Connor Williams

This course is intensive in reading and requires a lot of attention in class. Because I don't have much foundation in American history, I have to spend time asking questions or searching for additional information. But the course is very intellectually stimulating and surely opened new horizons for me.

History is not my thing and this course made it even worse. The professor rephrases and repeats stuff over and over again without making any actual points. Things are worse near the end of the semester, because the prof just lets students "discuss with each other" for half an hour straight. He occasionally writes a few additional discussion questions on the board and waits for us to discuss even longer.

History is not my thing and this course made it even worse. The professor rephrases and repeats stuff over and over again without making any actual points. Things are worse near the end of the semester, because the prof just lets students "discuss with each other" for half an hour straight. He occasionally writes a few additional dis …Read more

Prof Williams is very into his material, but sometimes it feels like he's more interested in discussing his book and talking at us about history rather than facilitating authentic discussion and discourse between students, which is how he claims the class is structured.