Reviews of professor Nicolas Jurkowski

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Jurkowski is the best. His lectures are really easy to digest and he is very accommodating and accessible. I had a family emergency during the quarter and the professor along with my TA Benny was extremely accommodating and helpful. I would definitely take this class again if I could. The performances during class are an added bonus :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Interesting lectures if you're interested in musical history at all! It doesn't stay on like 18th century guys the whole time, gets real interesting when it gets to the 20th century. Professor is enthusiastic and his lectures are great.
Lots of short/informal papers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
No Final/Midterm Exam! Just a big paper to be honest. Material in class was interesting as we worked through many time periods and many styles of music from different regions of the world. He made class very interesting and constantly tried switching it up all the way from guest speakers, to guest performers. Super sweet!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very accessible outside of class and very approachable. Just not a very helpful professor, assigns a lot of homework as if we don't have other courses we are taking, and then grades very harshly on it. Doesn't post any lectures, so if you miss class your are simply screwed. Just overall doesn't give you the tools you need to succeed normally.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Really easy class. Said in the syllabus that attendance was required but I never went to class once and got an A. All you have to do is take an online weekly 5 question quiz and alternate between a 300 word and 600 word response based on the weekly reading. The weekly reading is short and discussed in section too, sort of interesting, good GE.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class wasn't that interesting, but prof was very passionate about material so I managed to pull through. Class was work heavy, many readings, and notes to take. Forum posts every week as well. Also a final paper, but TA helps out a lot! Midterm and final exam were 3 short essays each. Would recommend if you're ready to put in the work!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had to take this class for my major. It's dry as you might expect, Prof tries his best to make it interesting, but the material is still pretty boring. Overall it wasn't too much work, very predictable, well-structured course that's not going to give you any grief. Some readings that weren't entirely necessary but not too long