| General Information |
| Professor: |
James Baker |
| Course: |
HIST 417 |
| Course Title: |
Age of the Renaissance |
| Student Grade: |
C |
| Post Date: |
4:48:19 PM 1/13/2001 |
| Overall Rating: |
Poor  |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Content: |
 Multiple Choice
Matching
True/False
Fill in the Blank
 Essay
Problem Solving
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| Mandatory Final: |
Yes |
| Cumulative Final: |
Not Specified |
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| Other Information |
| Textbook Required: |
Not Specified |
| Extra Credit Available: |
No |
| Attendance Required: |
Yes |
| Quantity of Notes: |
Moderate |
| Difficulty: |
Moderate |
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| Additional Comments |
Dr Baker's Age of the Renaissance is a perennial offering at WKU. I had put off taking it for some time due to scheduling constraints and was pleased when my roommate reminded me of its availability in Fall 2000. I have some background and considerable interest in the subject, and I knew it to be a field of incredible richness and depth; I had hoped for a sort of overview that made it all make a little more sense.
Unfortunately, the class was anything but that. Dr. Baker's treatment of the subject matter was sketchy at best. There was little attention paid to the causes and effects of the Renaissance; while the catalogue of art was extensive the sociopolitical detail offered was nearly non-existent; and every single lecture was so heavy with personal anecdotes from the professor's time spent in Italy that the subject matter was severely compromised.
In addition, Dr. Baker's teaching style is more suited to a bourgeois 3rd-grade schoolmarm than a full professor at a University. His pedantic style, nitpicky insistence on punctuality (not of itself a bad thing, but the man actually stares at his watch and says,
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