He is a good teacher, very fair. The class overall is hard. there is allot of memorization req. Its French revlt and Napolionic Era, allot of things happened back then. He specializes in this field and wrote a few books on it so dont BS on papers.

Professor Brown is extremely knowledgable and a joy to listen to. The class was challenging, but students were presented with so much information that they were never at a loss for material to draw on. Take this class.

Prof. Brown a great scholar, he is tough but will teach you a lot.

Definately one of the best professors I have ever had at any school! He is very intelligent and interesting. Classes flew by very quickly. Yes, he is demanding, but why go to school if you don't want to be challenged?

I loved this class. It wasn't easy, I worked my butt off, but Prof. Brown is capable of making and hour and a half lecture fly by. Be prepared to write alot. If you're interested in the subject and are prepared to work I highly recommend this class.

If you take one of his classes, make sure you haven't taken another class pass/fail, cause you might need to. His lectures are great, he's really engaging and interesting, but his tests are HARD! Grading system based ALOT on homeworks, they're 24% of grade, 10 page paper, midterm and final.

Brown's great and very helpful, but challenging! Tons of reading, lots of notes. You'll learn so much if you work hard. Know French, and he'll make you research in it for the paper. Should get at least a B if you try hard. Great if willing to work a lot, horrible while taking another hard class.

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He's probably the best in the department. Without a doubt the best lecture style and overall clearest lecturer in the dept. He is very demanding, but his reading questions and lectures were extraordinarily thought provoking. Toughest professor in the dept, best bet take P/F and learn alot without worrying about low grades.

If you are very interested in the subject and willing to work really hard and learn alot then he will be your favorite professor. If you are looking for a gen-ed or easier class then you will struggle. He singles out the students who don't work hard in class. Don't expect anything higher than a C if you do not work especially hard on everything!

Dr. Brown is one of the best professors at this university and you should feel priveleged to be taught by such a brilliant man. Anyone who says he is condescending is right...excuse him for being annoyed by lazy college kids who want to do nothing and get A's. I have taken two of his classes and recieved A's in both. COLLEGE IS meant to be hard

Brown is my favorite history professor. He's tough, and expects a lot from you, but if you like history, you won't mind the work load. My intro history class I'm in right now involves more work (we're reading 200 pages a week, compared to Brown's 100) than his upper level classes I've taken, so don't be afraid of him! Oh, and homework is a biggie, so don't blow it off!

Good prof. Always energetic. Keeps the topics interesting.

Very good professor. Don't expect an easy grade.

He is a great teacher. he knows whathe is talking about, but he is rigid and expects alot from you. so be prepared to do a decient amount of work. But if you are interested in history at all take his class it is worth it.Totally the best teacher that i have had at Binghamton

Whoever made that last post is a moron. Sorry; had to be said. First off Brown is CANADIAN. Secondly, I'm sorry, but discussion and ability to communicate is key...not knowing english is something I am sure he is sympathetic about but, as is his character, he won't sacrifice quality teaching for anything (including an easy grade!). Great but tough!

Professor Brown is hard but fair. His class is not an EZ A but he provides lenient assignment policies that balance out his hard tests. He wants you to learn the material, and at the end you won't be ripped off b/c It takes a 78 to get B. 84 for B+ & 88 for A- and 92 for A. He knows his stuff and occassionally makes fun of whoever is in power.

Masterful lecturer, I was never once bored in his 1.5-hour long class. Good sense of humor, too. His class is a lot of work, and his tests are tough, but more than anything he is fair with his paper and assignment policies. I would definately recommend his class to history majors.

His class is fun. It is nice to listen to him. However there are a lot of stuff to do. I am an international student and readings were sometimes too much and difficult for me. To get a good grade from a term paper is really the hard. But he is a wonderful professor! i would take another course from him.

Lectures take up all class without any notes, so be prepared to fill out many pages of notes nonstop. He is interesting though and easy to follow. He dedicates a fair part of your final grade for weekly assignments and you only have to do 5/9 of them. Overall really fair gave me a lot of help in office hours. Stay up on pace and you will be fine.

Great teacher. Super hard tests but it is not difficult to get a good grade if you pay attention. This class requires work but you will love Brown as a professor after his class. Genius in his field.

Really great professor, really knows his subject matter. Class is lecture based with some outside readings every week. Not an easy A, but he's a fair grader (tough tests and a research paper). I highely reccomend taking a class with him.

Single best professor in binghamton. Not an easy class, but if you do the readings and pay attention in class you'll do fine. Brown is also absolutely brilliant. If you're a history major, you're missing out if you dont take a class with him

Professor Brown is extremely knowledgeable in his field; he is a brilliant instructor. However, his grading system is insane, it as if he is not trying to promote student success, he is more concerned with making it his primary objective to express his brilliance. He is by no means, an easy professor!

Advice for any future Graduate protégéadvisee under his tutelage: If still an undergraduate, double minor in French language and French history. Instead of majoring in History, major in Political Science, Philosophy or Sociology. He expects his Graduate Students to be highly informed in Philosophical, Sociological and Political Theory.

As a high school history teacher, I try to emulate Prof. Brown's lecture style and delivery. His well planned lectures always made me feel that I was experiencing the time period directly and living through history. He inspired my career and taught me that my arguments mean nothing without evidence and many other things I try to teach my students.

This guy knows his stuff better than any professor I've ever had. His lectures are enthralling and he presents the information in a way that is inherently interesting. You are required to take two tests and write a research paper. He comes off quite arrogant, but it is deserved. You will become a better history writer in this course.

The best way I can describe Professor Brown is hard but also fair and engaging. His lectures are incredibly interesting and he is very well informed. He can come off as arrogant but honestly its deserved. His tests and papers can be very hard so pay attention during class.

Professor Brown is one of the most engaging and insightful professors I've encountered. He is very professional and does expect that from students, however he is more approachable than he may seem. He is passionate and extremely knowledgeable and has been willing to aid me with material both relevant and irrelevant to the course. 10/10

Prof. Brown is very knowledgeable about what he teaches. This course did not only contributed to my understanding of Early-Modern Europe, but also widened my knowledge on different things, ranging from historical methodology and historiography. For those who loves history, this class is a MUST!

Dr. Brown is a wonderfully articulate professor and cares that his students learn as much as they can in his class. He makes the three hours fly by and knows how to steer class discussion so that students remain on point and always leave class knowing more than they did when class started. I would recommend taking a class with Dr. Brown.

If you like history, Prof. Brown is a must.

Doctor Brown is a brutally difficult teacher, but he is also the most informative and interesting lecturer I have had at Binghamton. I have learned more in a few weeks of lecture in his classes than some entire semesters of other classes. If you want to really learn about history, and are willing to suffer a bit, his classes are more than worth it.

Hard but not for the sake of being challenging in itself. Lectures are smart, knowledgeable, and engaging. If you take it seriously it is very rewarding

This man is both arch nemesis and master oogway of early modern history at the same time. The trials and tribulations I went through this class is crazy. Blood, sweat, and tears. Do NOT take if you're not a history major. Most difficult history class I have and probably will ever take as undergrad, idk how I did it as a sophomore. Loved it tho

Taking a Brown class is a gauntlet. On the one hand, he will ensure you learn more than any other professor. But you'll need to work for it. I think every history major should take one of his courses before leaving bing, simply for the self development. However, prepare to earn the self development. You'll hate him pretty much until the final.

As an envi major, I am so wildly out of my element in this class, as he is a harsh grader and takes it very seriously. A large amount of reading and writing is required for this class, and you better pay attention in lectures. That being said, I love him as a professor and you can tell he cares about what he teaches.

Dr. Brown is, in my honest opinion, a genius on what he teaches (and very smart on everything else). I've taken two classes with him. He is a heavy assigner of weekly reading and is a terribly harsh grader (although I've only seen A's (not to brag)) His biggest goal is always to see you come out knowing as much as possible. He's the best!

I almost dropped his class the first week and I'm so glad I didn't. He is incredibly knowledgable & his lectures are amazing but his class is a pretty big commitment. Lots of reading, high expectations, and you really need to be prepared for class. I learned so much though. His personality can be intense.

Definitely not an "easy: professor, but the effort you put in to his class is so rewarding! He is extremely knowledgeable and you will learn at ton from his lectures. If you are looking for an easy gened this might not be the class for you, but if you care at all about being interested in content or gaining knowledge I highly recommend Dr. Brown.

I took two classes with Dr. Brown, which shows that he is an excellent professor that you will gain so much from if you don't get scared away by the other ratings and the first few weeks of class! In the end, he cares that his students learn and grow, which is refreshing and encouraging. he is the best!

HIST 102A SO MUCH READING if you want to do relatively well on the tests. Generally not that difficult if you do the giant amount of readings/films and completely pay attention in lecture. Lecture is kind of hard to follow, but you get the jist of it if you read the textbook prior. This was kind of harder than I would have preferred for a Gen Ed.

Brown's class was pretty difficult and the TAs grade pretty hard. But he is lowkey very passionate about History and his lectures are pretty engaging and insightful.

Dr. Brown is my favorite professor I've had at Binghamton. I've taken him in multiple courses. I would recommend Dr. Brown to any student who is serious about improving his writing, reading, and listening skills. But in Dr. Brown's courses, he is preparing you for more than just the subject at hand, but for your further studies and life in general.

By far the most rewarding class I've taken. The course load is very intense, but I believe every history major should take a course with Dr. Brown at one point. He will make you a better reader, writer, and thinker. He is extremely passionate about what he does which makes taking his courses all the more fulfilling.

This professor is a great lecturer and taking notes is very important. But the class is also very textbook heavy , around 60ish pages each week with the chapter's respective questions to be answered and discussed in a discussion. The midterm and final were hard but the class was a positive experience. Overall, you get what you put into the class.

Very difficult for a 100 level, a sizable page of hw with a lot of reading (and sometimes a movie) per week. You can tell he knows a lot and cares a lot about the material so the lectures are so important and useful. He grades reasonably but the midterm and final are pretty difficult if you don't seriously study.

I'm afraid he is my favorite professor I've ever had at Bing. This is the second class of his that I have taken. He is so strict and his classes are difficult but you will 1000% leave much smarter than you started. I am a better reader, writer, and student for his classes. He is so so so intelligent. But I will admit he can be a bit much lol

He is challenging, for sure. But, the challenges are not artificial, meaning they are not because professor is trying to be difficult. If you embrace the readings, and the tough grading not as an obstacle but as a means to grow, you are going to get A LOT! Learn from him, instead of fighting him.

I took his experiencing war class 1400-1918 and as a history major it was a TON of reading. I dreaded reading all of it but the content was great and Howard Brown knows what he's talking about. He expects you to know about 80% of the readings. 1 20pg paper and book review were the only assignments. 8/10 good class, worth taking if you like war.