Tim Heinrichs - Bellevue College

Professor: Tim Heinrichs

Department: TBD

College: Bellevue College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST146
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

We had a midterm, final and like one paper. I didn't really learn anything, I just did the very few assignments and passed just fine. He seemed kind of distant and not very engaging... If you want to learn and participate don't take this class. If you just want to pass and do the bare minimum then take this class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This was the worst teacher I've ever taken. He messed up the midterm grade and failed about half the class. I'm a running start student and I was put on academic probation for a class I should have gotten a B in. Luckily I fixed it with administration. He grades harsh, but messes it up anyway, so it doesn't even matter what you get. Worst ever.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class is quite dreadful if you're not into history. Throughout the quarter, I did not understand what was going on and there were times where students would just leave the class because the lectures are quite dry and long. There is not much to do, 2 papers that aren't too difficult if you follow directions. Overall, didn't learn much.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A crap load of readings but you could afford to skim most of them. Tests were pretty easy if you read the assignments, especially since they were open note. The paper was a pain as the directions were really vague. Not the worst class, but there are definitely better ones.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Heinrichs is a very boring and unclear instructor when it comes to the one big paper. There are two test and one big primary source paper. He is very unclear when it comes to the paper. His lectures are long and boring and go all over the places. He also sometimes messes up the facts.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

super unclear, not a good teacher, assignments were very unclear.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY147
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Heinrichs is unclear with his assignments, gives mysterious and unhelpful advice when asked, and spent the whole class delivering very long and dry lectures. Much of the material in the lectures doesn't show up on the tests, and the things that we're tested on only appeared in the textbook and were not mentioned in class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Horrible teacher, I took an online class with him and the whole time I was confused about what we had to do in class, not to mention his syllabus is horribly written. I have learned NOTHING from this class, everything was unclear. Do NOT take a class with this professor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST148
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DONT DO IT

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I hated this professor. AVOID! The directions were never clear and when I would email him asking questions, he would never respond or answer using a 'yes' or no'. period. He gave harsh grades for essays I spent a long time on, and his feedback made no sense whatsoever. I rarely used the textbook, instead 5 steps to a 5 (APUSH) is the book to use!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST148
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took online history with Tim and had absolutely no idea what was going on the whole time. I never knew what we were supposed to be reading and the writing prompts were vague. i spent a lot of time on each of my essays and still received low scores without any explanation. Whenever I tried to message him about it, I got no response.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There is TONS of reading. I found it very frustrating that due dates were different in different areas of canvas. The grading was all done near the end of the course so there was no feedback on my assignments to help me improve on future assignments. Also I emailed the professor near the end of the course and never got a reply.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're reading this wondering if you should take his class, take any other class. Literally any other class. Absolute worst teacher I've ever heard, you WILL NOT learn. He throws you random dates and events in sporadic order & speaks in half sentences. The finals are long, answers only online, not from his course. Weekly essays and 3 textbooks

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST146
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Heinrichs is unclear about what is supposed to be done with the homework and then grades much harder than any other professor I have had. He said our essay had to be a minimum of 250 words and told me my 264 word essay was to short. there are only two tests and one paper, but you have to do the reading in order to complete them.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was by far the hardest class I have ever taken. It was extremely time consuming and stressful. Expect to read excessive amounts out of the textbook and to have a paper due every other week as well as a writing assignment between them over the material. It is difficult to get answers to questions as well as feedback, he offers little help.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 5226B343
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher I have ever had. Ever. He could care less about you and makes up all these excuses as to why he hasn't graded any material. He changes assignments all the time and NEVER emails back. I probably emailed him 20 times throughout the quarter and heard back from him twice. He's rude and demeaning and I would never take this class again.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST146
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you are planning to take online history PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD don't take Mr. Heinrichs. He is very disorganized and it makes figuring out how to do your work very difficult. He is a very strict grader and even when I follow his feedback to the letter, he still will give me grades I don't believe I deserve. Save yourself the time!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY147
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Never taking another class online because of this teacher. I didn't know what assignments were due and when because he would never email me back or update the calendar. He would randomly take off points on my essays without any reasoning behind it and doesn't give helpful feedback. The homework load wasn't bad but the assignments were hard.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST147
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The class was boring but extremely easy. You have two tests, the midterm and the final. He gives you a study guide well before the tests which includes several writing prompts (you have to write 2 essays) and multiple choice questions. All the questions and writing prompts on the actual test will be from the study packets word for word.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST103
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. I only took him for two history classes online to be transferred to my university and it was NOT worth it. If and when he gave reasoning for taking points off of my grade, he left a snide comment about my worldview. Not how a teacher should act. Also you can totally get through the class without paying $200 for the books.