Reviews of professor Elena Touryan

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took professor Touryan's "Social Movements of the 20th Century course. She was a pretty easy grader, but she only had four assignments for the whole semester. This included 3 in class written essays for 90% of the grade and participation/attendance for the other 10%. For the essays, she allowed use to have a double sided "cheat sheet".

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took her U.S. foreign policy class this semester. It was in a seminar style so classes were discussion based which I enjoyed. We had a lot of reading to do for class but she gave us our essay exam questions ahead of time. She's a reasonable grader and I learned a lot about the evolution of our foreign policy over time which I knew little of before

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Touryan is passionate about her field and her lectures are engaging. Some topics were more interesting than others but every topic we covered was relatively unknown to me before the class. Keeping up with class readings is important for writing papers but she is a fair grader if you do the work. She wants her students to succeed and it shows.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was fascinating, and Professor Touryan is obviously very passionate about this subject. Your grade is shaped by 4 total papers, so it is very important to stay on top of your readings to ensure a good grade on the papers. This class was absolutely amazing but difficult, but I would take this class at any opportunity you get.