Reviews of professor Jose Melendez

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Firstly, many of the readings are in Spanish without translation. I skipped them and I was fine. The grading was incredibly unclear. There is lot of reading but it was manageable. However, at the very end of the quarter, there was a project, a final essay, and a chronology. The professor is nice the class is just unorganized and oddly difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Melendez is amazing. He cares about his students and he knows his material inside and out. He's available to talk to anytime, via email or office hours. He's a tough grader, assigns a ton of reading, however if you're into learning about history, this is your class! If you want something easy, not learning anything, this isn't for you

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take this class if you're looking for an esay GE. He assigns multiple pages of readings that range from 30-80 pages a day, whenever you meet, for lecture/discussion. Apart from the midterm and final exam, there are supplementary writings assigned. He means well, but the workload is heavy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the nicest people I met in college.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Melendez made this class extremely unenjoyable. He assigns around 70 pages of homework per class period along with short weekly essays. He adds assignments constantly, last minute. His lectures are extremely disorganized and you will not learn anything in class (though you must attend). He's a great person, but poor at teaching. expects too much.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I wouldn't mind the workload and readings, because I've had classes with the same amount of workload and readings as this one. However, the difference between this class and others is that in the others, I've actually learned something. He isn't clear when it comes to grading, and even less clear when it comes to assignment instructions.