David Holmberg - Cornell University

Professor: David Holmberg

Department: TBD

College: Cornell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are boring, talks about one main culture in class and leaves it up to the TA's to discuss the readings in section. Lots of reading, but overall not a difficult class. Pop quizzes have really specific information on them.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are so boring, lots and lots of reading assignments, however, material is not terribly difficult. Requires 2 essays and also give pop quizzes on readings

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR1140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

My problem with Prof. Holmberg is that he doesn't really teach anything useful. Instead of focusing on the broader subject of Anthropology, he expects students to know things about the specific cultures studies in class. His lectures are not organized at all, making it difficult to take good notes. Assigns a lot of reading, and tests on all of it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR3420
• 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:

Professor Holmberg is a really interesting guy. He is very passionate and he clearly loves what he teaches. Myth Ritual and Symbol was a GREAT class. It was incredibly interesting and I learned so much. Lots of reading, but its all interesting and almost fun to read. Take this class!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ANTH1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are interesting and you can tell he loves the subject, but his voice is incredibly soporific. As long as you pay attention to class and do the readings (lectures and readings cover completely different material) you will be fine. Pretty easy grader overall.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

So boring I cannot begin to describe.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lectures were extremely boring, but it was necessary to attend and take notes if you wanted to do well on the midterm and final. The readings were required, as was section attendance. Overall, the class was extremely boring, but it was good to get it out of the way seeing as it's a required class for my major.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR320
• 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:

Very knowledgeable, helpful, and interesting professor. His lectures are coherent, and he addresses assigned readings in class, unlike other prof's. Stresses paper-writing over testing.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR146
• 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:

He did try his best to help me out with my writing and he gave a lot of constructive comments. The course had a very heavy workload, almost too much to read and write. He loves to hear himself speak because he is always going off on a tangent.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRO146
• 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:

Holmberg is very approachable and hates to give out grades. He's really liberal and tends to share his political opinions with the class. I have no idea what grade I have in his class, but i think it's ok.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ANTH441
• 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:

He's a very nice professor and extremely knowledgeable. A little bit long winded but that comes with the territory. Recommended.