Wandel is an amazing professor, she teaches her class through storytelling and it is so memorizing. Everything is graded by your TA, so you will not know your grade until the end. Be sure to go to the lecture to get all of the material you need, and do the work for discussion as it always comes up on the exams.Rate My Professors ↗
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LEE WANDEL
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Wandel is the worst professor ever. Her tests cover anything from lectures yet the way she goes about lecture is awful. She is insanely rude to students taking her class and flames them for not speaking up to answer questions. She goes on unnecessary rants about random topics that have no correlation to the slides. DONT TAKE HER CLASSES!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof. Wandel was an amazing professor in all aspects; homework assignments were light, lectures were interesting, and promoted a positive environment. Take advantage of the opportunities she gives to redo assignments, as you can do this as much as you want until full credit. Readings are heavy and long, but are always gone over in discussion.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Her first assignment, a syllabus summary, was brutal. However, she allows you do redo assignments an unlimited number of times to get full credit. Definitely take advantage of this. The class overall was very interesting, and the discussions prepare you for the exams, which I felt was easy. My TA was a jerk, who graded way too hard.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I really enjoyed Prof Wandel and her class. It was pretty easy to get an A in the class since the Prof/TA determined your grade "holistically". Basically if you put effort into the discussion/weekly writings you'll be fine. Yes, t… Read full reviewShow less
I really enjoyed Prof Wandel and her class. It was pretty easy to get an A in the class since the Prof/TA determined your grade "holistically". Basically if you put effort into the discussion/weekly writings you'll be fine. Yes, there's a ton of reading but you just need to know the texts' big ideas. I generally didn't read the entire texts.
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Wandel is very passionate about the subject, but learns everyone's name quickly. SO much reading in this class, sometimes a novel each week. Overall was an easy class and interesting. She loves her history though, got to give it to her.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with LEE WANDEL
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2024 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY 710 | Professional Development Seminar |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY/RELIGST 212 | The History of Western Christianity to 1750 |
| Fall 2023 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2023 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2023 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2023 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2023 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2022 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2022 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2022 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2022 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2022 | HISTORY 710 | Professional Development Seminar |
| Fall 2021 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2021 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2020 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2019 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2019 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2019 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2019 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2019 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2019 | HISTORY 710 | Professional Development Seminar |
| Spring 2019 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2018 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2018 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2018 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY/RELIGST 212 | The History of Western Christianity to 1750 |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 710 | Professional Development Seminar |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2017 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2017 | HISTORY 705 | Topics in Global History |
| Spring 2017 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2016 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 710 | Professional Development Seminar |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY/RELIGST 212 | The History of Western Christianity to 1750 |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Fall 2013 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2013 | HISTORY 705 | Topics in Global History |
| Spring 2013 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2013 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2012 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2012 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2012 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2012 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2012 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2012 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2012 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2011 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2011 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2011 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2011 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2011 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2011 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2011 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2011 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2011 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2010 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2010 | HISTORY 200 | Historical Studies |
| Fall 2010 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2010 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2010 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2010 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2010 | HISTORY 223 | Explorations in European History (h) |
| Spring 2010 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2010 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2010 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2010 | ILS/RELIGST 234 | Genres of Western Religious Writing |
| Fall 2009 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2009 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2009 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2009 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2009 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2008 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
| Fall 2008 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2008 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2008 | HISTORY 223 | Explorations in European History (h) |
| Spring 2008 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2008 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2008 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2008 | ILS/RELIGST 234 | Genres of Western Religious Writing |
| Spring 2008 | RELIGST 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2007 | HISTORY 119 | Europe and the World, 1400-1815 |
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