David Costello - Canisius College

Professor: David Costello

Department: TBD

College: Canisius College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A true gem. Easy and enjoyable class. Lenient grading. Makes hilarious random comments. The best comb over i've ever seen. Take him as often as possible

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Costello is great with his cute little comb-over. He loves what he teaches and he loves when students get into it too. His class really isn't too hard as long as you pay attention. He's a really nice guy and makes a lot of cheesey jokes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Gives good lectures, and if you take good notes, you will do well on the exams. Exams are easy and straightforward, midterm and final. Final in non cumulative. He has us write papers based on books. This is where he is hard, as he grades more on grammar/style than the content. He does allow redos if you ask him. He is retiring soon.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is kind of goofy. His lectures are boring, but they are easy to follow. Just take good notes, study them, and get an A on his exams. There are a couple papers based on books. Pretty straightforward class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you enjoy humorless jokes about Eastern European countries from the '70's... then you might like Costello. He expects you to memorize 100 years of detailed history and gives no guidelines to what you need to know.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS107
• 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:

Attendance is manadtory, you will write notes from start until finish of each class, never any homework, just quizes, 2 tests, and the final. Not too bad of a class he can be funny at times, pretty easy for the AS IV credit.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy knows his stuff...I swear to you he knows everything that happened in history before you read this. But class is very boring. He just talks the whole time. Alot of reading too!! Overall a good guy, but I think its hard to learn the way that he teaches.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HON220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a good guy and his class is pretty easy. There's just a lot of reading but it's just plot summaries and one big paper.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIS107
• 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:

The class is very boring but very structured. If you take good notes you dont need to read the text book to do well on quizzes and tests, just the supplemental reading books bc he brings a lot of info from them. A good class overall.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST107
• 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:

Not bad, there is ALOT of reading, otherwise not much more. The tests are not hard, he will not give hints on what will be on the test. Alot of info is covered. Plan on writting alot with notes. He just talks his head off but stp for questions. Easy if you can get the info. Hint he'll tells you to read the full Hubbard book don't he does in class

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIS107345
• 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:

I cannot believe anyone would give Dr. Costello a bad grade. He is one of the best and most knowledgable teachers at Canisius. His classes may get a little boring, but his totally asinine and hilarious stories always kept my attention. Don't even try reading the text, just write down everything he says and there is no way you won't get an A.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HON220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Costello is the man. Very friendly, pretty easy grader. Just do the work and you should be fine. If you have any questions or need help he's very approachable and easy to work with. Solid prof IMO

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HON220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a horrible professor that is very aware of his tenure. It was a struggle to stay awake, but there was no point in being awake anyway because he makes no sense. He jumps from topic to topic and talks about many irrelevant things that are not found on the tests. However, the midterm and final were easy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HON220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

nice guy, good prof, though a little boring sometimes. not too bad of a grader if you do the work. a lot of reading!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS341345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

By far one of the best in history here. If you're not a history major and like to whine a lot I suggest you avoid his classes because you'll annoy the real students. His classes are great!

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EASTERNEUROPE
• 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:

Most godawful history teacher. Had to tape his lectures because I couldnt' stay awake. . and the class as in the middle of the afternoon! Class readings are irrelevant to what he actually tests on, which I still haven't figured out.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

small class (8 people), always interesting, books were ehhhh, as long as you do reading and seem interested/participate, you're good to go

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIS108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pretty nice guy, very dry and classes were interesting-make sure you read the book and write down everything he says in his lectures cause his tests are challenging. Also does book reviews- don't take his class if you don't like to read ALOT of boring books.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIS108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy but hard. Tests are very hard. There are easier teachers.