Professor: Gordon Dueck
Department: History
College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
super disorganized and barely taught content that was relevant for assignments or the final, so going to lecture was always a waste of time...u just need the textbook. The assignment instructions were SO vague which makes it pretty difficult for people who need more structure. Hard to care about the course when ur prof doesn't seem to
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- 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:
Really bad. Rants with little content, shows documentaries every lecture, and expects you to master every detail of a textbook without mentioning it once in lecture.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dueck is by far the worst professor I have encountered at Queen's. He showed more documentaries in HIST295 than actual "lectures" those were a series of unintelligible names/terms scribbled on a chalkboard or rants about unrelated topics. If this is your style, great! Otherwise, Dueck is a prof to avoid if you want to actually learn something.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Fantastic lecturer. I loved going to his class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: HIST306
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Such a good prof. One of the best at Queen's for sure. Engaging and entertaining discussions. You could tell he truly cared about his students and wanted us to succeed. Assignments were thought provoking and relevant and the novels/memoirs and other readings were extremely interesting and well chosen. Highly recommend this prof and seminar!
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dueck's class was one I looked forward too. Textbook provides information, lectures provide understanding of significance of the Holocaust. Very interesting but not something everyone may be used to. Very interesting guy, albeit sometimes a bit disorganized. Would still recommend the class as it really affected my perspective!
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Such an amazing prof
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Fascinating course, but the lectures are unnecessary. The entire course consisted of 2 essays and a final, which was only multiple choice questions. The essays are basically up to you, if you make a strong argument and present it clearly, he should like it. Funny guy, but doesn't come off as the most approachable. Took attendance at random once.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: 344
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The BEST teacher in my undergraduate career!
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The whole course is in the readings. Don't bother going to the lectures unless you're into the whole dry-humored-zero-schts-given-but-actually-kinda-sweet character that is Dueck. The readings are great, but he doesn't like to teach. The 7 day grace period for each assignment was a blessing (he gets us).
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: 295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dueck may be different than most professors in his usually laid back nature, but he's the perfect type of person for what he teaches. He's also very understanding and doesn't make irrational decisions that will be detrimental to your grade - he wants the best for you, and he'll help you get there however you prefer if you ask for help.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: HIST306
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Gord is a bit unorthodox. He wants the assignments and papers to be an more organic process (not strict on how you write). Therefore usually gives minimal direction which can be hard for writing papers. Little bit unorganized, but his humour and rants make it worth your time. If you don't want to read the text make sure to got to his lectures.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: HIST306
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Gord is a great professor. Very passionate about the subject and very very well informed. He is great to talk to outside of lecture. Sarcastic and amazing. You rock, Gord!
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not even bother attending lecture. Read textbook and complete assignments but don't waste your time by attending Gord's rambling rants.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: 295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Interesting professor when on task. Often goes on tangents about irrelevant matters. The course is a lot of work but it's not too hard to do well if you try. Readings are beneficial. Gord made this past year (2013) class a lot harder than previous years with more work and a final exam. The exam was relatively fair.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Clearly someone who is passionate about his field, but not about teaching it. Assignments are just plain ridiculous, and lectures are usually pointless to attend; the course IS the textbooks. Desperately needs more organization, and more focus. He seems like he could be a fantastic Prof if he could actually seem to care about teaching
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: HIST122
- 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:
Gord is an amazing professor. Gord's style is to make you think and to inspire you to learn the subject on your own. Anyone complaining about disorganized classes is probably because they like their education to be spoon-fed to them. Sorry, not the way it works in the real world. Great prof. Highly recommend.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: HIST295
- 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:
Wonderful educator! Enjoyed every aspect of his course. 2 key things: really good readings (primary sources I found fascinating) and excellent guest speakers.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: HIST122
- 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:
Love the class and the prof! He's very passionate about the subject and teaches things that aren't always in the text books. Really interesting!
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: HIST122
- 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:
Great prof, always interesting in lectures. Easily the best prof I've had aat Queen's, made me want to be a history major.
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