I feel as though I'm one of the few people who saw through Prof. Thomas's British accent and realized he's not that great. I honestly love learning any subject and am normally an attentive student, but found myself on the verge of falling asleep every class. It takes him until the last 10 minutes to make his point, and even then he's usually unclear, contradicting everything he has taught in the first 40 minutes. The tests are blatantly unfair. They do not test how much you have learned and are arbitrarily graded (the question will be marked with "good" and then you'll get a 3/5). The curve in the class does not make sense in the slightest as he gives people with higher grades more points than those with lower grades. Some people loved this class, and good for them, but I did not. I was seduced by the first few lectures thinking this would be a great class; I even dropped another class because I knew this would be hard and I wanted to be able to spend time on it. Everything went downhill from there, and I'll never forget the fact that he scheduled our first exam on the Friday of Halloween weekend.

Amazing professor but posts nothing from his lectures. Lectures also don't entirely correlate with the textbook and the course goes out of order in the chapters. Little outside work and lectures are not entirely necessary if you can get the notes. Overall a really interesting class, he is amazing!

A course definitely worth taking - if only for the professor himself. Mr. Thomas is very passionate about the material and he makes the course flow in a majestic manner to keep you constantly engaged no matter what period of history is being dealt with. There is, however, a lot of material that is gone through over the course of the semester, and as such it can be difficult to keep up. There's a fair bit of reading, and the exams see how much you've paid attention during the lectures and done the source material readings. It can be a bit overwhelming, but very worth taking in the end

I absolutely loved this class!!! The tests were very hard though, so make sure you go to the lectures because that's is where he pulls the most material from. I didn't realize until the very last test that the textbook was basically USELESS so all you need to do is skim it at best, because he will pull some IDs from it; but it'll only be 3/5 IDs, because he will probably mention the other two in class. Also make sure you read the supplemental readings because that will include 15/50 points on the test, while IDs will be 5/50 and the essay will be 30/50. Overall, I loved the class and would totally recommend it. I would say you need some kind of experience in micro, macro and Us history and I took them all in high school, so I was fine.

Very interesting class, but very difficult. I took this first year (not a humanities person), and found it difficult to understand everything. While he does explain economic concepts (very quickly) I would have done better if I had taken macro before taking this class. Great topic and an amazing professor, but really hurt my GPA.

Great professor, tough class. Go to lecture and take good notes otherwise you will not do well.

One of my favorite class, really interesting! Some interest in history would be an advantage but he will manage to get you excited with his enthusiasm. However, really hard to get an A. I put a lot of work into the readings but his tests are rough because they are based on the lecture (he uses no slides) so you really have to pay attention. In his exams, he sometimes asks for terms that were mentioned maybe once in class. To sum it up: Take the class for the professor, not the grade.

Professor Thomas is the man. Best lecturer I have ever had. Going to class was like listening to a story. If you are willing to put in the work, Thomas will reward you. This class is not easy, but is extremely interesting and rewarding. I learned a ton. Couldn't recommend Thomas any more.

Hilarious, knowledgable, brilliant at explaining concepts. Puts a nice twist on American History. Really cares about the students. Tests are blue book. Two midterms, each with ID's, short answer, essays. ID's are based upon supplemental readings. Final was the same, plus 5 essays that tied together themes across the whole semester. Textbook is useless but he does pull some ID's from it. Take notes on the packet and pay attention. Highly recommended.

Tough class to get an A, but really interesting and enjoyable