Michael Ierardi - Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

Professor: Michael Ierardi

Department: History

College: Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HI111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lecture, lecture, lecture and some more lectures. Like, seriously. He's a really nice guy if you try in the class and get good grades but you'll learn a good chunk of the material through the reading. Try your hardest to participate in class, if you don't he'll just get annoyed and end the lecture.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Please, for the love of god, do not take this him unless absolutely necessary. Lectures at you. Graded by few things and did not get the grades back until the day of the final. Please do not take him he does not teach, he just talks at you and expects you to know what he has spent years learning.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ierardi is easily the worst professor I have ever taken, and I am a junior. He graded us on 4 things. 1) Mid-term. 2) $50 trip to the MFA 3) 5-6 page paper 4) Final. It's currently the last week of classes & not one of us in this class has received a grade back, including our mid-terms which happened 2 months ago. He's a pompous ass. GOOD LUCK

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is very knowledgeable on the topic of but is hard to follow. No guides, no power point, no visuals, just him talking at you. You cant write fast enough and its hard to follow what you need to take from his lectures. Very few grades- midterm, research paper, and final. Mandatory attendance on a field trip to MFA. Would not take again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS111
• 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:

Worst class that I have taken in my time here at BSU. He is knowledgeable but cannot teach if that makes sense. His lectures are unorganized and long. Tests had random questions not covered in his long lectures and the map questions are tough. My entire class is struggling and many either dropped or stopped showing. Do not take if you dont have to

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS439
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I only took this class for my major. This was the most boring class I have ever taken. All he does is talk the whole time and barely asks questions to his students. All we were graded on was a Midterm and Final and our Midterm grade was given to us the day of the Final! He changed the syllabus constantly and gave no reasons as to why.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HI111
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Boring lectures, large ego, doesn't know how to teach should be working in a museum.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is absolutely terrible. I ended up dropping out of this class cause I couldn't take it anymore. He just talks and talks and i learned nothing. The whole class was failing and he blamed it on us when it was really his teaching. Never ever take him, he is the worst ever.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST111
• 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:

Just horrible. Don't take, seriously.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HI111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

lectures the whole class every class. very boring and dry criteria. overall nice guy, but class is very boring.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST396
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is my second time taking Professor Ierardi, and I have enjoyed him both times. Is he the easiest professor on campus? No. Does he get side-tracked every class? Yes. But he really does make you think about the material that you're reading, and has an amazing snarky sense of humor. He's not for everyone, but you'll love him if you do.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST396
• 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:

Talks in circles about the long readings he assigns. confusing references, vocabulary, generally boring and monotone. worse course i've taken on the college level by a long shot.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST439
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HIM. Absolutely awful.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST439
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Never assigns any of the homework that is suppose to count for your grade and it would be really helpful to have to help with the midterm and final. Talks in circles whenever he is asked a question and doesn't answer emails. Consistently late to class and rude to students. I usually get A-'s in history courses but in this one I'm praying for aB- :(

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST406
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst class I've ever taken. I'm okay with heavy reading, but the texts were boring and near undecipherable. He's very rude to his students, and does not give your grades back until over a month later. Only take him if you absolutely have to. He honestly made me cry.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST111
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He was awful. He gave us a syllabus for what we would be learning but he changed it constantly. I basically taught myself out of my book. His voice is so monotonous and I could never pay attention. either half my class dropped or they stopped showing up. Do not take him

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He lectured about nothing that was useful. Required you to intensively read your text, but then give you a 15 random question test. The "domain" would just say anything in the chapter is fair game. He was unhelpful and quite sassy at points. There was always a map with 40 places to memorize, but he only put like ten on the test.I couldn't stand him

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST439
• 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:

DO NOT TAKE. Didn't get our midterms back until the day of the final and it was the only graded assignment we had all semester so couldn't drop class. Shows up 5-10 minutes late every class. Never had other assignments that were supposed to count for 50% of our grade...didn't assign them.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST440
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is so unorganized; we never got back our midterms or the grades for them, we never receive a paper assignment that was supposed to be worth 25% of our grade, never took reading quizzes that were 15% of our grade, and ended up with only two grades: midterm & final. He is rude & consistently late for class. Save yourself the trouble.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST440
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Probably the worst, least organized, rude professors in the entire history department. DO NOT TAKE