Paula Clarke - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Paula Clarke

Department: History

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Always go to class. Not a lot of readings, so if you miss class you will fail. Very nice and relaxing professor. Fair grader. Take her if you can.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST398
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I think professor Clarke is the funniest person at McGill. Lectures do drag on a little, but whenever she laughs to herself it's hilarious, and this makes it all worth it. She's also a pretty generous grader. A fine teacher all in all.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She seems nice but is so so so boring. She made an interesting class awful. The work isn't terrible but every class seems pointless and her voice puts me to sleep. Talks way too much about random art and goes way off topic, making it impossible what to know. So many primary source readings that ended up not being on the exam.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Clarke is great. She is lecture heavy but extremely accessible for help and resources! She is also hilarious and knowledgeable. If you do the readings (there aren't many) and answer questions in class, she appreciates it. There were 3 conferences (participation), but warning: readings are posted late.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is a hard one - I love the course material and became rather fond of Clarke as a prof but her lectures tend to be a bit of a snooze interspersed with essential begging for participation. She has this weird way of sounding as though she is asking a rhetorical question but actually isn't and this happens a LOT. Good class, pretty easy, kind lady

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST314
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a very sweet lady and knowledgeable on the topic she is teaching. Yet, most of time, she does not come to class prepared. She is extremely confusing in regards to essay instructions.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 314
• 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:

Clarke is lovely. She's very knowledgeable, sweet, and pretty funny if you're awake to hear it. Her lectures shouldn't be attended tired. She has a roundabout way of speaking which can drag on and on. If you've got a friend, alternate who attends lectures. That said, she's a good grader, her assignments are very fair, and she's really nice.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST398
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Seemed cute and endearing at first but her lectures ended up being so incredibly boring. She is a nice lady and knows a lot, but after the 10th lecture of slides of close ups of Venetian architecture I was ready to fall asleep. Long paper and take home exam, plus light reading made it okay, but if you want a thrilling and engaging prof its not her.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very clear and fair grading with an especially easy final. Clarke is very enthusiastic about the subject and it is obvious that she enjoys what she does . Easily one of the wisest Profs I've had throughout my four years at McGill.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 398
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

ADORABLY TONGUE IN CHEEK PROF AND LIGHT READING ROLE. I WANT TO BE HER BEST FRIEND.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's a sweet person, and her classes are fairly easy. She tends to grade from B- to B+, so it's hard to fail and hard to get a perfect A. Always late in handing back papers, never gets through the syllabus; a bit absentminded and quiet but a very passionate teacher.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

LOVE THIS PROF!! She is so cute, and unbelievably passionate about what she teaches. sometimes, the lectures seem a bit long, but I still found this class really interesting (which surprised me). REALLY easy marker (or at least the assistant marker is)

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST332
• 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:

Just the most adorable prof you can imagine; I've got this fluffy feeling whenever I see her walking into the class :). Quirky sense of humour. Very, very knowledgeable; she teaches a whole range of early modern course, even though her specialty is Italian Renaissance. Relatively easy-marker. Well-divided workload.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

she's definately a good and experienced prof but i found her teaching of renaissance and reformation a bit dry. definately not an easy class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Got off track, didn't keep to the syllabus, provided little feedback on assignments and didn't respond to email questions in a timely fashion. I will not sign up for this professor again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST398
• 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:

This Professor was awesome. She is passionate about her subject and is phenomenally intelligent. You will have to concentrate on her lectures because they contain a supreme amount of information, but it pays in the end. She is brilliant.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST398
• 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:

This woman is great. She's passionate and profoundly informed about her subject and is a born teacher. Her pace can be a little i r r i t a t i n g, but otherwise good in lecture. She gave the entire class a month' extention on a paper and she still didn't care when I handed it in late

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 215435563
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Smart, funny, and quirky in the best way. Brings out good thinking in her students. I only wish I could speak to her in Italian.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST345
• 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:

Much better than first impression.. she is extremely knowledgable, and very helpful to her students.. she has a hilarious side to her and while sometimes she talked for too long on one subject, it was only because she knows so much. Very caring.. changed our last-day exam to a take home. Great Prof.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: RENAISSANCE
• 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:

I love Prof Clarke! I once fell asleep in her class but I apologized afterwards; it's not that she's boring, but that her voice is so soothing. Once you get into the class you realize how hilarious she is, I can't describe it. Plus she cares about the students.