Reviews of professor Kia Afra

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Afra was a really cool teacher and made a boring subject pretty interesting. There are weekly one page essays to write, but you can do them in a group of people which was really helpful. The class is mainly lecture-based and the midterm (3-4p) and final (6-7p) are both essays that are definitely manageable. I would recommend taking him for FS

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Afra is genuinely one of my favorite professors, best film prof I've had. As far as film studies go he's super knowledgable and the lectures may be meaty but if you pay attention and show up to everything you'll do fine. There's a lot of reading assigned but realistically you can get by without going too in-depth.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kia is such an amazing professor. His lectures are very well done and you'll learn a lot. The midterm and final are not too bad and he is very flexible with due dates if you show that you care. Would 100% recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great professor, relaxed and doesn't assign too much homework (weekly group assignments). One midterm and one final essay. His lectures are interesting and he is a very lenient grader. Very friendly and reachable outside of class as well. Highly recommend taking him for FS 244 or 245.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Weekly group participation projects that are easy as long as you watch the film. I struggled with the 1 essay in the class so he gave me an extension and told me what to do to fix my paper. He truly cares for the students and cares how well we do. Just show up to lecture/screening. He knows when you don't show up. If Afra's an option, CHOOSE HIM!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you're trying to decide who to take for Film History, Prof. Afra is the guy. You'll have weekly group work that will take no more than fifteen minutes of your time to contribute to, plus a midterm, essay, and take home final. The only thing is attendance matters, so try not to skip his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Attendance was credited but the classes were not hard to sit through. All lecture and he never cold-called on students so there was no pressure to be strong on the material. For the first half of the semester their were shortwriting assignments due each week but after the midterm, he gave us our final and let us work on it for the rest of the year.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kia is great. He gives the least work of all the film history professors and none of it is meaningless busy work. The group work helps you review the films/main ideas and there is only one paper, the midterm, and the final. He's also passionate about the subject and has fun with it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Afra is amazing! As a person without a Film Studies background, he made the lectures and class interesting. He posts them all online which helped me reference notes for the open note exams. His class is super chill and I haven't heard of any complaints about him. I look forward to hopefully getting into his FS245 class! Prof. Afra is the best