Ian Barrow

I really enjoyed this class. Ian Barrow is a thoughtful professor and was very engaging. There were many readings and each class was almost all discussion based on those readings. Grades were based on the three papers written throughout the semester, how often and how thoughtful your additions to discussions were, and how well you presented material in two presentations that we had to give. Time consuming when there was a paper due and you had pretty much only a week to write it, but pretty chill the other weeks.

I really enjoyed this class. Ian Barrow is a thoughtful professor and was very engaging. There were many readings and each class was almost all discussion based on those readings. Grades were based on the three papers written throughout the semester, how often and how thoughtful your additions to discussions were, and how well you pr …Read more

Ian Barrow is the most genuine professor I've had at Middlebury. Because the class is seminar based, Professor Barrow does an amazing job of facilitating the conversation... so the 3 hours are definitely bearable. I wasn't a super big history buff going into the class, but being surrounded by people who were really enhanced my learning experience. You will have 3 papers and 2 presentations, but they're all doable based on the amount of reading you do. Overall great class and would 100% recommend taking a class with Professor Barrow!

Ian Barrow is the most genuine professor I've had at Middlebury. Because the class is seminar based, Professor Barrow does an amazing job of facilitating the conversation... so the 3 hours are definitely bearable. I wasn't a super big history buff going into the class, but being surrounded by people who were really enhanced my learni …Read more

Excellent course. You don't need to be a history buff to like this course. Its fun. Its easy. Three essays make up your grade. You have to do two small presentations but they are effectively ungraded. Barrow is very kind and knows his stuff.