ARABIC-102
ELEMENTARY ARABIC
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall, Spring
Typical enrollment7–14
Semesters of data4
4.4
Hrs / week
37
Responses
48
Enrollment
77%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.5
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.5
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.7
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.7
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 128 comments across 5 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
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
Heavy homework load
Homework load is one of the clearest friction points. Students repeatedly describe assignments, readings, or problem sets as time-consuming.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Instructor ratings are strong even when the comments do not cluster around one obvious positive theme.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
Speaking in arabic, writing in arabic, and arabic culture.
Fall 2025 · Boumaaza, Amal
Memorization, grammar, waking up early.
Fall 2025 · Boumaaza, Amal
-lots of arabic grammer, new vocab, and some cultural knowledge through movie discussions
Fall 2025 · Boumaaza, Amal
- learned different verb conjugations in arabic - expanded my vocabulary - learned about various aspects of arab culture through readings, videos, and movies
Fall 2025 · Boumaaza, Amal
1. present/past tense verb conjugations 2. how to write nominal sentences 3.How to hve a conversation in Arabic
Fall 2025 · Boumaaza, Amal
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Boumaaza, Amal 5.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality5.0Difficulty3.5Would retake100%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 10 |
| Spring 2025 | Boumaaza, Amal 5.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality5.0Difficulty3.5Would retake100%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 21 |
| Spring 2024 | Cheikh Abdi ValL, Saad | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 9 |
| Fall 2023 | Boumaaza, Amal 5.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality5.0Difficulty3.5Would retake100%Based on 2 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 8 |
Instructor
Boumaaza, AmalAMES
Also teaches
ARABIC-101 ELEMENTARY ARABIC5.0ARABIC-203 INTERMEDIATE ARABIC4.3