William Hunt - St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Professor: William Hunt

Department: History

College: St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FYPG187M
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hunt, a clearly very intelligent professor, though grades unfairly, is set in his own ideals, and interrupts his wife every time she tries to talk.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

As long as you study for the quizzes and work hard on the papers you'll do fine! Best history professor I've had, advice I would give is to go in and talk with him about the papers, it helps!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST101A
• 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:

This professor has a reputation around campus, and not just with the students, as being a VERY hard professor. It's not so much the work is hard, he grades very hard. This guy KNOWS HIS STUFF. My advice is that one should do the work WELL, READ, and be VERY nice to him, it may help you out later (I know from experience).

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FYPS1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had Hunt for both my FYP and FYS, and he is to date the best teacher I have ever had. He's insanely intelligent, funny, friendly, and a great teacher all around. If you come to class, do the reading, and work hard on your writing, you are guaranteed to do well. Take his class, you'll learn more than you'd ever expect.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FYP1
• 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:

Professor Hunt, This man is pompous and full of himself and De Tocqueville, which by the way is the one book they will refer to through out the whole course, the Fyp class is team taught but don’t expect much from his wife who is simply his cheerleader as she sits and watches him teach the whole Fyp course with a few giggles here and there...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: FYPSECT
• 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 hardest grager you could have. two pages of writing guidelines with very steep penalties. He smart but more along the lines of Rain man smart than just intelligent. a little on the crazy side.

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very smart guy, defintely knows his stuff. Pretty hard grader, make sure you put a lot of effort into papers. Lectures are really interesting and can be pretty funny. You will learn a ton from him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HISTORYOF60S
• 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:

Hunt is a horrible professor. He is not only completely full of himself, but he doesn't know how to accept opinions other than his own "Flaming Liberal ideas". He looks down upon all other students and tries to embarrass them at every opportunity. If he is in a bad mood - WATCH OUT FOR YOUR GRADE!!! He is a disgrace to the SLU teaching community.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: RISEOFWEST
• 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 without a doubt the worst teacher I have had here. The class material is interesting and he is a smart guy, but he is pompous and very unfriendly. Students who seek extra help will find none with him, he leaves you to do work on your own and refuses to help you if you ask. He is condescending and makes you feel inferior.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST299
• 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:

Love him - like has been said several times he definitely likes to lecture and give a lot of reading. Quizzes are easy. I haven't taken an intro course w/him, but upperlevels have a relatively light work load. if you put in the effort and interest, then he will take notice & help you out. Quite possibly one of the smartest men on SLU's campus.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Tougher-than-average grader, but does have very interesting lectures and knows a great deal about his subject

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HST209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tough grader and mostly just lectures, but he's pretty interesting and can be pretty funny so I liked the lectures.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

One of the best teachers I've had at SLU. His weekly quizes are easy to prepare for the night before and he covers the main concepts of every reading within his lectures (which are fun to listen to).

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

very clear lecture style, tests coincide directly -tough grader but if you work hard you will learn a great deal

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best history course I've ever taken. Hunt lectures every class, so your hand gets very tired, but he covers everything he tests on. Papers were difficult, but he is a very fair grader. Not too helpful, but he does give the student a clear objective.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MEDHIST
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

easy quizzes, tough paper grader, funny, but humilated his wife when she was helping with lessons about midieval art (constantly putting her down in front of us). not sure if i would take another class with him

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIS250
• 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 the worst professor ever and is not willing to help his students

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved his class and so did my friends who were in it with me, he does just lecture, but he is hilarious, keeps it interesting, is a hard but fair grader.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HST209
• 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:

I agree, that class was horrible. Never take a class with him. He made me not want to minor in History because he is teaching a lot of the classes and he has the same format for each one.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HST209
• 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:

Easy quizes, but very bad essays. They seem easy to write but then he fails almost everyone in the class. He is not helpful at all to clarify, and spends no time explaining how to do better.