HIST 2151

Professor Haines is extremely enthusiastic and very easy. Gives study guides for midterm and final...if it's not on the study guide, it's not on the test! Lots of reading, but really you only need to go to class to do well. He makes it easy to pay attention! Only downfall is a 15 page paper, but you have all semester to do it.

Absolutely amazing lectures. Manner in which exams/midterms were graded was detrimental to learning. (exam essays require you to spill out information more than answer the question and analyze the topic). - grading is very impersonal. I would still highly recommend the class.

Interesting material. Haines' lectures are usually interesting, even at 8:30 in the morning. He gives you study sheets for the midterm and final, and the research paper isn't that bad. Definitely worthwhile if you have an interest in Latin America.

Fantastic class- amazing professor- reading was pretty interesting though Haines tells you everything you need to know to do well

Great class, even better teacher! Haines is really great. Really smart, funny, friendly. Highly recommended, one of the best classes I've taken at UVA.

i liked the class. it was good because a lot of this stuff is not touched upon in most american history classes even though it's all pretty important. at the beginning of the year he would put outlines of his lecture on the board saying that he wouldn't after a while, but he continued to do so the rest of the semester. the outlines made it really easy to follow along in lecture and know what is important. a lot of information. the exams, like most exams in the college are ids and essays. not too hard of a grader. haines is obviously passionate about what he teaches.

I loved this class. It wasn't too challenging, I never did the reading and made up most of the stuff I said in discussion. But it actually worked. USE THE STUDY GUIDE- I swear, the study guide is identical to the test.

Great class. Professor Haines is a really enthusiastic, incredible lecturer. He really knows the material, and classes go by really quickly. The midterm and final are really easy especially because he gives you a study guide beforehand. The paper is the only somewhat difficult thing and that's only because the entire class puts it off until the last week.

Great class. Learned a ton about Latin American and US relations and didn't even do the reading. Haines is great, the TA Kurtz is great too. The paper does suck especially if you're prone to procrastination. Tests are quizzes are fair and straight forward.

Fun, not difficult course with a great professor. A long paper, but the midterms, quizzes and final are easy. Take it if you can.