Reviews of professor Richard Last

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had Last in person and online. He is sometimes too nice, too lenient with students. But overall he's a very caring and fun professor. He understands when he assigns too much work. Lots of reading but that's the program. He clearly loves what he does.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Rick is a really excellent prof, especially in 3rd and 4th year classes. He's always helped me talk through my ideas for papers and has been really supportive throughout the research and editing process. His assignments can be a little too open ended but he's an easy grader and is genuinely interested in helping you to learn through your research

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While he's a very nice guy, and I'm sure he's a fantastic Latin professor, he was completely unprepared to teach a Women's Studies class. I did not learn anything, and he didn't know what he was teaching. He clearly read two or three journal articles and tried to base the entire course off of them (this was obvious).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Last makes you participate most classes but you dont need to speak, usually he gives cue cards so you can write your opinions there. There are two essays that require extra reading but he discusses them in classes. My only criticism is that its more of an AHCL course than a WMST. I found his lectures very organized and clear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Its Latin! Of course its a lot of work its a language class for christ sakes! Mr. Last is very helpfull and very engaging in class, he never degrades wrong answers and actually perfers them as a means to teach the class. Small classes, engaging prof, stick with him and keep up with the work and you will love every moment!