Reviews of professor Randall Souza

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Classic militaristic Rome, but Dr. Souza is good at facilitating class seminars so everyone has a chance to participate and knows plenty to explain social, cultural, and religious aspects of Rome. Very interested in history of Sicily and archaeology. New prof, but impressively experienced (go read his CV!) Small, easy assignment before each class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took this class a couple years back now, and it was his first quarter teaching at SU so I don't know if anything has changed, but I liked the class. I'm not a fan of Rome but got to write my term paper about something I enjoyed. Tough on grammar but fair grader.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a nice guy. Genuinely cares about students and passionate about the content. Take good notes on his powerpoint lectures and you'll do fine on weekly quizzes. Doing the reading helps with in-class discussion, but it's not critical to do well in class. He's really helpful outside of class if you go talk to him or email him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Clear grading instructions. Be ready for a lot of reading and discussion- both online and in-class. It's tolerable if you keep up with it but if you get behind (like I did), you're going to have a hard time. He is very knowledgeable about the material and encourages you to ask questions. I got really behind on work but he reached out often.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Souza's class was really lecture heavy and his slides didn't really help. From time to time his class was not engaging and the conversations were dull but Dr. Souza was always helpful. He's really good one on one and gave good feedback for the papers.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Given that this is an honors course, you expect it to be more challenging. In my opinion, Souza was not the best fit for this course because he doesn't understand how to make the material into an engaging discussion, instead, he gives boring readings that have facts and expects us to discuss the facts without any prompt or idea to debate.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a very nice professor while remaining professional. While there are a handful of weekly assignments to be expected, the workload isn't very heavy compared to other SU courses. Going to class is helpful to learn more about the readings and discuss the readings with a partner in class. Overall, he's understanding and reminds you of office hours.