Indira Gesink - Baldwin Wallace University

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Indira Gesink - Baldwin Wallace University

Professor: Indira Gesink

Department: History

College: Baldwin Wallace University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: HIS102
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is really nice if you talk to her. I was worried about failing and she told me that she does contract grading. This is when she works with you until you get the grade you promise her you are going to get. I only passed because of this, I also convinced her to not make the midterm and final HALF of your grade so she changed that as well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: HIS102I
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Gesink is the head of the History Department so she demands excellence. She is very intelligent and knows her history. She is a tough grader and this class was by far my hardest in college so far.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: HIS102I
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

she is the hardest grader I've ever had, I would not advise anybody to take this class

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: HIS381
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

10 Page research paper very tough grader. Expects everything to be perfect and cuts points off for small mistakes. Don't take.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: HIS102I
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is an amazing professor. She is a tough grader on her essays and her midterm/final are very hard if you did not study. She records all of her lectures. She will also work with you if you communicate with her. There is extra credit.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: HIS381
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Indira is a really tough professor but one of my favorites at BW. She can be intimidating and she definitely intimidates me, but is really a great person. Suffer from depression and was very accommodating and willing to work with me so long as I communicated with her.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: HIS381
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Gesink is so knowledgeable and she is a really good lecturer. Love that she records her lectures in case you have to miss, and her detailed study guides. She's also very helpful and approachable as an advisor. Come prepared - she'll know if you didn't. You can definitely earn an A but you will work for it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: MULTIPLE
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Gesink is one of the best professors you will take at BW. Her courses are filled with material, and you'll feel like you conquered Mount Everest at the end of the semester. You have to work for your grade: take good notes, study, and study some more and you'll be fine. Wing it and you'll sink fast. She's more than willing to help students.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: HIS461
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Scarily smart and really intimidating. You definitely have to work for your grade in her classes. As a professor she's great, as an advisor is where I had problems with her. She didn't really seem all that interested in my future plans. Very cold, distant, and awkward in one on one situations.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: HIS288
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Gesink is awesome. She is very real, not at all fake. Great lectures. Very passionate about what she does. We had to write two papers for this class. They only had to be 2 1/2 - 3 pages in length each. Downside: A lot of reading, exams can be tough.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: HIS461
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hands down one of the smartest people I know. You learn so much in her classes and she is very helpful and nice. Has a good sense of humor as well. I've had 4 classes with her and loved them all. It should be a requirement for everybody to have at least one Gesink class. While challenging she's not as hard as everyone else says.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: HIS288
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

It is a shame she does not offer a seminar class. She is a great professor, so it sucks that half the class has to be her laughing off and dodging stupid comments from the peanut gallery rather than facilitating insightful discussions--which is clearly what she wants.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: HIS461
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The smartest woman I know. Challenging material. Don't take her classes if you refuse to do the required reading. You'll do a LOT of it. Expects you to be a proactive student. Great interactive teaching and discussion groups. Extremely knowlegeable and helpful to students who show incentive and personal responsibility. Great advisor & mentor!

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: HIS102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is full of knowledge and she is very willing to help. The class is not an easy A by any means, but it is not impossible to do well you just have to keep up with the readings and use the study guides for exams. I highly recommend taking World Civilizations II with her

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: HIS343
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is very smart, very helpful, very interesting, and very cultured, but her classes are very hard and you will have to devote a lot of time to them. You better be interested in the material if you're taking a class with her otherwise you won't have fun. I had a great experience in her class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: HIST463
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Class is so hard, 10-20 page readings for each class on useless info.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: HIS463
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class was the worst class ever. 20 page readings per class and no breaks ever from the readings. The quiz rapes you and she treats this class like its the only one you are taking. she gives the study guides less than 7 days before the test and expects us to know over 120 for an exam. I hated this class. It sucks you have no choice but her

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: HIS102
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I think everyone else sums it up. She's a great teacher and makes it interesting. The quizzes are easy if you read. The papers are harder and so is the final if you just cram the night before.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: WORLDCIV2
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Excellent Professor. One of the best history teachers I have ever had in my life. Moves seemlessly from era to era, civilization to civilization. Uses examples of the past that pertain to the future (and whatever you are currently reading in the book). Only gives quizzes out of the book: "The Human Record". Read that and you will ace quizzes!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: HIST121
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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