Matthew Lindaman - Winona State University, Winona, MN

Professor: Matthew Lindaman

Department: History

College: Winona State University, Winona, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a really nice guy. Some of his grading criteria is unclear but otherwise he is awesome.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOPH295
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He easily gets off topic and loves to do so. Loves to tell travel stories. Always, ALWAYS shows up late. But is an overall nice guy. Wants to make sure you do good and will help you out when needed. Lots of reading though. He'll learn your name and loves when people participate.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is very boring. He expects you to come to class for an hour and a half, watch online lectures for every class that are up to an hour long as well AND read the book. He also grades attendance and was always late for class and tried to hold us over. He treats the class like a level 300.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lindaman's a great professor. He's laid back but very knowledgable. The way he lectures jumps around a bit between time periods and location, but it helps see the connection importance of history. Love the connection to modern art and music he uses to explain historical events. Take him if you are interested in history and want to learn more.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Loved him. He provides you with everything you need to pass the tests. They are worth a lot of points but he gives you a good review guide so you can practice your answers. He is an awesome, interesting teacher. His tests are very easy if you take advantage of the review sheet. WATCH THE MODULES!!! he gives away test questions in them.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

If you put in the work and show up to class it is easy to be successful. I did not have much previous knowledge in history but this was a good first class to explore the field. I would take another one of his classes again!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST295
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Lindaman is very knowledgeable. It was not difficult to stay engaged in his class. It was interesting bringing life and history to the environmental field through the lens of public/national parks. (Not many courses at WSU are able to have this interdisciplinary approach as wel). Expectations are laid out clearly and are not hard to meet.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Lindaman is a wonderful professor who states large historical concepts concisely. Class if engaging with a mix of lecture/small group discussion and music/art references. He is accessible easily in office hours. If you pay attention and go to class you will do just fine.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Lindaman is an incredibly smart person. He has extensive knowledge about history and is a good teacher. I took this class just for the purpose of fulfilling a goal, so I was not as engaged in it as my pre requisite classes. If you are taking history classes for your major, he is a good professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought this class was going to be a lot easier but he goes on long tangents and talks about one thing just to remind him of another. Notes are impossible to take. Also, don't plan on ever emailing him because he will not email you back. Very bad communication and tests are ridiculous. It is often content that we covered for 3 minutes in class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought this would be an easy class to get an A in, but I was wrong. This professor is not good at presenting and often talks about things that are not on the tests. He grades hard on the tests which are mostly short answers and essays. He also doesn't put grades up so good luck on knowing what your grade is going to be.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST398
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Lindaman seems to connect well with his students. This class had a good balance of lecture, homework and group work. Manageable amount of reading and very good lectures that are informative and hold your attention. I would definitely take another class with him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This was a very good course for humanities credit. The professor is interesting and uses music and art to show historical context. Do the work and you will learn a ton.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are boring and hard to pay attention to.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: WESTERNCIV122
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Towards the beginning of the class, it seemed to me that he focused on art a bit too much. I'm not saying that's bad, as art is a great way to see how the people felt during a period in history, but I felt it overshadowed some of the bigger events. It did get better as it went on, and overall I felt it was an enjoyable class with a great professor!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor for Western Civilization. Do the work and you will learn a ton.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I very much disliked this class. He doesn't give any homework so it's hard to retain the information from lecture. He uses absolutely no Power Points or any sort of visual aids. He does put some notes on the whiteboard, but he never follows it so it doesn't do any good. I would not take this class again. BORING. DREADED GOING.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Lindaman is the way to go! He's a wonderful teacher and a kind man.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He knows his stuff and gives you the test questions in advance, unfortunately he doesn't teach on them you have to look them up yourself, his teaching is unrelated.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST122
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great class and super nice professor. He is very clear on expectations.