Reviews of professor Thomas Jorsch

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Assigns essays asking for your opinion but will require you to use completely one sided sources and force you to have the same opinion as him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took his Dust Bowl course and it was cool and easy. Dr. J will warn students about due dates several times. Most of the people that complain about Dr. J (from my experience) are lazy people, generally greek life people, who think they can just blow off assignments. Just read the syllabus and show up to class, he allows notes on tests. It is easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was told to take this class by my advisor to complete my inclusion and diversity credits. He is a super passionate professor but he rambles on during class. Be prepared to read for at least an hour before going to class. I would definitely make sure to attend class or your grade will show it. Write good essays and you will get a good grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you stick with him you may learn to love him. Hes an awesome dude and has a very unique take on life and tries his hardest to get everyone involved in a painless way. If no one wants to get involved he finds alternate methods to teach the class. Best professor so far

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I am not a fan of history courses, but Prof. Jorsch made it interesting. He did his best to relate American history to current events, and focused more on themes and cultural trends than making us know specific names and dates. Very lecture heavy, but was always helpful if I had questions.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is a lot of reading for the class I took (social justice) but it was fairly engaging and interesting. He is pretty lenient on grading and if you participate in class discussions, keep up with the reading, and write fairly thoughtful papers, you will enjoy this professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. J is a good professor. You can tell he genuinely cares for his students and their wellbeing. If you come to class, make sure to do the reading and take notes, you will do well. He allows notes to be used during exams so make sure to take these notes! There are only a few grades in the class so make sure to do them thoroughly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In his lectures, you watch videos and read a lot. All exams are short answer and you must have sources from many books that he makes you read. Very nice guy, but he is not a very good teacher.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Did not enjoy this class. Not enough graded assignments for the amount of reading we had to do. Did not give study guides for exams and the exam questions were so random. Attendance was mandatory and the class is very lecture heavy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
failed one assignment and completely failed the class its not worth it at all. you get maybe two assignments outside of class all you do is read he is a very tough grader he will fail the class of of 1 assignment and if you fail the essays you have to write then your definitely screwed be careful. if you take it pay attention and do the essay good.