SFS Proseminar. Themed "Higher Education and Sustainability," the course was an easy A. Over semester, we talked a lot about HE, AI, gender equality, future of work, and SDGs. At some points, I felt like a lot of what I am reading is BS, but nevertheless, the course provided Western, liberal, United Nations based perspective on modern challenges and their solutions. I have improved my research, writing, and critical thinking skills. Overall, I don't complain because the course load was light except three 10-page papers.

Writing and Culture. Absolutely amazing class. The class in which I had the freedom to read, analyze, and express my opinion. Often, I was labelled controversial and rational, whatever those words mean. I liked speaking my mind in class and challenging views of my peers. We discussed biases, persuasion, manipulation, values, opinions, facts, statistics, BS, and other literary devices. Overall, the class equipped me with many skills I am sure to use for the rest of my time at college and beyond.

Political and Social Thought. Legendary class. 15 top figures of the mostly Western canon of political thought. Discussions on the nature of power, definition of justice, best form of government, democracy, monarchy, human rights, gender equality, socialism, capitalism and etc. It was a very dense course. My previous experience of reading Yuval Noah Harari's books resonated a lot with the course. Loved it. Absolutely recommended for anyone and everyone. Overall, I received a solid foundation in history, politics, philosophy, and law. So glad that I chose to take it in the first semester with Karl.

Principles of Microeconomics. Solid. Nothing out of the world or extraordinary. Basic introduction to the world of economics. Supply, demand, markets, monopolies, competitive markets, taxes, subsidies, government regulations, and game theory. Now, the game theory part of the course was actually very interesting. As I have previously wrote about it, a very applicable and illuminating concept. I plan to go deeper into it in the future. Overall, solid foundation for the further study of economics.

Modern Standard Arabic. The only course I couldn't get an A in. I did quite bad in this class, but now I have a basic reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in Arabic. The course should have actually been easy to me since most of the words we learned were kind of the same with their Uzbek translation, but I did quite not great in my tests and final exam. I was immersed into Arabic language and culture. Overall, knowing Arabic is not only a way for me to read Qur'an, but also a necessary skill in case I will consider living and working in Arab peninsula.