AMES-327S
9/11 AND THE GLOBAL NOVEL
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that discussion is a clear strength. Best for students who will actually talk in class instead of sitting silent. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredSpring
Typical enrollment9–9
Semesters of data1
4.4
Hrs / week
9
Responses
9
Enrollment
100%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.1
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.2
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.8
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
2.9
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 28 comments across 1 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that discussion is a clear strength. Best for students who will actually talk in class instead of sitting silent. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Discussion is a clear strength; students repeatedly describe the class conversation as engaging and useful.
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who will actually talk in class instead of sitting silent.
Watch out for
• Most of the signal comes from a limited sample, so be careful about over-generalizing.
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
Deepened my ability to critically analyze texts Thought about intersections of imperialism, culture, race, and everything in between Gained a deeper understanding of the historical context of 9/11
Spring 2025 · Singh, Preeti
We learned how to apply aspects of postcolonial theory to analyze the meaning behind different post-9/11 novels. This involved learning about how the cold war fed into modern US foreign policy decision making, and the role of imperialism.
Spring 2025 · Singh, Preeti
I think one of the most important skills I have developed and improved on is my ability to step out of my comfort zone and be more empathetic to opinions different than my own. Additionally I learned how to critically analyze a text a discuss over it.
Spring 2025 · Singh, Preeti
Theoretical approaches to ideas surrounding conflict, in-depth analysis of how post 9/11 media connects to the event itself, gained insight on how surveillance states and their contribution to community divisions
Spring 2025 · Singh, Preeti
I have never taken a literature class before so I have never had to take a novel and connect it with global issues. I learned how to take how the novel was written and what happened in the novel and connect it with why the novel was written.!
Spring 2025 · Singh, Preeti
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Singh, Preeti 0.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality0.0Difficulty0.0Based on 0 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 9 |
Instructor
Singh, PreetiAMES
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