Reviews of professor Brian Hayashi

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The entire course is based on 2 assignments and the final exam, all of which are essays that have nothing to do with the lectures. if you want to learn history do not take this class because you won't learn a single thing because his lectures are just meaningless tangents. He is very kind to students, but that kindness alone isn't enough.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he doesnt post on canvas (including grades, i dont know what my grade is. its the week before finals). there is only papers for your grade, but he doesnt give you a clear paper prompt or rubrics for how hes going to grade the papers until he returns it to you. there is no test except the final. he does not answer emails. blue books required.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor is clearly very knowledgeable about Espionage, however he is absolutely AWFUL at teaching. He is kind, I'll give him that, but he's also incredibly out of touch. He brings up how slavery wasn't *that bad* in comparison to other things in history, how the Chinese government is spying on students... all for at LEAST half of classtime.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Summer online class, wrote a paper based on what was assigned on Canvas and then was told that we needed to ignore canvas instructions and to refer to the syllabus to get instructions for our assignments. On the first week we had 6 to 7 hours of videos to watch and additional reading among other things.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Hayashi is a very knowledgeable person but not too great of a teacher. He is sometimes not responsive & his classes are hard, but he is a great guy. If you ask him to explain something in person, youre solid but over email is difficult. Hes very understanding when unexpected things pop up. Will let you turn in late if you have an excuse