Reviews of professor Kate Brown

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Get ready to practically write an essay every week, because a majority of the quizzes are just smaller essays. She grades hard and sets what feels like nearly impossible standards. Lectures are good and organized, but the homework is just miserable. Overall, you will understand what youre learning about, but it will not be fun getting there.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
she is a very annoying grader. she sounds so bitter. i emailed her and she sounded defensive and wanted to attack me. Dont take her unless u have to.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is very knowledgeable on colonial America and history overall. She does a great job connecting aspects of history. Write ups were not extremely structured and gave plenty of opportunity to express your own unique ideas. Dr. Brown is more than willing to work with you and give you great feedback, you just need to ask.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Brown was actually an amazing professor that does give you plenty of opportunities to pass. While her syllabus does sound very intimidating, do not let that scare you. She outlines exactly what she wants with every quiz so it is easy to get a good grade as long as you work for it. There are roughly 100 pages of reading a week though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Dr. Brown for Hist 445, not 440.  While she is a hard grader, her class is very interesting and she is a very kind person. She is accommodating and usually pretty clear on what she expects. The readings are definitely important, do not skip them or skim them. I enjoyed her class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She was an awesome professor. We did spend a whole month on the French Revolution, and she made it into a game but I learned a lot from it. She understands if you miss class, but make sure you email her because she notices people are gone. She is extremely lecture-heavy, but she makes it exciting. I changed my major to history because of this class