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She is an amazing professor with really the best intent for her students. Lectures are very interesting and exams and midterms are all in class essays with the final being online. She is so kind and definetley the best professor Ive had so far.Rate My Professors ↗
The most caring, sweet woman i've ever been taught by. super understanding and super flexible about assignments and attendence even though mandatory, but lots of drops. TA is amazing and caring tooRate My Professors ↗
I love prof powers. Such a sweet woman who wants everyone to do well in her class. Sometimes the lectures were a bit dense but she makes time to turn and talk and have whole class discussions which breaks things up. The class has a ton of reading, but it is 4 credits after all. Go to her office hours if you have questions - she is kind and helpful.Rate My Professors ↗
Literally so nice. Lectures are super interesting and assignments not demanding. Love.Rate My Professors ↗
I took CHICLA 151 and I was not expecting to like the class at all because I normally hate history, but I loved this class! She only gives a weekly reading and a paragraph response for homework. She grades on participation. She really cares about her students and gives extensions if you need them. I would 1000% recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
Great Professor! You can tell that she really cares about her students and tries her best to help them. There is a few hours of reading per week but it is very doable, the TA's are great at running the discussions. A great class to take even if you aren't a History major.Rate My Professors ↗
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Explores the history of the American West before 1850, covering Indigenous occupation, European invasion, and U.S. conquest.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Allison Useche is consistently described as caring, kind, and supportive of student well-being. Reviewers highlight her generosity with extensions and clear grading criteria. While some find the content interesting, one reviewer noted the lectures could be dense or boring.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025HISTORY 681 is a mentored independent research and thesis writing course for honors students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
HISTORY 682 is a mentored independent research and thesis writing course for honors students, requiring concurrent enrollment in HISTORY 680.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleHISTORY 691 is a mentored independent research and writing course on an original topic, titled Senior Thesis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Introduction to professional research in history, focusing on methodological approaches and historical monographs.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | CHICLA/HISTORY 151 | The North American West to 1850 |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 691 | Senior Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 708 | Introduction to Professional Research in History |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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