Peter Bloom - Smith College

Professor: Peter Bloom

Department: TBD

College: Smith College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MUS102
• 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:

Professor Bloom is the best. He's so helpful and wonderful. He's the most approachable professor I've ever had at Smith. I highly recommend his courses. He's also a fairly generous grader. And he's adorable!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MUSIC200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Almost 40 years later, I remember Peter Bloom for inspiring me to become a scholar. Peter taught me the joy of reading critically, writing well, and thinking logically. He changed my life, and I am grateful.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MUS200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The class curriculum is very interesting, but I wouldn't say he teaches in the best way. He talks to his classes as if he's a parent lecturing to a thirteen-year-old. He's the type of professor who always thinks he is right, so he is very critical of his students' work.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Peter Bloom is one of the hardest graders in the music department, but a fantastic professor. The exams are based mostly on listening so it is much more difficult for nonmusicians. It is important to ask questions, challenge him, and go above and beyond for his class. Music Majors should take a class from him before graduating.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is one of the most intelligent and well-informed (and not just about his subject matter) people I have ever learned from. I think his class is extremely informative on the subject of music (and world politics and history). Yes, his listening exams are hard, but as long as you study for them well, you will do fine. This class is worth it!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: 201307308
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

People make Peter Bloom sound like the most inhumane pompous person ever to inhabit the planet. But he's really an excellent professor. I have learned more from his classes than any other classes I've taken here. Even his tangents are informative. Take his seminars, they're worth it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MUS220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

While much more cantankerous and demanding than most professors, Professor Bloom retains an incredible degree of integrity. It took me a good seventy percent of the semester to warm up to him, but venerable and somewhat-scary character that he is, I hold him in the highest esteem.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Bloom is a brilliant but arrogant man that will not hesitate to make fun of anyone in order to make himself look better. Be careful as you can learn a lot from his classes, but can get a lot of grief from them as a result of his perfectionism and high handed manner as well.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• 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:

Although you learn a lot in his course, there is just way to much music to memorize for his listening exams. He expects you to know a great deal about music coming into the class, which not only means being able to read music, but also to be able to easily explain synphonies, string quartets,operas,

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The tests and papers are largely based solely on reading and outside work. I could do as well on them not having ever gone to class, and I got a B+ in the class. Hes mean, unhelpful, plays favorites, and spends too much time talking about france.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really tough class but you will learn a lot. He's really funny too.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MUSIC201
• 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

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Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MUS201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is a ton of work, and the exams and papers are bad (his exams are hard, the papers are easy but graded harshly). He really knows his stuff, but he's a little unrealistic when it comes to his students. He also plays favorites.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 201
• 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

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