Farhana is super funny and a genuinely nice person, but she's very tough. I struggled (along with many others). She is a tough grader, and her class is based solely on test's and one presentation.

I think she's a nice person who means well, but she changed the date of the final last minute, her feedback was often very unclear, despite her harsh grading she doesn't provide any extra credit opportunities, she assigned us summaries every week but made them worth zero credit, and summaries were about 1/3 of the work in the class.

This class was very disorganized and fast paced which contributed to a lot of confusion and low scores. She does not provide personal lectures on topics which makes it hard for students to learn and study what she wants us to know from the readings. Poor communication skills when contacted via email, tended to make assignments more confusing.

For this course being only worth 3 credits, it is very writing intensive and requires 1,000 word papers frequently. Difficult to study for quizzes since there is no lectures provided by the instructor on topics. Also difficulties with information provided in textbook, the book in the syllabus is not what is used on the quizzes. Passing takes work.

Dr. Loonat was not a good instructor and did not provide clear instructions or expectations. She does not care about content, but rather grades almost entirely on a "rubric" that she does not provide until after the fact. I am an exceptional student and this class was a challenge not because of the content, but rather the unexplained expectations

Her grading system is crazy. Farhana assigns a reading and the assignment is to voice your opinion or pose a question and then she hammers you with 25% if she disagrees. Be ready to attend a presentation on "white privilege" and apologize for being born a white male as you study white shaming.

Claims to be open and tolerant, but isn't. Claims to promote free discussion, but only when it agrees with her opinions. Uses her position as a professor to spout forth and propagate her own leftist political narrative. Don't bother taking her class, unless you like being indoctrinated and singled out if you disagree with her.

I tried to take this class both online and in person and both were a horrible experience. You can work for HOURS on one assignment and it is just not enough. Words can not describe what an awful teacher she is. Would never take a class with with her again and I strongly suggest you don't either.

Extremely opinionated. Skewes information to suit a political agenda. Not objective in any way and not respecting of different beliefs.

literally on the first day Loonat told us a story about how a young white male waiter didn't make eye contact with her at a restaurant when visiting her table and because of this he was asserting white male supremacy on her. This is the most ridiculous statement.

Loonat made us take a 23 question test the second day of class ABOUT THE SYLLABUS. One of the questions was Is the work in the class busywork? That question literally is busywork because it doesn't relate to any of the topics you'll be learning in class.

She causes the class to do weekly at least 5 assignments that you have to spend at least 4 or 5 hours researching and writing 1000 words, if you plan on taking this with any other class, good luck.

You can work for hours on an assignment to meet the 1000 word limit and will either get only ten points or none if it's not up to her standards. The assignments themselves aren't too hard, but they are ridiculously time-consuming. This is not the course for people that want a life outside of their classes.

Dr. Loonat will go out of her way to make your grade lower no matter what you might do. I struggled to hold an A and just because I did poorly on one assignment I was dropped to a B- from a solid A. She would go off subject often during lectures and expects you to take notes on every word. Will not address emails thoroughly Would not recommend.

Dr. Loonat is the worst teacher I have ever taken a class from. If you try to ask a question she would go off on a tangent and not answer your question. She doesn't discuss grades either so don't ask. When I asked her about a grade, she went to her other class talking about me and calling me derogatory names. I warn you to stay away!

The classroom is not about philosophy or political science. I had to pay for my classes, which I payed for philosophy, and political science. Instead, I got an entire quarter with both the classes talking about white supremacy entirely. Instead of class material, the conversations will be predominantly about white supremacy. Falsely labeled classes

While this isnt the hardest class ever, Dr. Loonat really makes you work for your grade. Assighnments themselves are not terribly hard, but there is alot of them and they are very repetitive. Also, you may go a week without any assighnments then have reasonably large summaries due every day for two weeks straight (including weekends).

I ended up withdrawing from her class. Not only was the workload ridiculous, but she is NOT a pleasant instructor. I really wanted to enjoy taking philosophy, but she is very political and if you disagree in the slightest, your grade WILL suffer. The only way you would love one of her classes is if you enjoy sucking up. She plays favorites HARD :(

She grades you good if you bulls**t the assignments and make then seem to fit her opinion. If you dont think her way or make your assignments look like you dont value the same things as her she gives you a bad grade. I turned in the same assignment every time but just changed the first sentence and still got 100% on every assignment.

Assignments due daily that required reading from a book of essays and expected to know ethics from THEM. Provided us with an incorrect link to the wrong version of the book which hindered half of the class. All daily assignments were pass or fail. No lectures videos, or flexibility, read the text and fill in the one sentence assignment structure.

It would have been nice to have actually talked about Philosophy, but instead it was all about her own racist views. I actually felt really bad for the white people in the class, because they were vilified in basically every class. I would avoid this teacher like the plague.

A warped conception regarding the amount of coursework and time commitments one class should take. Her syllabus says that this amount of work is definitely need, and if you can't cut it, too bad. Two 4-page summaries and 2 quizzes per week for POLS? Calculus had less homework, and didn't take 20 hours a week of my own time. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASSES.

This woman is something else. I take online classes so that I can work it around my schedule and continue my everyday life, she is requiring that you are on an online meeting everyday to present your assignment for the day. She is very biased and if you disagree in the slightest you will not pass.

I was very excited to take her POLS 202 Class, but she assigns work every single day EVEN ON WEEKENDS! She says in her syllabus that if you dont like the coursework load, your not fit. All of the summaries are repetitive, with a 80+ question quiz right after that. If you want to manage your time well, get ready to do 25+ hours a week in her course

There was an assignment every single day. This wouldn’t be hard except it’s required she checks it before you turn it in. She will tell you it will take her five minutes to check it. It will be an hour+ long zoom meeting where you’re waiting for your turn. Had an overlapping zoom meeting for another class and she never could get around to it.

I signed up to take a philosophy class not to have her social and political beliefs shoved down my throat.

This is an indoctrination class. Students are told their point of view is not important and then force fed the state point of view. Challenging her point of view means you lose. This is not a philosophy class. This is conditioning people to redefine what their morals are.

Dr. Farhana Loonat is currently under investigation for racist grading practices. She just did a 15 minute TEDx (not good enough for a real TED Talk) on how SHE'S the victim in this situation. That's all you need to know, really.

I took Professor Loonat's political science class and was very excited to learn new political viewpoints. However, this is far from what we learned. Loonat teaches nothing outside of her own, heavily leftist opinions. She discourages free thinking. She assigns a ton of work, 7-page summaries and 80-question tests every day, including weekends.

She is sexist, racist, and grades accordingly. This has been proven by several students submitting for a public records request of her grades along with the gender and race of the students. The statistics don't lie and a clear bias is present which is against the mission and values of the college.

Do not take this class or any classes from this professor. Get ready to be told that your opinions and thesis statements are wrong because she pushes her leftest views claiming that your view is wrong. She makes you change your thesis statements to put them into her words. Be prepared to spend 20 hours plus per week in this class.

This professor was horrible. She took forever to respond to emails and comments on assignments. When she FINALLY did she was extremely vague and unhelpful. For my graduation plan this was a mandatory class but had I known the unprofessionalism of this professor I would have dropped it.

She was crazy biased would not recommend. We were talking about politics for the beginning but it swapped to some gender study class. I left with a A and it was awful, I couldnt focus on my other classes. 2/10, she at least taught me how everyone is biased.

This professor assigns an insane amount of work daily including weekends. I was failing her class for a few weeks at the beginning due to external problems, she would send me a plethora of emails telling me I would fail her class and to drop out. She didn't even bother to help me when I would ask. Do not take her if you can !!!

What I like about Dr Loonat is: She knows a lot about ethics, political topics and know them really well specially LGBTQ+, but the assignments are directly impossible, all 16 of 20 students drop her class, she demanded peer review which was impossible with no students, every day she encourage us to drop assignments and class. Financial aid wasted.

The class was really difficult.

The Professor is horrible. Please avoid this individual at all costs. They are prejudiced and biased toward white students. This person would completely wreck your college experience. She frequently goes off on tangents during lectures about numerous issues, including how the US government is essentially based on white supremacy.

She will not give you 100% and is difficult to work with. If you don't agree with her, you better be ready to argue.

I got a good grade, but the class had lots of work in a little time. I don't think she reads the online questions because I got 100% even when I answered wrong on purpose. I used the PDF and Word search for the words in the question to find answers instead of the textbook. Later in the class,her page number hints didn't match the real answer pages.

Claims to be objective then will tell you "the personal is political" a feminist scholar-activist talking point which is ideological, take 101 first, if you have a progressive worldview this class should be smoother, circular grading system which is pass or fail in which SHE is the arbiter. Sometimes she's objective; other times its ideology.

I took Dr. Loonats class back in 2019, and still have nightmares about it. Kiss up to her and you'll survive, she acts like she cares for all her students but she will zoom into her own in-person class because she's scared to slip on ice, and won't tell anyone or let anyone else participate online. She will grade you based on if she likes you.