Reviews of professor Samuel Cohn

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Cohn has great lectures. He is very interesting, but his tests are somewhat difficult as they are straight from his words. He does not post his slides so be sure to get notes from a classmate if you are absent. Other than that, he is absolutely hilarious if you actually sit there and listen to him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Interesting class if you pay attention, but he seems to forget that we have other classes as well. Read every day and never under-read, if you think you can fit a few more pages in a night then do it. Getting behind in the readings is the worst.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not only is his syllabus set up to make the class really hard, he is genuinely a mean person. He doesn't post any slides or use a textbook, he just talks and anything he says in class can be on the exams. You have to go to class in order to get the content. It's really hard for no reason since it is just an introduction class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor uses mostly word of mouth to teach, including tests which are from his words verbatim. There is no textbook he has us use.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Cohn is a nice guy, but if you are not required to take this course with him specifically do not take this class. It is very heavy on reading and his lectures are pretty much just him talking with little info on power points. Do not miss anything because nothing is posted online. It is less than a week before the final and I don't know my grade

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do the readings well in advance (there are a lot of them and they are very long). The formatting of the test is different for each one. BE THERE FOR THE LECTURES. Write everything he says down word for word. Even if you don't think it'll be on the test it will be. Take detailed notes on the readings. Know the authors and the names of the readings.