History of Russia
HISTORY OF RUSSIA covers the origins and evolution of the Russian people and state from the ninth century to 1800.
Summary
Historical reviews of David McDonald: Students must invest significant time and effort into writing papers due to hard grading standards.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
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- Sophomore standing
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
No current instructor reviews are available. Historical data for David McDonald indicates he is knowledgeable and helpful, though he grades papers rigorously, requiring significant effort from students.
DAVID MCDONALD is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2009, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
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Historical reviews of David McDonald: David McDonald is an interesting and knowledgeable instructor who is extremely helpful, though students should expect rigorous grading on papers.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.40 GPA, 53.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2017: 3.45 GPA, 63.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2018: 3.48 GPA, 69.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of David McDonald: Students must invest significant time and effort into writing papers due to hard grading standards.
Historical reviews of David McDonald: Reviewers find the professor's presentation competent and engaging, but warn that his helpfulness does not extend to lenient grading.
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Model & dataset provenance
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