Reviews of professor Jeffrey Tirshfield

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very specific in his lectures, so best not to miss the class. Talks fairly low, he could use a mic. Lots of reading; the reader is expensive and without an ebook option. No electronics. No seriously if you're caught taking notes on a laptop, iPad, or simply having your phone on your desk, he shouts. Ironically, it is a class on VIOL. Overall, good.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Everybody in my class literally hated Professor Tirshfield, but I thought that what he asked for was quite reasonable. However, I will agree that he's kind of scary and condescending, which makes you afraid to ask questions or for clarification. Also he forced us to go to class, which was not super accessible all the time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Personally, I really enjoyed taking Professor Tirshfield's SOCI 50 class during Spring Quarter 2020. While there is a lot of complex readings, Professor Tirshfield explain in detail what the readings are about in lectures. In addition, outside of class, he described and showed me different potential careers in law, something I want to pursue.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super bad online, but I'd see how he could be a great professor in person. I don't blame him, he's not used to MOOCs and explicitly said he has a disdain for them, but I'd only take him once COVID lets up.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Liked the topics covered and the way he taught. Didn't record lectures, couldn't really learn well. Reflections each week on 40 to >100 pages of reading. Midterm 3 essays (2-3 pgs each), final was going to be 2 essays but became 1 (2-4 pgs, we contacted his supervisors to change it due to COVID and BLM), and 2-4 essays if you miss >3 lectures.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
no slides or recordings provided (just a review slides posted only a week before midterm heavy readings exam is so hard and the time is tight

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Readings can be overwhelming and he encouraged a lot of participation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I don't know what's with all the bad reviews, but I'm taking him right now, and Prof. Tirshfield is one of the nicest professor out there. It is lecture and reading heavy but there's no single unanswered questions from him. Always been supportive with class engagement.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Make sure you purchase the reader bc he'll stop posting readings after the 1st/2nd week.. the reader's kinda expens but it does contain a lot of texts so I guess it's worth?? He kinda rambles a lot and it's kind of hard to understand what he's saying unless you read the readings and you REALLY pay attention during lecture. He's super nice tho!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you like showing up to class to learn nothing and listening to the professor ramble about nothing this is the class for you. When the time comes for tests which are the only thing graded you are given no study guide or help beforehand. If you are a masochist join this class because it is the worst teacher and way of teaching I have ever witness