Reviews of professor Arjun Nair

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Nair is kind and cares about his students and is flexible and provides lots of accommodations. The material is easy to comprehend if you do your reading. Prof Nair also gives comprehensive notes (which the lectures are sometimes too off the notes) and clear materials to study for the tests. All tests are take-home.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really enjoyed Dr. Nair's teaching style: he makes everything very clear and does all he can to make every student understand the material. Your grade is entirely based on quizzes/tests, and there are many of them. Be prepared study a ton to do well in this class. He grades fairly and makes it very clear what you need to know before every test.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Knowledgeable, caring, engaging.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is an easier GESM ("Being Muslim in America"), but if you don't take it seriously, then he will grade accordingly. The midterm was a bunch of short-answer questions (open-book, open-internet) and there was one short paper (~1500 words). He's very friendly, but gives lectures in such a boring manner, so class was super boring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you're looking for an interesting GESM with an insightful professor, take Prof Nair as he clearly cares about his students and their success. Would definitely take again, he made this course interactive despite it being online.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Nair is extremely sweet. I have enjoyed his discussion and lectures throughout the semester. Sometimes, it feels like he is just reading off the notes we have as supposed to diving deeper, but he still bring a lot of insightful information to the issue as a whole!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Hes very knowledgeable and always willing to explain complicated topics until you understand. Two midterms (take home paper) and weekly readings/discussion questions. Easy A if you show up, participate, and do your work.