Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
He also provides pre-written notes for the lectures which are helpful. His lectures are very engaging and oftentimes very funny.Rate My Professors ↗
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Howard Schweber
What students say
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Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Condescending is the right word.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof Schweber is a nice guy, but his lectures are impossible to follow; he stands at the podium and talks for 75 minutes straight, and, in my experience, can be condescending even if you ask genuine questions.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Goat. Extremely knowledgeable on law and despite not using slides he leads a really engaging discussion making it hard to slack off during lecture. Truly was a pleasure to study under him.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 5/5
Schweber is very interesting and entertaining, but his lectures are impossible to follow. Stands at podium and lectures at you with no presentation for 75 minutes straight. Grade is entirely dependent on 3 take home partner exams. Assigns an overwhelming number of readings. TAs are your best friends in this course.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Great person to yap with in office hours. Class itself was a little confusing to navigate. The lecture formats were okay, the outlines were helpful but the professor got off topic a lot.Rate My Professors ↗
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