I took this class in the Transfer Summer Program Summer 2021. The class was "Writing the Sick Body in Literature, Art, & Film—A Course in Medical Humanities"

Grading:
20% Personal Essay: 2-3 pages
25% Research Notebook
30% Research Paper: 7-8 pages
25% Participation

Prof. Drissi gives great feedback and wants you to do well. I believe the average grade for the personal essay was an A-. The research notebook was all effort-based. The research paper was very independent but she was more than willing to give guidance if you asked for it. She was VERY understanding of my personal circumstances and struggles and was willing to accommodate me in every way.

She is a kind-hearted individual who wants you to do well. I wholeheartedly recommend her as a professor.

Professor Drissi was honestly one of the nicest professors I had this quarter, being an incoming student! I would say that her work is really easy, only 3 major essays, and they're all straightforward. She has outside reading, but doesn't really keep track of who reads it and who doesn't, so you can get away with not reading. I will say that she isn't the best communicator because you'll walk into a lecture and she'll ask if you read a certain article when she didn't mention it at all. Other than that, the class is really easy and fun!

Didn't learn much about writing only learned how to analyze old photos and movie scenes. You don't know when to do a lot of the readings and the class is disorganized. The class was easy to get an A- or B in but anything higher is unclear how to obtain because she doesn't give much feedback. Drissi is a funny and nice hearted person but I would not take this class again. ALSO DON'T BUY THE BOOK SHE TELLS YOU TO, I WASTED $100 AND WE NEVER USED IT ONCE!!!

Dr. Drissi is an extremely kind and nice professor. You can tell she is passionate about what she does and also how she tries to make her class engaging. I especially enjoyed how the theme of this class was about hair. However, I think the biggest flaw of this class was just how poorly everything is organized and structured. Each class meet up was basically a class discussion, but sometimes I didn't even know we had to read certain articles just because she doesn't mention it at all. I also think that although she gives a couple tips on how to write our essays here and there, she really glazed over how to write the 3 essays in total we had to write about. She did do in-class assignments that are built to help you, but I personally just found them tedious and unhelpful. Despite that, I personally didn't have any problems at all in this class and even with the unorganized structure, it shouldn't impact you and your grade. It just might be a challenge to those who struggle with writing already since she doesn't help much unless you personally go to her office hours or meet her during individual conferences for essay 3 (final paper). I think that if you already are a solid writer (as in you've taken some sort of english class in high school of college), taking her class is no problem and you'll be able to get an A for sure, but just note that it may be unorganized especially finding articles/movies on bruinlearn or what assignments are due etc.

I took this class during FSP in the summer, and I would say it was an easy A. We had readings for every class, but they weren't too complex. The class was small, so participation was encouraged to keep the class going. I also really liked Dr. Drissi; she is very motherly and understanding. I would highly recommend.

Assignments:
20% Personal Essay: 2-3 pages
25% Research Notebook
30% Research Paper: 7-8 pages
25% Participation

I would say that my time in Dr. Drissi's class was forgettable at most and unnecessarily stressful. Her class is set up in a seminar/discussion format which I did enjoy considering that class sizes were small. However, I found her to be condescending and unorganized which was a deterrence that outweighed the intimate setting of the class. The topic was on Medical Humanities often taking perspectives from a non-Eurocentric lens. The content itself was interesting, but the essays gave me stress that easily could've been avoided by clear instructions. The only way to succeed is to write what she wants to hear and go to her office hours (I learned that after the first essay). Getting an A is easy once you figure out what she wants, you just have to dig for it.