Reviews of professor Colin Gilmour

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really amazing lecturer, but crazy breakdown and unclear about how things would be graded - conferences were a demerit system - so you got nothing for showing up but lost marks if you were absent - definitely not an easy A

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Gilmour is great, I love his WWII class! He really knows his stuff and his lectures are very interesting. Go to lectures, the PPTs aren't enough. Also, I can't stress this enough: take the time to read the exam instructions and questions in order to do well! Great class, very knowledgeable and funny prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Colin Gilmour is a fantastic seminar leader who created a space where I felt comfortable to express my views on the course material. The reading list was great and even included a TV show! He was also extremely helpful with the term paper. I would highly recommend anyone to take a seminar with him. He even brought a coffee machine for us to use!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In all honesty and as a passionate student about WWI, I must say that his class hasn't taught me AT ALL anything interesting nor relevant about the War. Gilmour could't care less about his student's personal knowledge on the subject but rather prefer to follow his own teaching methods and tell some useless jokes about this extremely serious theme.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a young prof who has developed a good way to teach an incredibly complicated course. He manages to explain the topics well. My only issue with him is his grading criteria is unclear and his tests are very random from what is actually emphasized in class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Clearly passionate about the subject matter and I enjoy his lectures. Available to me when Ive had questions. Lots of reading, but helpful and a fair grader.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Quite seriously one of the best instructors in the History department. Gives amazing feedback, always willing to talk outside class to help you, assignments are creative and not just "go write a paper." Teaches you historical skills and historiography rather than making you memorize things you can find on Wikipedia. 10/10