Medieval, Islamic&Renaiss. Civ

This was probably one of my favorite classes at AUB thus far. If you're into philosophy, history, and theology, you'll love this class. We had a midterm, a final, and a project. The midterm and final are both essay-question-based. If you attend all lectures and take detailed notes, you don't need to read through all of the material. You can ask him which readings and fundamental and which ones are extra. Read the fundamental ones and maybe skim the extra ones. Make resumes of your lessons, they helped me out immensely as our tests were both open book. The project is a presentation, make sure you start early and use a mixture of in-class readings and other sources. Professor Bassiri is very nice, his dad jokes make up for his slightly monotone voice which can at times make following him harder. He explains the material really well, and grades fairly. Make sure you show interest by participating and asking questions.

 I took 202 with Baasiri and I personally felt that his classes were really interesting and engaging. If you focus with him in class and take notes, you can actually avoid doing all the readings and get a good grade (don't expect above 88 though)