Reviews of professor Mourad Laabdi

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Course page is super organized and Mourad has been very understanding of the struggles we are experiencing in this pandemic. He gives extensions and allows to make up missed grades. On top of the recorded lectures, there are two optional live meeting per week which is super helpful. Most impressive is the essay guidelines, so clear and organized.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
took 2 classes with this prof. be ready to turn in reading reflections every week but that's 20% of the grade and it's as short as one paragraph each time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A lot of people were bothered about the amount of reading required for reading reflections, however, scanning the text and writing the main points was sufficient. Clear grading criteria on the essay. And you are allowed to make a cheat sheet for the exams, which is extremely generous as only the stuff from the lectures show up on the exam.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrible. Work load is way too big.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mourad Laabdi is an amazing professor, probably one of the best ones at Carleton! He's a great and engaging lecturer, and is so open to discussion and different opinions. He's very knowledgable about Islam, and his teaching style is informed by his background in the humanities/postcolonialism, which is super fascinating. Highly recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you are serious and want to polish your research and writing skill, Mourad's classes are for you. Two essay assignments are broken into three parts each. We got feedback on all parts. Lectures are very interesting, though sometimes he spends too much time answering students' questions. Overall, a great class, highly recommended!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class as an elective as I was really interested in the subject. Professor Laabdi's lectures were very interesting and informative. The weekly readings that accounted for a decent chunk of our grades were too long and useless. The exams were straightforward and there were no surprises. If you put in the work you should do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
material got denser toward the end but really interesting subject. prof is friendly and respectful and cares for students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
took this class in the summer online. it was very accessible and lectured were super fun with all the images and videos added! i wish i could meet this prof. if it was not covid time. he seems really nice.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took his RELI2310 online (because of Covid-19) this summer and it was worth it. Really knows his material and has everything organized on the course website. If you carefully listen to the lectures you will do well on the quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved attending prof Laabdi's lectures, he is very knowledgeable on Islam and is definitely my favorite prof, made me look forward to come to each class.