Reviews of professor Eric Rutkow

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I wish all professors were as enthusiastic about the classes they teach. He jumps out of joy and yells during his lectures!
The tough side is that he wants you to remember multiple dates and locations for a single event, and you need to know at least 10 for each exam.
Had a B entire semester somehow ended with A-, he is generous if you show effort

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not super difficult but not super easy either. Expect to do at least 1 hour if not more of reading each week but info is interesting. 4 Quizzes- 15?s 8min. 7 skill building quiz - easy. 8 reading quiz- open note, easy. 3 reading responses - 350-450 words. Final research essay 1500-2000 words, get to pic your own tourist location. Great class!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Rutkow is an amazing teacher; you can tell that he puts real passion into his lectures and he actually cares about teaching. He's a huge history nerd (in a good way) and the excitement rubs off on you after a while. He never tries to trick you and gives you study guides that say exactly what will be on the test. Great professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rutkow is a fairly straight forward teacher with 1 paper and 2 exams. He also has 3 exams based on additional readings. My only real complaint is that he comes as somewhat rude if he feels someone is asking a stupid question or wasting his time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lecture heavy, but filled with detail. Provides a lot of readings that enhance the lessons, and will be required for tests. Had lengthy midterm and final exams that required extensive writing, which is standard for history, but coupled with COVID felt absolutely exhausting. He knows what he talks about, but I struggled, even as an exemplary student

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
the entire class you'll be sitting through a lecture with 1 class discussion in the middle. if you take notes during his lecture, the online reading quizzes are easy. no required text book. 3 star rating comes from lack of discussions & his only office hours were right after class. on the final he expects memorization (dates too)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This was a super interesting class and I think Professor Rutkow is one of my favorite professors I've ever taken. He's super nice to talk to and the lectures are super interesting. Grading is consistent of 3 online quizzes (lowest dropped), a midterm, a biography, a final, and attendance. The hardest part for me on the tests was always the maps.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Awesome professor. The lectures are really well-organized and interesting. He made a subject I didn't think much of very interesting. Very approachable and gives great feedback for papers. A few online quizzes based on readings. Biggest thing was the midterm/final, with a lot of studying required. Be very precise, giving dates and places etc.