HEBREW-306S

ADVANCED MODERN HEBREW

Not in Fall 2026
AMES · Taught by Baker, Sarah · Last offered Spring 2025
Term

Overview

Feedback is mixed. The clearest upside is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.

DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredSpring
Typical enrollment10–10
Semesters of data1
6.8
Hrs / week
8
Responses
10
Enrollment
80%
Response Rate

Evaluation Scores

Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
3.6
12345
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
3.4
12345
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.1
12345
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.5
12345

Feedback Analysis

Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 25 comments across 1 sections

Feedback is mixed. The clearest upside is that students say they actually learn something useful. Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective. 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
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
Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
Tradeoffs
There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who want substance, not a disposable elective.
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

Hebrew reading, writing, grammer, binyanim, presentation in Hebrew
Spring 2025 · Baker, Sarah
Grammar skills, reading comprehension in another language, binyanim
Spring 2025 · Baker, Sarah
I learned some grammar rules.
Spring 2025 · Baker, Sarah
Understanding thorough assignment descriptions testing skills verbal skills
Spring 2025 · Baker, Sarah
I learned more vocabulary, grammar aspects, and new things about the culture from out-of-class components.
Spring 2025 · Baker, Sarah

Rating History

Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
TermInstructorOverallDifficultyHrs/wkEnrolled
Spring 2025Baker, Sarah 0.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality0.0Difficulty0.0Based on 0 ratingsClick to view on RMP →3.63.56.810

Instructor

Baker, SarahAMES
Also teaches
HEBREW-101 ELEMENTARY MODERN HEBREW4.2HEBREW-102 ELEMENTARY MODERN HEBREW4.0HEBREW-203 INTERMED MODERN HEBREW4.2HEBREW-305S ADVANCED MODERN HEBREW3.9