Reviews of professor Lawrence Rubin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's awesome and he is so smart you feel smarter just sitting in his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This professor is great. Its not your traditional lecture class, its much more discussion based. There are a lot of readings and it may get hard to keep up with, but I didnt read a lot of the time and still made an A in the class. Its easy to contribute to the conversation and its a fun class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Rubin was kind and knowledgeable. Work for the class was immense, however; about 60-90 pages to read per class session. All very interesting stuff, but you had to know pretty much all of it for the tests, which are essay-based and very broad but require specific facts. Learned a lot.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A bit unorganized but very passionate about what he's teaching. Dr. Rubin is a caring professor who makes the effort to remember everyone's name. A lot of reading material is assigned, which always makes it hard to keep up. He clearly communicates what it takes to succeed in the class but you also have to put in a lot of effort.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor was good at leading discussions and making them interesting without degrading students. A little bit of a tough grader, but also considerate. He's willing to work with you outside of class and wants you to succeed. It's unfortunate this class ended up being online because the professor wasn't physically at the school. Wish it was live.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's super nice, laid back, and a generous grader. The class was only discussion based (little lecture) with lots of reading 100pgs/class. There were two 10 page papers; one was a group project. His syllabus and assignments are a little confusing, but he's readily available for questions and a lax grader. I learned a lot about the Middle East