3.1
Quality3.7
Difficulty32%
Would Retake90
Reviews32%
Would Retake
90
Reviews
Rating DistributionOfficial
90 total ratings5
28
4
15
3
12
2
14
1
21
What Students Say
“Stay away from his class if you can”
HIST2112 - 2.0 rating“The best part about him are his lectures”
HIST2112 - 4.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
55%
Textbook Required
29%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.46 avg changeRatings by Course
HIST4111
5.0
(1)USHISTORYII
5.0
(1)USHISTORY2
5.0
(1)HISTORY2112
5.0
(1)HISTORY1111
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HIST101
5.0
STS2400
4.2
HIST2111
4.0
HIST1101
4.0
1877PRESENT
4.0
Reviews (89)
Reading issued but not required unless it will be specifically discussed. Goes over everything on exams. Occational group work. No major out of class assignments. Can get off topic to the point of being behind a day or two. *Special Note* - Looks Like Norm Abram of New Yankee Workshop fame.
He makes history come alive with his unique ability to instill vivid images in your head during lecture. The tests are not terribly easy, but if you're awake during lecture you should do fine. I used to hate history, but now I'm looking for an excuse to take another one of his classes. Great Prof
No Comments
I hated this class. He reminded me of Ben Stein everytime he talked. He was so boring and did not spark my interest in history at all. My advice is not to take this professor unless you are looking for good snooze time!
Great teacher - not an easy A, but if you study it's easily within reach. He's very knowledgeable about the material and I really enjoyed going to class just to hear him lecture. I would definitely take him again if given the opportunity.
great teacher. although he is long winded he knows what he is talking about and its good at making it intresting about what your learning, he is always available to help when you need it and is more then willing to do as such. i highly recommend him to anyone needing to take their history class.
very unhelpful and not easy to work with
very interesting class. Has a debate that really separates his class from the history classes. Has a passion for what he teaches so that makes it more interesting to listen to him. Easy to understand
No Comments
No Comments
Hmmm...this guy was somewhat annoying. Class always ran late, and he always managed to "conveniently" lose track of time. Also, he is very liberal and very vocal about his opinions. That being said...the class itself wasn't that hard. Do the work and pay attention and you'll do fine. You may get bored but you'll be okay!
Great class, very very interesting...this guy knows his stuff, keeps class relevant to what is going on in the world today. He does make you read two books, one which he editied and another one about the vietnam war. Take good notes paying attention for significance of events and you`ll do well..not easy but you`ll learn something
Very opinionated teacher man can this guy carry a conversation. If you ask a question be ready for a 5-10 minute answer. Tests are not bad but the quizez from the RTAP book are hard. Have to try hard to get A in this guys class but be on time and do all your work and you will make a easy B.
Churella made this class fun and educational. He ran the classes a little long, but I didn't mind that because his teaching was very relevant to today. Overall, great teacher and enjoyed his class.
Very enthusiastic, very involved in his subject matter. He gives extremely thorough answers when asked a question. RTAP quizes can be tricky, but if you study the tests are not too hard. It is worth the effort to have an interesting history teacher
Good Teacher
Good teacher but hard tests, study hard. He does grade easy though on the tests. There is a lot of reading in the book also, practically everyday
Knows what he's talking about. Great teacher. Discussion based class. Fair
Great Professor, just read and assignment prior to class and prepare to discuss. Positive attitude towards students and teaching in general. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Extremely astute and very knowledgeable about whatever material he is covering. Weekly quizzes weren't hard, if you kind of paid attention during notes. Has a good sense of humor regarding history...if that makes sense.
If i could have listened to the lectures without being graded this class would be awesome. He is very interesting and engaging but a horrible teacher. Gives nothing to review. Tests are often confusing. I learned much and my perspective grew but i doubt my grade will reflect it. He is not afraid to preach his political ideas to you.
Dr. Churella is an extremely great and wonderful teacher. That is, if you are in college to learn and not slack off. Dr. Churella keeps you honest with his work and isn't afraid to penalize you if you not show effort. I truly learned a great deal from this man and am not afraid to recommend him period.
has a bad attitude. thinks he is smart and we are dumb.
Most students like his teaching style, I overheard one student saying he hated him, as he continued to complain he always scored 4/10 on his quizzes. If your going to college wanting to learn history take his class. Great teacher!
This guy isn't to bad. The reading is very tedius, but I personally don't like post U.S. History. Has a quiz weekly, straight from lectures and the chapters. Didn't even take notes. He did do a group presentation, but as long as you put a few hours into learning your 'character' your okay.
He is good at lecturing, but he can be arrogant especially if you don't study the information. quizes are weekly on the RTAP readings, RTAP book is used all the time and this book can not be resold because he comes out with a new addition each semester (Churella is the editor of this book). he never takes roll.
do the readings
Pretty good teacher, easy to understand and really knows his History. Makes the course semi-interesting, more than other prof would. His quizzes are pretty hard, you have to really understand the weekly readings to do good on them. The debates are kind of pointless though, makes it feel like a Drama class.
Rules: <br>1. Always be in class, bring your warrant for arrest papers if you should miss because that is the only good excuse. 2. Don't shake his hand, you have H1N1 3. Call him professor or Dr. not sir, or mr. He worked hard for his PhD, so "indulge" him 4. If you find him boring he doesn't care, but if the history is boring, he has no sympathy.
This class was easy and the teacher is brilliant. He Really knows his stuff, but lectures can be hard to put in notes. Had a quiz every monday, only 5 questions. I hardly even opened the book (which he edited and cannot be resold to the bookstore). Midterm and final very easy. No HW. Attendance not necessary. Recommended.
This man is an expert in this field. There is probably not another person in the US more qualified to teach you about Railroads. He is interesting in his lectures, and you better do the assigned readings because there will be a short test on them every week, but if you read the materials you will do well. The group project can be a pain if you a
Smart man. REALLY PARTICIPATE in class! The book he uses is his own so read it or he'll know. He gives weekly quizzes on lecture and 1 chapter in the book. If you form a study group with a few people you can all take notes and then merge them later for a better understanding about the whole topic discussed. Work hard and he will reward you.
Sets expectations and expects you to follow them. Very enthusiastic about the subject matter and will make it interesting if you are engaged. Tough but fair on quizzes and exams. Do not need history textbook, but he does require you to get a custom book that he edits each semester. Wish I could take more from him.
Dr. Churella's STS class was very fun, but he is very strict in his grading policies. Almost anything short of going to class on time and giving undivided attention will give you a deduction from your final grade. There are also quizzes EVERY week, so make sure you read the articles assigned for the week. Papers also are submitted to turnitin.com.
Professor makes sure that you know that he has a Phd. Is very self-indulgent. Quizzes are not directly from notes some of the time, expects you to what is said in each class verbatim. Final was nothing from the notes we had, had a review class for possible short answer questions on the final, he deliberately didn't use any of them from the "review"
Very enthusiastic and smart professor. Really cares about the material and presents it in an interesting way.
Terrible professor! He is very cheap, he makes you get the new edition of his book (but they are all the same just a little to no difference). He teaches like his class is super important in life also says stuff that you might find annoying like Example: He says he carries the constitution every where with him... Stay away from his class if you can
Avoid Churella if you can. He knows his stuff, but his teaching style is too vague. He gives you articles to read for each class that is way too much to read, especially since you have 3-4 other classes to worry about. You also have quizzes EVERY WEEK on the readings. However, his explanations are clear during lecture, but too vague to take notes.
Let's see... To start sts2400 is a 2credit hour class like ethics, music, or art. Never have I had to read so much for a class in my life. Would avoid his class I feel like his PhD is in a field he couldn't get a job doing anything else so he decided to teach so he could talk about train history.
Passionate History teacher, but understand, he wants his students to think about everything he discusses in class. You probably won't get an A, but he wants his students understand much more than just a grade Get ready to think!
Was really great at giving lectures and making students think about history. The quizzes and tests are pretty straightforward if you do your reading and take notes. Makes you reconsider a lot of preconceived notions about events in US history.
Guy teaches revisionist history. His entire US History class can be summarized as: US history is full of injustices, all the fault of one race (WASP's, or White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, his hate term). His lesson on WW2 was, word-for-word, "We won, they lost, that's all you need to know" then he spent 3 days on Japanese-American internment camps.
He constantly makes references to his doctorate-which isn't in the subject he teaches btw. There's weekly readings and quizzes on the readings, which aren't that bad. The tests however are difficult. He doesn't gives notes and lectures on everything and anything. Be prepared to write because he never stops talking. I recommend a recording device .
VERY HARD. Had him for railway and mobility which was a 2 credit hours and he made it harder than my physics 2 class. quiz every class, test are impossible but i got a pretty fair grade. He is some what boring but incredibly smart.
The best part about him are his lectures. He is amazing at giving them, although on occasion they can be long and boring. Every week you are assigned a ready quiz. These quizzes are 5 questions and the questions are extremely specific and require a lot of thinking. Take notes on the book and good notes in class, ,notes will help you on tests.
Professor Churella is fantastic. That doesn't make him easy, and it shouldn't. You want an easy online class? Take one. You want a passionate professor who is well-spoken and committed to your learning? Choose Churella. He makes history fun, enlightening, and is compassionate to the subject. I wish my previous history professors were like him.
Great professor, speaks clearly, and goes very in-depth, but the work he assigns require heavy reading. You also have to understand their purposes and context too instead of just memorizing. I feel that his course would probably suit a history major better, as he considers the course's content more important than most.
The required readings, along with extensive notes and specificity in multiple choice testing makes this professors class very difficult to keep up with.
You have to read around 13 documents for each 5 question test. The quizzes are very specific and the tests are on the quizzes. He is not helpful when you ask him questions. The quizzes are either every week, but some are twice a week.
We had eight quizzes with extra credit and three tests. You have to go to class to know what's on the quizzes/tests, but if you take notes and read the homework (which to be fair there is a lot), the assessments are really easy. He can lose track of time, though, and go a few minutes over, so if you have somewhere to be after consider someone else.
If you really love history and have about 5 hours a week to spend reading/studying for each quiz (there's almost one a week) then I would definitely recommend Dr. Churella. However, if you're a junior/senior and looking for an easy gen ed class so that you can focus on your major classes, DO NOT TAKE CHURELLA. His class takes up too much time.
He's a good teacher, there's readings and it's important to read them because of the in class reading quizes, but it's not that bad. Hes also pretty funny and tries to help however he can. If you pay attention in class the tests aren't hard and if you remember anything from high school the class is just a lot of review with some extra bits.
Absolutely horrible experience with this teacher. I went out of my way to study the notes and material he provided and never passed a test or quiz. If you plan on taking US History, this is a bad teacher to choose. No extra credit and if you miss any class you cant make up any work.
This dude is alright. He's not great, but he's okay. Basically 8 papers that are two pages long and a annotated bibliography and research design project. Honestly, I don't care what grade I get in this class. I really learned how to write a proper essay and learned how to do correct citation. Which is something I was never taught in high school.
Dr. Churella is an ardent Historian who cares about his students and teaches them how to think critically. Yes, He gives a good portion of reading each week but almost all assignments are crucial to understanding and interpreting the essence of the times. He presents History like a story, making the subject come to life. Would certainly recommend
His lectures are very good overall and he is also an informative person to talk with as well.
His lectures are boring. Doesn't respect his students, contradicts himself, arrogant. He runs over time. He glosses over heavy topics in a nonchalant way (like slavery), he should carry a little more humility and somberness when speaking of those topics. Yells at students for using phones in class. Tests are very specific and is hard to study for.
I honestly wish I had looked on here before signing up for his class. If you're planning on being a history major I have no doubt that he would be a terrific professor for you; however, if you are not do not take him. I write everything he says down 3 times, read the documents and annotate them, and I will never be prepared for his class ever.
You can never be prepared for this class. Heavy lectures and extremely long readings.
The course itself is interesting but he gives an unreasonable amount of work and expects it to be done with very short deadlines.
Same routine every week, reading/lecture (sometimes an assignment on the readings), quiz, discussion, and then repeat. 3 tests that weigh a lot, but he is kind about it and adjusted grades once or twice without prompting. I did not need him a lot, but he responded immediately and politely when I emailed him. Lots of video lectures and reading.
The course is interesting BUT HE FINDS A WAY TO MAKE IT SO BORING! GIVES SO MUCH WORK CLEARLY DOES NOT REALIZE HIS CLASS IS JUST A GEN ED LOL
Dr. Churella has an amazing grasp on the history he teaches. His lectures are really insightful and sometimes have very funny moments, and he teaches history in a way that isn't memorizing dates, but to understand the cause and effect for why one event happened after another, which makes it much easier to remember. Not a heavy workload class.
There are too many lectures and some of them are helpful and some are not. The quizzes and the tests are hard.
Since it's a research class, there is lots of individual work and one-on-one meetings with Dr. Churella. No textbook, but plenty of reading and research conducted. Class is graded by an Exploring Aspects paper, a Source Report and a Research Paper (Draft, worth more, and Final). Definitely challenges you to think and makes you work for it.
This class was based on developing and producing a research paper. Dr. Churella's feedback is specific, relevant, and valuable, though he does have some quirks about writing style. Class's main flaw was due to Covid we met rarely as a group and therefore worked almost solely on our own narrow topics rather than studying the era more generally.
DO NOT TAKE HIM. I am usually really good at history, but he makes this class so much harder than it needs to be. So many lectures, a lot of reading, and tests and quizzes are HARD. He is nice, but you have to put in a lot of work to do good. Definitely not an easy A professor.
6 lectures a week the exam questions have multiple correct answers and u have to choose the one that is most correct. the reading assignments are biased and if u don't say exactly what the professor thinks he will count it as wrong. he expects everyone to know history like he does and assigns a quiz +either a discussion or reading assignment weekly
Dr. Churella is incredible and presents information in a way that's easy to understand and memorize. Very lecture heavy class (some modules had 8 lectures each), but I found the lectures to be fun and actually useful when it came to taking quizzes and exams. There's one reading assignment/response every week, so get ready to read a lot. Loved him!
I would definitely take another class with Dr. Churella. His lectures are in short, interesting sections. He drops lowest grades in multiple categories. Taking notes is a good idea as is learning the sequence of events. He grades quickly, gives feedback, and gives warnings/updates to help keep you on track.
The lectures and assignments are all based on videos that he makes. You HAVE to watch the entire video because none of the notes or learning materials are written anywhere. (they're very boring also). He gives 0 extra credit. The tests and quizzes all have questions about small details that he says aren't important and then adds them to the tests.
Lots of homework, but is an easy grader. Gives good feedback on essays. Multiple required books, one has to be bought new. Cares about students as people. Three big projects, one is partner work.
Gives out a lot of work throughout the week. Lectures are short and easy to understand and the quizzes are based off lecture. Though there is a 10 min limit and tests are lockdown browser. Both are also set where you submit an answer and cant go back. Each week there is either a reading reaction or group discussion which he gives documents for.
I am telling you if you want to enjoy your next semester, do not include this professor on your schedule. You could write a 10 page scholarly paper for him and he would still find a million reasons why your paper is bad. Do not believe the other ratings. He is awful. For a Gen-Ed, it is ridiculous the amount he requires of you. Save your self.
lectures are easy to understand. LOTS of reading and very much not easy. The exams are lockdown and the quizzes are formatted to where you cant go back and change your answer so you MUST take good notes. Does not give good feedback and is difficult to get a 100 on the reaction assignments. Quizzes and reaction assignments weigh the most.
I do not recommend taking him at all. His class is made up of essays, quizzes, discussion posts, and three exams. He is an easy grader on the essays and discussion posts. However, his quizzes and exams are insanely hard. He makes up all of his questions and even if you watch his lectures you will still not know how to answer.
Dr.Churella was easily the worst professor I have ever had in my life. This man will make you feel stupid if you ask a question in his class. His lectures are boring and unengaging. He will find a way to make his class political even if it doesn't have to do with the subject. If you want a good semester take anyone else.
Do not take him unless you will attend every class and like to write A LOT. He allowed 5 absences and I had 7, which 2 were from covid and one for being out of town which I informed him about all three. He then dropped my grade from a 80 to a 74 just for missing two extra day (had covid and literally could not come). definitely do not recommend.
He did not use a textbook online. He made us purchase Milestone Documents. He ended up using it for maybe 2 weeks max. There were many readings and very lengthy. His mic sounded like he was underwater. You could only take his quizzes one time. The quizzes were 5 questions long and one per page. The quizzes were only open on sunday and monday.
Took the online history class. Quizzes are short, so it's easy to get a bad grade if you don't pay attention while watching the prerecorded lectures. If you take his class, doing each unit's readings is essential as he pulls questions from them on his quizzes/tests. Discussions are easy if you cite from the readings he gives.
There is just a lot of information to consume and very long lectures. It's really hard to bring your grade back up once it goes down.
Dr. Churella is a great professor! If you are a history major, take him! Do not get me wrong, there is a workload, but its an upper-level history course. His class helped me become a better writer and expanded my historical writing and research skills. You WILL have to work for your grade, put in effort, show up to class and you will be fine.
I'm no history whiz, but wow did he make history absolutely miserable. Get ready to watch 2 hours worth of lectures and be tested on content that somehow isn't mentioned in any of it! He shows no remorse and his syllabus quiz alone was enough to make me want to leave. Be prepared for lockdown with webcam on tests.
If you don't learn well from video lectures don't take this class as that's all you get. Professor comes across as incredibly condescending and confusing. Test questions are irrelevant to what was taught. Trying to learn from your mistakes is impossible as his questions are so convoluted you cant even research to correct yourself in the future.
This guy's class is very lecture oriented which is totally fine, but his tests are atrocious. You can study all of the material and still do poorly on the tests because all of the questions are hyper-specific questions that are about the tiniest details. NO GOING BACK ON YOUR TESTS EITHER. Hard for no reason. Especially for a GenEd class.
He speaks only monotone for all the lectures. The things on his lectures are not the things in the quizzes. The things in the reading are also not on the quizzes.
Awful professor. Im currently barely passing. his tests are lockdown brow and cam. His test qn are not about what you read ot watch about. AND GAVE ME A 0 ON AN ASSIGNMENT FOR NOT USING MORE THAN ONE RESOURCE. SCREW HIS DOCTOR TITLE I WOULD NEVER RECOMEND HIM EVEN TO MY WORST ENEMY.
Professor Churella couldn't care less about your or your success. It's almost as if he wants you to fail and finds ways to make you look stupid if you ask a question. Not to mention I had a friend nearly pass away the night and assignment was due and when I asked for an extension, all I got was “too bad, so sad” pretty much.
Grades too hard, literally you can give the correct answer and he only thinks a certain way or "his" way is right.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
55%
Textbook Required
29%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.46 avg changeRatings by Course
HIST4111
5.0
(1)USHISTORYII
5.0
(1)USHISTORY2
5.0
(1)HISTORY2112
5.0
(1)HISTORY1111
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HIST101
5.0
STS2400
4.2
HIST2111
4.0
HIST1101
4.0
1877PRESENT
4.0