Ted Margadant - University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Professor: Ted Margadant

Department: History

College: University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• 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:

He post part of the lecture notes online before each lecture, so it is not mandatory to attend the class. Be prepared to read around 7 books and writing papers on them. Your grade will depend on how lenient your TA is.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS004C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Margadant is a good lecturer but he has the worst TAs, I got the worst TA and this is my first qtr in davis. I hated my TA, I felt like he discrimenated against me because Im not American. He lowered my grades. And when I talked about it with the Prof. he said he trusted the TAs grading technique. I am so mad I cant express it in words

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Margadant is Excellent. Passionate about history. Material is fascinating yet rather dark (World Wars, Nihilism, Stalinism, etc). Lectures are superb, a bit fast yet very well prepared. Be in lecture and do the readings. You will struggle if you skip either. Amount of reading is substantial but not overwhelming. Highly recommended.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS134A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very apparent that the professor loved the subject he was teaching. Very helpful, just have to ask. The amount of reading can be daunting, but the tests are fair.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor is a good lecturer. Not a monotone boring person. Really into what he is saying. Easy tests. Have to take good notes. Great class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor gives clear interesting lectures-really into his lectures and sure knows what he is saying. Lectures help for midterms and final so recommended to go and take good notes. Hardly used textbook since most of his lectures are what you need to know for the midterms and final. T.A. may be a tough grader. Easy class

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Gives good lectures that helps on the midterms and finals. Textbook not really needed as long you take good notes. Some books to read relevant to midterms and finals. Professor is really into his teachings for this class. Knows this subject matter a lot.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIS004C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Interesting class, he's a good lecturer. I guess I can't say anything bad about him, especially since he didn't force us to work that hard. We read a few books, he gave us options for our essays so we could decide what books we wanted to read in advance. His tests were REALLY easy and the text book was irrelevant. DONT WASTE UR MONEY ON IT.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He puts a lot of time into preparing his lectures... I liked this class because you can get by with a basic knowledge of what was going on. He gave study guides for the midterm and final, with the exact essay questions/IDs, so there was no reason not to get at least a B. The text book is unnecessary if you come to class. Read weekly books for sect

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really liked this class a lot. It does require a lot of reading. Basically, one book a week plus the textbook. But, the texbook reading is not really necessary so you can focus on the books which your two papers are based on. The lectures are at 1st difficult to follow but you get the hang of it. Overall the class was very intersting! I got A-!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• 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:

The best history prof in the entire dept! he really knows what he is talking about, and makes the subject very interesting to keep everybody awake. talks VERY fast so bring a laptop to lecture! TONS of reading, but they were all interesting and usefull for the tests (even though you can get by w/o reading them). TA's grade really hard though.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• 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:

Great prof. He is VERY passionate about the subject, esxpecially French history. There is a lot of reading, but that is the case for EVERY history class, get used to it if you're a history major. Take his french history class too, great prof!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

LOVED this class! must read one novel per week, some are short and some are long. TAs grade everything, so get a good one! he is very enthusiastic so you stay awake and alert throughout the class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIS004C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're not used to very factual and detailed history, his lectures may be a slap in the face. He knows too much to the point that he's a little too sophisticated with his lectures if you're not used to the language of know-it-all historians. Often goes on tangents during lectures. Tests aren't bad; just know the general ideas and you'll do fine.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very enthusiastic, engaging lecturer. I was ambivalent about European history before taking his class -- he conveys his enthusiasm well. Not too difficult if you do all the work/attend lecture, but he does require a ton of reading, especially for a lower div history class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

definitely knowledgeable and passionate, easy easy midterm and finals, topics on the papers could be tricky tho! his style is very dry however, hard to take notes and easy to fall sleep during lectures!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• 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:

This guy is a beast. Who else can spit more info than the history channel on crack cocaine, and be three times as excited about it? The TA is good shot out to Andreas Agocs, he is really helpful if you talk to him.If you love old men getting so excited about the French Revolution that they nearly have a heart attack.I HIGHLY recommend Prof Marg

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Margadant is very excited about his teaching... you know he loves history. Bring a laptop, and be aware of his bursts of energy in some of his words.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• 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:

your grade literally depends on your ta. the papers, midterms, and participation so make sure you get a good one. lectures can be kind of dry and it's a lot of writing, i suggest recording him or bringing a laptop. overall the class is tons of reading and not too interesting unless you really love history but margadant isn't bad.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS4C
• 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:

history can often be dry, he is a very engaging professor and a great lecturer. I learned a lot in his class and found that he prepared us well for exams and graded fairly