Reviews of professor Andrew Curley

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a wonderful professor and I absolutely recommend his classes. He provides incredibly rich reading materials of which you should read thoroughly & ask questions if you're confused. He is very knowledgeable & wants to engage in thoughtful conversations. He cares about his students and teaching indigenous geographies deeply. Take this!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Curley is very knowledgeable about the subject. That being said, his lectures were terrible. They were quite confusing, and he spent most of the time on tangential topics. I got more from reading the assigned texts than I did from going to class. The only reason I went to class was because all of his quizzes were pop quizzes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very disorganized and rude.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
By the first essay I realized this class was more than just environment and society. Its more like mixing history, environment, philosophy, society, and a dozen other things. Lots of reading each week from the textbook, lots of writing in discussion posts, lots of writing for essays. Hated the class but Curley was a pretty good professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy A but boring class. Readings skimmable at best - review days before exams basically give you the test Qs! Attendance is MANDATORY, worth 10% of your grade and he takes it every day. I got 100% on both essays (4-5 pages), minimal effort. 20% of your grade is pop quizzes- but I was getting raw 70s curved to 100s in sakai. Go to class, get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Curley is such a cool guy. He's a little dorky (in an endearing way) but he's a good teacher. Really cares about everyone doing well and getting good grades. Super interesting to talk to outside of class (go to his office hours!!). He may come off as intimidating, but he's really kind. Super neat dude! I will miss having his class T.T

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor: Not really sure why he has only a 3.7? He's kind of quirky & cracks jokes during class. Kind of goes on small rants/gets sidetracked easily - has a review day before midterm & exam Work: readings, midterm (quite easy - go to the review day), two 5 page papers, final, group project Textbook: used but only for papers and before midterm

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I personally didn't like this class. The readings are complicated and long, and the quizzes could be hard and they're a decent chunk of your grade. He's scatterbrained, condescending, pretentious and dull. I dread going to this class twice a week. Workload is light but the essays are menial and redundant. Not a great class but not the worst ever

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Curley is one of the most pedantic, pretentious, and ineffective professors I have ever had. Lectures were convoluted and confusing. He digressed often, and no one ever understood the subject material at hand. His exam preparation was thorough, and although it is clear that he cares about the subject, the execution is not ideal.