Reviews of professor Shahid Nigro

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE: Way too much work for a gen ed. I'd consider myself a good student by this class was ridiculous. Readings are long and hard to understand. Most of it isn't even important. Tough grader, Weekly essays and hefty reading every night or you'll fall behind. Dry lectures and passive-aggressive remarks about how bad we are as students too :)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very kind and easy to talk to

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
teacher himself is nice and kind but extremely hard grader with complicated topics and lots of writing to do

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor is not easy going. If you are sick and are not able to do work, he won't give an extension. Does not explain anything. Will put you to sleep during lectures. Has no personality . Paper heavy and does not give any good feedback. The class being online only makes it harder. DO NOT TAKE HIM

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
To be honest I still cannot tell if I liked him or not. He's very smart but also kind of rude and condescending at times. Gives a lot of opportunities to improve grades and get extra credit if you are falling behind. Assigned WAY too much reading & would get really mad when people didn't read, which is understandable but its an elective so chill...

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Religion in the World with Prof Nigro in an online format. He is very focused on writing and readings are wayyy too long (100 pages at least). At first, he seems like he is easy going and will "meet you where you are" with your writing, but in reality he is very strict and you have to meet him where HE is. Quizzes also include lengthy essays

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Nice, understanding professor. Pretty funny, its a chill 50 minute class and you just listen to the lecture and write a couple papers. Great class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is the most obnoxious, arrogant, disheartening and downright rude professor at Temple. He gives out huge amounts of homework and expects doctoral level writing. Quite frankly, he should find another profession. He wont though because that means he can stay and pick on young adults in Gen Eds. He's a sick human, get some help man

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I was very interested in the course from what I read in the course description, but it was completely different in my opinion. He just says read this and well talk about it. The reading was so DIFFICULT to get through, I would have to take breaks because I would read, but just not comprehend it. The questions are complex with their wording too.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor was never straightforward about anything that he wanted. His essays were less about conveying your understanding of a subject and more about jumping through obstacles in order to please him. Nothing you wrote in an essay was good enough. He graded harshly and his feedback was unhelpful. He prioritized criticism over learning a lot