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History

Jeff Hay

HIST106 · HST105 · HIS · HIS105 · HIST · HIST100 · HIST1011 · HISTORY · WORLDHIST · HIST486 · HIS100 · HISTORY105 · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
94/100
RMP rating
4.7/5
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Difficulty
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The decision

Must-take history professor if , and want engaging lectures.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious and cynicalNotes-driven testsEssay examsMust attendBrilliant lecturer
  • Consistently called one of the best history teachers: funny, cynical, and extremely smart
  • Essay tests come straight from notes;
  • , and do the work for a

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

If you attend and and many call it an easy A.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

70/100

Material can be solid history content, but and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Students warn not to miss class or leave early; tests and learning depend on being present.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

95/100

Near-universal praise as best history teacher, funny, brilliant, and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Fair and predictable if you prepare notes; .

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Workload

Light

74/100

Main work is class attendance and note-taking; book often unnecessary.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

96/100

Students , and among the smartest teachers they have had.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

Grades rest on a advance question sets.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and story-like; and note quality for essay tests.

Main concern

Missing class or weak notes will hurt because .

What students said

“THE !”
HIS105
“He gives you the and he picks only 5 out of the 10 essay questions.”
HISTORY105
“His class is so easy as long as you don't miss a day. . Easy A.”
HIS100

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Exam style

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giving 10 essays a week early and testing 5.

All essay testsFrom notesEssay options released earlyNo heavy textbook need

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; often 10 essays given a week early with 5 selected on exam day.

All essay testsFrom notesEssay options released early
“He gives you the and he picks only 5 out of the 10 essay questions.”
HISTORY105
“ notes, that's the only way to get a good grade.”
HIST100
“ because . Three tests.”
HST105

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“THE ! Dr. Hay is the best; ...”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 in-person reviews, highlighting elite teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

96/100

“this guy IS the smartest person I have ever met and one of the ”

👍 Recommendation

95/100

“Take him for history!”

✅ Easy A Path

84/100

“His class is so easy as long as you don't miss a day. . Easy A.”

😄 Personality

94/100

“one of the funniest teachers I have ever had...tells it like it is and is the most cynical but truthfull profs.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • tells history like a story
  • Hilariously cynical and amusing guy

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A
  • if you show up and do the work you are in like tin
  • Take very good notes in his class to get nad A on his tests

Theme 3

📝

  • He gives you the

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Eighteen highly consistent 2002-2010 in-person reviews with strong agreement on teaching excellence and note-based exams.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
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Course coverage

HIST1003 reviews
HIS1052 reviews
HIST1062 reviews
HISTORY2 reviews
1001 review
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