Reviews of professor Max Deardorff

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Deardorff is the man! Idk about non-history IDS classes but as a History professor he is the cream of the top! He is just a cool guy and super understanding. He is also relatively light grader. His lectures are great and he is a master at fomenting class discussions. I took him for the Inquisition Seminar and it was prob my favorite class ever!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Inquisition Research Seminar. Dr. Deardorff is an excellent teacher. An expert in the subject matter and passionate about what he does, and he cares a great deal about his students. These senior research seminars are tough because there's so much reading, analysis, and writing, but hang in there because he makes it so interesting and fascinating!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took this prof for a quest course I thought would be interesting. In my opinion, all the written assignments were graded too harshly and it ended up being harder than a Quest course should be. I literally ended with a grade higher in Bio than this class. Don't take if you want an easy A, you also have to read a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do NOT take this class if you want an easy A. Tests and papers were graded so harshly, this was definitely one of my more difficult class this semester which is insane since Im a STEM major. I did all the work and worked pretty hard in this class and still I only have a B+ in this class. Possibly the worst quest course you can pick at UF imo.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of my favorite profs this semester. I came out of this class with a good understanding of a topic I previously had no knowledge of. He and the TA gave good feedback on essays and there were plenty of opportunities to discuss information with classmates through in-class discussion. There were 5-6 essays, a midterm exam, and a final essay.