Reviews of professor Aro Velmet

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is honestly really interesting. You cover 3 very interesting topics in history and dive deep. There are 3 "assignment" essays and a midterm and a final. As far as the grading it is all by the TAs so that is a different thing. Overall really fun and interesting (I retained a lot of interesting information).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Velmet is a grea lecttuer. His class is hard, but super interesting if you like history. There's a lot of reading and you have to do it in order to do well on the papers and exams. Don't take his class if you're a first-semester freshman, he expects you to know how to write already.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Aro Velmet is a very nice and intelligent person, but the course is a lot for a GE. There are heavy readings and BB discussion posts for each lecture; tests are essays. You must participate in both lectures and discussions!! All that said, the class is INTERESTING- watch the TV show! Its definitely worth covering two GE requirements.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really fun and interesting guy. A TON of reading though, so be ready. Grade is based on 2 papers, midterm and final, so really have to put effort in if you botch one. Pretty easy to get a B but tough to get an A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a great professor if you like European history, but the course revolves heavily around weekly readings. The 2 papers, midterm, & final all required an analysis of the readings (not from a textbook, but novels & primary sources). Make sure you attend lecture (for the random in-class writing exercises) & discussion (counts for your grade).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
A professor enthusiastic about his material but overloads the student with work. 2 papers, 2 Exams and 8-10 books of readings. You arent the only Professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not the easiest class, but if you have some interest in modern Europe, then it's a very interesting class to take. Lots of reading, but not every time is the reading necessarily heavy, and you can get by with around 80% of the reading done to some degree. Definitely pay attention in lectures, and tests/essays aren't too horrible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Aro is one of the best history professors at USC. Other reviewers seem frustrated by the reading load, but it's daily typical for a history class to have at least one central text for a week. For this class, readings were interesting, lectures were concise and effective, and discussions he ran were enthralling. One of the best classes I've taken.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Incredibly interesting material and really enjoyed his lectures, however there is a lot of reading and this is not one of the easy GEs. The workload is not that bad, but the exams require a lot of memorization. Go to class because his slides are not content heavy. Take this class if you truly want to learn about history and enjoy reading.