Robert Crout - College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Professor: Robert Crout

Department: History

College: College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST116
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Crout is a pretty good professor. His lectures are boring, and you dont gain much information but he gives a study guide before each test that tells you everything you need to know. You only have 3 tests and the lowest one is dropped. Those are the only grades for the class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

If you come to class you wont know what youre learning. If you try to ask a question, DONT BOTHER!!!!!! He will make you question yourself or not answer it. He has 3 exams and a few essays. Easy class overall.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST116
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Crout is a great professor and I don't know why his rating is so low. He's a unique and funny guy and people should open their minds a little. If you fail his class, it's on you and not him because his tests are easy and so are the essays.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST116
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Crout's tests are based on his lectures, so attending class is really important. He's funny, a good professor, and teaches relevant material. I don't know why people trash him on here, because that's not the Crout I know. His class can be slow at first, but picks up afterwards. Getting an A in his class is easy if you put in the effort.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST116
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

At the surface he may seem like a horrible teacher, but if you stick with him long enough you'll see that he is actually teaching you relevant information and that he is a nice guy.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST116
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Not sure why his rating is so bad. Attendance is not mandatory. You have 3 tests, (not a cumulative final, just a 3rd section exam). He drops the lowest of your 3 tests grades. Doesn't get much easier than this. Sure, he's kind of weird, but sometimes he sings. It's pretty entertaining really.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I don't know why Dr. Crout has such a low rating on here. He's not everyone's style, but his class is enjoyable and you'd have to be an idiot to fail it. Also, he spontaneously sings in class and makes tons of retro pop culture references.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST102
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I would gather that his use of handing out a study guide for what he says you need to know for the exam is equivalent to handing a Big Mac recipe to a taxi driver and expecting them to fix your tv antenna

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST102
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You will hate this teacher. Gave me a zero on a paper for not putting the essay question as the title verbatim. literally. guess I missed the class where he said that was mandatory. The when I met him at his office the next morning it became 100% clear that he never read the paper, he gave me a 0 after seeing the title. Makes you drink after class

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures never made sense. He makes things way too difficult. He prepares you very little for the tests.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST116
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Crout is mean and unpleasant. I definitely would not recommend taking him. His class is easy enough, but he's just not nice to be around for any amount of time. 3 tests and 2 short papers.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Waste of time and money.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher ive ever come into contact with. Condescending, does not cover even a small amount of the material on the test, and very rude. Three tests are the only grades, which you're gonna have to read your textbook back to front to pass. This class was horrible and I find it amazing that this man is still employed. Honestly awful do not take.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is AWFUL! You know it's bad when in the text book you get someone puts a little note saying if you have him to run away. He likes to push his values and what he thinks is right or wrong out in the middle of all of his lectures. If you don't read every 30-40 page chapter and highlight them in this book you will not pass. RUN AWAY if you can.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• 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:

The worst professor I've had at CofC so far.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really it all comes down to study guides an basic historical knowledge of history in general, but no matter what only talked about founding fathers

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The WORST professor I have ever had! Rude, crass, inappropriate, and sarcastic. There were never enough assignments given to help study for the 3 exams given. I had four pages of notes the time in his class before I dropped. Nothing was ever posted online and he always made his notes during class on an overhead.. Do not recommend!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very sarcastic, rude and angry. Spends most of the class discussing how us college students are out of high school now and need to be prepared for college, rather than focusing on the material and teaching us. There's only 3 exams that make up you're entire grade. GOOD LUCK!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Literally the worst professor I have ever had. I am at a loss for words as to how bad he. The class is premodern european history but all he cares about is the founding fathers of the US. Rude, disrespectful, hateful. We do not talk about the material in class, and the two exams are not what we discuss. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS NO MATTER WHAT.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST115
• 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:

Extremely disrespectful to students. Spent entire class period on most days lecturing about how attending CofC will cause you to fail later in life because it is not a good school. Refers to students who aren't in honors as dumb and gives extensive degrading lectures teaching us how to read texts and defining simple words.