Mark Hinders - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Professor: Mark Hinders

Department: Science

College: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: APS150W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Workload is heavy and his grading is arbitrary and unfair. Topics are fun but this professor is hard to deal with. If you have a high GPA and want to keep it, don't take this class. Six papers, two tests, homework every class & does not count towards your grade.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: APSC150
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pseudoscience is one of the best COLL 150s you can take. He assigns 6 two-page, single-space papers, one due every week, so you can pick and choose when to write one if your schedule is too busy one week. His lectures are irreverent, sometimes crude, and always insightful. Watch Tim Minchin's Storm for the class in a nutshell.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: APSC301
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Always tells fascinating anecdotes. Goes off-topic sometimes. I have no idea when his office hours are, because you can just walk in to his office whenever you want and he'll help you with homework problems.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Hinders is fantastic. Class was so fun and really interesting to the point where I would always look forward to class. Honestly my favorite thing about this class is that it changed the way I look at a lot of things, albeit I became a lot more cynical. I really recommend taking a freshman seminar with him!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Hinders is the best. He's a bit eccentric but for the most part he kept the material interesting (which wasn't hard, considering we talked about everything from UFOs to chiropractic). Really easy A but not a throwaway class, I learned some valuable stuff.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

Professor Hinders is a very interesting professor! Pseudoscience is a great freshmen seminar and it's a really easy way to knock off the writing component. Hinders can be very quirky at times but he makes class fun and is extremely laid back.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: APSC150
• 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:

Prof. Hinders is an awesome teacher. His class was by far my favorite class my freshman year. It was hard to understand initially what he wanted in the papers, but he gives you thorough notes and you have the opportunity to revise them. The in class discussions were a little random but that made it more fun!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: APS150W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

awesome professor, he just had fun in the class while teaching stuff in a fun way, very interactive, greatest way to get your freshman seminar out of the way, the writing requirement for this class is not nearly as painful as other classes ive seen my friends take, i actually got in this class cuz my other choices were full, best kept secret

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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, very clear about what he wants in the papers and reading is extremely manageable. Plus we got to watch random youtube videos and discuss a whole range of wacky stuff, from UFOs to the TSA. A must-take for any freshmen who manages to get into it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

GREAT CLASS!! This was the best freshman seminar ever. We got to sit around and discuss aliens, ESP, Bermuda Triangle, etc all class. You have two exams and 5 two-page papers, all very easy if you go to class, participate in the discussions, and at least skim the chapters. Professor Hinders is sooo funny and really nice!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: APSC150
• 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:

not as easy as I thought, but still pretty easy. 5 papers he grades pretty fairly. ended up with a B+

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

He's an awesome guy, he is hard though

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

this guy is so hard, he seriouoly assigns so much reading its ridiculous. i heard that it was an easy seminar to take, but it is definitely not the case.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

Prof. Hinders rocks. He is weird, funny, smart, and tells *interesting* stories and anecdotes--basically, he's perfect to teach this seminar. It's science vs. pseudoscience. Topics range from ESP to UFOs to faith healing to the Bermuda Triangle. Not much work at all (5 short papers, final exam, quiz), and you watch a lot of cool youtube videos.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: APSC150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Greatest teacher ever; Hinders is the reason I am still at this college.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

This is by far the best seminar at the college. Not only is it interesting, but the material is also very easy. While the rest of my hall was stressing out about their seminar, I was writing 2 page double spaced reports on UFO's...incredible. Hinders is the man. You should easily get an A, just do the papers and study the night before the exam.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

Fun and easy class. Probably the easiest way to get the writing requirement out of the way. Tests were also very easy.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

Fun class, interesting material. Tests are easy, papers easy A's once you learn how to write how he wants you to (you can revise papers and hand in a second time). Funny guy.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

Very interesting class...will open your mind up to many things. Tests easy...papers can be revised...at first the structure of papers is odd...other than that...a GREAT class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: APSC150W
• 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:

a bs class and hinders knows it. he makes the best of it though. grades easily and gives easy tests. show up to class, read what you talk about in class, do ur papers early and u should get an A