Henri Barkey - Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Professor: Henri Barkey

Department: International Studies

College: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: IR220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is incredibly intelligent and truly inspirational. Some may find the lack of traditional structure of his classes/lectures overwhelming but he does it to give space for open thought and interpretation. He is easy to talk to and very fun to listen to in class. Definitely a tough grader but gives amazing feedback!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: IR234
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Barkey is extremely intelligent but grades EXTREMELY difficultly. Overall a good guy, but workload is a lot.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: IR90
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He really inspires his students to do well. He doesn't keep class average because he wants each student to improve on ourselves. He has been very helpful and understanding, especially for international students. I definitely recommend anyone who is interested in IR should take his class once.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: IR344
• 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:

One of the most interesting classes you'll get. Lots of reading and a hard paper. Not incredibly helpful, but it's a joy to listen to him. Grades are tough but fair. I highly recommend the oil class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: IR344
• 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:

A difficult class, but he is brilliant. He shows how the world is intertwined and how an event or policy can have reverberating unforeseen impacts throughout the world. Worth the work

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: IR296
• 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:

lots of reading, hard grader, very interesting class. he thinks that he knows everything and sometimes comes off as almost rude, but you'll learn a lot (and he does pretty much know everything about the topic)

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: IR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Great professor that helped to set a proper foundation for the International Relations scholar. Map quizes were fantastic and setting student expectations high shows respect for them. Thanks Dr. Barkey!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: IR295
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: IRSECT
• 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:

What's all this bad talk about Barkey? he was one of the best profs I ever had at Lehigh. Sophisticated, interesting, challenging. Sure, he pushes you, but isn't that what it's all about?

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: IR295
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Complete ****- arrogant, haughty, worthless. Go back and work in the state dept you silly old fool!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: IR344
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The wosrt professor in the history of my college career.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: IR344
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Barkey taught a very interesting course and I had a lot of fun. He was beyond unhelpful when it came to his paper. After several meetings that went nowhere the paper came out terrible. To add injury to this insulf professor Barkey decided to tell me that I needed more focus and a metric which were what I had gone to see him for very bad

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: IR
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Barkey is an extremely intelligent academic, but not the greatest professor. He is easily distracted and often misses the point of his lecture. To succeed in his classes you MUST DO THE READINGS. Read, take notes, re-read. Know them cold. You can get a good grade if you do that. He's a really cool guy and very helpful...take his class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: IR344
• 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:

WOW was this class a lot of work but worth every min. Professor Barkey is an expert in his field. Reading could be overwhelming at time and class discussions could drag on if students were not prepared. Professor Barkey truly wants to teach his students how to think almost to the point of beating heads into the wall. Highly recommend for any class

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: IR90
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor! He was a joy to learn from. I actually took his class a High School Senior. He was very informative and his tests were fair. I aced his class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: IR234
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst professor I have ever had. It would have been nice if he taught the correct material for the course. Don't bother working hard since your efforts will not be rewarded. And better yet you will get insulted on a daily basis. Registered users, respond to this rating

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: IR90
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he gives off the impression that the class is only based on a few, easy-to-grasp concepts, until you get to the tests and assignments and realize that if you haven't worked your ... off trying to make up for his shortcomings in teaching any of the material you actually need to know. he's rude to his students and quite **** as well.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: IR90
• 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:

My advice: hold the questions til after class. Seriously. If you ask him anything remotely dumb or obvious during class - and IR 90's a big class - he'll disassemble your question and make you sound ignorant. In his office he's more approachable. Otherwise, a very intelligent and well-spoken professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: IRDEPT
• 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:

I had him for IR90: The Conflict in Iraq back in '03(the beginning of the war.) I am now an IR major. He's just amazing. Brilliant! I was impressed. He's not chauvinistic as said, I'm a female, impressed by how helpful he was to me on several occasions, and I did reasonably well in his class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: IR1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is bossy