James F. Blodgett

HIST12 · HISTORY12 · HISTORY11 · HIS11 · HIST13P3133 · HISTORY012 · HISTO11 · HISTORY13 · HIST11 · P3228 · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 38/100
RMP rating: 3.1/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 3.4

The decision

if you can stay on top of and tolerate long lectures; otherwise look elsewhere.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLecture heavyHeavy readingPolarizing graderBoring for manyEssay and MC exams

History lectures run long; some find them interesting and others unbearably dull.
Success and multiple-choice tests.
and fairness concerns make him a risky pick.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

Some report easy essays and , but others work hard for .

All .

Is the course easy?

Standard

44/100

, and essay or multi-chapter tests keep the course solidly demanding.

Is attendance flexible?

Avoid

28/100

and many students warn others off despite a subset of enthusiastic fans.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

, but others report uneven standards and unwelcome grade surprises.

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

34/100

Large reading assignments, research papers, and .

Format shift

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Passionate and sometimes funny for some students, but and .

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades , and papers rather than frequent small assignments.

Format shift

Assessment pattern drawn from in-person comments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

- and reading-heavy with mixed warmth: some call him knowledgeable and funny, others boring or unfair.

Main concern

Lectures , and some report biased or harsh treatment.

What students said

“Professor Blodgett's lectures don't have a lot to do with the textbook, and it's almost impossible to guess which of his comments you will be tested on.”
HIST11

“ ! I had him for Am. History (which IMO is already snoozeville) but he actually made it interesting.”
HIST12

“ !!!”
P3228

Remote format

Online

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Exam style

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Exams mix multi-chapter multiple choice and essays; many students.

Multiple-choice testsEssay examsHeavy readingExtra credit essaysIDs and maps

Assessment risk

Standard

40/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

essays or multiple choice, and lectures may not match test items.

Multi-chapter MCEssay examsTextbook-focused testsExtra credit

“all he does is read his notes and then the test is on 5 chapters and nothing to do with his lectures.”
HIST11

“ the book.”
HIST12

“ essays!”
HISTORY11

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
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Voice snapshots generated from 27 in-person reviews, highlighting polarity in teaching and exams. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“He knows his history, and incorporates material from outside the book into his lectures”

😴 Lecture Experience

30/100

“lectures are by far boring and long.”

👎 Recommendation

28/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He's also funny, and all around likable.
all he does is read his notes
He is beyond boring and he goes on and on about things I could read entirely out of the book.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Easy class. Read book if not, attend class.
NOT an easy class!
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Theme 3

⚠️ About Fairness Concerns

openly told a student that they would get a poor grade for disagreeing with his viewpoints.
but makes other students to be perfect in the assignments.
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Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-seven reviews spanning many years show a real split in experience, with enough detail to rate medium credibility.

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James F. Blodgett

x x x if you can stay on top of x x and tolerate long lectures; otherwise look elsewhere.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

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if you can stay on top of and tolerate long lectures; otherwise look elsewhere.