Reviews of professor Dina Abdel-Zaher

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She treats you as an adult and everything isn't due until the end of the semester so be ACCOUNTABLE and she answer quickly to any questions you have. You do have a group project but she doesn't make you present. A lot of extra credit for those that want it (essays). She's expect you to read the book (the test is based on that, FYI)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
SAVE YOUR MONEY & DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!! There are 3 exams & 2 group projects (you don't pick your members, she does!). She DOES NOT provide any study guides for exams or allow any notes during them. Every exam is proctored. She is unorganized & everything is all over the place on BB. If you can take another professor, DO SO!!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There's only 3 exams and 2 group assignments, the exams are proctored. She gives prep questions that have absolutely nothing to do with the exam, studying this is going to make you fail them. Her BB is unorganized, she has assignments from 2015. The essays are easy & She does give extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Abdel-Zaher is an amazing professor. The project was hard, but she designed it as a learning exercise, and it definitely was. She's inspiring and highly published. She's fair, kind, down to earth and flexible. She gives relevant work with thoughtful feedback. Be prepared to write. No tests. You are assigned a group and get group grades.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took her summer class and it was pretty simple as long as you read the textbook. My only complain was that she can be very unorganized like when she gave two different prompts for the big essay we had to do and then a day before the due date told everyone one of the prompts was the wrong one to write about. Make sure to read the syllabus.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super disorganized. Due dates are not clear and she takes forever to respond to emails. She grades very hard and doesn't give clear feedback on why you got the grade you did.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Abdel-Zaher gives good lectures and provides beneficial information for students to be in the know about globalization and current events around the world. My advice to do well in this course is to make sure you read the chapters, go over power point lectures, work diligently together in your assigned group as this is also a part of your grade.