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Quality4.0
Difficulty41%
Would Retake86
Reviews41%
Would Retake
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What Students Say
“More of an English class than History, way too many papers”
HIST2702 - 1.0 rating“History 2651 is just a history themed English class”
HISTORY265100 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
81%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
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Predicted Grade
B+
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-1.31 avg changeRatings by Course
2001
5.0
(1)HIS2800
5.0
(2)HIST2083
5.0
(1)HIST3010
5.0
(1)HIST2651
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HIST2701
5.0
HIST3014
4.6
HIST152
4.5
HIST398
4.3
HIST2002
4.2
Reviews (86)
Be prepared to write A LOT!! Really strict with the mechanics and citation procedures as well. Should have taught english.
This guy seems impossible he grades really hard and feels like anyone who submits a paper with misspellings of names or anything they are idiots. Wow seems to me he should be in the english department.
This guy should not be teaching this class.As the comment below states he is very condescending and hypocritical. His collecting of notecards treats college students as if they were back in elementary school. His people skills are horrible. Get another teacher for this class!
Tough, but entertaining
Professor Weeks is a very difficult guy to understand. Seemed like the class spent the quarter in a fog and was never real clear on what he wanted. Be sure to take an English class first because without it, things will get dicey. Overall, I don't recommend him.
Dr. Weeks is extremely unfair in his grading. Very unclear as to what the exam should contain. Completely one sided on issues and tends to be overly emotional in class. Not very good one-on-one and not helpful when answering questions over procedures. Not recommended at all.
Well, I would disagree with the comments below. Yes, Mr. Weeks grades the work hard. But, you are in college, so get used to it. I felt that he was very helpful. He met with me and told me what to do better on the final to get a better grade than I did on the midterm.He loves what he does, and is very interesting to listen to.I loved this class
When I was in Weeks' lectures, I felt like he was speaking another language. It was also strange because several students in my class seemed to sincerely love his teaching style. If your paper didn't have exactly what he was looking for, he would give you a B at the most and write all over it in nearly illegible writing.
Professor Weeks is AMAZING! He gives you all the essay questions from the very beginning. As long as you read them, no what to listen for, attend class, its nearly impossible to fail. Not only does he make it as easy as he can, he makes it fun and exciting. To this day i still tell people fun facts from his class. Can't wait to take 152 with him!
Wasn't impressed with his teaching style. He thinks very highly of himself and makes it clear in almost everything he does. Very unclear with directions and very demanding.
Wonderful! He is one of the most helpful profs I have ever had. Anytime I needed any help on my paper, he was more than willing to meet with me to talk me through the problems I was having. I always left meetings with him with a good sense of direction for my paper.
Weeks is the type of professor you would expect to see at grad school. He is the first to tell you your work is crap. However, as this was a class meant to gain acceptance into a program, that teaching style is highly recommended. He is also very helpful if you go to his office and ask.
Truly a wonderful educator.
Great professor, he loves what he teaches and is very passionate about it. His lectures are to the point, sometimes he incorporates his own personal findings and that keeps it interesting. Very lively, impossible to sleep. His midterm and exams are difficult if you aren't a good writer. He's very nit picky about grading. Very helpful also.
I found this class extremely hard even for attending most of the classes. All grades are from papers (2 5-7 page ones and 4 2-3 page ones) and participation. Very hard grader on papers. I found very unfair and degrading. Lost interest in History because of this class. Would not recommend taking for Gen Ed. Take an easier class.
worst professor i have ever had. half the time he doesn't make sense. the other half he is just talking to you like you already know whats going on. he says his class is hard to do bad in, but its not. your entire grade is based off of 3 papers. so if you don't know how to "properly" write then DO NOT take any of his classes.
He's a good guy. I have a deep interest in history and he knows alot about history from different perspectives and such but the way he teaches classes are very difficult. Make sure you know how to write history papers in Chicago style. I went into this class as a history major. after this class i was in university exploration.
I took Mangus for May term and I had a GREAT experience. If you cheat, DO NOT TAKE HIM. He takes plagiarism very seriously. If you are decent at writing and come to every class, you will be okay. He makes lectures as exciting as possible and sometimes gives key words to put on tests for bonus points. I would take him again in a heartbeat!
I took him for a colonial-America history class. He was really cool and was really passionate about history. There were only 3 assignments, all 7-9 page essays, so you have to write them well. He did have extra credit opportunities though. And he will meet with you and go over your papers if you ask.
He speaks relay fast when he is lecturing, not really a good teacher his assignments are given starting of the semester but they doesn't make sense at all. He like students to go to his office hour to ask him question and on paper gives bonus if you go to the office hour.
Amazing professor, I had him for two of my history classes and wish I could take more. I learned so much from his lectures and was immediately hooked on history. Read along with the books before or after class and everything really flows as the semester progresses. Take diligent notes, pay attention in class and he will notice your effort.
Probably the hardest teacher I've ever had. He grades so hard it's almost like a English class more than a history class when it comes to the papers. Would not recommend at all.
He is wonderful! He is very animated and interactive with his lectures. He doesnt do a slide by slide powerpoint lecture but lets you take your own guided notes during his lecture which I believe is helpful in better comprehending the information. The assignments were few and pretty far between. A few papers and a chart you fill out and thats it!
Worst teacher ever. Would not recommend to anyone.
Dr. Weeks is a dynamic lecturer, and a dedicated professor who goes above and beyond to help his students meet his sometimes challenging expectations. This class will make you a better writer and help you learn to organize your thoughts into a well supported argument.
Very engaging and interesting lectures. Not powerpoint, but very easy follow along with. Can be a pretty funny at times too. Always engaging with students. Participation in class is a big part, 25%. All the exams are essays. Theyre challenging but certainly doable.
Dr. Weeks is a very solid guy. Smart as hell, can talk to him about a lot of stuff. Very difficult grader and is very specific which sucked but it definitely prepares you well. Would take him again and recommend him.
Dr. Weeks is a great professor. 75% the grades in the class are paper essay based. Tough papers and grades a little rough, but I never got below an A, 10% EC offered on each paper too. Very clear of what he expects from you. There is a class participation component, definitely have to go to class, can't really skip and be successful.
Dr. Weeks was a great professor for 2001. You do have to show up to class though. He will track participation and grades his papers EXTREMELY hard, but it is easy to get an A in the class because all he is looking for is improvement on your papers from the first to the last. He also gives extra credit on these papers. Funny and knowledgeable guy.
Papers for all assessments. Attendance is required. Prof is good though and cares about his students. Go to office hours.
I love Dr. Weeks. His grading is occasionally very hard, but he does it because he genuinely wants you to get better at it. Provides really good feedback. I like him so much I'm taking his class on friday mornings even though I don't have any other classes that day. A real gem! Super cool to talk to as well if you can relate.
Dr. Weeks is great professor although he can be somewhat arrogant. He expects a lot from his students and his directions for papers can be a little unclear however if you do the reading, participate, and listen to his feedback its impossible to fail.
Would not recommend. More of an English class than History, way too many papers.
Dr. Weeks is a great professor who understands the class material and is very good at teaching that material. He's willing to answer any questions you may have during and after class and while he does grade hard, he's more than willing to speak to you during his office hours to help. All class assignments are papers.
Dr. Weeks was a fantastic professor and genuinely made the class fun. You will need to show up to class because not only does he take attendance but he keeps track of how much you participate by collecting cards. No tests just a lot of essays. Some essays the only sources you will be allowed to use are the book and your notes so take good notes.
Tough grader and only grades a few projects.
Dr. Weeks is a very entertaining lecturer and understands the material very well. The only assignments are papers and his grading is tough but he offers lots of extra credit. My best advice for someone looking to take this course with him is to show up every day, ask questions and take very detailed notes so that writing the papers goes smoothly.
History 2651 is just a history themed English class
Only 5 papers, everything is to be done using Chicago style formatting. No exceptions. Very little leeway when it comes to mistakes.
I would advise everyone not to take Dr. Weeks history 2001. The lectures dont even come close to the content on quizzes. He doesnt touch on work expectations. Your assignments are done through written instruction online, you have to teach yourself the content. I felt as though I was a number not a student. Would not recommend his history 2001
One of the best professors I have ever had. If you pay attention in class, do the extra credit, and ask him for advice on your papers, you should be fine. Not only is he a great professor he is also a very nice person and really cares about his students! Don't skip class because you'll lose important info for the papers
Dr: Weeks, is a great professor. Participation is 14% of your grade, which is equivalent to the final. He collects cards to track participation; you will have to turn in 42 cards by the end of the semester to get an A. You will have to write 4 essays, but they aren't hard. As long as you show up to class and take good notes you will get an A or B.
Dr. Weeks was one of my favorite professors. He was funny and very knowledgable on what he's talking about. Listen in class because the quizzes and exams are online and based off of lecture. FYI none of the info can be found online so you cannot cheat. About 4 papers in Chicago style which are fairly simple, he will help you if you're confused
Dr. Weeks was an interesting guy to listen to for lecture but he was pretty strict. If you don't get on his good side then good luck. He assigned some pretty expansive papers for freshman year courses and did not provide a lot of feedback and help on how to do well. Tough guy to read. But it was bearable and I made it out of there.
This class is built for you not to get an A. He has us do 4 papers throughout the course that relate nothing to the subject. This is a history class, not an English and thats exactly what it felt like. Quizzes are over the Foner Readings only. The exams are over in class lecture. Hes also arrogant, loud(sit in the back row), and always right.
He is a very rude person who doesnt listen to his students. He asks for your opinion and tells you how your stupid and how your opinion is wrong. Im sorry you asked for my opinion though? Some people in life you can tell are just miserable, and he is one of them. Take your anger out on yourself big boy.
Dr. Weeks is a good professor. His writing strategy has helped me with all my other history classes and science papers. Four essays and if you ask for help when needed youll be fine. Pay attention during lectures and make sure todo the readings. Stay on top of the papers so you arent rushing to get it done.
Dr. Weeks is an amazing professor! I really got a ton out of this class. We had weekly writings which I found to be really easy as they were reactions to our readings and lectures. He wasn't very helpful with formatting he expected us to already know. He may be blunt, but he's almost always right. Overall I adored his class, as did my classmates!
Good guy, good intentions, but not a great professor. He flew thru the material and doesnt have a good PowerPoint. He expects you to know/figure things out quick. But if you ask, he is happy to help. The quizzes are over a textbook that is barely addressed in the class, and you have to participate in a debate and write a paper over another book
Prof Weeks seems quite nice but he really has some issues as a teacher. Many of his assignments are not clear and there are WAY too many parts to them. There are sub-questions to pre-existing questions and thus the assignment becomes too cluttered to read and complete. I feel extremely overwhelmed trying to complete his assigned work.
his class on pre modern history was the best class i've taken so far.
This is by far the worst teacher I've ever had. He seems like a genuine person, but I don't think he is a good professor at all. His assignment instructions are very unclear. He is very rude when you raise your hand and ask or answer a question, and makes you feel dumb. VERY STRICT teacher. Please I do not recommend you take any of his classes.
I would NOT recommend this professor because his lectures were very boring. They had minimum wording on them so if you took notes you had to write down everything he said basically. The tests were online but they were hard because his lectures weren't good. He is pretty strict with the grading and wants you to follow a specific format.
Weeks is a fine lecturer, but the structure of History 2002 feels almost as if it were set up to be confusing. Weeks assigns weekly quizzes over material in textbook readings, but if you want to know what exactly you got wrong, no can do. This means you could be confident on 9/10 questions and score a 7 without being able to contest it.
Jimmy is a specimen. While he clearly is very smart and is passionate about the topic he does know about, he's horrible about actually explaining it in a way the class can actually comprehend. It's tangent city, but not even in a fun way. The content of the actual class is so fun but the way he teaches goes between so fun and sooooo freaking boring
Dr. Weeks is definitely passionate about his profession, but often goes off on tangents that can tend to be off-topic or subjective. Other than the paper that he assigned for us (utilizing Chicago-Style citation) as freshmen straight out of high school, his class was not too bad if you read the textbook and took notes during all of his lectures.
I took Dr. Weeks for HIST3215 and loved it! His teaching was so fun and was basically just an open discussion of the readings. He genuinely cares about his students and let students choose what we wanted our midterm and final to look like. The course itself is very interesting too. Loved coming to class!
Dr. Weeks is an amazing professor. His lectures are so fun, he makes a point to make them more like conversations rather than him speaking at you. On the downside he does make participation a big portion of your grade so if you're shy I wouldn't recommend. He responds fairly quickly to emails and is very understanding, he will NOT let you fail.
Good luck doing the quizzes. You get two attempts, but you can't see what you got wrong so it's pointless. Same with exams. Chicago style research paper freshman year. Expects perfection. He harassed me many times while I was asking for help. Leaves unhelpful comments on paper assignments but then expects improvement. Avoid this class!!!!
Professor Weeks was my favorite professor I have ever had. His lectures are so amazing, and he does not read directly from the slides. He makes everything relatable. He also really cares about your success. Take notes and you will pass! Take this professor!!
By far probably the worst teacher I've ever had in my life. Very short with instructions, if you miss a day of class it's like you miss a whole month. expects you to be the Thanos of history and know everything there is. assigns a 5-page essay a week before it is due. Even worse he explains the instructions in less than 5 minutes. Do not take this.
Do not take. He exepts you to know everything about the topic. Does not explain the homework on Carmen, only in class and if you miss a day good luck. First exam is a 5 page essay and he makes up the instructions in class. Asks for weekly readings and questions about the readings but when you do what he asks he does not give full points. Avoid him
he teaches as if you alrdy know the answers and get mad if you don't. doesn't give notes you have to summarize yourself but he will move on, his lectures are confusing bc he doesn't give clear answers and your confused on what to learn. assignments are not posted, only talked about in class and doesn't help that much.
Assign 20 pages of notes a day before it is due. this guy has to be one of the worst professors I've had. I actually can't fathom how a class should be this hard for 3 credits. 10-page paper due at the end of the semester plus a final exam. I would avoid him at all costs because it feels like it's you vs the world. also doesn't post instructions.
The way Dr Weeks does his classes does not help figuring out what you need to know for exams. It is hard to take notes. He expects you to know the information before coming to class. He says he already knows the information but wants his classes to teach each other rather than him teaching the class.
Great person, very passionate professor, the textbook quizzes are hard even though you get two attempts. They do not have a large impact on your grade, actual contents of them do not correlate with his lectures. Requires paper in Chicago style, instructions are not very clear. Participation/attendance grades are inconsistent. Do not fall behind.
Doctor Weeks is a very good professor. The lectures are told as a story and are very easy to pay attention too and understand the material. We had weekly quizzes over readings but you are given two attempts to do them and a whole week to complete. We had one major paper to write of a topic of your choice. I would recommend taking his class.
Dr Weeks tries to make the students teach each other and tries to jump in when needed. But it makes me question if he actually knows the content for the course. He also wants Chicago Style for his papers, but to find out it is not actually how Chicago Style is, it is just the way he wants it, not the right way.
The way he words the instructions for the homework is very confusing. I dropped his class after 3 weeks because it was too confusing. I also emailed him to ask for help, and he wasn't much help. The class is a lot of reading and pretty boring because of the way he teaches the course.
Literally the most confusing class ever. I have no clue what I even learned I just wanted to submit the assignment and get it over with. He wants all the papers in "Chicago Style" but I'm unsure if he even knows what chicago style really is. His instructions are confusing and have to be read 3 times to somewhat get what you're doing.
This professor gets a TWO purely because I found his lectures to be interesting, otherwise he would get a ONE. Professor Weeks would give feedback on the long papers that I would then follow, and then he would go back on. There was an insane amount of textbook readings. This class was the only class keeping me from a 4.0 gpa for the semester.
Firstly, this will be the most confusing class you will ever take. The due dates/how to turn them in is very confusing. Weeks has made me feel stupid on multiple occasions when asking reasonable questions to clarify his confusing outlines. Be ready to participate! You are required to talk 3x a class to get a perfect grade for participation.
Dr. Weeks gave the most entertaining lectures; I always looked forward to attending his class. He was a tough grader, and yes, you have to work hard and show effort in his class. However, it's not for no reason. You can tell that Dr. Weeks is passionate about what he does, and he's more than happy to answer any questions you have.
bad at communicating passive aggressive
DONT take. weekly crashouts over this class and how awful he is. unhelpful. only take if you want spend hours putting in so much effort for him to grade you terribly. theres no room for error or you will do bad. lectures get removed after 1 week so watch them he can see who does and your midterm and final are over them. save yourself while you can.
never again. always a crash out situation med school might be easier. final assignment has a booklet of 40 rules
Professor Weeks loves history, his lectures are cool. However, you have to attend for the most part and need to write everything down since anything may or may not appear on exams. Along with the high workload of reading and the absurd paper writing style leads me to say RUN! He treats this class as if everyone is a history major. Go elsewhere.
His assignments are super hard to understand, and if you submit them to anything besides his liking, he gives you a zero and provides no feedback
I honestly don't even know how I feel about this professor. His lectures are ridiculously passionate, and the weekly assignments are mostly writing and online quizzes. Overall decent class, but be prepared to do the majority of the class on your own and on your own time, because if you let him stress you, this class will become a drag.
Dr. Weeks is very thorough with the material and listening to his lectures are honestly really interesting. He really knows what he's talking about, and he is also very great when it comes to giving feedback on assignments. He makes sure to explain assignments grading criteria well too, and I would 100% take another one of his courses.
Passionate about his class and loves to teach, however, doesn't know how to teach. Final paper was extremely complicated from lack of explanation. Felt like I was thrown into the fire.
Genuinely don't take this class. He wants you to format things his specific way because it helps him and it's honestly such a drag for everyone else. You would think this is an english class because of how many rules he has for setting up a paper.
He is very passionate, and clearly knows a lot in his respective field. However, he expects us to be just as passionate, and assumes we all took the class simply because we wanted to be historians. His grading is harsh, and he expects a citation style that you will 100% never need to know how to do. take a different history class.
I can't really recommend this class. He does not explain assignments very clearly, yet he grades very hard. I noticed that there were increasing drop outs because the class seemed to get smaller as the semester went on. I was almost going to drop that class.
Four words: don't take this class
Avoid at all costs. Not only does he not responds to emails, explain assignments, or allow and computers in class, but he gets angry when you aren't understanding, so it's hard to ask questions. One of my least favorite classes ever with such a nasty and unwelcoming atmosphere
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
81%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.31 avg changeRatings by Course
2001
5.0
(1)HIS2800
5.0
(2)HIST2083
5.0
(1)HIST3010
5.0
(1)HIST2651
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HIST2701
5.0
HIST3014
4.6
HIST152
4.5
HIST398
4.3
HIST2002
4.2