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Reviews (86)
Take this man. He is awesome. He's really laid back and he is really intelligent. I took him my Freshman year for Composition and I'm waiting til I can take him again for another English class. A few in class essays and papers. You get to watch movies in his class. Granted, you have to write about them but not more than a page. It's awesome.
If you actually want to learn something about composition don't take him. He is great for an easy grade, but useless. You won't learn a thing. He would be a much better debate teacher since all we ever talked about was personal freedom. Total waste of my time. He will give you a grade on what you are already suppose to know.
He is a very good teacher. I myself do not like the typical english class where you learn about sentences.(thats what high school is for) This class lets you explore the deeper meaning of things. Come to class prepared to THINK and discuss movies. Just write all your responses, and essays (only 3), participate in class and you will get an A+!!
Okay well he is a very intelligent professor, and i respect him as a teacher.. But man oh man this guy holds grudges. I made a lousy first impression and he judged me on it the rest of the term. I asked him once about a paper, and he told me i wasn't allowed to use it for another class.. I was completely offended. Advice : Suck up to him.
This class seemed more like a philosophy class then english, which I enjoyed. We never read anything, rather we watched films and wrote papers based on them. You learn more about life experiences then sentence structure. Afshin is very knowledgeable and it was great to learn from someone like him. I highly recommend him for those who like to think
THE EASIEST CLASS EVER...BUT YOU'LL LEARN A LOT...JUST BE PREPARED TO WATCH A LOAD OF AMAZING MOVIES AND REFINE YOUR MOVIE TASTE, IT'S AN AMAZING CLASS THAT PUSHES YOU TO REALLY ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THINGS,YOU'LL LEARN TO BE CRITICAL..THE WORK LOAD IS EASY 3 4 PAGE LONG ESSAYS AND 2 INCLASS ESSAY PLUS A ONE PAGE RESPONSE PAPER 4 EACH MOVIE YOU SEE
Watch movies, discuss. That's it. It gets boring, but I hate phiosophy mostly, and I still found it a very EASY class to attend. No reading. No homework. You write response papers, and a few major essays. Really not that hard though, just be insightful... some of the movies are really weird, but it's great just to have a class to do nothing in.
Although it didn't seem like a "compositon class" this is my favorite class I have EVER taken in my life. Hafizi is an amazing teacher, and the most intelligent person I have ever met. All you do is watch really good movies, and write responses. Go outside and talk to him on break.. he's a cool guy, you will learn a lot from him in this class.
While you may not learn too much in the way of composition in this class, you will learn a decent amount about philosophy and life. Be prepared to watch movies that you may not particularly care for. Do the writing, and enjoy the films, and you'll love the class.
FAVORITE PROFESSOR I'VE HAD IN SCAD YET. Really sweet man...sweet class.
I highly recommend taking Hafizi's class. You watch intellectual films and write response papers on all of them. The content is highly philosophical and makes you think for yourself. You get to choose your paper topics. All the information is relevant to everyday life and makes you think about how you are living day to day. Take this course!
This professor is very easy as far as class work. A typical day in this class is watching a movie and then turning in a 1-page response for the next class time. He is quite reasonable about tardies. However, he is very liberal but he will not force his beliefs on you.
awesome, awesome professor. doesn't do anything. really doesnt care. all you do is watch movies and type a page double space response. he doesnt even read them I think. very chill. very cool. very easy. gettin out of class an hour early everyday helps too. I recommend.
Looks JUST like George Clooney. SUCH A HOTTIE.
All you do is watch movies in the class but you still learn something. Papers are pretty easy. He is a really nice guy.
Quite possibly the easiest class I have taken in my entire career of learning, this is including the napping course I took in pre-k.
Good news: this is an easy class. Bad news: this is an easy class. Really, you can either sleep through it and get an A or pay attention and learn some cool stuff. That's kind of the way Hafizi rolls. I'd recommend staying awake and interacting because he covers some interesting topics. He's such an easygoing guy, really funny too.
We wrote papers over movies we watched in class, but a lot of it was just opinion based. He was useless as far figuring out what he wanted in a paper, and everyone I knew made the exact same grade across the board. I didnt like this class; I didnt pay 4 grand to watch a few movies. Im very disappointed about where my money went with this class.
Syllabus was not clear on what was required for the coarse, neither was the prof. At the beginning the prof said there was 3 short papers, and 3 long. At the second to last class he said there were 7 short, 2 long, and 1 research paper. Prof said he was going to update the syllabus for next year, not that that helped us this quarter.
He is AWFUL. I had heard he was an easy teacher, which he is, so I took him. I got a 90 on my first paper with no marks whatsoever on it. I went up to him and asked him what I could improve on, and he couldn't even tell me. He doesn't read your papers, and just assigns random grades. DO NOT TAKE HIM.
He was pretty good as far as workload goes. He said up front that he doesn't give A's unless you either do extra work or have VERY good work. It's nice because we just watch movies and read a few passages. Once you figure out he wants you to basically rant in your assigments and have a strong opinion, you'll do fine.
His class was more of a philosophy/ethics course rather than an english composition course. A LOT OF MOVIES. The movies were interesting (except for La Dolce Vida) and the issues we discussed and wrote about were interesting as well. A lot of students missed deadlines because they didn't follow the syllabus, so watch out for that.
There is no basis to his grading. It's impossible to make anything better than the C, no matter how hard you work. He will stand there and talk about how Americans are stupid and don't read. Seriously, save yourself the pain of trying hard and still pulling a C - take the other teacher.
As a film major, I loved it. We watched movies and wrote about them and had awesome discussions about the films and how they reflect life. I enjoyed the discussions a lot! Workload isn't that bad, just print it out and high light some key points.
Very intelligent, calm and easygoing professor. If you care about the subjects you'll learn so much--take this class for that reason!
This man gives random grades with very little basis behind them. He is interesting and nice to look at and talk to, but other than that he doesn't care to take the time to look over his students' work and give a fair grade. I do not recommend.
Very easy but also very boring, One of those classes that you'll never want to show up for.
He is a really nice person! He's very respectful and cares for his students. His class is relatively easy compared to other teachers. Work load is definitely not a problem! I don't know why people complain so much about him. Would they prefer a teacher who is constantly giving harsh grades and a lot of work? I really recommend him!!
He really just had us do little assignments outside of class and then we just watched movies throughout the entire class.
Great guy, possibly the easiest class I have ever taken in my learning experience, but also one of the most boring. You'll watch many, many movies and videos that makes drying paint look more entertaining. But if you need to take an english and want an extremely easy A, this is the class for you. Also don't buy the course pack from Ex-Libris!
Prof. Afshin was rather difficult. The reason being is his directions are not always clear-cut. His feedback was often "See my announcements. You must go above the minimum to receive full credit." That is not quite specific enough if you HAVE gone above the minimum. You have to stay on top of this professor if you're not receiving the right grades.
does not care if you have major anxiety and will not hesitate to take of points for not speaking up in class. ALWAYS do the readings because the one time you don't you'll be called to talk about it. lots of group work and short in-class presentations. he's very soft spoken sometimes so sit near the front. Writings are super easy, very easy grader
I love Hafizi, his views are great and I wish there was a philosophy class he could teach because I would take it for sure. But as for English Comp... not so much. Forget about learning anything grammar/literature related. He basically babysits while we watch some videos in class. Work is all done on your own time, but he is the easiest grader.
His class is about creating arguments and teamwork. His course revolves around animal studies and animal rights. A lot of videos especially indie films on the topic. He would be a great philosopher but I'm trying to learn how to write a well structure essay. There is a lot of group presentations, 3 essays and 3 responses.
You do nothing. Write a little bit, and pass.
This class was mainly built on the basis of animal ethics, you learn little to nothing on anything English related and he just shows you movies the entire class period. There was barely any real basis for any of the papers but the last one. Honestly would take this class again because he's such a cool person... also to get a better grade
I was expecting an English class, what I received was a zoology and animal rights class. Definitely not worth your money. He is not very helpful and goes on long rants about unimportant things. He also makes you watch horrible international animal films. They are very long and very boring. Beware. My best advice is split the book with a friend.
It's all reading philosophy and talking about human ideology. Study Zizek in advance and you'll be his best friend, the class is 65% watching Zizek talk, which is great if you can understand his thick accent. For the papers, they aren't hard but there is a lot of them and word count matters! If you are one word under the minimum he will notice
At first I was really skeptical but he became one of my favorite professors last quarter. He knows what he's talking about and quite passionate about it. He's a really funny guy and class discussions are never dull. haha our class even had inside jokes with him. Make sure to do responses and the summaries. 2 tests which are take home essays.
Great class. The tests can be sort of tough. However, don't be discouraged because of that as the class introduces you to some really new concepts and gives you an interesting perspective of other things you may already know.
You'll get out of Professor Hafizi's class what you put in. You won't do boring readings, or even all that much work in his class. You will be challenged to think about and discuss the topics you watch and read about. Don't take his class if you're not willing to participate in group discussions because it ruins it for everyone else.
He's a great professor, even though you don't actually learn a how to compose an essay or research paper, he just assign them and expect you to be good at it. He gives a lot of readings, long readings, so get ready to read a lot and a short amount of days. He's a great man and I will accept that most of the readings he assigned were good ones.
This was supposed to be a media literacy class. I was of course expecting to talk about media, but no. This a philosophy class, nothing to do with what the class is supposed to be. From the million articles he wants us to read, only one was about media and we didn't even discussed it. I've learned absolutely nothing and regret taking this class.
I don't know, I feel like a lot of the times he crossed some boundaries. A girl in my class wrote an essay on depression and he straight up said "well that's what medication is for." I mean you pretty much are guaranteed an A unless you do nothing, but he's not the most caring guy.
Barely teaches. Mostly he just shows videos and has us talk about them, but it's more of a philosophy class than composition. I didn't learn a single thing about writing and he really just assigned essay prompts and had us work it out between ourselves, giving no feedback. Not worth the money at all. The course for people who want free credits.
If you dont talk youll do poorly. the readings are weird and confusing. but if you want an easy class where you just watch videos then, go ahead. During discussion sometimes he was very racist and it was not appreciated.
My absolute FAVORITE professor. To the point where I am waiting to take my last ENG elective just so I can take him again. You have about 3 papers I think, but they are short and he allows you to write about things you are actually interested in. I took him my freshman and sophomore year and he changed my outlook on life. TAKE HIS CLASSES
I loved having Hafizi. Easy "A". He is super easy to get along with and loves when you participate in class discussions. There are only 3-4 papers but they only have to be one page and the topics are all subjective. He just wants you to be able to support your stance on the topic.
I absolutely loved him, but if you are don't like to talk in class or thinking, then don't do this. He gave chance to open my eyes without his personal bias. Yes, we do have a lot to read and some were bored and hard, but you don't have to read pages as long as know what is it about. I survived as a Chinese student, and I'm rewarded from what I did
Professor Hafizi's class was a lot of reading but not difficult. Most of the work is class discussions about what you read with three papers attached. An interesting professor with odd sense of humor. Easygoing and your grades will reflect this. Gives more of a philosophy class feeling in a good way. Really entertaining. Participate and you'll pass
Professor Hafizi is actually super chill with grading; as long as you do the reading and submit your assignments on time within what he's looking for, it's an easy A.
Hated going to this class. Had to take it to fill my schedule, but it was a waste of my ENGL elective. The reading amount was crazy. Just read a few pages, you'll be fine. Class discussions has NO direction, & it was incredibly frustrating. Watched a lot of movies. Others had issues with low grades on essays/work. Just overwrite, and you'll be ok.
Every week there is a discussion about the longest and most difficult to understand textbook ever. His quizzes based on the textbook are literary fill in the blank where he expects you to do in 20mins and you can't go back to change any answer. I was taking this class so I could have time for my other two and it ended up taking most of my time.
I have to take this class because for some reason, it's required for animation majors. Based on the other reviews here, I'd say that this is because of the teacher, but this class with this professor is basically philosophy. LOTS of readings, some are tough. It's manageable if there's no other choice, but if I could I'd pick another teacher.
The professor is a nice person, but... you pretty much just read (a LOT) outside of class, discuss the readings and watch videos in class. There aren't any actual lectures so you need to be able to analyze text really well. You also have to write a lot - be sure to go way over the minimum word count because the minimum will not get you a 100%.
Not sure why a group project is required for an online class. Made the course really difficult. Maybe not the professor's fault. Just avoid taking this class online.
I wish I was kidding when I say this class made me miserable. Its a philosophy class thats just listening to him be racist, transphobic, and homophobic for an hour then you watch a movie or documentary, depending on his mood. He loves to talk a lot about the American Dream for a non-American, and has also dropped the n-word hard r in class before
The Worst experience I ever had, the worst professor at SCAD, and the most racist person in the America. We sit in a big circle, and he asked me and my friend to sit in the center because we talked for a little bit, everyone was talking but he only humiliate us because we are Asian, I have never been so humiliate in my life
A lot of tough reading. Quizzes are hard to me. But he is a easy grader, just make sure you write the limit of words, you will be fine. Definitely learn a lot by this concept.
I really liked Prof. Hafizi! Very communicative of his expectations, very active in the discussion posts and incredibly understanding if there are any issues with the textbook or the group project. Most of the course is self-study but Hafizi's expectations in assignments are reflected in the reading assignments so you don't miss anything.
Normally I wouldn't rate lecture professors this low, but this was an exception. The course project for this class lasted half the quarter, and after 2/4 of the group refused to participate, the only thing the professor did was tell us to do the work ourselves. We did twice as much work as everybody for most of the quarter. Would not reccomend.
Okay. Not a terrible class but wish he was more vocal about the group project. Quizzes are the toughest part. If you post discussion early, have evidence in them and reply to many students and go beyond the word counts it is an easy enough grade and you can always reach him on email. Id say especially for an elearning course perhaps less work
Bottom line, this class is extremely difficult because it's 90% reading and all the textbooks are super dry and hard to understand, and it doesn't help that so are the discussion questions. I failed to receive good grades on a lot of my assignments because of how confusing the prompts were. (also its rlly important to reply to two people!)
The absolute dryest course I have ever taken. If you hope to learn something of value, I would take this class with a different professor. This man does little more than assign readings and discussion posts. He puts in no effort to make the material accessible. Basically, hes bad at teaching this material. Its boring. His module is deathly boring
The class was pretty simple but also boring, same thing every week. Professor would comment on posts occasionally and he responded to emails. Nothing exciting and pretty unmemorable class overall.
Horrible. Just horrible honestly. Probably the worst professor I've had in my more than three years at SCAD. The class is extremely boring, and he's beyond strict about grading for the discussion posts. It seems like unless you give a perfect response, he scores you incredibly low. Avoid at all costs.
I am not kidding when I say I have never had a worse professor. Have you ever had a professor that literally does not accept late work, changes quiz dates with no notice and puts inaccurate information in the syllabus then docs points from YOU for it? Get ready! He is the meanest, harshest professor I have ever had the displeasure to learn from.
Awful communication. The work is so uninteresting and just bad overall. Dont take him or switch if you can
He shows no interest in communicating with students, provides dull content with no applicable use. He also shows lack of passion in his teaching therefore leading to terrible outlines and rubric that has no resemblance to the grades he gives out. He will shame and make a mockery out of students who miss assignments. Overall, not too shabby. sigh.
I would NOT recommend it to others. My main issue is that he never communicates with us, and never responds to any emails asking for further details on the projects. He posts in his announcements about office hours he doesn't have or show up to and he doesn't give you feedback when grading. The quizzes and reading are ridiculous as well.
One of the worst teachers I've had here at scad. He doesn't respond to emails, straight up wasn't present for his office hours, and his grading makes no sense. The textbook was also incredibly hard to read through, and it's required if you want to pass the terrible quizzes he has as well.
The professor is knowledgeable; however, his criteria for assignments were not very clear at all. The class itself was fairly easy; although, the readings we had to read were often confusing and had some highly controversial and/or extremely outdated opinions (ex. promotion of homophobic points of view, usage of the n-word, etc.).
I took his class because there was no other available for ENG123. He is unclear on the rubrics, on the works that needed to be done and also when it comes to grading PLUS, he's never consistent on it. If you have the chance to choose, don't take him.
(it's ENGL 171 btw) worst professor i've ever had. he gives you 0s if your discussion doesn't meet the word limit, all he does in class is ask us to read the textbook for two and a half hours. he puts no effort into class whatsoever. i don't know why he's still a professor.
This is the strangest man I've ever met. His class was incredibly easy, I would read a synopsis of the text in the first few minutes and passed with flying colors. On day 1 he told us attendance was optional, as long as we posted to discussions. He definitely has interesting materials on the syllabus, and videos, but he is definitely a character.
This was the strangest class I've ever been in. We'd spend the first 20 minutes on an essay and response but after that, we just watched documentaries that he was interested in. Largely felt like a waste of my time, and truthfully I can't even say this was an English class based on course content.
Very short essays were required, no incredibly long papers, did a lot of reading in class and discussed them.
Hafizi has two requirements for his class: discussion posts and 3 essays total. He is a fair grader and gives you the freedom to right about almost anything you'd like. Class time itself feels long as it isn't very engaging, but I was always able to get things done in class to reduce my workload at home. It is what you'd expect from intro English.
Prof Hafizi is fun to be around once you get to know him and his material. Be sure you're ready to speak up in class! Engagement is key and the material/lectures can be interesting to discuss. Be on the lookout for triggering material (discussions on sex, violence, etc), though he usually gives a warning beforehand. Pretty swell professor overall.
Does not made recorded lectures available to be seen after class ends. The lecture itself, is very minimal and mostly watch videos. For discussion posts, do two separate days to count toward your attendance. Communication is minimal outside of class. There are 3 papers that's due, but wouldn't provide information about it if you missed the class.
You write ~800 words in that weeks discussion board + 3 essays and you have some freedom in choosing the topic. You will get an A as long as you hit the word count, +10% extra credit if you make a power point to go with it! He genuinely makes me want to write + we spend the second half of class discussing world issues, which builds our skills.
Super easy class. He gave our first essays feedback with heavy use of ChatGPT and didn't give feedback on the rest of our essays. You do a reading in every class then "discuss" afterwards. t's usually just him talking though. I would only recommend his class for those that want an easy A, not those that actually want to learn.
For those who want to take the class seriously, the topics are actually thought provoking. In this class you can throw together a piece of writing and turn it in, but you can also chew on each paragraph of reading and regurgitate your thoughts. The high degree of freedom means that the course experience is overwhelmingly up to you, as is life.
super chill guy and an easy grader, hit the word count on your essays and discussions and you'll have an A. Shows lots of videos and fun discussions. Never even had to read a full reading for the discussion posts, you can just read the first few pages and use ideas he talks about in class. Really good about accomodations. chillest english class.
The most insufferable professor I've ever had. He creates an environment that actively makes participation unpleasant by being opinionated and argumentative, but when nobody participates in class he makes backhanded comments about the group, which just make participation less appealing of an idea. Super easy to get a 100, though.
Super chill class, super chill professor. I don't understand why anyone would want to give him a negative. We mostly just watch videos and read in this class, and the graded things are discussion posts and the essays. He's really leftist and can give you some super interesting political/philosophical things to think about. Participate, it's fun!
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
79%
Textbook Required
60%
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