HIST 2B
BLUMENTHAL
Debra Blumenthal
2.6
38 reviews

38
2.6
HIST102 . Blumenthal 10 Years Ago

History on slaves in medieval society. She is EXTREMELY boring and talks the entire class then complains when students don't really talk in class. Tons of reading, around 100 pages per night. 3-3 page papers, 5 page midterm, 10 page final. Lots of reading and writing for a boring class.

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118B . Blumenthal 10 Years Ago

Interesting class. Teacher wasn't hard nor was the material. There's one I class midterm, 5 essays (3-5pgs) based off readings and a take home final. Teacher rambled a lot, ppts aren't useful but listen well to what she says and take notes. Don't have to do ALL readings, select the essays you want. Fun class overall, interesting material.

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HIST118A . Blumenthal 13 Years Ago

Blumenthal is a really nice lady, but her lectures are so boring (Unfortunately, attendance is mandatory). But like I said, she is really nice and understanding, and is always willing to help her students, which makes up for the boring lectures :)

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HIST102 . Blumenthal 14 Years Ago

She assigns books that are incomprehensible and useless for studying. Her lectures consist of 2-3 slides of info to write down. Her actual lectures consist of her speaking for an hour straight without stopping.

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HIST116 . Blumenthal 15 Years Ago

These people are unfair. She does tend to just go off with her lectures. She wont stop untill someone asks her a question and she tends to expound on the same subject longer than needed. It's just a symptom of her passion for history. You will not find another teacher who knows more about her subject. She needs to edit her lectures to the essential

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HIST102D . Blumenthal 15 Years Ago

She is obviously very passionate about what she teaches; however, she rambles, is very unorganized, and does not answer questions well at all. Plus, we had 2 readers, one was $100 and we never used it!!!!!

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HIST102D . Blumenthal 15 Years Ago

She's a slave driver! The $100 reader was awful because we didn't even use it! Class was ok though.

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HIST118A . Blumenthal 16 Years Ago

She is really enthusiastic about the course material. the class requires a lot of listening and notetaking, which may be hard for some people, but if you're interested in the subject she's great. and i think she's pretty!

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HIST117D . Blumenthal 16 Years Ago

All she does is ramble which makes it hard to pay attention. She is helpful when you need it.

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HIST118AB115 . Blumenthal 18 Years Ago

I had every one of Blumenthal's classes for her first year at UCSB. She's a great professor, who really knows her stuff when it comes to Medieval Iberia.

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HISTANCIENTSL . Blumenthal 18 Years Ago

well her lectures are impossible to follow because she does not write anything on the board. all u get is a mini outline and the rest is up to u to write. basically a lot of reading, and if u put enough detail in ur papers u will do well.

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HIST118 . Blumenthal 18 Years Ago

Boring teacher with little confidence when speaking. However, a very easy class if you do the reading.

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HST118 . Blumenthal 19 Years Ago

This is one hot prof! Whether or not you like what she says, you're definitely gonna love how she looks when she says it!

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HIST118 . Blumenthal 19 Years Ago

This class was seriously frustrating. Disorganized lectures and course outline. Lectures were either way to vague or way to detailed, no inbetweens. Wasted too much time on discussing readings in class when she should have been lecturing!

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