Reviews of professor Max Deardorff

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO. NOT. TAKE. PIRATES AND POWER. This is the worst possible quest course! I have to drop it and it absolutely destroyed my GPA. The TAs were harsh for no reason. The whole course was taken way too seriously as just a quest course everyone thought could be fun. Unless you want to lose your scholarship to a class about PIRATES, don't do it mateys.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Would not recommend taking pirates and power if you want an easy A. The writing assignments are graded too harshly for a Quest class. Also, instructions for exams are not very clear up until the day of or the day before the exam. The course is interesting, but I wish the assignments were not graded so harshly so that the class can be enjoyable.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Grade is based off papers, one map quiz, and attendance. His lectures are very hard to understand as the slides are mostly just pictures and his actual lecturing seems unprepared and hard to understand. No clear points or real guidance on the papers.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't get me wrong, Max is a cool guy and a good lecturer. It ends there... Despite your relentless effort, he will never reward it. He offered little to no feedback on papers and exams and docked points without any explanation. If you want to learn about Latin history, take him for sure! But if you want to save your GPA, avoid at all cost!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Deardorff loves his craft. To any student who shows even a little interest, he makes sure that they are where they need to be in class as in a very chill guy. If you are not interested In history, it may be hard to follow this lecture-based class. Even then, he is engaging in his style of lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Amazing, knowledgeable professor. He expects a lot from his students but he guides them and helps you along the way. Very accessible and interesting lectures.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Although Dr. Deardorff was a very pleasant and agreeable man, the class was so intense that my TA thought that Quest courses were supposed to be one of the hardest levels of courses available. We were graded with ridiculously high expectations without communication. Also, the class is more focused on colonization through a perspective on piracy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The pirates class is quite hard and the reading is quite heavy. While Professor Deardorff is great himself, the lectures can be a drag. The TA was really helpful. The powerpoint was kind of important when I took the exams. Instructions were often unclear but that is because this was the first time this class was being taught.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class was listed as a 2000 word-class but should've been at least 4000 words. Hard to remain focused during the lectures as the material was uninteresting. Way over complicated for a Quest 1 class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
total dad jokes man. absolute homie. hooked my friend up with advice for his trip. had 2 classes with him. lowkey a savage at times. #godblessmax