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with Louisa Burnhamlast month

Burnham is brilliant and clearly super passionate about the material, but a lot of the assignments and readings felt like busy work, and she grades super slowly, which can make it hard to gauge how you are doing in the course. Exams tended to focus on names, dates, and events, and the lectures felt a bit scattered at times. Definitely a course you can do well in, but not necessarily one I could take again.

Burnham is brilliant and clearly super passionate about the material, but a lot of the assignments and readings felt like busy work, and she grades super slowly, which can make it hard to gauge how you are doing in the course. Exams tended to focus on names, dates, and events, and the lectures felt a bit scattered at times. Definitel …Read more

Fast-PacedConstant ReadingTough Grading
4hrs / week Some difficulty Above average value Would not take again
with Louisa Burnham7 months ago

The course just has a lot of busy work. If you’re willing to spend the extra time to do the busy work it is not hard to do well. Prof was super approachable for me and was always happy to answer questions and give extra help. You have every resource to get an A+ on every assignment available to you, but you have to do all the work for it.

Fast-PacedFair GradingEasy Exams
4hrs / week Some difficulty Average value Would take again
with Louisa Burnham6 months ago

I think Burnham is a very good historian but she's a bit scattered. We don't get our projects back promptly, nor our tests. She also is not the greatest at responding to emails. There's a lot of random assignments that aren't particularly interesting. It's a semi easy class for a distribution requirement though.

Lots of HomeworkDifficult Exams
3hrs / week Average difficulty Low value Would not take again
with Louisa Burnham6 months ago

Burnham loves European history, but she is so disorganized that it's impossible to follow lectures. Her Canvas page is super confusing. She also assigns Inquizitive textbook readings quizzes every week, which seem pretty useless. The material is pretty worthless and is focused on memorizing small details of random events. Super super disorganized.

Fast-PacedFair GradingEasy Exams
3hrs / week Average difficulty Very low value Would not take again
with Louisa Burnhamlast month

I found this class to be difficult to follow and the material was dense. Burnham is super passionate about the topics, but she is a really tough grader and I never had a good read on what she was looking for. I found this class to be stressful

Fast-PacedLots of HomeworkTough Grading
3hrs / week Very difficulty Low value Would not take again