Douglas Cutter - Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Professor: Douglas Cutter

Department: History

College: Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

While Professor Cutter is somewhat rude and inconsiderate, I found this class to be very interesting and enlightening. The material is well presented and while Cutters notes are lacking, his directions are clear and he tells you exactly what he his looking for. Take him exactly at his word otherwise youre doomed. Make sure to take good notes!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really great professor. Enjoyed this class, showed up because it was interesting and he has an entertaining teaching style. Show up, do the homework, and pass. Sometimes goes off schedule, but the assignments are easy. Things change a lot, but its very manageable. Fun class and gives a ton of Extra credit opportunities throughout semester.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I don't doubt his intelligence, but I recommend avoiding this class. It's pretty obvious he doesn't really care about your grade or understanding of criteria for this class. He's unorganized, very opinionated, and an extremely hard grader without good explanation for why you missed so many points. Criteria is unclear and changed frequently.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really don't like him as a teacher he often says things that are insulting or very opinionated. Heads up he doesn't give much notice on assignments I just got a 200 page reading and essay questions to answer all due with a weeks notice. The course overall is not to bad just his teaching style is not the greatest.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not many tests and quizes

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Douglas Cutter's class isn't anything special, good or bad. The only part I actually disliked about the class was HIM. He will call you out in front of the entire class for literally anything including a bad grade ON A MIDTERM, or even missing some information on a project. He's a very rude guy.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He was pretty great. You show up and take a quiz thats 5 points every Friday but will make the questions about the readings so he makes sure you read them. Sometimes he puts silly questions like your fav tv show for 5 points. He tells you exactly what will be on the midterm

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good guy, don't agree politically; still enjoyed lecture. Gave a lot of reading, lots of info during lecture. Mixed it up and told stories. Doesn't give A's for slacking. Do your job, talk to him, and you will be fine.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Douglas is a huge pussy. I did not pay to hear his opinions.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's very unorganized when it comes to lectures. He writes stuff all over in the board. The due dates for some of the papers are not clear, and he makes you read 50 pages a week. He does make the material interesting at least during lecture, but also he gets very off topic as well. Also he hates technology, so don't pull up your phone in class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC109
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Horrible teacher. Constantly gets off topic, assigns papers with no rubric and no grading scale. Is a very harsh grader, never adds assignments into gradebook. Is not easy to talk to, lectures are confusing and so scattered. Assigns things that don't even relate to the course, favors students who suck up.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC109
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He focuses more on telling his students how bad they are doing on everything instead of actually helping provide feedback on what you can do to make things better. He is the worlds slowest grader when it comes to anything. It took a month to get our very first paper back. His lectures are confusing because he can never stay on topic. Dont take him

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He makes you read 40+ pages every two days. Only allows you to miss 6 classes a semester, or he drops your grade a letter grade. Publicly humiliates his students and talks down to them during class. The most boring and irrelevant class I have ever taken in my life.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIS104
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lots and lots of notes. Tries to be funny but you will only find the jokes funny sometimes. Lots of reading and quizes every Friday. Lectures are actually pretty interesting

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly the worst professor I've ever had. I didn't go to class a few times and he called me out on it and ever since has hated my guts, I try hard to do good in his class but he doesn't care.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class was not easy, but if you actually show up, read the chapter, and try on the weekly quizzes; Cutter will notice. He grades extremely tough, and you really need to know your material, but at the end of the day he is a genuine guy and will give you the true grade that you deserve. Midterm, final, paper, outside events and weekly quiz.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Cutter is honestly a great teacher. He does have weekly reading quizzes every Friday but I am not a good quiz/test taker and I've gotten A's and B's on all so far. He also gives great feedback. Youll have to write one 5-page essay on a short book you read and he will grade a rough draft and help you with any questions you have. He's great

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Although this class is harder than I would prefer for a ged ed, Cutter makes it enjoyable and is hilarious. There are reading quizzes every Friday and he assigns a few papers throughout the year. The final exam and midterm are also all writing. If you aren't willing to put up some extra work, you probably should consider a different class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Cutter is the type of professor that you either really like or can't stand. Expect to read a lot, no instruction on notes, and you're assigned BS papers. Worth it to take solely for it covering two gen eds.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS10403
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He gives you exactly what is going to be on the test, offers to read rough drafts over the 2 five page papers (TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS), gives you 140 points for going to 2 movies and typing 2 one page papers. The people that did poorly in this class were people that didn't put in effort. I worked SO hard and ended up with an A, it's not impossible.