Reviews of professor Caoimhin De Barra

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. De Barra is a good choice for a history professor. In HIST 102, you will have two essays and two video presentations, as well as three map exams and a final. It isn't a lot of work on a week-to-week basis. The lectures are pretty interesting, and he tries to make them funny and entertaining. Hard grader, but he tells you what he wants to see.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor De Barra was my favorite professor last semester. His lectures were always very interesting, delivered well and in an interesting way. There are 4 projects that you have to do during the semester, two video presentations and two 1500-word papers. Only test in the class, the final exam where you give a short description of many terms.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I enjoyed taking Professor De Barra's class because his lectures are very engaging and he seemed to be so passionate about what he's teaching. 

The one thing I hated about his class was the finals. I feel like it was so unnecessary to memorize 80 events/person along with dates and what happened. That exam was honestly so tough and I failed it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures can be very interesting but are dense in content. Participation is 20% of your grade, but all you need to do is say 1 thing (of value) per class. 2 papers and 2 prerecorded presentations, getting an A isn't hard if you pay close attention to the rubric and footnotes. He has an insane amount of extra credit available and is extremely funny.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of my favorite professors! Front loads all of the assignments aside from the midterm and final, and is really clear about expectations. Replies to emails insanely fast. Midterm and final are structured as interviews which seems intimidating but are easy if you study your lecture notes. Also has many extra credit opportunities.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
De Barra is an excellent professor, one of my favorites I've had so far, but his class is definitely hard work. The lectures go quickly and attendance is absolutely essential to doing well. Tough class but overall he knows what he's doing and is a great guy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
super clear expectations but every days literally a 75 minute lecture. its a good class if you like learning about history, but not fun if you don't. you write a lot of papers, not pertaining to anything in class and theres 2 big tests (midterm/final) which are just straight up memorization of who/what/when/where/why on TWENTY TERMS lots of work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor De Barra was my absolute favorite professor for Fall Semester of 2020 (Western Civilizations 2). His class is based almost entirely on papers but he is very clear about what his expectations are and if you follow those expectations you will most certainly get an A. He has a good sense of humor and remember to always participate in class!