Reviews of professor Melanie Masud

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
3 exams, 1 presentation, and weekly quiz/discussion. You will need to prepare about 50 questions to take a 10-short-answer-question exam. If you take an online class, you will likely take the proctored exams. Check with the professor for the updated information.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's very sweet and funny! Tests questions are from the notes so memorize them. about 4 tests, weekly quizzes with 2 attempts. really helps you learn. Plenty of extra credit on the tests. Wish I can take her again. AMAZING!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
No lectures. Must read the book and MEMORIZE essay questions for the exams. No multiple choice. Uses Proctorio which is SO stressful; she is constantly posting reminders that she will catch you cheating. If you don't cheat you will feel like you are. She makes it clear that she thinks we all cheat. All memorization and no comprehension. Horrible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Has to be one of the worst professor at this school. I took her online class and it was something else. She has recordings of her lectures but it's only like 30 mins long. She gives out 60 different response questions before every test and only 10 of them are on the test. Oh and she expect at least 5 sentences each answers. 
BE WARE!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
First class taught by Masud at OCC. She is knowledgeable in the subject matter. What really counts is her portrayed neutrality on the political spectrum, it's just facts. Make sure you attend class, all tests are based off lectures that "give you the answers for the tests." 1 essay, 3 tests, weekly online quizzes. Show up, pay attention, get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I genuinely think Professor Masud is great! I can see why you would fail her class or think it's difficult if you don't do the hw/review the responses on the discussions. Her exams are literally material on the hw discussions we turn in (3 total, one 20 min/ 20 ques. quiz each week (allows 2 chances - lowest grade gets dropped), one presentation.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would highly recommend to wait and take this class in person. This class in the online format was overall more difficult and time consuming. No lecture; we're basically our own teachers, and that doesn't work well with everyone. I wish her and other professors would give us a video lecture to replace the lectures that we don't get anymore.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is easily the worst class Ive taken at OCC. Lots of book work. As someone else said the expectations on the midterms are ridiculous. Get ready to teach yourself because youre on your own with your book. She may have been a good teacher in a classroom but online its pointless. Dont take this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Easy weekly quiz's online Three or four tests with the lowest grade dropped, Really easy lecture, all the lectures are study guides because her notes are question based and then you translate that to a test. Test's are written but not too hard. Show up and take good notes and you will be fine.