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D. Cerri

HIST311 · HIST314 · HISTORY311 · HIST311312 · HIST310311 · HIST375 · HIST300 · HIST · HIST310 · HIS310 · 105 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
31.58%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

; if you want rigorous US history and will treat it like a major course.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy WorkloadLots of ReadingEssay-Heavy ExamsPolarizing Lectures
  • and huge weekly reading plus notecard workload define the experience.
  • Lectures can be engaging and passionate, but many call class time poorly aligned with exams.
  • Not a GE-friendly pick; success requires heavy weekly hours and college-level writing.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A requires extensive weekly reading, perfect notecards, and technicalities.

Both formats report hard grading; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and fast content load make the material intellectually and time-demanding.

Online and ; and class activities.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Most reviews state attendance is mandatory, with clickers or participation docks and little flexibility.

; some online sections report no live attendance but still heavy weekly deadlines.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

, and many warn GE students to stay away despite a minority who love his passion.

; older in-person reviews are more mixed to positive.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

and half-credit complaints show strict, technical essay and assignment scoring.

Format shift

Online students report especially opaque deductions; .

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Weekly chapter quizzes, multi-part notecards, essays, projects, and .

Format shift

Both formats flag overload; .

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Passionate, sometimes excellent lectures coexist with useless class-time, lecture-text disconnect, and harsh demeanor reports.

Format shift

In-person fans praise lectures more; online reviews rate teaching quality much lower.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Grade depends on weekly quizzes and , and papers.

Format shift

reading quizzes plus writing exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

fans praise lively lectures and real learning, critics cite , and brutal essay grading.

Main concern

Mandatory attendance plus notecards, essays, and grade very high.

What students said

“ and all your work needs to be perfect to have a small chance to pass.”
HIS310
“Cerri is a good professor, but he gives lots of homework and is a and exams.”
HIST311
“not an easy A must put in the work 3 writing exams, research paper”
HIS310

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections feel especially overloaded with reading, quizzes, and ; most advise against taking him for GE credit.

Main concern

, and lectures that do not fully prepare assignments.

What students said

“ . Grades on technicality, assigns way too high of a workload, and definitely is not fair.”
HIST310
“Provides overload amount of work. mon-fri.”
300
“Its way too much, if you're taking this as a GE please don't!”
HIST311

Exam style

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Exams are mostly essay and , and can feel strict on content precision.

Essay ExamsNotecards AllowedPop QuizzesReading-Based TestsNo Multiple Choice

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

notecards, pop quizzes, and little multiple choice.

Essay Midterms and Final3x5 NotecardsPop QuizzesTextbook Focus Questions
“Allows a note card per chapter question to write an .”
HIS310
“ . Grades extremely hard, very little latitude.”
HIST311

Online

Online reviews describe heavy quizzes and timed essay windows but do not clearly prove webcam or .

Weekly QuizzesEssay WorkReading Heavy
“9 day window for 2 FULL ESSAYS plus homework and .”
HIST310
“The but I honestly read the chapter right before taking the quiz and usually get 100%.”
HIST311

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Grades on technicality, assigns way too high of a workload, and definitely is not fair.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews across online and in-person History courses, highlighting workload, grading, and recommendation themes. Credibility rating: High.

⚖️

22/100

“ into projects.”

📚 Workload Overload

18/100

“If you dont put in at least 7 hours a week on this class alone, you will NOT PASS.”

👨‍🏫 Polarized Teaching

52/100

“He is not an easy teacher. But he is an amazing one. I enjoyed his class far more than expected.”

🚫

32/100

“Unless your a History buff or majoring in US History stay away!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Cerri is incredibly personable and loves showing his knowledge of history.
  • Lectures are useless. Have to buy clicker($40)+statecraft($35)
  • His lectures are Fantastic, but .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • not an easy A must put in the work
  • .
  • and all your work needs to be perfect

Theme 3

📖 About Workload and Reading

  • Get ready to read the entire textbook.
  • Lots of homework and is a
  • Weekly deadlines create unnecessary stress.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

105

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews spanning many years with consistent , and polarized teaching quality support high confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 537
4 out of 521
3 out of 518
2 out of 511
1 out of 518

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 4 · A 5

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 1 · B- 1

C range

5

C+ 3 · C 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1 · Not_Sure_Yet 2