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SAMER ALATOUT

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Raw average: 2.50/5 from 14 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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CES500 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
Expect disorganized and underprepared lectures. Some readings were long, opaque, and repetitive. In classes about politics' effects on science, Dr. Alatout went beyond encouraging critical analysis to encouraging conspiracy theory-like distrust in science and institutions while sharing his own opinions on the safety and efficacy of medical tech.
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CES540 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
The first month and half of classes were alright; but the middle of October the professor was letting real life events dwell into the classroom, and his own personal opinions on tense situations made the classroom an uncomfortable for those in the class.
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CES375 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Samer is clearly passionate about this class and his students but the lectures were hard to follow, dry, and long. He can be helpful at times but his mood seemed to decline near the end of the semester. Material is tough.
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ENVIRST 112
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
It is very clear that he is quite passionate and knowledgeable about this subject. His teaching can be a bit erratic but he does a great job of teaching everything from a politically unbiased perspective. The material itself is very interesting to learn about. The class is graded on the 5 papers which have very clear grading criteria.
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ENVSTUDIES112 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
He loves teaching the class, but his love and passion for environmental studies gets in his way of the material. He fails to provide insight in the textbook material, instead he goes off on tangents. There are 5 papers which all have very broad topics but are graded fairly easy. There was no final at the end. Take the class. Interesting and easy.
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IES112 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
It can be a very insightful class to what is actually happening in the world but the class and the final have no correlation. There are 5 papers due and the final is just 130 questions of random vocabulary. Also, you wont get full credit for attendance or lecture even if you go to all of them... final grades took forever to get in. Worst professor
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Classes with SAMER ALATOUT

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026C&ESOC 500Capstone Experience
Fall 2025C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Spring 2025C&ESOC 500Capstone Experience
Fall 2024C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Fall 2024SOC 196Elementary Special Topics in Sociology
Spring 2024C&ESOC 500Capstone Experience
Spring 2024C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Fall 2022C&ESOC/SOC 948Seminar: Environmental Sociology
Spring 2022C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Spring 2022C&ESOC/SOC 985Research: Community and Environmental Sociology
Fall 2021C&ESOC/SOC 985Research: Community and Environmental Sociology
Fall 2021SOC 915Seminar-sociological Theory
Fall 2020C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Fall 2020SOC 496Topics in Sociology
Spring 2019C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Spring 2019STS 901Science, Technology and Medicine in Society
Spring 2019STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Spring 2019STS 999Independent Study in Science and Technology Studies
Fall 2018C&ESOC 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Fall 2018ENVIRST 112Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Fall 2018STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Spring 2018C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Spring 2018SOC 496Topics in Sociology
Spring 2018STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Fall 2017C&ESOC 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Fall 2017ENVIRST 112Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Fall 2017STS 901Science, Technology and Medicine in Society
Fall 2017STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Spring 2017C&ESOC 699Special Problems
Spring 2017ENVIRST 112Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Spring 2017STS 699Directed Study
Spring 2017STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Fall 2016C&ESOC 699Special Problems
Fall 2016C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Fall 2016STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Spring 2016C&ESOC 299Independent Study
Spring 2016ENVIRST 112Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Spring 2016ENVIRST 990Research
Spring 2016STS 699Directed Study
Spring 2016STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Fall 2015ENVIRST 990Research
Fall 2015STS 902Current Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Spring 2015ENVIRST 112Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Spring 2015ENVIRST 990Research
Fall 2014ENVIRST 990Research
Spring 2014ENVIRST 112Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Fall 2013C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Fall 2013ENVIRST 990Research
Spring 2012GEOG 930Seminar in People-environment Geography
Fall 2011SOC 915Seminar-sociological Theory
Spring 2011C&ESOC 699Special Problems
Spring 2011C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Fall 2009SOC 915Seminar-sociological Theory
Spring 2009C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Spring 2009C&ESOC/SOC 985Research: Community and Environmental Sociology
Spring 2009ENVIRST 402Special Topics: Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies
Spring 2009SOC 496Topics in Sociology
Fall 2008C&ESOC/SOC 985Research: Community and Environmental Sociology
Fall 2008SOC 915Seminar-sociological Theory
Spring 2008C&ESOC/SOC 985Research: Community and Environmental Sociology
Fall 2007C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Fall 2007C&ESOC/SOC 985Research: Community and Environmental Sociology
Fall 2007ENVIRST 402Special Topics: Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies
Fall 2007SOC 496Topics in Sociology
Spring 2007C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Spring 2007SOC 496Topics in Sociology
Fall 2006C&ESOC 375Special Topics
Fall 2006ENVIRST 600Environmental Studies Capstone

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