Reviews of professor Muhammad Faruque

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Muhammad Faruque is an exceptional individual and scholar. I took NES 146B with him and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of research that went into each of his lectures. Classes are structured around the elenctic method with discussions between the class and himself: something we rarely find today. One of my best classes at Cal!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Faruque took a topic I knew nothing about and thoroughly and completely explained it. Participation is definitely required, as is reading so you can keep up with the discussion. Easy to tell that he cares about his students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Faruque is a great professor that tries his hardest to get students to engage with the material in class and oftentimes does so well. Throughout the semester he assigned a paper, five pop quizzes, readings before every class, and a final exam. Is manageable if one is attentive and reads what professor assigns.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Faruque is the sweetest professor EVER. He is so understanding, caring & will take the time to meet with you & discuss topics you don't understand. I took him for THEO3715 The class itself was not demanding: there were readings before every class, 5 discussion posts (counted as quizzes), an essay, an internal reflection & a presentation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing class! he chooses great readings for engaging discussions. Not heavy on writing; wrote one long paper (open topic 7-10 pgs), and two short essays (reflection & question, 500 words) the entire semester. Great class for considering your own world views and what it means to be human. Very dynamic and participation heavy.