Reviews of professor Adrian Brettle

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not approachable, goes out of topic every single class and exams are not on the actual history but on source analysis.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take HST 112 or POS 112 with this professor, especially if he is paired with Donald Critchlow. The grades are really heavy with no outlined rubric. Most of this class is essays assigned on readings without ANY rubrics. He is a really funny guy but lectures are long, boring, and hard to pay attention to.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course is so difficult to tackle, especially with Dr. Brettle's lecture videos. He seems like a smart and decent person, but he is just not good at teaching this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Brettle was definitely a joy to take. I enjoyed his personality and his jokes, but not so much his grading. The class structure is wonderful. 9 chapters, a lecture, discussion, and debate for all 9. There were 3 main essays to write, and he is the definition of tough grading. Good luck reading his handwriting on feedback ha!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very boring lectures that most never pay attention to. Lectures mainly apply to pop quizzes and SO MUCH READING. If you stay focused you could do well as the man is well-educated in the matter but has trouble formulating that information into something easy and interesting for others to understand.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Brettle is very knowledgeable and he is willing to answer your questions. The only assignments are pop quizzes, book reviews, and tests. The lectures are long and his presentations have lots of words on the screen. His TA grades everything and she does not grade very hard. As long as you know how to write an essay and take notes you can pass.