Reviews of professor Robert Cross

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very nice person! Talkative and inspiring.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
a good person but wouldnt take again. too much info info with no time to process & doesnt like questions in class. downplays the need to know dates but makes a good portion of the exam about dates. slides are useless. terrible grading system. I feel like he didn't read our final papers and just put in random grades tbh

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took 2 HIST courses to round out my minor. Assigns too many readings, the content of which is not necessarily tested on exams nor required to write the papers. (You do not NEED to read everything, but should get a good sense of what the course is about.) I struggled to keep up (Econ major.) Great lecturer and kind man; +readings shld be optional.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was interesting, and Prof Cross was very helpful and an amazing lecturer. He is very passionate about the subject and can answer any question you ask. The exams for this class are pretty easy (2 exams), but the 2 essays are difficult. They are weird prompts and are LONG essays ( 7 pages & 10 pages MIN). A lot of work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cross is a decent teacher with an unclear grading scale. I thought my peers wrote better papers than mine, but I still received a higher grade. He is a nice guy though. Unfortunately, his grades just don't match the feedback he provides. Good luck!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Cross is nothing short of an amazing professor. I took him for an elective history course and was shocked by the sheer depth of his knowledge and lecturing ability. The course was graded based on two papers and two exams, but if you do the reading, attend the lecture, and attend office hours you will do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great lecturer and reasonable grader. If you attend class frequently and do the readings you will be well prepared for the papers and tests. Definitely one of the better professors at Northeastern, who illuminates the nuance and complexity of history rather than force a distinct narrative.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Can't lie this was the most work I put in for any class last semester. It's really reading intensive especially at the beginning. The reading can be dull sometimes but it's made a lot better by Cross' lectures. His lectures are really engaging and he's really knowledgeable. Plenty of room for discussion and really interesting class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Cross provided the tools to succeed while being flexible in times of need. He relates to his students as human beings, which made this process, though painful, much more enjoyable. Prof. Cross is skilled in his academic writing, and as a witty historian, "retired musician," and photography hobbyist, his knowledge spans multiple IA disciplines