HIUS 3455

Lectures were extraordinarily boring. Information was interesting, but the professor is an incredibly boring lecturer. Readings were a lot, but easy to get through.

It is a very straightforward class. Very good lectures followed by a midterm, an 8 page paper, and a final. A B is acheiveable with hard work, an A will take deeper and more difficult analysis.

This is a great class!

very knowledgeable. a bit dry. interesting information. talks a lot so be prepared to take a lot of notes. sometimes hard to understand b/c he has a british accent. 1 8 page paper, 1 midterm, 1 final. not too hard of a grader.

Stagg is very knowledgeable about the subject, there is no question about that. However he places a fair amount of emphasis on details, and with a lot of reading it is tough to pick out exactly what he wants. I wouldn't recommend this class unless you are extremely interested in the subject

Stagg knows his stuff and is very interested in the period. Nice professor, willing to help students. But the lectures were really dry and there is a LOT of readings so it's easy to get behind and hard to catch up, I could never do all of them.
The material was interesting but you should be really interested in the subject and ready to work a lot otherwise it won't be worth it.

Your basic history class breakdown: midterm, paper, final (25%, 25%, 50%). Stagg knows his stuff and it shows in lectures, as he provides far more information than is necessary to know for a good exam grades. His style can be dry at times when delving into less relevant topics (ex: developments in China in the 1800s), but office hours are extremely helpful to review the most important pieces of material.

John Stagg is the worst professor of all time. He is a dinosaur. If you do not recite his lectures word for word on exams, he WILL fail you. Do not go near this man.

Though Professor Stagg is extremely knowledgeable in his subject, he is one of the dullest professors I have ever had in lecture. I think a third of the class (of 24) dropped after the first few weeks. You spend $300 dollars on 8 books which, if you read all of, negates the need for you to try and stay awake during his lecture.

He was very hard to contact by email or at office hours.
There is 1 major research paper (12-16pg) at the level of difficulty for a 3000 level class.

The exam is writing based, and the answers are analytical and easy if you have done the reading