Matthew Palus

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

This professor has taught: ANTH340, ANTH446, ANTH740, ANTH741, ANTH746, ANTH749, ANTH760, ANTH799

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 3.71 between 369 students*

Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 6.23%
A: 19.51%
A+: 36.59%
B-: 0.54%
B: 4.34%
B+: 0.54%
C-: 0.27%
C: 1.36%
D: 0.27%
F: 1.08%
W: 1.36%
other: 27.91%
* "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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Matthew Palus
ANTH340

Expecting an A
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05/19/2010 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Super cool professor! Class discussions were great because a lot of people participated and we had a lot of debates. Favorite books to read were "Skull Wars" & "Wisdom Sits in Places". All of the essays were fair and really changed my outlook on archaeology--in a positive way!
Matthew Palus
ANTH240

Expecting an A
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07/27/2009 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Matt has been one of the best teachers I've had in years. He really enjoys the subject of archaeology and it shows through his passionate lectures. He teaches and tests mainly from his own curiculum so the book is only necessary for reviewing stuff you missed or didn't understand. I would highly recommend attending class and forming a relationship with this Professor because he will give you very useful feedback. In studying you need to pay close attention to slides (posted online) and class notes becausse he requires a detaied understanding. Overall, he cares about the students and wants them to enjoy what he teaches.