Reviews of professor Jose Melendez

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really kind Professor, he's a little disorganized but incredibly kind and helpful.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a nice enough guy but is horribly disorganized. The last 15 minutes of lectures will often contain the same volume of info as the first 65. Rushes to do shit. Unclear on criteria of grading, no partial credit on weekly responses. HORRIBLE final project. Would not wish a 9am with Melendez on my worst enemy. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you care about your mental health, I wouldn't recommend this class. I can't keep up with this class, too many assignments, hard grading, and overall just a very demanding class. It was interesting, the professor and TA were both great, but the class is just way too taxing.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This man is wildly disorganized at all times. That being said, he is also very kind and attentive to his students. Lectures are all over the place with no clear direction. Most texts are not provided; you have to rely on less-than-legal methods to get the readings. Assignments rely on primary sources...often in other languages.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Perez Melendez is awesome, I would totally recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Perez Melendez is honestly one of the kindest professors I have ever met. He has high expectations, but thay are atainable. He is always available to talk and will bend over backwards to help his students reach their potential. I strongly recommend him if you want to learn something while in college.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Boring lecturer, Disorganized, and Pointless Assignments. He means well but honestly it's not effective.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He tries to incorporate different kinds of work/assignments to help students. He is very knowledgeable & passionate. Theres a good amount of reading and class discussion, but it is a history class so this should be expected. He graded fairly; you are expected to show an attempt at engaging the material critically. Guest lectures were nice addition.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Please ignore the bad ratings, if you try, participate and ask for questions this guy is one of the best professors you will ever take-- however he has very little patience for people who do not try.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm gonna push back on some of these ratings--Perez Melendez is ambitious in his expectations of students, but he's one of the most genuine, helpful people I've met during my entire undergraduate experience. He's also a brilliant guy. If you put in the effort, you'll learn a ton, and he will do his best to help you succeed in academia and beyond.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I like how Melendez is very passionate about the subject matter, but the problem was that it was very unclear what the expectations were for the class. I would get half credit on things because I didn't do them perfectly. we also had pop quizzes which were open note, but if we didn't include every detail, we would get several points off.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very passionate professor.