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History

Daniel (Steve) McHargue

HIS1364 · HIST101 · HIS13 · HISTHIST · HIST13 · HIST1671 · HIST21 · HIST202 · HIST1364 · HIST3136 · HIST0414 · HISTO013 · HIST0413 · HISTORY13 · HISTO0414 · HIST013 · HIST11 · HSTRY0507 · 156 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
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Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you already love history, will read every chapter, and can absorb a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard TestsDisorganized LecturesLots of Extra CreditRead the Book or FailRude and Strict
  • Students repeatedly call lectures rambling, messy, and off-topic while .
  • Course difficulty is high: , and and memorization.
  • and occasional curves exist, but attendance strictness and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A is possible with constant reading, quizzes, and piles of , but .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Material and for an entry-level history course.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

He marks tardies harshly, starts early, and students say missing class or arriving minutes late damages grades.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

The dominant student if you value GPA, fairness, or .

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

lectures, though curves and unlimited sometimes rescue grades.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

Often little formal homework, but , and many extra-credit tasks create real load.

Format shift

All workload comments come from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Students cite rambling tangents, messy notes, missed weeks, and mockery .

Format shift

All teaching comments come from in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Quizzes, midterms, and ; while reading and memorization dominate.

Format shift

All assessment comments come from in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person History 11/13 reviews are heavily negative on organization, fairness, and teaching skill, with a yield an A.

Main concern

, and demeaning classroom tone put GPAs at risk.

What students said

“Not a fan, his lectures are boring, he barely covers any information, barely writes any sort of notes on the board.”
HIST13
“ found in the book or in lecture notes.”
HIST13
“If you care about .”
HIST11

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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and often described as extremely hard, poorly aligned with lectures, and decisive for the .

Hard midterms and finalsDaily or frequent quizzesTricky multiple-choiceBook-heavy exams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals, frequent quizzes, and questions not covered in class.

Hard midtermsFrequent quizzesTricky questions
“The highest grade anyone got on it was a D, and all he had to say was "I thought the ."”
HIST13
“his mid-term and multiple correct answers but you have to pick the one that ".”
HIS1364

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Absolutely the . Class started out with 32 students, and it soon dropped to 7.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and GPA risk. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“ and mostly off subject, though the information is hidden within them.”

📉 Recommendation Level

18/100

“ . He missed class for what seems half of the semester.”

🧪

28/100

“By far the hardest class I've ever taken. I've never been so .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • far to much unnecessary banter, ZERO study guide.
  • His writing is messy and too much rambling during lectures.
  • He distracts his students from the very information he is trying to teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • I got an F in this class.
  • This class goes by numbers alone!! You will be graded on your scores, nothing more, nothing less!!!!
  • He gives a TON of opportunity!

Theme 3

⏰

  • he starts lecture 5 minutes before class is scheduled to start and if you're late even a couple minutes your grade will suffer.
  • . Makes fun of us more than teaches.
  • he dropped me and gave my seat to somebody else, and then laughed in my face.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

156

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews with strong negative consensus on difficulty and organization, plus recurring extra-credit and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 522
3 out of 513
2 out of 541
1 out of 571

Course coverage

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HISTO0132 reviews
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