Reviews of professor Simon Cordery

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Cordery is my favorite professor at Iowa State. He is funny and genuinely cares about the success of his students. He makes learning easy. He also made a great choice in TA, who was also very helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You will need to show up to his lectures to do well in the course, but he makes them enjoyable. The exam structure was not my favorite as you had to write a 750 word essay and 2 paragraphs all by hand in 50 minutes, but you have access to the essay prompt ahead of time. The grading on the essays; however, was very fair. Great Course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
While this class was a dumpster fire (they just restructured it, will be better next semester), Dr. Cordery tried his best to make it easy for us. He can be somewhat intimidating, but if you can make him laugh or show you care about history, you won't have any problems. In-class assignments were very easy, and final presentation was very easy too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Cordery is absolutely fantastic at lecturing. They are well organized, just enough information on the slides so that you can copy down some but have to listen for more. The only times I found myself drifting away were days I was really tired, and that's saying something. Very knowledgeable on Western Civ, always has answers to questions.