Reviews of professor Jason Ratcliffe

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult class if you do not know any Asian history. Solely graded on 2 exams and a paper. The paper takes weeks to write. He is a rough grader and attendance is mandatory. Notes are hard to conceptualize. The teacher has good intentions however, the material could be taught in a much better way.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jason Ratcliffe knows his stuff. There are a couple quizzes, two tests, and one paper that make up your grade. The tests are extremely specific so get ready to study a lot! The paper is 8-10 pages and analyzes two books (roughly 1000 pages of reading total). It is a lot of work but the paper teaches you a lot. (He refuses to give out his slides.)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ratcliffe is solid. His lectures are entertaining. He does make you work for a grade though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is mostly based around the lectures. Lots of interesting information, but you have to make sure to take good notes. Doesnt post the lectures so you have to go to class to get the info. Seems to know his stuff, and is pretty easy to get extra help from outside of class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He does go very in depth with his lectures, but half of the time when a student asks a question (usually a pretty specific question, to be fair) he'll say "I couldn't tell you" and then make a guess based off what he thinks. It just makes him seem like he's not really an expert in Asian history. Reads from power points, rather than lectures.