Reviews of professor James Robertson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dont be dissuaded, he's improved a lot!! (no pop quizzes, doesn't call on you) I def understand the complaints about lecture density, but he does post the slides which helps. Quiz answers are all in the book so definitely do the reading! Very interesting class. assignments weren't too hard to stay on top of. I really like this prof

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took this class last year, but it was my favorite out of any course in my college experience at UCI. James is an extremely knowledgable ast. prof. His lectures are heavy, but they give you so much insight into the history of Communism. Coming from a Russian background only knowing Capitalism, it was interesting to learn the history of my ancestors.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's nice and approachable, but if you're not a history major, don't expect to excel in his course. He expects you to know so much of history when some of us are only taking the class for credit. Weekly quizzes are extremely ambiguously worded and take up 70% of your grade. If you're NOT a history major, take it from me: don't take this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He crams too much info into his lectures. Dense material and I still haven't figured out how it relates to "Worldbuilding." He seems like a nice guy but his lecture style is alienating. I hope it gets better over time.