Richard Garcia - California State University - East Bay

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Richard Garcia - California State University - East Bay

Professor: Richard Garcia

Department: History

College: California State University - East Bay

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: HIST384
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor only allowed us to use the three required texts (that were posted late by the way) to write four large essays. This teacher also messed up at the end of the semester by posting grades as RD, rather than the A I earned, and I needed to fight them and the Office of the Registrar for over a month and a half.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very particular about essay format

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DON'T TAKE HIM. His directions are very unclear and he expects your writing to be at a PHD English level. If you email him, he'll be rude to you and you still won't be clear on what you have to do. I'm about to withdraw from this class. I've taken 7 other online classes and never had an issue before.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher and you do gotta write papers and there are no tests. You need 2 books and you need to complete throughout the quarter: 2 major postings (600 words each ), 8 commentaries (125 words each), and 2 major essays (1000 words each). Make sure you write well on all of the assignments and follow his prompts.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: AIH3553
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I would totally take him again. I feel like I found my perfect teacher since I hate goin gto class and I like writing papers vs. finals. Take US Modern Thought and Culture! He seem very intimidating but just shoot an email and have open communication!

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pay attention and do the work that's it. Best professor I have had at this school so far, not because he is easy, but because he was clear and gave great instructions on what to expect on assignments. I am a philosophy major and he has helped me write better papers than my phil professors. No assignments should be late since he gives a lot if time.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have been going back and forth with this man about submitting my paper on time!For 2 days!! He took 60pts off my paper out of 100!! Claiming that my paper was 6 days late! I keep telling him I turned it in on time! so check I have even sent him a picture of it submitted on time! He hasn't emailed me back!

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: HIST3553
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I agree that Professor Garcia is intelligent and he makes his expectations very clear in the syllabus. Be ready to read and write a lot and be able to follow his guidelines as instructed in the syllabus.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took professor Garcia for two different courses and I enjoyed them both. He is a very intelligent man; his lectures (essay format ) were great, they were well written and broke down the content from the text books. I am really surprised with the bad reviews because I would recommend him, he is fair, easy to reach and a good professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really liked Professor Garcia. I felt that his classes helped me to become a better writer. He challenges his students to become more analytical in their writing and to dig deeper than the norm. I love the books that he selects to read as well. Have taken him for two different sections of history. You get out of the class what you put in it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are all an essay format. He didn't provide sources for his essays. I emailed him asking what his sources were, and he just sent me a list of textbooks. Not helpful at all. He puts the minimal amount of work possible, which is very apparent in the way his essays are written. The essays are full of incorrect info and grammatical errors.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible professor. He's very one sided in his lectures (spanish conquest in 1500's was great, aztecs were 'blood thirsty' indians, etc.), and some of the information he provides is even false. His lectures were really confusing and had way too many gramatical errors. He failed to provide sources for where he got his information as well.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

professor assigns two discussion posts (500ish word minimum) two minor discussion posts (350minimum) and two two part essays (1000minimum each part). Didn't provide clear instructions or grading requirements. Only provided a rubric for the last essay. Took too long to respond to emails. Really displeased with professor. Would not recommend.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: 3553
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Posted all 10 weeks of lectures the first week (so obviously uninterested) and they were LITTERED with spelling errors. He changed the syllabus about 7 times, his grading system is WRONG meaning you do an extra credit assignment for basically no points. He is the biggest JOKE of a teacher I have ever seen.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: 3553
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

1) Online class consists of 2 major(topic of your choice) and minor posts(reply to another student's post) and 2 essays( his pick, but not that difficult) 2) I got an A (397400) even though I didn't read the weekly lectures cause it was too long and boring. I only read the parts needed to write my paper and posts. 3) Looks hard, but it's easy!

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: HIST3515
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A G.E. class that i needed to take. As im a Ethnic Studies major, i found it quite easy, but im sure it would be easy for those who aren't new to this subject. If you miss a discussion post or are late in doing one you will hurt your grade. I aced everything but because i forgot to respond to another students topic i went from A to B+ in the end.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: 3515
Grade Received: F
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I'm an A student, and I was given an F in this class for no logical reason. This was just ridiculous.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: 3553
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's very hard to take someone seriously who uses recycled lectures that are littered with spelling and grammatical errors. I shouldn't be reading a lecture that looks like it was written by a student. So far the grading is nonsensical and the professor needs to decide on a format. This half assed post a paper but in APA is ridiculous.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: 3515
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

has changed the syllabus over 4 times during the course, nothing is clear about the syllabus, no test, written review of every chapter and lecture required to pass.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: HIST3553
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Easily one of the Great Americans if you know his history. I love professors who require written papers. Writing about the topic always cements learning and leaves the student prepared to discuss issues that he wants more info on. The Greatest Class format in the Cal St. System. Thanks for challenging profslike Garcia. One of the best of all time.

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