Reviews of professor Paul Kuenker

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I hated history until I took his class. He offers new prospectives and looks at history as a story rather than a timeline making it easier to understand. You read and write a lot, including on exams. Attendance is only graded on discussion days but you wont pass if you skip class often. Not a class you can slack on but it is definitely worth it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Kuenker is incredibly knoledgeable and is fantastic at making history intriguing. However, hell grade your work so hard youll question how you even got accepted into Fort Lewis all the while not explaining the reasoning for doing so; it almost seems as though he lets personal opinions of who he thinks you as a student are influence his grading.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Probably one of the best professors Ive ever had. Dr. Kuenker is a knowledgeable historian who takes pleasure in learning and teaching. You can tell he loves his job and wants to challenge his students intellectually. Hes really passionate and makes you want to learn. You wont regret taking his classes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have no idea how to rank Dr. Kuenker and that is because I always work really hard in his classes and walk away having gained more insight from his classes then most, yet I've never gotten anything higher than a C in his class. He has extremely difficult assignments that do teach you the material but he grades you inconsistently.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class mainly consisted of lectures and they were quite sleepy and dry. It's hard to engage with the material because it's presented in a monotone, unexciting fashion. Grades seemed so inconsistent and tough, never got a perfect score on anything. 

I wouldn't take a class with him again, there are much better options out there.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The lectures were informative but they can be dry at times. Do the weekly responses. Kuenkers a tough grader and sometimes seems to take points off exams and essays without explanation. He offers EC chances sometimes; do them even if you dont need extra points at the time. Attendance is important. Use his office hours for essays, it helps a lot!