Carl Jubran - University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

Professor: Carl Jubran

Department: Languages

College: University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POLS395
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Jubran is extremely smart and well-spoken! I took a course with him via IAU. He has an impressive grasp of Spanish history as well as great enthusiasm and humor. However, at times he seemed to alternate between being formally polite and irritatingly dismissive to me. Still, I favored him more than his lackluster program assistant(s).

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Amazing!!! This class was taken with the Institute for American Universities with Prof. Jubran. We traveled for Three weeks to France, Spain and Morocco last Jan 2012. This was a life changing experience for me. Great professor and I learned a ton. I wish he taught more classes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SPAN301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher, extremely smart. Speaks 5 languages, and really understands students. He's not there anymore, a real loss.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SPAN2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Span 302 civ of spain or cultures of Spain was an amazing class with Dr. J. Although we ran through 2000 years of history he was a wealth of knowledge and i learned a ton. oral presentations were tough and took a lot of prep work with my group but i loved the class and i would recommend to anyone. He is one of the best profs I have had at usd

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SPAN302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Always late, never in office hours, constantly shows videos rather than teach material himself. He clearly expects students to take the class much more seriously than he did...which seems unfair for those who want to earn good grades but are unclear on how to do so.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SPAN301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good professor, really advanced my learning, pretty thorough tests (study and read the material, he'll know if you don't and grade accordingly.) He was habitually late to class (15-20 min avg.), which lacks professionalism and to me, indicates he doesn't value his students' time. Wouldn't recommend based solely on that; it's rude.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SPAN302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great professor. Everything is straight out of the text book - you just have to read well. Classes are pretty relaxed and mostly consist of Jubran talking about Spanish cultural history with over-the-top enthusiasm and Spanish accent impersonations. Definitely recommend him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SPAN302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr Jubran is sooooo smooth. And I love his ties.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HISPANICLIT303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Jubran is an awesome prof, and the class is super easy if you are not stupid. Its interesting, it can be kind of slow if you are a native spanish speaker and things seem way too easy but it really boosts your GPA and counts as upper div for the major...but he is very awesome and smart and you do learn a things or two.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SPAN302303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is the best teacher I have had at USD. He is a brilliant man, funny, and easy to approach. TAKE HIM if you want to have a good professor who motivates you to attend class and do your best!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SPANISH301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Jubran is the man. I changed my major to Spanish because I liked his class so much. Take him. Seriously.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SPAN201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

SOOO Cool. Sooo cute. Great personality. Great teacher. Best one Ive had at USD

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SPAN302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Jubran is probably the best professor I have ever had. He is brilliant, funny, very fair, and just has a passion for what he does. You will learn alot in this class. Go to class, do the reading, study for the tests, and your grade will be fine - I got an A. I cannot give a better rating for a professor. Take Jubran.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 302303411
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Here is the hist on Jubs... He is probably one of the most brilliant profs at USD. Great teacher, but he is very demanding! He exoects a lot out of his students, but if you go to class and listen to how brilliant he is, you will understand the concepts and will do fine on the tests and Quizes. His grading is a little unclear though...

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SPANISH302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of the best classes I have taken at USD. Makes history and Civ. very interesting and fun. Quizes were difficult and Final exam was one of the most challenging I had this semester. Great prof. One of the best I have had at USD.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HISPLIT
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I think he thinks he's cool and that kinda sucks. He's not too detail oriented but it could be worse. I just wish he was a more fair grader.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CIVOFSPAIN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher, and a very nice and easy going guy! had a great time in his spanish classes.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 4
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher, and a very nice and easy going guy! had a great time in his spanish classes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CIVOFSPAIN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

great teacher! horrible class! i can't tell you how many times i saw people dozing off. several t/f quizzes, 2 tests, 1 group presentation, 1 paper, hw+reading for quizzes, couple videos (1 for which we had 2 pay attn & take notes for the quiz) lotsa busy work! jubran is great, but from what ive heard, he's better at teaching other spanish classes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SPAIN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Interested intially,but the class got 2 boring for me!Quizzes 1 x a week for M,W class & the material=boring.He does a nice attempt @ keeping students interested through his animated teaching,loved him for that,but hated the material,its a hist. class in spanish. Too many facts/details to memorize!