I took both the 20 and 102 series with Khanoom Hagigi. Simply put, this woman is amazing. She cares immensely about her students and we cared equally about her. By the end, we were all one big family. She will go out of her way to help you learn the material but she won't spoonfeed it to you either. Yes, the classes are easy but if you don't put in the amount of work required, more than anything you'll just disappoint her and trust me, you'll love this woman so much that that's the last thing you'll want to do. Native speakers, don't take the 1 series; it's a waste of your time. You'll get an A in the 20 series anyway. If you do take the 20 series, don't bother pretending like you don't know as much of the language as you do. Hagigi might as well be a linguist; she can tell if you're faking it and she WILL call your bluff eventually. Of course she would never do it in front of your peers because she has too much dignity and preserves yours as well. However, I heard several instances of her questioning individual's speaking backgrounds during their oral exams at the end of the year. Just be honest about how much you know and she will grade you fairly as long as you do the work. You'll never feel like she's slighted you when it comes to grades. If you don't do well on an exam it's because you didn't put any effort in and she'll definitely try to give you as many points as she can. The 102 series is a bit harder and you will have to put in more work but it's worth every minute and you will not regret it once it's over. There's far more translation and synonym work but knowing that you're learning about and reading the works of famous poets and authors that your parents read and can relate to is an amazing experience. Just take her class, it's well-worth it and Khanoom Hagigi is the epitome of fabulous.

Easy! Awesome Teacher! Learn Farsi!

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Easy! Awesome Teacher! Learn Farsi!

I have all the Thackston answers if you want to buy them. Save yourself hours!
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Easy! Awesome Teacher! Learn Farsi!

I have all the Thackston answers if you want to buy them. Save yourself hours!
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Mrs. Hagigi is an excellent teacher. If you can speak farsi (or at least understand it), then you are pretty much set. You basically learn the alphabet, and how to form words. Around week 9, there is a presentation regarding you interviewing one of your parents. You have to show your showcase your interview to the class and explain your interview speaking farsi. Outside of that project, all you have is a midterm, and final (both easy, she tells you exactly what is on it).

If you are thinking about Iranian 10A and 20A, I would recommend this series. Best part is that Mrs. Hagigi lets you come to either the morning class or the afternoon class!

It's a continuation of last quarter's class (Iranian 20A). A bit harder, but still doable and pretty easy. You probably are going to end up taking this class anyways.

Mrs. Hagigi is the best! Gonna miss Farsi and the people in it. Loved the class.

For me (considering my background), it was a very easy class. The professor teaches the alphabet for 5 weeks and then jumps straight into writing paragraphs and reading her handwriting (not print), so it's alot for some to catch up with. Also close to no grammar is taught so you need to actually know how to speak Farsi to be able to do the assignments. There's one midterm, one quiz, and a two-part final (one written and an oral exam). The tests are very easy but you do need to review the textbook material for the T/F questions. There's one project, a presentation of an interview with a relative who lived in Iran. That has to be done entirely in Persian but the slides' subtexts can be in English. There's also close to no homework for 5 weeks and then she starts handing out a bunch of worksheets every week. She's in general nice, but she does have ticks where she gets incredibly judgemental/ yells at people who talk too much. I spent every class working on my other classes and was polite enough to her: she liked me. Attendance is mandatory and she lets people re-do or make up assignments if needed. She's very lenient on tardiness mostly because she's 10-20 minutes late to every class and will not notice. The atmosphere of the class is mostly nice, I went in expecting absolutely nothing and actually made pretty nice friends, mostly because we spend 6 hours a week with 20-ish other students. Oh and if you can't make it to one session you can just show up at her other one that day (morning/afternoon class).

From someone who spoke some farsi but couldn't read or write if my life depended on it this class was kind of hard. One day we were learning the letters, the next we were writing and the next we were reading her handwriting. It accelerated very quickly. The class is so small, you can't not show up and she checks in to see your progress which is nice since she cares but also forces you to keep up to par. This is not a class to take for the GPA boost. You need to put in the effort to complete HW with carefulness and ask for help when needed whether that be from the professor or the TA. The book is crucial since much the HW is done through there. i chose not to take 20B with her since 20A caused me a bit too much added stress and anxiety on top of my other classes and a good amount of busy work. Overall she's a very sweet person and cares about all her students.

High workload, and very unclear on how to get an A in the course. I would not recommend it for someone just wanting to learn Persian as the class will take a significant amount of your time. Lectures are 3 days a week and attendance is mandatory. The tests I found to be very difficult, especially for students with no experience reading and writing Persian. The class is 90% reading and writing. Do not recommend taking.