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Holly Brewer HIST353 Anonymous 01/02/2021	Prof Brewer is really nice and was lenient for paper and project extensions. sometimes hard to follow her lectures, hard to know what to take notes on, but is super eager to help students
Holly Brewer HIST353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/15/2020	Dr. Brewer... is honestly not a good professor. I like her, she's very nice and she obviously cares. But the lectures are disorganized and assignment descriptions (there's only 3 for the whole semester, so that's cool) are vague. For a history professor, you really want the lectures to be good, and Dr. Brewer's just aren't.
Whitman Ridgway HIST353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/22/2012	Yes, he is a tough professor and, yes, there is a ton of reading. However, he's extremely fair and is a good lecturer. He does expect a lot, but is also very willing to help you get to solid understanding of the material. During the last lecture, he was even willing to go over the themes he specifically said would be tested on the final. There are several primary sources to read between each class and about 5 books over the course of the semester. However, he rarely asks about the primary sources, so those are mainly for your own benefit, and he'll also narrow down the book readings before the exams and quizzes to give you a much better idea of what to read. tl;dr yes there's a lot of reading, but not very much is mandatory.
Whitman Ridgway HIST353 Expecting a B Anonymous 04/17/2012	This class was insane. Between the readings, the HUGE books, and the lectures, it was all over the flippin place! If you want to do well, you really need to talk to him and find out EXACTLY what he is looking for. It doesn't matter if you're right about something, it's about how well you talk about what HE was already thinking. He's very nice and will help you out if you need it, but the reading alone is insane for 300 level. The books are more important than the primary source, so you might as well just ditch those. Every day I was in this class I wanted to get out. Don't take it if you don't have to.
Whitman Ridgway HIST353 Expecting a C Anonymous 07/07/2011	Keep in mind I took this course during a 6 week summer session. The amount of reading required is absolutely unbelievable, if not completely impossible to get done. We had to read 4 books (approx 400 pages each) and countless articles in a six week period. He is a good teacher, and really knows his stuff, but if you take this class be prepared to WORK oh and the tests are all essay questions about the main themes in the books. so if you dont read, you fail

Holly Brewer
HIST353

Anonymous
01/02/2021

Prof Brewer is really nice and was lenient for paper and project extensions. sometimes hard to follow her lectures, hard to know what to take notes on, but is super eager to help students

Holly Brewer
HIST353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/15/2020

Dr. Brewer... is honestly not a good professor. I like her, she's very nice and she obviously cares. But the lectures are disorganized and assignment descriptions (there's only 3 for the whole semester, so that's cool) are vague. For a history professor, you really want the lectures to be good, and Dr. Brewer's just aren't.

Whitman Ridgway
HIST353

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/22/2012

Yes, he is a tough professor and, yes, there is a ton of reading. However, he's extremely fair and is a good lecturer. He does expect a lot, but is also very willing to help you get to solid understanding of the material. During the last lecture, he was even willing to go over the themes he specifically said would be tested on the final. There are several primary sources to read between each class and about 5 books over the course of the semester. However, he rarely asks about the primary sources, so those are mainly for your own benefit, and he'll also narrow down the book readings before the exams and quizzes to give you a much better idea of what to read. tl;dr yes there's a lot of reading, but not very much is mandatory.

Whitman Ridgway
HIST353

Expecting a B
Anonymous
04/17/2012

This class was insane. Between the readings, the HUGE books, and the lectures, it was all over the flippin place! If you want to do well, you really need to talk to him and find out EXACTLY what he is looking for. It doesn't matter if you're right about something, it's about how well you talk about what HE was already thinking. He's very nice and will help you out if you need it, but the reading alone is insane for 300 level. The books are more important than the primary source, so you might as well just ditch those. Every day I was in this class I wanted to get out. Don't take it if you don't have to.

Whitman Ridgway
HIST353

Expecting a C
Anonymous
07/07/2011

Keep in mind I took this course during a 6 week summer session. The amount of reading required is absolutely unbelievable, if not completely impossible to get done. We had to read 4 books (approx 400 pages each) and countless articles in a six week period. He is a good teacher, and really knows his stuff, but if you take this class be prepared to WORK oh and the tests are all essay questions about the main themes in the books. so if you dont read, you fail

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