He is the best teacher I have ever had

Great instructor, tests are difficult so studying and paying attention is key

Makes me wish I were a history major! I want to take another class with him!

Very difficult exams, extensive essays required

Difficult as hell, but funny.Makes you feel good when you do well though.

Very good teacher, but don't take the class if you are expecting an easy A.

Very Hard teacher, but nice out of class, if you want to work alot, take hist245

Hard hard hard, but approachable. he just wants students to work for their grade

Exams require very indepth essays, extraordinary teacher

I think he is great! Learned alot. Very interesting lectures.

He's arrogant, but easy to get used to his style of teaching.

TAKE HONORS!! Otherwise you're "just a face." But he is very cool otherwise.

My favorite professor of all time. You will want to work to earn his respect.

From a different era...Kinda Dead Poet Society

Very Helpful if you go to him. My favoorite history teacher, he knows his stuff

easy if you study and go to class. awesome lectures.

Prof is an acquired taste. Big lectures are never fun.

He's intimidating, but he's a good prof. Would take another course with him

Hard Professor, but he really does want you to share in his knowledge

Funny old guy, a lot of overhead notes, but he knows his stuff*have to go to class and study a lot though only three exams and no papers

people complain about him, but really...the guy TELLS you what to study. yeah he gives a lot of notes, but all you have to do is study the fill-ins in the study guide book and listen for hints about the essay. he even allows extra credit on the exams.

Interesting lecturer and very intelligent. Tells you exactly what and how to study. Exams taken directly from study guide and notes. Go to class and pay attention and you'll get an A.

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A bit arrogant, but funny. Getting an A requires a lot of effort. Interesting class.

great professor...tough course, but clear about what you need to know for the tests

He has a huge ego, but its all for show. Very funny and entertaining. Will intimidate you in the beginning but don't be fooled. Awesome guy. Class is all encompassing and expect three exams to be the same. Essays can be tough. Go duggan!

Hard class if you dont write the essay HIS way. Go to the reviews and see what he is looking for then it's an easy A.

Any one who says this guys sucks is a slacker. If you pay attention to what he says you will have no problem... read at least half of the homework before class and you can pass.

good teacher, grades tough.pompous is to say the least.don't be too afraid to take this class.read! and listen to everything he says

Definately cocky, but knows everything there is to know about Renaissance Europe. Go to class, read the text and study exactly what he tells you and you should have no problem.

Great prof. Just read the assigned text and listen to everything he says. His commentaries will make it all worth it.

Not the easiest class ever, but go to his office hours! It shows you care about your grade, and he'll take that into account. He gave me a A- after getting a D+ on the second test, but I was at his office twice a week!

I love going to his lectures. He's really fun to listen to and even I don't fall asleep in his class....that's sayin something. Be sure to suck up, he likes that. Only three tests throughout the semester and if you mess up on one you're like....screwed

Dont let hims scare you. He acts very pompous, but he's actually very nice and easy to approach. Go to class and read the book and you'll do fine.

I haven't had him for a lecture class, but I would highly recommend him for the seminar. You WILL learn how to write a good paper, but he usually makes it pretty fun. He tries to seem scary but it's just an act he is very helpful and approachable.

I really enjoed this class. The test was pretty straight forawrd. he seems like a pompous guy, but take the chance... he is really nice and makes you laugh!

Aw, I love this man! He seems tough at first, but he genuinely cares aboutu his students. You can learn a lot from him - he knows absolutely everything about Reformation Europe. His tests can be difficult, but he is worth taking - comes highly recommended.

intersting class, kinda hard exams. You must attend class. Exams come straight from outlines. Class at first seems impossible, but as long as you put the work in, you will do well. Get to know him and sit in the front, he curves based on if he knows you and if you attend class!

He's a good professor, makes topics interesting and draws his tests from the text and class notes. The tests seems hard, but if you study your notes, the tests are pretty easy, although they are long. Take his class, seems intimidating but isn't.

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Very good lecturer. Always very helpful. If you attend class and take notes, you will do just fine. One of the best history professors I have ever had.

Dr. Duggan is so interesting and a wonderful person! The class is challenging, but in a good way. You will learn so much if you take one of his classes. I still talk to him sometimes even though I don't have any more classes with him because he is just a nice guy.

Very interesting material! Lots of extra credit! Easy midterm and final! One of the smartest teachers I've ever had

Great professor, knows ****ing everything. Class is sometimes boring but his lectures are pretty good, uses an overhead projector for note outlines which is helpful. USE THE CD THAT CAME WITH THE BOOK, ON THERE ARE IN DEPTH CHAPTER SUMMARIES AND LOTS OF HELPFUL THINGS. I read only the chapter summaries and the assigned book and got an A in the clas

Maybe its cause I'm a HistEd major, but I thought it was easy. He does give an extensive amount of notes, but if you take them religiously and read the book, you'll do fine. There's a matching or fill in the blank section of his tests that comes from the study guide, so if you read that, you get easy points. Overall, not a rough class at all.

Good prof, interesting lectures, typical history tests. It's definitely an interesting course and not terribly hard to get an A in. He's also entertaining, and would be a lot funnier to me if there wasn't a freaking annoying girl in the back laughing rediculously and "ratting everyone out". God she should be shot.

Hard ass class...the guy knows his**** though. you definately need to pay attention if you want to get an "A." He can kind of be an **** sometimes with his rude comments but its funny as long as its not you hes making fun of. tests are essay and matching

Good teacher, Grade is made up of 3-5 quizes on readings, two exams, and a paper. Participation does count. If you put in the time, it will show.

Survery class w/ lots of material to cover, Duggan is awesome, for lectures go to class/office hours, make sure he knows your name. Show him you care and he'll help you with anything. Tests: id's and an essay (topic given before hand) Go to class, its interesting. Don't take thinking it's an easy 100 level history class

DO NOT LISTEN TO THAT LAST IDIOT! Best professor ever. Very funny, and probably the most eloquent teacher I've had so far. Definitely my favorite class this semester, and, compared to most history/polisci classes, pretty light reading. Take it, you won't regret it.

Extremely tough for a HIST 101 class. If you decide to take this class, prepare for 300-400 level work. Funny and friendly guy, but a large amount of work. I took a tough pre-law course in the 400 level and thought this HIST 101 was almost just as difficult.

Duggan is an interesting guy. The class can be a bit dry, but he has a good sense of humor. Class is not easy but if you read and go to class it helps big time. This class changed the way I think about European History and the Catholic Church.

Best Professor ever. Definitely one of the best at Delaware. Its what you expect of a professor: genius, Harvard PhD, eloquent, and nice if you show him you care. Went to every class and wrote down everything he wrote because it was fascinating and got an A for the effort. Definitely a great teacher and a wiz at croquet.

This class is hard work, but its fairly interesting. The only problem I had was with the final. He gave us a study guide that was nothing like the actual exam. Doing well on the quizzes really boosts your grade.

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I took this class failed it with a D and had to retake it. In class he is entertaining. His tests are rough BUT when he talks about "final judgement" in class he means it will be on the exam so know your stuff. The exam is essay and short ID(who what where when why) for the first exam, essay and short id (one word) for the second, the final exam

Good professor! Very smart and funny but not an easy class. Good for history major looking for a challenging class that will teach them a lot about early civilizations. Do not take this professor if you are looking for a cake class and easy grade. Mush work hard for good grade and attend all classes.

He reminds me of the stereotypical professor. He has been teaching for like 20 years. His class is not too hard but you have to take good notes and read them over. Skim over the book at your own pace. Since there is no homework it was hard to judge how well I was doing in the class or if I understood the material until test time.

An extremely intelligent man with a very dry sense of humor. I learned a lot in this class, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Make sure you do a decent job of doing the reading, because he gives occasional pop quizzes on them. However, overall, he isn't an extremely tough grader, and there are opportunities for extra credit on quizzes and exams.

Interesting class but difficult tests. It's almost impossible to know what exactly he's going to ask until test time. If you study and work hard you'll pass.

Duggan genuinely wants to help you learn, and you will in this class! Take good notes, study them well, and look over the objective questions in the study guide and you will get an A. If you miss something in the lecture, go to his office hours, he is very helpful.

Great with lectures, I enjoyed the class. Hope you enjoy a dry sense of humor. Study the lecture outlines thoroughly, he will pull questions from anywhere. Grades tough on the essays. Gives the prompt for the essay on the final in the syllabus, which made the final easier than every other test.

I think Duggan is a great teacher. He was very helpful and fair. If you didn't come to class, listen, or read, you'd fail. He gives the questions ahead of time and even hints at what will be on the tests. He has a very dry sense of humor, almost insulting at times, but he's a good guy. I can't wait to have him as a professor again.

Extremely intelligent, helpful, and all around great guy! I was failing in the beginning but made good use of office hours. If you know how to study for his exams you're golden. Make good use of the study guide, this is where A LOT of the short answers come from and start preparing essay q's ASAP. Ended the class with a B and learned a ton.

Because Prof. Duggan is so intelligent, his presence naturally makes you feel dumb and worthless. He is cool & funny in the classroom, yet try to speak to him outside of class and its like pulling teeth. I thought I loved history before I took his class - he makes you realize how unfit you are for it. HOWEVER, he can be helpful if he likes you.

Very helpful during office hours and possessive of an encyclopedic knowledge of history. Everybody who complains about him only does so because he or she didn't feel like putting in the effort and doing all the reading (which is substantial). Sometimes wears a kilt. In class, it helps to envision him with sunglasses, a long beard, and a guitar.

He is a very intelligent teacher but he gives a lot papers and he grades heavily on grammar. DO NOT put sentence fragments or run on's in your paper or you will get an F. He takes into account if you have gone the writing center. He is helpful if you ask for it. If you go to class and are engaged in the discussion you should do well.

I thought the class was fairly easy but I took Ancient Religions and Civilizations prior to this one. He has a very theatrical style and each lecture is like a show he's putting on. Goes off course a lot and I think it actually makes the class better as the material is fairly boring. I've not needed help, but he seems approachable and helpful.

Graded like a 300 level course. Exams are based largely off of what he discusses in class, so it is important to attend class regularly. However, if he knows you are making an effort and you go to office hours, you're not likely to fail.

Please do not judge Duggan so harshly due to the first two papers of this section. Honestly this class was one of the hardest I've ever taken but he truly does care about you as students. The one thing he and the history department do not like are those who don't try to improve or give up. Give it your all and GO TO OFFICE HOURS WITH ANY QUESTIONS!

Duggan is a fantastic professor if you actually put effort into learning instead of expecting to be spoon-fed. He does sometimes go off topic, but he knows his stuff. I wouldn't even consider the low "easiness" rating a bad thing, he demands effort and putting in work is what you're supposed to be doing anyway.

Dr. Duggan has encyclopedic knowledge of European history. You're going to do a lot of reading in the class, but his wit and ranting makes the readings very much worth taking the class.

Lawrence Duggan is possibly the best professor at UD. I don't even agree with his political views, but he is so witty and personable that anyone would enjoy his class and respect him as a professor. He is exceptionally intelligent especially in his specialty area of European history, and his lectures are enjoyable and informative.

Inspires the student to think for themselves, research, and make use of the tools we have at hand. Improved my level of effort in my work significantly.

I actually really enjoyed HIST170 with Professor Duggan. Yes, he's opinionated and yes, he's odd, but I really enjoyed the discussions we had in class and the different material we covered. He's funny, a little kooky, and he obviously really enjoys the subject matter. Just be prepared to write a few papers.

Entertaining "Plagues & Peoples" class. Two quizzes, two short papers. Yes, Prof. Duggan, an old Harvard guy, does ramble off topic, but listening to a kooky professor jabbering away just seems like a good part of college life to me. No Canvas site, no grading rubric, so if you need "high school" structure for your classes, maybe stay away.