Reviews of professor Paul D'Anieri

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
yeah dont take him. I got my grade back and he said he would help me overcome one of my scores for the paper and left me hanging and only sent me an email saying "good luck"

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
 I went into the course with zero background on the subject and he claimed that he would assume that to be the case with many students, however his lectures/assignments spoke otherwise. His textbook did not provide adequate support for the assignments IMO.  Also, you're graded solely on 3 essays, so there's not much room to improve your grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would avoid him at all costs. His grader, Asher, is one of the meanest people I've ever met. Both aren't helpful and instead of answering your question they question you and make you feel very bad. I would go to his office hours and he would just question me.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
worst professor ever. very rude and makes snarky comments

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course was asynchronous with a series of videos covering topics for each chapter that he wants you to read in the textbook. He wrote the textbook so I would recommend reading it and taking notes to help you on the two midterms and final. It was really easy for me, but others found it to be a bit difficult. Class average on most exams was a C+.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very interesting class! Work consists of 2 short papers and a research paper. VERY reading-heavy, and he is a tough grader, but I never got anything below an A on papers. Make sure to attend lectures and do the readings, and you should be fine. You should also attend his office hours! He is a great guy and is passionate about what he's teaching!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
he was very nice at the beginning and then became grumpy and mean during office hours. he's honestly one, if not the worse, professors UCR has!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
stay away from him! he's very picky and he will give you a hard time on your papers!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Class attendance was optional, and felt more like a discussion section than a lecture, but that's because he put out videos about the topics for that week. You need to buy his book for the class, which was about $140. 2 midterms 1 final; very straight forward, and as long as you read the book and watch the videos you'll ace with no problem

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nahhhh this guy is rooting. he needs to retired fr. He gave us a lot of homework and makes very poor effort ro help us succesed.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Felt more like a history class, but I had a great TA which is important. I didn't really go to lecture just went to discussion and paid attention which is all you really need to do. He assigns a book and some people read it, but you don't really need to. Study guides are the key to this class, read the study guide and make sure you know the basics.