Carolyn Eisenberg - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Professor: Carolyn Eisenberg

Department: History

College: Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST1
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Had her for a "Trump Presidency" course. VERY liberal, like most of the professors here. Assigns a lot of reading/papers. I got through it without reading a single page of any of the books, based my papers off of what I read online/remembered from class discussions. Repeats herself A LOT. If you participate & make yourself known she'll reward it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 006K
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Definitely a lot of outside reading but you got to pick your topic so it makes it easier. Great teacher, really passionate, class was interesting. Definitely one of my favorite classes I took.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST020
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof Eisenberg is very sweet and understanding. There are no test/quizzes in this class, only papers. 3 papers (4-6 pgs) and a final (which is another paper). If you don't like to read I don't recommend taking this class. There was about 6 books for this class and the theme was "War On Terror".

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Had her last year. She was extremely nice and caring, though not always clear. Rather tough grader. Would I take her again? Possibly.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is one of the worst history professors i ever had. she would assign papers with open ended questions and tell me that i missed the point of the question. she gave us a syllabus more than a month into the class. there is A LOT of reading. she is terrible and avoid her at all costs!!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor, difficult but fair, subject material changes from semester to semester because of the class. It is a seminar. Love her. Super understanding and willing to help if you need it. You will learn.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: VIETNAMSTORIES
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I love Eisenberg. Im a history major and she is by far my favorite professor. yes she does give a lot of readings and yes she assigns an essay for every book you read, but she's a fairly easy grader and a wise old woman. if you participate in class and do your work you'll get an A. basically she rocks so take her

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST20
• 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:

Class was boring. Hist 20 is where the professor picks the topic. mine was on the CIA was is extremely difficult to understand unless you have previous knowledge of it. No tests/Quizzes 2 5-7 page paper based on books and a take home final of essays which is like 10-12 do it with time Its not easy. She knows what she's doing but i hated the class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST20
• 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 professor, can't wait to have her again since I'm a history major. Going to try to take honors with her. Classes are not test based, rather they are discussion based. :)

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I found this class boring, but you don't do anything. she rambles are opinion. the theme of my class was the CIA just when she goes around the room make sure you have something to say or she will judge you. attend every class and show her you try and youll get an A. she doesnt avrg papers

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is an amazing professor! Yes, the class was hard but mainly because no one knew much about the CIA and the books we read weren't easy either. But she admitted this was her first time reading the books and teaching the CIA so you can't expect her to get it right on the first try. She really tries to accommodate the students and I learned a lot!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

No tests or quizzes, she requires you to read books and discuss them in class. Very easy, but very boring history 20 is a class where a a professor picks a theme mine was the CIA very hard ot understand. alot of peopel tend to argue and give their opinion . she does as well. overall okay with few papers

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A LOT of reading, sometimes a little hard to keep up. all classes were discussion-based, which was nice, but a little hard to take notes. I found the class to be very boring, but she was very nice. Genuine about the subject, encouraged questions from us while in class- didn't explain how to do papers that well, but very easy grader.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST178
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class was really annoying. We didn't do anything. She is a very nice person and easy grader but there is a ton of reading. We barely even talked about the readings. She was never clear about what she wanted for papers. She is strict about attendance but we don't do anything in class. Easy grader but not very effective as a professor.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class will require you to read, but she is fair and will help you a lot. There are only a few papers and overall the course work is very interesting.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST20
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Took her for seminar on war on terrorism. class wasnt that bad, she was pretty easy and shes nice. only a few essays (but alot of reading in a few books). overall, i thought she was not bad at all- take this class with her if you need a history class (and do your honors option in her class if you're in honors college, too)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST20
• 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:

Professor Eisenberg makes class really interesting - it's almost completely discussion based, so it goes by really fast and is easy to get into. But if you aren't going to read the books or participate, you'll hate your life. Eisenberg is great though, very interesting and really knowledgeable. A lot of reading, but most HIST classes are.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST1
• 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:

Extremely liberal and opinionated, a history revisionist. However, I'm extremely conservative and she let me talk all the time, and it helped me learn to form excellent arguments. She grades impartially, which is great. I took her classes twice and got an A both times. Just come prepared and come often, take great notes, and write great papers.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST20
• 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:

I would take her every semester if I could. If you actually want to learn something, I recommend her. If your the kind of person who would rather look away from the chaos overseas, and fail to realize that men and women are dying over there so you CAN go to school at all..then yeah I guess you wont like her class, don't waste her time, she rocks

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: USUN
• 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:

I liked her, got me involved with making presentations to seminars, took trips to U.N. Yes she's liberal...that makes her like 95% of the professors here. Don't be scared off.