Reviews of professor Kasim Husain

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Kasim is a thoughtful professor who is both knowledgable and passionate about the texts he teaches. There's a lot of reading, which is to be expected in an English course. He gives helpful feedback and is available to answer your questions if you need to follow up. He designs assignments so you get a chance to meaningfully engage all of the texts.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor tries his best to make lectures engaging but they're a bit monotonous anyway. Nonetheless, his class significantly improved the way I write, meaning you'll learn a lot about academic writing and its rules. The professor quickly responds to emails and always ready to help. His grading is tough but he gives knowledgeable feedback.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It is evident that Dr. Husain really cares about his students. He's always available at office hours so if you have any questions just go to them and he will have the answers. Feedback on assignments are very clear and pretty reasonable. A genuinely nice professor who wants his students to do the best they can. :)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Husain tries to be more accomodating for the online environment but it's hard to engage with him through a screen. He can be a bit monotonous but the class reading is engaging. He really tries, but at the end of the day no matter what you do - you will get the same grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed Dr H's class, though his lectures could be boring at times, my academic writing skills significantly improved. He's a tough grader, but that pushed me to work harder and improve based off his feedback. He's very caring and sympathetic to first years, by extending deadlines when he feels the class or individual needs more time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Husain was overall an excellent instructor. While his lectures could be confusing and his slides were usually barebones, he was more than willing to answer questions both in class and during office hours. He seems to genuinely care about his subject and his students. Also he's very lenient with extensions, which is nice. Bit of a slow marker.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Husain was incredibly unorganized. His lectures and slides were very ineffective and were, quite frankly, all over the place. His rubrics for assignments did not make much sense most fo the time and it felt like he gave out random grades and didn't really follow the rubric that he designed. Overall would not recommend him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you really like reading and writing (and I mean REALLY LIKE) then this course is perfect for you. There is so much work, so get ready to literally put your blood, sweat and tears into this course. Don't get me wrong, Kasim is a wonderful man... But this course is insanely boring and so time consuming.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Husain was a tough grader but gave good feedback. He speaks a little bit monotonously and you will have to work for your grade, but this class improved my writing more than any other.