Reviews of professor Ryan Crisp

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not ever take this class no matter what. Does not use Canvas at all. You can only ever see your grade a few times throughout the semester when he gives you a piece of paper with the grade on it. Changes grading scale.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Crisp is a is a great professor at the low levels because he prepares you for the higher level history courses. However, though his grading scale is lenient, he is uncompromising and a bit unforgiving. His expectations are not realistic. If you take History 311, get ready to take the hardest and most frustrating class of your college career.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is a very smart guy. The other good thing is that he will help you outside of class IF you reach out to him. Other then that, this class was extremely hard for me. If it helps, I had at least three or four nightmares from this class. Tests are extremely hard unless you write everything in your notes AND can find it! He gave me sleepless nights.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Run!!!!!!!!! Has to change his grading scale because of how harsh he grades. Is not a nice person. Will not accommodate you NO MATTER WHAT.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is the second class I've taken from him, why I thought a higher level course would be better than the first course I took I don't know. His classes are based around reading and writing essays. His grading system and philosophy is not something I agree with. Half the assignments felt like busy work. Online/remote was much worse than in class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Boring, pompous and not friendly. Terrible quizzes and ridiculously hard for a lower level class. Would not take again

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You will learn so much, but it is a challenging class. If you aren't a history major, I don't recommend taking it. It is one of our weed-out classes, so there is a lot of work, no matter what professor you take it from. The great thing about Crisp is that he lets you use your notes on every exam and quiz and understands the material very well.