Reviews of professor Sasha Senderovich

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Senderovich clearly is passionate about what he does, and he cares about his students. I took a Jewish Literature and Film class from him. I loved his enthusiasm for the material presented. The readings were interesting. The way he wants us to write essays is very particular, and he can be a harsh grader, but in the end, I improved and did well!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took his Russian Jewish Experience class not realizing that it was a mainly literature based class. There are no lectures, instead the class is fully discussion based. Also, he is very picky in how to write an essay, and will grade you low if its not written in the exact way he wants it to be written. Feedback was not very helpful unfortunately.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took his Russian Cinema class. It was very doable, we would watch a movie before class, then in class take a quiz proving you viewed it, and then discuss. It was very enjoyable because he brings lots of insights to the discussion without necessarily mentioning them himself, rather by bringing them out of students with some guidance.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Attendance is necessary to not get left behind. Make sure to do the readings before class, as it is very discussion based learning. Go to office hours for your papers, Sasha will take his time with you and explain it really well, but he has a specific way in which he wants papers to be written so recommended to go to office hours.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Sasha is a tough grader but there is a learning curve for sure. There are two essays and when he grades the first one he will give extensive comments to help you for your second essay. Read CAREFULLY and youll do well on quizzes. Plenty of extra credit (5% of overall grade worth) to help your GPA and fill in missing points from quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sasha caters to different learning styles in his grading so getting a high grade is very doable for anyone willing to put in the work. There's a lot of reading, but it's interesting and the quizzes on the readings are easy. There are two essays, but lot's of extra credit if you're not a strong writer. Great professor and awesome class.