HIUS 3752

very good class

McCurdy is an excellent professor. A ton of reading. I got burned out about half way through the semester.

This class is incredible. McCurdy is a great lecturer, although the material is often dense. Keeping up on the reading is a must.

McCurdy is a clear and easy-to-follow lecturer. He is not trying to entertain you, he is trying to teach and he crams lots of information into his fifty minutes. Worthwile, if the subject interests you.

Incredibly interesting, but incredibly dense and difficult. Only take this if you're prepared to do all the readings, go to all the lectures and ask a lot of questions. Extremely hard, but very useful and interesting.

Excellent class, but a lot of readings. You have to go to lecture or you will do poorly on the exams. One of the best professors at Virginia.

Great class, but there is a lot of reading. If you have an interest in legal history or want to go to law school, Professor McCurdy is your man.

This is one of the best courses at UVa. McCurdy is an incredible lecturer, though he moves quickly. The material is fairly dense and there is a lot of reading. Keep up on the readings, pay attention in lectures AND discussions, and think though it critically, and you can get an A without too much difficulty. Overall, it can be a stressful class, but it's incredibly rewarding. It will completely change your perspective on law, the philosophy of law, and the Constitution.

In retrospect, this class was not as difficult as I thought when I was taking it, mostly because I let the reading pile up. But the work, while there is a lot of it, is manageable. That doesn't mean that this is an easy class IN ANY WAY but an A is definitely possible with hard work. McCurdy is great but be ready to write about 2 1/2 to 4 pages of detailed notes per lecture. If you have any interest in history or law, this class is very rewarding.

Awesome Class. By far the hardest class I've taken at UVA, comes in at a very high level, but EXTREMELY rewarding.