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Danusia Hubah FGSM350 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/28/2025	Its a pain that even as a college student, in 2025 where everything is online, this is one of those classes where you are not permitted to use electronics. You can't take notes online or use your computer in class. I hate it when professors treat you like a child in this way and make the class more tedious than it has to be. I also didn't appreciate the grading style. You would get a decent grade, but ask what you could improve upon, and they would say it's perfect (then why did I not get a better grade????). Minimal help on assignments, and they expect it to be spotless, which is obnoxious since this is their profession and we are just students. Class is more of a history class, teaching different parts of the world. Its fairly interesting, but the 3 hours is just so long and they would often drag concepts on for way longer than needed. My biggest problem is that you don't actually use anything you learn from lectures to do assignments or anything else. Its like a summary of world history class from high school basically. This isnt necessarily a problem with the professor, but I wish the Fellows program gave you time in these super-long 3-hour classes to do networking or talk about / apply for internships. Guest speakers gave a little bit of networking opportunity but you were never able to do internship-related things in class.
Danusia Hubah FGSM350 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/19/2024	I would strongly recommend taking her Critical Regions & International Relations concentration for the Fellows Program. The class isn't as demanding as your regular pol-sci classes. However, it is a later class from 7-9:30. Two memos, the first in which you get criticism on a rough draft before submitting a final second one. The final memo is graded with no draft beforehand. And then, there is a short 3-minute elevator brief you give to one of the guest speakers that come in to talk about their topic of expertise. I would recommend preparing beforehand, as some students struggled with remembering their topics. At the end, there is a fun little mock national security meeting with a guest speaker and your classmates that wraps up the whole course. It's not as stressful as you might think it to be. Danusia is fantastic; I wish she had taught more classes than this. But, after all, she is a full-time diplomat!