Gregory Hays - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Professor: Gregory Hays

Department: Classics

College: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CLAS2020
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Interesting lectures, regardless of your own interest classics. Covers Roman culture, literature, history, art, philosophy, and architecture. Hays has a quiet voice and may come across as boring at first, but his lectures are engaging and useful.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CLAS202
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Overall, Professor Hays was one of my favorite professors I have had at UVa. He is very funny and relays the information in an engaging way. Going to class is a must, since there's no real textbook for this class, just a bunch of reading. Assignments and tests are not too difficult.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CLAS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The lectures are semi-boring but still go to them because thats where tests come from. Reading is not all mandatory but you should skim all of it anyways. Esp. read the stuff for section. Test and final were not bad esp. if you do study guide and go to review session. Paper on Aeneid was worst part but still managed to get A. Nice humanities/histor

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CLAS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's a pretty good teacher... Lectures are kinda boring. You have a lot of reading -- though not all of it is entirely necessary. Tests aren't bad. He can be kinda funny, and you won't expect it at all.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CLAS204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good class! Not very hard, and Hays is hilarious. Kind of hard to understand at times. Also, I slept through half of the midterm, yet still did well. Good sign!

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

lectures are interesting, but i started to get bored after a couple classes. the exams are really really easy, but you have to go through the list of topics he gives you and make sure you know about every single topic on it. if you do that (which is what i did), the exam is the easiest exam ever.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CLAS204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

i think greek mythology is interesting, so i liked the class for that. to do well on the tests, just do the reading. but lecture is worth it, because he's very funny, dry humor, and knows a lot. interesting just for the sake of it (one of my friends audited, and he still came to every class) - definitely worth it! easy and interesting and fun!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MEDIEVALLATIN
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I LOVE this guy. Even when the class material was dull, I loved going to class because he's so droll. He knows what he's talking about and is a great teacher, to boot. Given how horrible most of the other professors are in the department, I'm surprised he's stuck around and not gone on to a more prestigious department somewhere else. I've heard he's not as good in large lecture settings as he is in seminar-type classes.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CLAS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professors I've had, charismatic, funny, I acutally looked forward to going to my 9:30 a.m. lectures. Also had him for discussion, he was very helpful and kept things moving, we even had a field trip (to the art museum).

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CLAS305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Wonderful teacher.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CLAS305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Smart, funny, sarcastic, clearly knows Latin backwards and forwards...Petronius withProf Hays is probably the best Latin class i've ever taken!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CLAS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Hilarious, sarcastic, easy to talk to. If you don't like him, it has to be because you dont "get" his style.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CLAS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is hilarious! Great professor, I also had him for discussion. Very helpful at answering questions in study sessions and in office hours. Class was hard as all get out, but he was great.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIEU204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: LATI103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professors I've ever had. Funny and very clear.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CLAS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor for Roman Civ, Latin and Greek