. Schuker - University of Virginia

Professor: . Schuker

Department: TBD

College: University of Virginia

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIEU3412
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Schuker is obviously a very smart guy. However, his lectures follow no logical pattern, nor are they in any chronological order. He references books and historians that you have never heard of every other sentence. I went to maybe half of the lectures and read none of the 20+ books he assigned but got an A-.Our TA was very easy, otherwise id avoid.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIEU3412
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely horrible professor. Extremely condescending towards the modern generation and rude while doing it. I'll admit that he can get funny, but he's frustrating FAR more often. I asked him for guidelines on books for the paper- he helped me twice and then basically declared I was dumb and refused to help anymore- not a good sign. Do not take!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIEU375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hard to follow his lectures. You need to go to a majority of the lectures but not all. Just a midterm essay an a final for his class. Not too bad of a class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIEU375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

lets just say I am a history major and it pained me to attend this class. there is no chronology to his lectures. but easy to draw out the main points when reading over notes. he rambles, shows up late and is a horrible lecturer. it was just really hard to sit through his class. I would NOT recommend.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIEU375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy is terrible, he calls people out and argues, shows up 15 minutes late every day and tries to get you to stay an extra 10. Everyone who is writing so far must be a history major. His grader is absurdly hard. They expect grad-level work. Be prepared for a 15+ book list, costing $400 or more. If history is not your bag, AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Schuker is the man! He calls people out in class and makes them look stupid, but for the rest of the class it is hilarious. How a history professor should be: seriously old school, it made me nostalgic for the old days. Front row beware of flying saliva when he gets excited. Easy class, reading is unnecessary to do well.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• 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:

One of the most intelligent professors I've ever taken a class with, BUT he rambles and you have to be willing to listen to his lectures (and not IM or do the sudoku) in order to get anything out of the class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIEU375
• 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:

Spectacularly magnificent professor. Bottomless knowlegde about all history about everything. Very articulate, lectures are eye-opening, funny at times. He loves to explain how this and that conventional wisdom is utter nonsense. Huge amounts of albeit well-chosen reading. His grad student grader does all the grading.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy is great. His non-PC views that he will still put forth to the class openly are hilarious. Don't take it if easily offended, he WILL tell you things that are not PC but probably true. Probably one of the most knowledgable people about Europe and the world living today.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice guy, very intelligent and knowledgable. Lectures can be a little bit hard to follow because he throws in so many foreign names and words. A lot of reading. Try to do most of it, but it's not a big deal if you can't get it all done. But beware if you sit in the front row, he does cold-call! One paper and a final, pretty straitforward.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST3
• 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:

UVA should seek more professors of this kind- archetypal, aloof academic genius. Straightforward class with no tricks. Quote the readings in the exam and you'll get an A.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Intl Systems; funniest conservative prof who clowns on the french at any possible moment. easiest class ever. dont need to get all of the books, an AP Euro Hist book will suffice. show effort and you get an easy A. lectures are a little hard to follow, but interesting, witty, and a little controversal.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIEU375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Schuker harks from another era when people were expected to wear a tux and tophat to go out and Europe was the center of the world. He's obviously pissed that that era is gone, but his lectures are still good. Watch the hair.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

People either love or hate prof. Schuker. The haters are usually intellectually shallow or can't handle the political controversy Schuker dishes out. Good students will find him very friendly and helpful.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIEU375
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're not intelligent and dedicated, don't take this class. If you are, you'll love it. Schuker demands students investigate issues BEYOND the class material. Once he decides you're a dedicated student, he'll do anything to help you. But his extremely independent, non-PC views offend some.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very smart. One paper and one final-both straightforward and easily graded (at least by TA Adam Trusner). Schuker is highly conservative in his political views, but a fair-minded historian. He assigns thirteen books, but just buy (and read the textbook), as well as two of the shorter memoirs.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY
• 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:

Bona fide genius - which means that if you aren't serious about learning his subjects don't sign up for the class. The man knows it all - really - and that is an incredible resource if you take the time to realize what he can offer about learning about our world over the last century.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• 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:

Sooooooo boring!!!!!!! You would think a class about Europe between 1895 and 1945 would be incredibly interesting, but somehow he can make anyone fall asleep. He's very rude and intellectually snobby and makes you feel like a complete idiot whenever you actually get up the nerve to ask for help.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIUE374
• 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:

Probably one of the best classes that i have ever taken. The class only has one final and one paper, so assuming you do well its fairly easy to get an A. Its one of the few classes that when you finish you really know the subject inside and out.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIEU345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Schucker *is* a genius. Lectures are a bit hard to follow + can be on the DRY side and there's a TON of reading (which you can sort of do, or not). Still if you take the class you can hear him blather on and then shout something in German, randomly.