William Gohlman - SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY

Professor: William Gohlman

Department: History

College: SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST112
• 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:

Very interesting and easy class. Lectures often go off topic, and I sometimes fell asleep (8:30 class...), but he was very knowledgeable. Quizzes once a week that are based on easy, short readings. Gives you a list of questions that have possibility of being essay questions for test. Only 2 papers for the semester, each being only 3-4 pages long

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST188
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

super boring class and his teaching method doesn't help. he basically reads straight from the text. cancels class alot, is extremely lazy about getting back tests and papers. tests are all essay format so very hard to study since you never really know what he's going to ask.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST291
• 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:

He's horrible about getting papers and tests back to you, but he isn't that hard a grader, and he's also really understanding when you turn in work late. He'll give you extensions if you ask, which makes up for getting the assignments back late, at least for me. He's also just an interesting prof.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

nice guy, cancelled class a lot though. syllabus was a mess, cancelled some papers. not too much work for a 220 class. not very interesting, but pretty easy

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST188
• 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:

This is a very easy class and an easy way to fulfill the nonwestern requirement. You need to read the book, but that only amounts to 20-30 pages a week. No big deal. The material is basically the same as Global I in high school. He is interesting to listen to, although there are some tangents. He's very clear on what he expects on papers/tests.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST188
• 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:

He was an awesomely nice guy and the classes where fun, but you MUST take notes from the book or you'll not do so hot, because his class notes are not detailed and he doesn't always stay focused on the topic at hand, but his lectures are still really intelligent.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: INTD101
• 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:

Does Anybody Know What Time It Is? was a great class. homework was easy- 5 sentences/reactions per chapter. your grade is based on 3 pts per class: 1 if you do homework, 1 if you're there, and 1 if you say something. great field trip to eastman museum/home in rochester

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• 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:

he writes random things on the board- you have to write notes on what he says too. to do well, you MUST take notes from the book, since he lets you use your notes on the pt. 2 of the final. i missed 1/4 of the classes, but read all the assigned readings and still got an A-.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I've always liked history, but the lectures got boring at times. Kind of a hard grader. Do the textbook reading and take good notes as you read as well as in class, this helps on the final. Not too bad overall.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• 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:

Nice guy, but boring lecturer. It's hard to stay awake in his classes sometimes and I think he's an arbitrary grader. He seemingly grades on how much you write and some of the grades on exams were questionable. His final was also bit hard because his essay questions took all 3 hours to do.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• 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:

I had him for Non western history and I do not recommend having him. His classes are impossible to stay awake and a waste of time. His tests are short answer questions with essays which he doesn't do too good of a job grading. Take something else lol

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• 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:

Very very easy but also quite boring.. the textbook is not really used for his exams as much as the classic texts he assigns which are actually pretty interesting, take this class

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST292
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I went to him for help one time and he told me my essay was really good and that I didn't need to change anything and then when I got it back I had a C

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HUMN222
• 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:

He is a very nice man and the class is pretty easy but can be boring because we do the same thing every class which is to listen to him talk about what we have been reading.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST380
• 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:

Great man. Great professor. Take his class, you won't regret it. Enough said.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST291
• 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:

lectures are very boring, and almost no help to writing the papers or book reports anyways. the class is easy though and he's very helpful outside class. i fell asleep almost every class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Scary for humanities if you're not that into it, but great for history and arabic, even if he does go on lots of tangents.....kind man too!

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Dr. Gohlman was my favorite prof - I took Islamic History and Eastern History form him as well, just because I liked him so much. Very helpful, encouraging - the best at Geneseo by far!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice old man; his views are that of a grumpy grandpa and his humor is cold and a bit bitter. Dr. Gohlman is unclear and goes on a lot of tangents in lectures, but he is very clear with what you need to know for the test. Interesting required readings. Moderate grader.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• 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:

He's a really nice guy and really knows what he's talking about. His lectures can be boring sometimes, but he's not such a tough grader and he tells you exactly what's going to be on the test.