdizadeh.

Taking this class with Dr. Mehdizadeh was the best choice I have ever made! Dr. Mehdizadeh is a great lecturer, funny teacher, and always available to help you. She moves around her own schedule often to meet with students. The workload is a bit heavy, but not too difficult. You have three main papers — 2 page, 5-7 page, and your final project. And journals (250 words) that are due weekly. ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED, and the textbook is also required (but it’s cheap, but I recommend finding a PDF for it instead). Dr. Mehdizadeh is also incredibly funny and super intelligent and passionate in what she teaches. Take this class with her!!!