[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:45:45.219796+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0ODg5NjQz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1671806","instructor_name":"Daniel Ussishkin","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2015-05-22 17:01:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Overall a spectacular class. At times it got a little dry, but this is to be expected when discussing 17th century British politics. Professor Ussishkin did a great job of mixing in jokes and movie clips to keep us focused. Great professor, great course, would recommend to anyone interested in the subject.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1671806","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNDAwNTI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2025-06-04 12:41:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Use this formula, and you can get a good grade: the West has been imperialist and colonialist; the non-West (including Japan)'s attack shall be perceived as an understandable restoration of justice. Do not forget to use jargon words like \"Marxist epistemology\", \"post-colonial mentality\", \"socialist futurality\", \"neo-liberal historicity\", etc.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjMxODYz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2025-05-09 23:19:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Murthy is a very intelligent person and is a decent lecturer. However, his slides are very boring, and he expects you to understand the material as if you had his experience level. There are hardly any assignments, and the structure of the class is disorganized. The syllabus is outdated, and the TA is a very harsh grader.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3NzExNjg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2023-04-25 15:42:04 +0000 UTC","comment":"He knows the material very well, and the course is structured and very well laid out. There are no surprises. The only thing I might say is that the notes are all over the place and are a little disorganized, but all the information is there. Pretty interesting stuff too.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjU0MDM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2022-12-28 06:31:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is not a intro class. If you are not history major, don't choose it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjQ2NDk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2022-12-26 21:44:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Best to take another humanities course","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTgzNTE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2022-12-19 02:25:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very knowledgeable, but slides are a little jumbled and hard to keep track of. There are only a few assignments throughout the semester, and a 94 is required for an A. Tons of reading if you actually do it, and 30% of your grade is participation essentially. Interesting class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2OTA2MDU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2022-11-29 01:56:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Slides are clear and to the point, cover information in the readings but also add more context and presented better. Attendance and participation is a big part of the grade, but most of the tests are done outside of class. Very willing to answer questions and does offer extra credit (write a paper on a lecture that he finds, connect to class).","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NjEwMTg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2021-04-23 18:17:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not too bad, knew what he was talking about","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMzUwMzkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2019-02-10 19:12:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"He takes random attendance in lecture twice, so be sure to show up as often as you can. He's so interesting and taught me a lot, not everything necessarily about what the course material is, haha. However both he and the TA were very tough on grading, so make sure you know your stuff. The only B I've ever gotten was in his class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMTY1NDgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2018-12-27 23:45:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you somehow manage to retain the information he gives you in lecture, and can reference his awful and jumbled slides effectively you'll do fine. He seems to know his stuff, but he's not a great lecturer. He doesn't ever use the textbook, and gives you information in slides only. He grades solely on the exams and one paper. No homework","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwODg3NTkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2018-12-06 00:13:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Class with Viren Murthy is a nightmare. His teaching style is condescending - he neglects to teach the basic knowledge needed to understand the material and jumps right into complex concepts and expects you to master them. He gives unorganized lectures that are hard to understand and grades incredibly strictly. He made learning an impossible task.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNzg1MTc0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2018-11-26 18:38:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not the greatest teacher, but he does seem to be knowledgeable. His class is fairly easy if you can sit through his long and disorganized slideshows without falling asleep.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NjE5NTIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2015-12-09 23:34:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you're looking for an easy humanities credit this could be a class for you.  Two relatively easy midterms, and only one term paper that is on a topic of choice.  Would recommend going to lecture as he gives a ton of good insights.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:59:58.025062+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNzA2OTgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1868373","instructor_name":"Viren Murthy","course_label":"HISTORY104","course_id":"ASIAN/HISTORY 104","course_uid":"course_2f4a42afa8e6574227ce878e","review_date":"2014-01-06 18:42:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Horrible teaching. Prof Murthy obviously knows his stuff, but being knowledgeable in a subject doesn't necessarily translate into good teaching. The course is more philosophical than historical. After all, Prof Murthy received his BA and MA in philosophy, not history.  Extremely ambiguous grading. Avoid if possible.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1868373","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0}]