John Bingham - Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Professor: John Bingham

Department: History

College: Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SUST1000
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great guy and professor and nice addition to SUST1000 showing how history created the issues we face today. Really knowledgeable and tries hard to make the seemingly least interesting topics more interesting (ex: sewers in Paris and night soil). Exam and quizzes are mostly based on lectures and reading provided more knowledge.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SUST1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Seems really knowledgeable however lectures are sort of boring and hard to follow, gives a lot of seemingly irrelevant information. Course is sustainability but has a lot of history/geography aspects. Who your TA is makes a huge difference, mine was an extremely tough marker, docked you for not talking enough and was all around sort of useless

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST1510
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Unresponsive to student emails, and unapologetically short and rude when he does respond. Repeatedly gives assignments out with incomplete/vague instructions, and refines the instructions later as students ask for clarification. Deeply boring and specific lectures where he vaguely expects you to "understand the ideas". Do not recommend.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST1004
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Super knowledgeable guy, very interesting to listen to. He sometimes skims topics, but explains them well if you ask him to clarify. Pretty fun and entertaining too, would totally take another one of his classes.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST2032
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

An absolute pleasure to have as a prof. He's pretty funny and is very charming in a nerdy sort of way. He loves it when you take the extra time to talk about something related to the subject that you are passionate about, and if you ask him tough questions. Very relaxed about assignments, I wrote 9 pages for a 12 page paper and still got a B+ on it

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST2032
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I love Bingham! He is one of the top professors I have had at Dal. His lectures are clear and he shows pictures to make it more interesting. He is really passionate about his subject and it shows. Would definitely take a class with him again. I actually wanted to go to his class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST1004
• 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:

Very tough grader. Doesn't seem to be interested in teaching the class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Bingham is an incredible lecturer, who is passionate and amazingly knowledgable on the material he is teaching. He has a great sense of humour, is a fair grader and was available for helping student out. He also took a lot of time to set students up for success on upcoming papers, tests and exams.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SUST1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very boring!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST1004
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Seems to know what he, himself is talking about. However does not know how to convey that information clearly during class. He also does not provided sufficient help.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SUST1000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he is so boring and thinks hes a really deep thinker but really he is so narrow minded and is impossible to relate to

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST4986
• 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:

Incredible professor. Led amazing seminars and is clearly very knowledgeable about his field and historiography. He can be tough but he is always fair. Funny and smart. If you put any effort in, you won't regret taking a class with him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST2081
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

My favorite professor so far! His class is super interesting and he definitely knows what he is talking about! I actually want to go to his class!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST1004
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a pretty good prof, probably the best I had this year (however that isn't saying much). He tents to lose track of timing, at the end of the course we were about 30 years behind where we should have been. He loves Germany history you can tell that much, Although Germany isn't my interest, I still somewhat enjoyed this class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST2081
• 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:

History 2081 was a great class and Bingham is an excellent prof. Very few assignments and the material/lectures were very interesting. Definitely recommend it!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST2081
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

My favorite prof at Dal. Funny, smart, and really takes an interest in his students' well being. Great guy all round

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST4986
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. Knows his stuff. Given to tangents and story telling sometimes. Really cares about his students and their success.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HISTSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I love this man. He can be a bit off the wall at times but he is always willing to go back and rephrase (if you ask nicely). I can understand if people aren't a huge fan of him but in the end there are only two things you need to remember about him: He marks easy, and you really don't have to do the readings. That is all, goodnight

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST3051
• 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:

Bingham is the man. I cant believe someone siad he didnt know his stuff, ha! blasphemy. Anyways,great prof, and he just so happens to teach some of the most interesting hist classes at dal.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST2081
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A very good lecturer who marks very hard. It's not so much that he marks hard - it's just that his assignments are really, really strange.