Ian Barrow

This course was a lot of fun. I especially appreciated that it only met once a week which freed up my schedule during the rest of the week. The content was interesting and you could tell that Professor Barrow cared about what he was teaching. Classes were always discussion style and would mostly focus on the readings and film that we would watch for homework. The only graded work was 2 presentations and 3 papers throughout the course of the semester which was hugely appreciated. I would have maybe preferred to see more discussion outside the assigned homework/media but this course was not too hard and an interesting discussion every week.

This course was a lot of fun. I especially appreciated that it only met once a week which freed up my schedule during the rest of the week. The content was interesting and you could tell that Professor Barrow cared about what he was teaching. Classes were always discussion style and would mostly focus on the readings and film that we …Read more

I took this class to meet my history requirement and am more than happy with my choice. Professor Barrow is a straightforward lecturer and covers a wide range of material. We focused heavily on India for about 75% of the class, which was interesting, but only touched on other countries in the back third of the semester. Barrow has three exams, all equal in weight, and he provides plenty of time and prep. His class can sometimes get boring because there is no discussion, and it is an hour and 15 minutes of sitting and listening, but the material for the majority of the time is interesting. In the back third of the semester, the lectures do not relate to the final, so I personally found myself not locked into class. Overall, he is a very kind professor, and I would recommend taking his class if you want an interesting history class with light exams.

I took this class to meet my history requirement and am more than happy with my choice. Professor Barrow is a straightforward lecturer and covers a wide range of material. We focused heavily on India for about 75% of the class, which was interesting, but only touched on other countries in the back third of the semester. Barrow has th …Read more

This is an entirely lecture based course with no discussion at all. Readings in the first half of the semester help a lot with the first 2 (in class, bluebook, no notes, etc) exams and then there's one final paper where you can choose the topic and don't have to do all of the readings. Prof Barrow is enthusiastic about the material but lectures can be long and dry if you don't have that much interest in the topic. If you are interested in history it's definitely an interesting course with a lot of material covered.

This is an entirely lecture based course with no discussion at all. Readings in the first half of the semester help a lot with the first 2 (in class, bluebook, no notes, etc) exams and then there's one final paper where you can choose the topic and don't have to do all of the readings. Prof Barrow is enthusiastic about the material b …Read more