Reviews of professor Keith Shaffer

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take him if you're not majoring in music. Grades everything EXTREMELY tough. You get a five minute video on why your assignment was not good.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is a great teacher and he really cares about getting the facts to his students. He really enjoys giving lengthy lectures and sometimes he gets a little off track but I feel as though it still adds to the class. All in all, he's a phenomenal history teacher and he really enjoys teaching the course and it shows.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The majority of the work is easy (quiz's) This class overall is not worth it. Coming from someone with mainly A's your grade will mainly be on the writing assignments. My received a D on my syllabus work the 1st week because it was not done to his liking & gave me an F on the first writing assignment. If you need humanity, take something else.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
this professor should only teach those wishing to continue their academic careers in music theory or performance. Hardest class I've taken, coming from an A student with more than 5 years of music theory and performance background.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you want to learn he's the one to go to. If you're willing to put in the effort and show that you're focused on succeeding, he will do everything in his power to give you the tools you need to get a fantastic education. I took his class at every opportunity, and can say this; pay attention to his feedback, read his syllabus, and do the work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class absolutely sucks. Those of you looking into taking this class are probably taking it because it's a graduation requirement. He takes forever to grade, and just rambles for 3+ hours a week. Never actually read the text once, currently maintaining an A. Voice is so monotone you are guaranteed to get a good nap in. 10/10 for nap time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I honestly enjoyed this class a lot. I liked listening to his lectures as they were very informative. He is a pretty lenient on due dates for assignments as long it is not turned extremely late. I would recommend to take notes during the lectures, it helped a lot with assignments. The assignments are a bit time consuming so try to get a head start.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy class for like summer or as a humanities. Since I was online I didn't get to really meet the professor, but he gives feedback through videos. About 4-5 quizzes per week but they're 10 questions each and simple.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Felt like so many essays with a minimum of 500 words. So much bs. His class feels like I'm majoring in music and not just an "introduction".

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Much harder than I expected a music appreciation class to be, but totally doable if you put the work in! Hes truly passionate about the content he teaches and goes above and beyond to try and get his students to understand and love the music. A background in music helps a lot , so be prepared to work harder if you dont have a musical background.