Reviews of professor Justin Liles

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the best professors Ive ever had. However, his classes are not easy. If you want to pass and do well, attend class and take notes/focus on his lecture- its vital to understanding how he lays out the course work. If you want a professor whos going to teach you skills that will make you a better college student, Liles is the one.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I liked him as a person more than a prof. Not many assignments, so if you fail one its hard to fix. An essay on both tests, two papers, and two essays on final. Very lecture heavy. He is helpful during office hours. He tries but I feel like he should be teaching much more advanced history classes instead of freshman-level ones.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This teacher is extremely heavy on reading and writing. The discussions, quizzes and exams are very strict with topics, requiring that you use every topic sentence for each paragraph. I had no desire to learn anything, as essentially all the professor made us do is read the textbook and take quizzes, no other helpful materials.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He knows a lot about history but doesnt teach it well. He has power points up with an light overview of the lecture but thats it. He talks way too fast and too much, It is impossible to understand his point, condense it for notes, and keep listening to the next point. I would not recommend you take him unless you learn through lectures only.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The class is basically just parroting what the textbook says. Knowing anything about history that is not in the textbook is a liability... he actually accused me of academic dishonesty in a proctored exam because I knew information that was not in the book. The dept. chair threw out the accusation. If you are passionate about history, do not take.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took his hybrid class during my first college semester. Thorough and comprehensive reading of the textbook is a must for the module exams. Finding effective key terms for the essay's are difficult, but he always was willing to help with that.