Reviews of professor Jeremy Beller

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Thought I could show up and get an A, but Dr Beller required effort and quality in order to attain a good grade. I now have a new meritocratic perspective. This guy knows something about anthropology.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Always on time and very respectful to students. Gives hands-on field demonstrations to emphasize concepts. Every now and then says something funny and unexpected, which is appreciated as geoarchaeology can be a relatively dry subject. Jeremy does a far better job at teaching than most of the tenured or experienced professors in the anth department.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
loved the content, the term paper not so much

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I honestly love Beller

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was probably the MOST brutal class Ive ever taken Dr. Beller was extremely unspecific with assignments and had unrealistic expectations for quizzes. The class average on quizzes reflected this with most of the quizzes at around 50-60%. Dr Beller used a condescending tone and told us that our papers would not be the best we had ever written

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I don't usually enjoy online courses but this one was interesting and convenient. There were several tests and two assignments and Prof. Beller gave the class extensions on the assignments which helped. Found the feedback helpful too. Course seemed lecture heavy and less on the readings. Definitely would take more courses with him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Beller made the learning material really interesting. He brought on a number of guest lecturers with pretty cool talks. He was nice and flexible with my mental health issues. I didn't find the course too hard but I couldn't slack off. Id recommend him as he raised my interest in archaeology.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
ANTH 150 NOT 240! Could write an essay abt this course. Grading = inconsistent; got perfect score for format on 1st paper but same format later got lower, despite same criteria. Criteria = vague but harshly graded if you don't hit certain points, and expected to cover a lot in small word count. Prof at times seemed pretentious + unapproachable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Beller's class was fantastic. I personally find online classes to be shallow. However, Jeremy's class was one where I retained many important concepts that helped me shape my understanding of Paleo Arch.  If you're looking for a challenge I'd highly recommend this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I can't believe people gave this guy a 5, seriously the worst prof I've had. He assigns a large number of readings throughout the term and makes quizzes and tests unnecessarily difficult. He is also brutal with marking papers. I get if people liked him as a person but that doesn't make him good at teaching. BTW the course average is like a C.