George Hoffman - University of Regina, Regina, SK

Professor: George Hoffman

Department: History

College: University of Regina, Regina, SK

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hoffman is very passionate about history and that shows through his lectures. He wants everyone to succeed and gives more than enough warning time for due dates. He will meet outside of class to discuss any assignments and will give good feedback. There is no textbook. He lectures as a story, so being there is a must! Exams are straight forward

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST201
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Definitely lecture heavy, for that reason showing up is super helpful. He's an interesting guy to listen to, his lectures aren't boring. I find him to be a pretty easy grader, and I genuinely look forward to his lectures.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

George is an excellent professor. His online class was well structured and spaced out, and he gives extensive feedback for all assignments. The readings were interesting and easy to read. I read them all once for the tutorial questions, and once again before the final. You could get away without the textbook, but it will help to push your mark up.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

George Hoffman is a great professor. His lectures are amazing, very interesting and his explanations are very good. If you don't miss classes and take notes, you will find easy to pass. He is always available to answer the students questions. He makes History even more interesting in his lectures.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectures in the class are pivotal and the key to a good grade. He doesn't post any notes online so you must attend and take down a good set of notes. Lectures can get a bit dry but he tries his best to keep them entertaining. There is an essay, 11 online articles to read, a midterm and a final exam. Class is easy as long as you show up!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a very knowledgeable professor who is willing to help his students by answering their e-mails on time and giving them extra office hours. The actual class was actually quite enjoyable for the most part, but it can get boring if you don't like the subject. All in all, this is a class where it's easy to pass but hard to do well in.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

No textbook in the class, just lecture and online articles. His lecture gets a bit dry at times. The exams are pretty much just memorization so pretty easy. Only caveat is he has TA's mark the essays and they mark considerably harder than he would. Not really a GPA booster but you can get a solid mark with only the midterm, essay and final exam.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

pretty good teacher, he knows what he's talking about. Willing to answer any questions, but lectures are pretty boring. If you miss class, good luck getting any help from him on what you missed. He expects you can ask someone else in the class but not always are strangers willing to give out their notes

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

George was a great professor to have. He didn't request a textbook for the class and gave out online articles, but he does expect students to attend, mostly because he says things that he doesn't post online. It can be tricky to get a good mark, but that is reliant on your ability to pay attention.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST200
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really knows his stuff, but is the hardest marker I've ever encountered. When it comes to exams be prepared to put in some serious work and not get anything above a 75, in fact, I'm sure he goes out of his way to make sure nobody touches 80. Wont be taking another class of his.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Hoffman is a great Prof. he really knows his stuff and understands first-year students and the struggles that they face. no textbook for this class, he only uses online articles that are posted on UR Courses. He doesn't post lecture notes, so attending class is essential to doing well.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very good professor who loves what hes teaching. Really good class for first years as he takes the time to explain everything he speaks on! No text book which is nice and a mid term, essay and final! Take his classes if you can! You wont regret it!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST001
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not a good prof for spring sessions, or first year. His expectations for papers are what 3rd year students would be able to write. Expects complete memorization of terms and concepts which is impossible. Expectations simply to high unless you are taking ONLY that course. DO NOT challenge him, very defensive and marks u accordingly afterwards.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hoffman is an outstanding professor in terms of quality of his lecture and teaching material. He gives amazing lecture with full depth of the topic and expects his students to answer his questions in full details without missing out a single point, that makes him a tough grader. But overall, he's the "History's Heisenberg."

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS153154
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took intro Canadian history with Hoffman during the spring session at Brandon University, While the classes were lecture heavy, you could tell that he was passionate about the subject and he really tried to help all of the students in class and out of class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Hoffman is a very great teacher for first year university. Even if I was in my fifth year, second degree, he just makes the class easy. He repeat the subject many times so if you missed out one thing, you will catch up. He is very open to help the students. Make sure you attempt to his lecture and do your reading and you will do great.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST202
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

George was a great prof who was clear on his expectations. He occasionally jumped around during lectures but for the most part was easy to follow. There is no assigned text for his 202 class so it's important to go to class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best class and proff that I've ever had! Lectures though are 100% mandatory, if you skip classes than you won't do good on exams.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Be careful, Hoffman is a quite tough marker. For student who English is not your first language, DON NOT TAKE IT, he will make it as an English class for you!!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST113
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Hoffman is a great prof. He is very clear and makes sure to emphasize important points. He is always willing to help outside of class and responds to urcourses email quickly. He is a nice teacher and makes history interesting. Make sure you attend lectures because he focuses his exam questions on things he talks about in class.