Andres Tijerina - Austin Community College

Professor: Andres Tijerina

Department: TBD

College: Austin Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This man does not care about you and will never hear you out. He despises helping and is by far the rudest professor I've ever met in my 3 years of college experience. When you need assistance he will not give it to you. When you need to reach him get ready to wait 4 days for a response. He's condescending and unapproachable. Horrid people person.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST2301
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Study guide is useless. And you have to be very particular with what you remember to do well on tests. If you can avoid this texas history class you should.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST2301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

5 tests each over 100 pages of the textbook and only 30 questions, optional research paper for an A or book report for a B. Score 24/30 or above (not accumulative) on each test for an automatic B, no paper necessary. Easily over 12 hours of reading each week the study guide is useless and misleading. Save yourself the stress, don't take his class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST2301
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took this Texas History class online and it is a very tough class to take. There is a ton of reading in this class and its a lot of hard work so make sure you have the time to commit to this class. Dr. Tijerina has a very structured grading system so make sure you pay attention to all of his requirements.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST2301
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

ACC needs to get another Texas history professor. He has a very broad study guide, and super specific test questions. His tests only have 30 questions and there is too much information for only 30 questions. He is rude and not very helpful when you reach out. Also, he knows the book because he is a historian and expects you to be one too.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't trust everything he says. His lectures are more like rants you'd expect to hear from someone like Don Lemon on CNN. He will intentionally skew history to fit his narrative, do your own research and you'll find he often makes up information or generalizes the culprits to demonize anything anglo-american. Easy class otherwise.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Online? READ!! Get the study manual! If you read and try to understand the stuff, you will do fine! A lot of test questions came from the study manual! I came shy of the B at the end by 1 point and he went ahead and gave me a B! He seems reasonable if you are honest and try!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST1302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I know college is challenging, however it shouldnt make you feel like youre there to fail. In my experience, I felt lost. I bought the required materials for this class, and it still wasnt enough. The questions from the tests were tricky, almost like he was setting up students to fail. Dont take his class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST1302
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I enjoyed taking Professor Tijerinas class. I took the 8 weeks course which wasnt easy to start with but he was a great professor. He has long lectures. But literally everything you need for his tests are in his lectures. So if youre have to miss class, make sure you get someones notes! Hes kind of funny and really cares about his students.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST2301
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Took Hist of Texas summer 2018. Had to drop. Graded on 5 tests, all of them very difficult. Strict with communication. Reading 3 (long) chapters a week for a 6 week class. Don't make my mistake, either take a different class for your degree or take it NOT online. As it was online I never met the dude so he could be really nice but idk man.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST086
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took his DIL course. It's simple. Read the syllabus, do the homework, get the grade you deserve. He has you buy his book and study guide. The study guide is KEY. Everything that is on the test is from the study guide. He was very clear on the syllabus. So much that he repeated and wrote in bold what students normally scan over and miss.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Essay questions are long and his tests are purely from book. Most of test questions are not as discussed but mainly open ended questions are covered. Reading the textbook is a big part of passing this class. Overall mediocre experience.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Youre paying for the textbook and the credit with this class. Read the textbooks and take the tests. Its dissapointing, because Professor Tijerina is a well respected historian and if he had any input in the course aside from writing the syllabus it would be much appreciated. However, he grades fairly.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

SAVE YOURSELF!!! I would never have taken a class by this person if I had read about him on here first. What a nightmare. I remember getting emails from people failing his class (the majority did). His exams ask the most random questions and they are worded to set you up. His questions are based on his opinions & views not straight facts.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you want to learn US history and eventually find yourself applying skills gained from this class to others, take this course. He teaches you how to analyze history, which is arguably the most important skill we have to resist irrational actors. 120 pages / month. 5 tests, 1 A-Level Research paper or 1 B-Level research paper if you want a B

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He would not help me with a simple question, and disregarded my attempts to reach out to him multiple times, which were in correct syllabus required format. I submitted the 11 page essay with an A, and he changed my grade to a B after I turned it in, as to disqualify my essay from grading. Tijerina does not care for his students whatsoever.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Insanely rude, even when I would ask for help or simply make a mistake. Through the entire semester I accidentally emailed him once when I was supposed to BB contact him and he told me some lie about how I violated some act. I showed by stepmother who is an attorney and she said that he's wrong. But he threatened to drop me for it. Terrible person.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST2301
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Took History of Texas Online. Hardest class I've ever taken. Half the test questions weren't on the review and questions were very detailed. I asked him if there was anything I could do to study better, when he found out how hard I was working he told me didn't work that hard to get his Ph.D., I think that should have told him something.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST1302
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Tijerina was extremely rude to me on more than one occasion. I was confused with his instructions on certain assignments and when I asked for help he threatened to drop me from the class. I normally enjoy history classes but this professor really made me hate reading about a subject that I generally enjoy. I can't rate him a 0 otherwise I would

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I already have 2 degrees with one of them being from ACCtelling you I have had many professors. I have never dealt with anyone like this with such a non-chalant attitude of not accommodating their students. I work full time-up to 16 hour days twice a week plus trying to do school. This is supposed to be an easy class, not a Masters Thesis.