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very easy, just midterm and final papers
so easy. hardly ever takes attendance, just papers. no tests. easy A. teaches 209 and 104
a little boring....not too hard.. one paper every week... had a horrible accent...sometimes hard to understand what she's saying, overall ok
Good professor. Wrote papers every week, in class discussions, took attendance and students graded papers not professor. Alright class
Excellent teacher. Very nice and respectful. Open to class participation a lot. Had two long papers. Got an A. Deserved it :)
I definently recommend taking one of her courses on the Middle East since in taps into many of today's hot political topics. She requires a lot of books, however you can still do well w/out doing all readings. Midterm and final are papers, which makes it easier. Takes attendance daily.
No doubt, the easiest teacher I've ever had while at the QC. She decided to not give us a midterm and a final. All's she had us do is write 1-2 page papers about what we discussed in class. Not only that, but the students graded them themselves. It was joke. Easy grades all around!
U ARE CRAZY IF YOU DON'T TAKE HER. MIDTERM IS 5 PAGES AND DIVIDED INTO FIVE PEOPLE. SAME FOR FINAL. THE CLASS IS A JOKE!
Ok who is easier? Her or Professor Croce-king.
She is very easy and it's easy to do well. We did have a final that was multiple choice, not bad a few tricky questions. but you needed to study to do well. Not an easy A anymore. she gives papers in other classes, but we has a real final that was cumculative.
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Nice Teacher, but this semster a lil different from other classes she taught. 104 she gave us a Cummalative FINAL. 60questions. Very Hard. MUst read the entire book,though she gave me a B+ and 2 papers. 260, we only had to hand in 2, group papers I got a A-
I deserved an A but instead recieved an A-
I enjoyed her class . For a tough and controversial topic , she did manage it well. She is fair and balance. She is not hooked on convention, is fun ,and very knowlegeble . EXCELLENT CHOICE.
Aww... Flamhaft and Rollins make such a cute little poli sci team.
Shes the best... Take her for everything you can - show a little effort and she will reward you big time. She makes my GPA happy happy.
One word to describe this professor is simply amazing. helpful,kind,caring, pretty cute and her tests are not hard if you study.
My GPA is still happy happy thanks to her. Take her, she is simply awesome - much like the Billy Ocean song Carribbean Queen. Oh Yeah - You rock Flamhaft... You Rock.
easy class...BUT SO BORING...makes u regret taking it so much...i havent done the reading in weeks..sometimes gives surprise quizzes...but not often...boring..slow...and even more boring...
i was looking forward to this class and now i regret it, she is so boring and you have to read for every class because she just calls on people from the attendence book its like your back in 3rd grade, the matrial is kind of interesting but she makes you fall asleep, befor coming to class make sure you drink expresso
The worst professor I have ever had. Easy? Yes! However, she does not care about teaching, or just cant teach. Buy her****ty book before you take her class. That should tell you all you need to know. O Ya, dont forget she is still only a guest lecturer at Queens College. I wonder why she still can't make assistant professor?
I enjoyed her class, to the fullest. 25 page paper to write.(department's requirement) no final, no midterm, just the paper and presentation, not bad at all. Very interesting.. She's really nice, and very helpful.
Great Professor, the best professor out of the whole psci dept. Very helpful,generous and mild mannered professor.
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Prof.Flamhaft is the best,she is smart,helpful and knowledgable.Queens college should hire more professors like Flamhaft. :)
3 cheers 4 Flamhaft :)
Not the fairest of teachers. If you participate in class and go everyday and are on the cusp of a grade all that you did in class will count for nothing. Will not give extra credit to boost your grade either. If she has a TA they do most of the grading her final is multi choice & written so poorly that even the most prepared students wont do well.
very nice professor and easy grader. Go to class, do the assignmnents and participate n u will get a good grade. Most students love her and take her for whatever they can. I recomend her. In my class we had to write 8 papers and we had to grade each other, but the papers were not hard. take her, trust me....
Great teacher! Interesting course... however it involves writing 8 papers, grading your classmate's papers and participating in class.You have to do your own research for the papers in this class. Highly recommended if you do not mind doing the work.
She is a great Professor, has alot of knowledge especially anything that deals with the Middle East. If you dont mind learn about the M.E then this professor's class is right for you. She was a lot easier until this plp in the class been annoying her.
Professor Flamhaft is awesome, she is the best, because she beats all the rest. Her class is enjoyable. She respects her students and teaches the course real well.
She's an easy grader... but her class is unbearable. She turns everything into a Middle East course, yet the title is International Relations. Take at your own risk.
Boring unless you're interested in polisci, and even then it's pretty boring. Bring a book or a friend. But easy as pie! Just have a group paper as a midterm(1 pg per person)and a multiple choice final on a list of terms she gives you a week before(google is your friend-I hardly opened the 6 lb book). Takes attendance daily and likes participation.
nice teacher, but plays the favoritism card way too much. if you act like a pompous know it all and annoy the entire class with useless banter, shell give you a better grade than a person who aces all the papers and tests. i know, cause im one of the blow hards.
The class is extremely easy . . . a midterm group project and a final group project were the only assignments. She claims attendance matters but i found out that as long as you participate when you attend class you will do fine. Her biggest flaw is her lack of teaching ability, if nobody in the class has anything to say she doesnt know what to do.
not a fair profs. those who talk alot (even about useless jargon) get better grades than those who sit there quietly and ace every test and paper. i aced the midterm and final, and was absent twice and i got a B- which inst bad but not fair for someone who got an A on the midterm and an 98 on the final.
Plp behave in her class. Stop talking while she teaching or explaning something. Sit in her class and stay till the end. Last year her 104 final was easier thanx to the plp who cant be quiet she made the final harder. She is mild mannered professor, so dont take advantage of her.
The problem with this professor is she is not serious and her grading is biased.
Let me sum up this prof up with 2 words-boring and biased. Dont take her unless.. actually, there are no conditions. Just dont take her.
very boring and very tempermental. she is not the best teacher on earth but is pretty easy regardless. take this class to get no less than an A- if u put in minimal effort but do not expect to learn anything at all. she will bore u to tears unless u find her material interesting on her own. do not expect her keep u entertained or educated at all.
She is repetative, but she is a very soft hearted person. 1st of all students you treat her class like it is a take out at a restaraut. then show when up ever you feel like. some of the students cant keep quiet and talk and walk out the class. If you want to pass then this class is for you. if you are for a challenge then this class is not for you.
This professor seems to have a chip on her shoulder from the moment she walks in until the end. if she likes you she'll pass you, if she doesn't you might as well drop it. Very biased, very tempermental,and very boring.
this professor is boring, and very tempermental. get her mad and you might as well drop the class. when you write the midterm paper make sure you agree with her on whatever you write, other wise you'll end up with a bad grade. she gets mad if you dont read and takes it personal. Some advice: kiss up to her as much as you can, she's one of those.
She always takes attendance before the class. So be there. Her lecture is boring... very boring...
Awesome Professor if you actually take the time to read the text, keep up with current events, and participate in class. Those who rate her so poorly are the typical students who want to slack off like high school and get a "free" grade.
Not bad. She's kind of weird b/c she doesn't give out her emails so its like impossible to reach her off campus. As far as the class, lots of reading, some in my opinion can be irrelevant and the final paper was like writing a book. Other than that, she's cool and nice and like for you to speak a lot.
Shes ok, Nice person, but you really wont learn much. Too much boring reading that nobody does, make sure to site in her papers, even if shes the one who gave you the articles, Final is easy- multiple choice vocab.
Guys, if you want to learn something do not take her. Not only is her class extremely boring, she really does not teach anyting. She has her favorites.
I thought she was great!
She really does try to engage you, but I feel like she tries to impose her views on students. She gives out a syllabus but doesn't follow it at all so 4 classes in & you've given up on the course. Two papers, 1 super easy final. You can make it work for you. She's not very available outside of class (I don't think she is, anyway).
EASY... took her for ps102 controvies. she gave 5 essays all 4pgs long.. honestly i dont think she reads it. she skim though it to see if u use wikipedia and then gives every one an A or B nothing less. she wants every1 to participate but it doesnt matter it depends on your essay grades. no finals, midterms, or books
She is a wonderfully professor I will take another one of her classes!!!
She is the best of the best...easy easy easy!!! Recommend to everyone taking political science
Great professor. Great class.
A great teacher, knows more about the Middle East than any other professor. Lectures can be a little slow, but subject matter is great.
One of the best professors that I have had at Queens College. Extremely intelligent on all issues regarding the Middle East.
The books are the professor in this class. You have to read and you must participate to get a good grade (which is difficult if you don't do the readings or show up to class) two 5pg papers is all we had. Keep up with the reading, participate, ask questions and you should be fine.
One professor who really knows what she's doing. Listening to her will make you love political science all over.
One professor who really knows what she's doing. Listening to her will make you love international politics all over.
Her class requires participation. The midterm is a paper and the final is a vocab test, that's all. She tells you to read a nice amount of pages from the book for every class but only some really kept up with the readings. She clearly knows a lot about international politics and it was interesting to listen to her. Pretty good professor overall.
Very knowledgeable and bright, although the dynamic wasn't my favorite. The class was easy for the most part. Participation is required and is an extremely important part of your grade. Overall good and easy enough.
Professor Flamhaft was extremely enjoyable. I felt that a lot of the class was just being wasted to kill the hour. The students in the class had a huge impact as some were extremely important in keeping the conversation going. I don't feel that I gained a strong opinion on Middle Eastern Politics but I did learn a lot of history. Thanks Professor!
You have to bring in textbook everyday but as long as you go with the flow you dont actually have to read it. Only a midterm paper final and closing statement but 25% is participation so she writes down your name every time you speak (so if she knows your name you're probs in good shape). She also goes very off topic!
She is an excellent professor who knows an exceptional amount about her subject. I took her for both her Middle Eastern politics class and my seminar. Participation is a MUST. If you don't speak, she will call on you randomly. Essays have to be well written and cited extensively, but as long as you show you care a little, she'll meet you halfway
A Realist Review; If you don't mind opening your mouth for a question, thought, or anything random then youll love this class. This class has no substance, very easy. We need more classes like this that are not torture simulators. You have to try hard to fail this course, or get less than an A.
Class is not that difficult at all. The Prof. truly knows how to explain the materials she is teaching. Also class is pretty laid back. The prof. also truly cares about her students. If something happens that is going to conflict with your grades for this class, she will try her best to help you out.
great teacher. you just need to show up and raise your hand once and you're set. she based my classes grades off a midterm paper that was 4 pages, a test that was all definitions and she lets us go open notebook (i doubt she will do that again), and a 2 page paper on 4 things learned in class. easy A.
I wish I could see my final, just to know what I got right and what wrong, but she never gave me that chance, even I requested it because I was not agree with the grade. When a professor cannot show you your paper....
I've taken Professor Flamhaft many times and I do recommend taking her classes. The ONLY thing I might need to warn others about is that she has an opinion and if you differ from that opinion then she will spend forever trying to disprove you until you both get frustrated and end it. She gives a few papers and sometimes an exam (Easy).
-I love her! She is amazing kind & intelligent. But the class is student-centered & there is no lecturing. Readings are long. She tracks who & how much u participate! Participation is vital to doing well; she expects u to have lots of knowledge on the Mid East; read up on the news. Easy A for essays- but not based on class readings, only research!
-Okay class, nice person, but you won't really learn much.
She was an awesome proffesor. Interesting course (middle eastern politics), one midterm paper and two final papers. I prefer papers than actual tests lol. Make sure you participte. She knows her stuff by heart.
I hardly didn't do anything and got an A. Easy essays and a very easy grader. Definitely take her.
Very good professor! All you have to do is skim through the chapters to see what the class that day will be on. A must is a membership or someway to access a newspaper. Online version the day of the class works too! The first 20-35 min of the class is just discussing then she lectures very lightly. Easy grader, lets the students decide the papers.
she is very smart and helpful. i like how she helps you to write your papers. i never wrote papers in my life and now after i wrote my seminar paper in professor Flamhaft's class i can say that i am confident enough to write papers. she gives you good grade if you do your part of the job. Most of all i enjoyed her class as it was conversational.
she writes when you participate in class which is a lot of your grade so talk in class! There's a really easy midterm paper and in class final with separate closing statement so pretty easy class. You should get textbooks and have them opened during class so she thinks you read but you really don't need to just fake it. Overall pretty good choice
incredibly easy class. just participate in the beginning of the class when she asks about relevant middle eastern news. other than that there are 2 easy A papers for midterm and final that she pays someone else to grade for her. I basically never paid attention and stopped going midway through the semester and got an A.
A great professor.
Easy A. Assigned an essay for both midterm and final. If you attend and participate you will get an A. Just make sure she knows your name.
Great professor
Super easy class and very nice teacher. Easy grader, patient and wants you to do well.
Amazing professor, work load is fairly light for the type of class at hand, she cares about participation though, so make sure you participate! Would take her again for all my poli sci classes if i could.
I love her and her story !! She is such an inspirational professor. Definitely take her!! She gives one writing assignment, two essays which are straightforward and easy to write about. All you have to do is participate once so she can write your name down, shes very easy !!!
She is great, its not too much to earn participation. You just raise your hand and she writes your own name down. She isn't a hard grader in fact she is very fair. She gives one paper and one final which is basically vocabulary.
I wish I had Professor Flamhaft for PSCI 260 as well! She makes hard subjects very clear and she keeps the balance in the class. Also she has a very sharp knowledge for political science. She's also very helpful, understanding and caring.
In the beginning of class there would be a group discussion on current events for the first 20 minutes then professor Flamhaft would lecture for the rest of class. She has a very thick accent which made it hard to understand at times. There were two papers- one final and one midterm. East class easy grade not a tough grader at all. Just do the work
Prof. Flamhaft is a real gem. Because classes are online, she conducts her courses over zoom and requires cameras to be on. While this sounds annoying, I really recommend taking her class because she is a very educated and captivating person. She cares about her students. The key to this class is participation, so take part in the zoom classes!
I absolutely love her! She is super nice, and really knows her stuff. The class is really easy. All you have to do is participate in the class and write couple of papers and you will get an A in the class. I wish qc had more professors like her
Overrated class imo, didnt find it that easy. Participation matters a lot, which is kind of unfair for students who cant. She is just more lenient for those who participate more. Everybody gets the same grade on their paper. Too much emphasis on current events news and we barely covered material in class. The reading material was p good tho.
OK. Grade is based on two papers - 4 page midterm, 4 page final paper, & daily class participation. She urges you to turn on your camera and wants everyone to participate. More than half the class is spent discussing the news so read the news daily and have something to share. Barely learned anything in class about politics though....
Participation is mandatory, demands people turn on cameras. Gave the option to do a paper instead of speaking for participation, but cancelled this option 2 weeks before finals and didn't let you make it up even if you weren't able to verbally participate during the semester. Let students talk about the news half the class, you don't learn a thing
just dont take her. Shes annoying because she wants you to read the news but gets upset because half of the class is discussing the news. Doesnt clearly explain what she wants in the paper but gives you a bad grade if she doesn't like it. Participation is essential. All she does is read the book. Barely any homework but confusing and boring class
I don't know why there are bad reviews about her recently but she is one of the coolest professors in QC. There is only a midterm paper and a final paper. Participation matters since it is an online class. You read the news every time before class and discuss it with everyone. Definitely easy A. Take her you won't regret it.
Awesome Professor and awesome class! Participation matters a lot so don't be afraid to speak up and share in class! Only 2 papers- one for midterm and for the final exam. Very nice Professor who wants to hear your opinion, so as long as you speak and share, your guaranteed an A.
Overall pretty good
She is amazing!!!!!
she is a rockstar. Yes she asks students to share the news, because the whole class is centered on world news.. she provides great feedback, is very caring, smart, and loves her students. We need more of her at QC.
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