Ngo Vinh Long - University of Maine

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Ngo Vinh Long - University of Maine

Professor: Ngo Vinh Long

Department: History

College: University of Maine

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: HTY107
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ngo Vinh Long is an absolute legend and a master of academic craft. I am dumbfounded at these negative reviews... The professor delivers incredible lectures with extremely nuanced discussion. Not to mention he, himself, is a fascinating and respected academic figure. Also he and Noam Chomsky are buddies!

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: HTY442
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Case of wonderful person; terrible teacher. Three papers worth 25% of your grade, the other 25% is participation. The books are absolutely mandatory because that is how you will learn the material. Lectures are hard to follow along because there is no structure, but be prepared to answer questions. He expects you to know the assigned material.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: HTY442
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Long knows his subject, first hand and relates it well, as long as the student has a desire to listen, learn, and actively takes an interest in Professor Long's classes!!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: HTY107
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Long is an amazing scholar but a TERRIBLE professor. He reads off his powerpoints word for word in HTY107 every single class. However, the class is extremely easy. Three tests which he gives you the questions to before, and you can bring in a sheet of notes. Super easy but super boring. He's a super nice guy but hard to understand and just terrible

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: HTY437
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The best and worst prof at UMO. He's likely the best Viet. history professor in the US. Google him. He's fascinating for a history student in a high level class. If you don't take his Vietnam class you're missing a unique chance He's also bad teacher with an accent. Low level history reqs for non majors will be excruciating

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: HTY437
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Long's class on the Vietnam War is quite simply most interesting and fulfilling class I have ever taken in college. His lectures can be a little dry but he is actually really funny. He is the first to admit his accent is difficult to understand. If you are not interested in the course material it may be hard to push through, though.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: HTY107
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Yes his accent is a little hard to understand, but the real issue for me was his teaching style. Every class involves him reading off of full pages of powerpoints word for word and is extremely boring. If you have a question, he will often answer by asking another question. The only good part of this class is that he hands out the test beforehand

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: HIST107
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lectures were outrageously boring. I was genuinely interested in the material, but listening to him read a power point to us in monotone for 50 mins strait felt like torture. Nonetheless, the exams were easy because he gives u the topics b4 hand so u just need 2 do a little research the night b4 and you'll be fine, even if you didn't attend much.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: HTY107
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:

I took this course as an elective (I am in MEE). The professor is very knowledgeable and slips some humor into the lectures, but has a thick accent. Honestly, I went to half the lectures, but even then, this course was much harder than expected. DO NOT take this course unless you plan on attending ALL the lectures.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: HTY442
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:

When I took his HTY 107 class it was not easy to follow every word that he was saying, but he was articulate enough that, if you were actually paying close attention, you could retain a good amount of the material. I decided to take his 400 level class on US-Vietnamese Relations and I have to say that it was brilliantly thought-provoking.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: HIST107
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:

Very hard to understand. Class is painful and long. Is funny and has a good sense of humor. If you take this class sit in the front row so you can hear and understand him!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: HTY442
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:

Students who complain about him are the ones you will see flipping burgers at Mcdonalds next year. Professor Long believes in self motivation and indipendant self study. If you like that than go for his classes if you want to slack off why go to college? He is the best professor I have had here at U Maine. Listen to him you will learn a lot.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: HTY442
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I am taking 442 right now. This guy has to be the biggest catch 22 at UMaine. He is insanely knowledgeable about the topic but he has no idea how to teach. He also is almost impossible to understand, very thick accent. Mumbles and uh uh uh's a lot. He just reads texts and has NO class participation. Same lectures everyday. Easy grader though.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: HTY437
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His low-level classes pretty much stink, but his 400-level classes are great. With small classes he was very laid-back, let us out early, etc. He does little actual teaching, though, be prepared because in his 400-level courses you basically read the texts and teach yourself the material. Only take his classes if you really like the subject.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: HTY107
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I wanna give this guy the benefit of the doubt, because I think he is a smart guy, but man...his accent is impossible. Mumbles too, couldn't hear a word so I just never went to class...ever. Didn't buy the text either, but still got an A thanks to my good friend Wikipedia...easy class, but don't even bother attending, it's worthless to go.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: HTY107
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The textbook assignments aren't worth wasting your time on; the book is only useful for researching the test questions. Lectures were often useful in understanding what Professor Long thinks about George W. Bush's policies, but were often useless otherwise. However, to his credit, Professor Long is clearly very intelligent and knowledgeable.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: HTYSECT
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took East Asian Civ with Professor Long and enjoyed it a lot. A lot of people in this class where turned off by his soft voice and accent, but the good news is that he does not take attendance and his tests are pretty much open book. Professor long himself is extremely smart (first Vietnamese to go to Harvard) and not to mention very nice.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: HTY107
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a nice guy, but I can't understand half the things he says which makes me not want to pay attention.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: HTY108
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Um...okay. So...this class is not hard - all you have to do is get the essay questions before hand and research them. Easy A. As for lectures...unless you are really accustomed to accents, you will not understand a thing he says. My advice? take the class for an easy A - do your own work.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: HTY442
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

It's unfortunate that UMaine students don't take advantage of one of the world's leading Vietnamese historians. That's not an exaggeration, either. Prof. Long is one of few historians in the world fluent in English and Vietnamese. Lectures can be tedious, but his class is in no way difficult if one keeps up on the reading assignments.

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