Ira Berlin

3 reviews
Average rating: 4.67

This professor has taught: HIST200, HIST396, HIST428O, HIST463, HIST619X, HIST639R, HIST819F, HIST819O

Grades

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.18 between 288 students*

Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 17.36%
A: 32.64%
A+: 1.74%
B-: 4.51%
B: 18.4%
B+: 8.68%
C-: 0.35%
C: 1.74%
C+: 2.43%
D: 0.35%
D+: 0.35%
F: 1.74%
W: 6.6%
other: 3.13%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.
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Ira Berlin

Expecting an A
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12/26/2011 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Berlin is a really good lecturer. He focuses more on the political and ideological changes that occur more than on actual events. He also focuses heavily on slavery since that seems to be what he specializes in. The class itself is reasonable, without too much work, but grades really do depend on the TA.
Ira Berlin

Expecting a B
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12/17/2009 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Great man, great teacher. Knows history. Class is a bit hard to get an A. Bs shouldn't be too tough. Really depends on your TA. They determine what grade you get. All tests are short answers and one long essay. I wrote a 6 page highly detailed essay and got an A- on an exam. My friend with another TA wrote a 3 page essay that didnt really answer the question(she admits this) and got an A- also. Her TA was very lenient.
Ira Berlin

Expecting an A
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12/06/2008 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Overall, Dr. Berlin is a good teacher. This course asks you to make history an argument. You do not need to read that much and you do not need to memorize any facts. There is a good amount of writing but its not too bad.