Nushin is the best professor I have ever taken.
I recommend anyone taking her before they graduate. I have taken two classes with her and it has literally changed my life. The material is important and relevant to what is happening in the world today. There is one midterm which is worth 35% and then a final paper worth 65%. It's an easy class in the sense that everything is interesting and you actually want to learn, but don't expect to just sit through class and still getting an A.
Nushin is a fascinating person and I love that she shares her personal experiences, growing up in Afghanistan.

Professor is one of the best I’ve ever had at UCLA! She is incredibly knowledgeable, balanced, and funny. Her lectures are engaging and very informative. I felt that I learned not only about the communication aspect of the course, but also in a way about the human psyche. The class is structured so that there is 1 midterm and 1 final paper. The final paper is a sort of synthesis paper that requires much attention and detail since it covers questions and materials from the entire quarter. I would recommend that you start as soon as she releases the questions, which tends to be sometime at the end of week 8 and due finals week. Go to her office hours or email and ask her about what to improve and what you should actually be focusing on and because of her helpfulness and clarity, you should be rewarded with a good grade. Good luck!

I took this class as my first upper-div comm class and it was super interesting. the grade just depends on the midterm (35%) and a final paper (65%) so there is not a lot of work outside from that, lecture, and readings. The professor is very knowledgeable about conspiracy theories and the Middle East. Lecture attendance was mandatory but she sent the recorded lecture to international students and posted all the lectures the week before midterm and finals week. This is a good and somewhat low-stress comm elective to take because there is not a lot of work throughout the quarter except for midterm and finals week.

This is the second time I've taken her, but the first time in person. With that being said, I would prefer the online version of this class. Her lectures tend to be a bit long and difficult to follow at times, making it much more manageable virtually. However, she structures them in a very straightforward way, making sure students know the answers to the questions she is posing. Those questions are asked on the midterm and final, so make sure you take good notes when she talks about them. The midterm and final are essays and are not too bad if you start them early enough. She is pretty lenient with her grading and claims you have to do the readings, but I never did and just incorporated some quotes from random articles into my papers and got an A on both exams. The class can be a drag sometimes but is very doable overall, and if you're looking for a pretty easy filler class, I'd recommend.

The class is pretty interesting and was an easy A in my opinion, you just have to make sure you put a lot of effort for the midterm and the final paper (due online during finals week). I read through most of the readings so that helped me out a lot, but I know a lot of people who didn't and just relied on the slides and did fine, so use your best judgment on whether or not you do them (most of them are really long but I felt like they helped me because I was able to use information from them to make my answers on the exam super detailed, which is key to doing well on it). Exam is 6 questions, you only answer 3- the first one was required and the other 2 you pick. Group relevant information together (hallmarks of a conspiracy theory, historical origins of conspiracy theories, scholarly perspectives on conspiracy theories, etc.) when you study and you should be fine, the questions were all pretty easy. Format for the final paper in Nushin's classes has changed since I took this class, but regardless you'll need to know the material well enough so that you can apply it in your writing (basically you're getting relatively recent news articles and you're discussing them by applying information from the class).

The professor was very unorganized with her teaching style. It's a shame because the content of the class had the opportunity to be really awesome and interesting, but it was nearly impossible to follow along during lecture because of how all over the place it was. The professor was super sweet, and the exam was not difficult, I just think I could have learned so much more had the lectures been clear and easy to follow.

I feel like this class could have been interesting if explained well. it was so boring and the professor just lectures in a way where it just sounds like words but you understand nothing. also the midterm was just dumb because she expects you to show what you've learned but the questions are really specific and she says just answering the questions won't give you full credit.. like you have to write a bunch of irrelevant stuff just to show that you've learned something. anyways, would not recommend. sorry hope this helps :)

nushin is super super nice, she's pretty insane too but it doesn't matter because there's just a midterm (writing - 3 questions) and a final ten page paper so honestly you don't need to go to class or really know anything. overall, great class to take.

You only have to do a mid term test and a final paper, both of which are not too challenging if you go to lectures. The course is very interesting and a topic the professor is extremely knowledgeable on.