Professor: Alan Willis
Department: History
College: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: HS292
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I heard horrible things about Dr. Willis. Fortunately, I found them to be false. Well, at least for me. Here's the thing. when you walk into this class, you may want to debate with him on certain topics. DONT. Let him lecture, participate some, and you will see that he actually points out exactly what he wants you to write about in class. Love him.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: HS130
- 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:
He is a good teacher, lectures are very boring. Hard to read what he writes on the board his notes are all over the place. The TA is very helpful. He is a tough grader.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: HS127
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
There are no tests, but there are quizzes on the weekly reading. I had this class once a week from 6:00-9:20. It wasn't bad. There were a lot of in class group assignments. He really knew what he was talking about and gave a new outlook on history other than the cookie-cutter way of looking at history.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures are mostly mumbling and rambling on his perception of history, it doesn't match with the book at all (WHICH IS EXPENSIVE) Tests barely cover anything he's said, but he throws in questions over things he mentioned once, during the last 2 mins of class. Arrogant, but he knows his stuff, just not how to teach it. Good luck ever getting help.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He mumbles and talks to himself during class. I take over 3 pages of handwritten notes every class session (meets 4 days a week) and read the assignments, still the online tests are confusing. He says there are no trick questions, but take that with skepticism. READ the questions carefully.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: C
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I see him on campus looking at Russian dating sites, not in his office or anything, but right in the student lounge. I'm not talking about just a chat service. Video service with the women stripping for him. He mumbles in class. The material in class is completely irrelevant from test questions. Avoid at all costs.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This guy is horrible. He's super unorganized and rambles about nothing. He also mumbles and you can't hear anything. The tests are over material he never talked about. The papers he assigns are ridiculously long and over like 200 pages of a book. I would avoid him at all costs.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: HS126
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The most pretentious and cocky professor I have ever met. Attendance is expected yet does not pertain to exams or quizzes. Lectures are primarily his unorganized mumbling rants on his interpretations of history. Many test and quiz questions are based on his interpretations of history and answers are also interpretationsopinions.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: HI105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible professor. He mumbles so badly that I could barely hear him from the front row. He knows what he's talking about but is very cocky about it. The tests are killer, even though they're take-home. The books have nothing to do with the lectures, but if you skip either you're screwed because he puts nothing online. Not a GPA boost.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: HS127
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He was so boring. I did not enjoy his class one bit. The tests were hard and I could barley stay awake in his class.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: HS254
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's very knowledgeable and clearly know his stuff. His tests are very difficult. You MUST pay attention and take excellent notes in class to do well on the tests. He kind of rambles, but can be entertaining. Pay attention, go to class, and study for tests and you'll do fine.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: HS490
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
When I first started the history program I hated Willis. He was over the top hard and was never helpful in the least. But I can now look back and see that he was simply weeding out students who wouldn't stick with the program. In the capstone class he was incredibly helpful and was there whenever we needed him.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Willis is a good professor in the sense that he knows what he's talking about and has a passion for history. He is a harsh grader, but the tests are take home so you are able to use your notes or the internet. His lecture is a bit dry. He speaks rather quietly for a class of 70 students and provides minimal visuals. Not a class for a GPA boost.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Willis is very dull to listen to. He only lectures with minimal photo/power point accompaniment. He gives no reviews and the textbooks he assigns do not correlate closely to the topics discussed in class.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He knows his stuff but the class is extremely boring. He isn't much help when explaining something. His classes don't match the textbooks. One book he had us buy I have never opened. His lectures are dull and full of his remarks that are not relevant to the lecture. Don't take him save yourself the headache and take someone else if you can.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- 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:
The guy obviously knows his stuff, and for the most part the lectures are interesting, however he is very pretentious and does not help students. My grades do not reflect the amount of work that I have been doing for this 100 level class. I read all texts and come to every class, but the tests are ridiculously hard.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really boring, test are really hard. very little was on the test that we learned in class. I went everyday for this class and it was all review for me. it sucked no sense of humor.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
All I can say is what the hell. Read all the books he assigned. Attended most classes and no matter what when it came to the exams it was like I knew nothing. He doesn't test on whats in the book or his lectures. ALmost like the questions are from some weird self conversation he must have.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- 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:
He is pretty smart, but his class is so boring and I hate how he lectures. Too much jumping around. I love history but I know I'm not doing well in his class. Notes don't help and reading the book only does so much. His tests are so confusing and the papers are complicated. I hope he realizes this is a level 100 class.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: HS105
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I find him to be a great professor, very interesting, knows his stuff, and loves what he does. He uses coffee hours so is easily accessible, I will def take him again in a future class
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