Reviews of professor Richard Snyder

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely kind and passionate professor, class is easy if you pay attention to lectures and study; very understanding and let me take my midterm later because I was sick

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a tough grader, but willing to put time outside of class to help you with essays or understanding of readings. Also responds to emails fairly quickly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Prof. Snyder is without a doubt my favorite professor I've ever had. Very personable, interesting material, and very much willing to help with any issues you may have. Also has a stellar fountain pen collection!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The grade you get is the grade you work for. Reading is mandatory for class and is usually 30  90 pages each, but should not be an issue with good time management. The Professor is INCREDIBLY kind and understanding. I really encourage everyone to take his class at least once. He's accommodative and very responsive to student concerns. Solid 10/10

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Richard is a very solid choice! He really knows his stuff, and is always willing to help you really understand and succeed in his class. You'll learn a lot - the work is intensive, particularly for newbies.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class graded on 3 exams entirely based on try-weekly lectures. Each lecture has 30 slides of information, so the tests are content heavy. Many readings that never show up on exams, 10% participation credit. Difficult for a GE, but you will learn Roman history; hard A for those unfamiliar with it. Snyder has passion but reads off slides.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Super kind and caring professor. He genuinely cares about students and is very understanding if you have to miss class for some reason. Grading is based on homework, 5-6 quizzes, and 2-3 exams. He goes over everything that will be on the quizzes and exams beforehand, so, as long as you study what he tells you to, you will do just fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's really nice and knows a lot about the topic. He basically just read off the slides, so it was hard to keep up with notetaking, but he posted the slides right before the lecture, which helped a lot. It was hard to understand him at points as well. The class is super neat though and pretty easy to pass. Make sure to go to your discussion.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
You are basically graded on 3 tests. There are 3 lectures a week, if you go and take notes, you will do good in the class, just study the notes before each test and you should be fine. There are 3 books he says to buy, I didn't buy or use any of them and I am doing fine in the class. Pretty much everything on the tests is covered in the lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He assigns A LOT of reading, but they're not mandatory. I just watched the lecture videos without the textbook and did just fine in the class. There's 2 midterms and a final, but there is SO much information to remember, prepare to do a bunch of studying!