Reviews of professor Lilia Arakelyan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Amazing professor, I wish I could take her for more classes. The class consists of weekly discussions, but easy if you read the textbook (which is a lot, but she provides recorded lectures as well as slides with notes) & a final research essay, the guidelines can be a bit overwhelming but she is thorough and will answer your emails and questions

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Arakelyan is an IR professional so her insight was really great. Strong accent which makes lectures a bit tough at times. weekly discussion posts with just one response per week (citations are important), a midterm, and final term paper. She was not too difficult and the workload was really manageable. I recommend taking her for sure.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall, Prof. Arakelyan is smart and friendly. Most of the grades are discussion posts, which could be fairly difficult. However, she is a lenient grader and looks for effort. The other two major grades are a midterm + a final paper, so you have to do well on them. Some of the readings were super useful, others never came up in any assignment.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She truly cares about her students and her classes. Pay attention, do your readings, participate, and you should be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took her online Summer A and the workload was manageable. 5 discussions, 1 research paper, and 1 final. I didnt drop a single point in the class finished with 100% and im not that studious of a person. She is a very easy grader as long as you do what she asks for, which is always clear in the instructions. She gives final exam questions beforehand

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class consisted of weekly 5-paragraph discussion, a 3 essay midterm lockdown browser, and a final 8-10 pg paper. There weren't live/recorded lectures but she does post notes at times. She is fair but she didn't really teach. It's more busy work than anything else. I recommend this class to those that just want easy-medium work. It's not hard.