Priyanka Srivastava at University of Massachusetts - Amherst | Rate My Professors (2024)

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• HIST250

  Feb 10th, 2023

  Quality

  2.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIST250

  Feb 10th, 2023

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : A-

  Textbook

  : N/A

  Hard to pay attention but not that difficult. Lots of reading hard to get through, but had to to be prepared for discussions, Assignments straightforward grading inconsistent, extremely short due dates sometimes. No mandatory participation for lecture, but sometimes calls randomly. wish she understood not everyone in the class is a history feen.

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• HIS250

  Feb 7th, 2023

  Quality

  2.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  HIS250

  Feb 7th, 2023

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Professor Srivastava is an extremely tough grader, however, for a level 200 class, it wasn't half bad. there were 3 papers and a couple of quizzes. She would warn us about what is on the quizzes however this class is extremely heavy on reading, she would assign 60-80 pages to read in the span of 2 days. Not bad just a lot of necessary reading

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• HIS250

  Dec 26th, 2022

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIS250

  Dec 26th, 2022

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  An interesting professor who makes concepts clear and engaging for students. She has an accent, but it is understandable nonetheless. Virtually no quizzes/tests, but we did have a few essays that were pretty easy and straightforward. My only major gripe? TONS of reading(25-50 pages every other day). Other than that, I loved the class.

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• COS126

  Aug 25th, 2021

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  1.0

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  COS126

  Aug 25th, 2021

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : No

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Her views on South Asia are cringe worthy and not accurate. She claims to be a historian when she has only a laymans expertise in the subject. She makes up things. You will be poorer in your learning from her course.

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  HIST250

  Jan 5th, 2021

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  

  HIST250

  Jan 5th, 2021

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  she is truly a brilliant woman who knows her stuff. she definitely struggled with engaging her students during an online semester but that isn't really her fault. 250 is so interesting but it is not an easy A at all. there is a ton of reading every week.

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• HIST250

  Nov 16th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIST250

  Nov 16th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : No

  Priyanka is a gem of the history department. Her lectures are evocative. She fundamentally shaped me to think in perspectives I had no access to before. Those interested in subaltern perspectives absolutely must take her class. She has great class analysis and her perspective as a woman of color is greatly needed in the history discipline.

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• HIS397

  Nov 6th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIS397

  Nov 6th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : No

  Priyanka is exceptional as a person and as a teacher. Every semester I try to see if there's a class I can take with her. She is an extremely beautiful orator and extremely knowledgeable about her subject. She will help you, just ask. She is easily one of the smartest professors I've had and consider her a role model. Don't listen to the others.

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  HIS491E

  Jun 3rd, 2016

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  

  HIS491E

  Jun 3rd, 2016

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Would Take Again

  : No

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  Professor version towards Indian history is biased

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• HIST250

  Nov 9th, 2015

  Quality

  2.5

  Difficulty

  4.0

  HIST250

  Nov 9th, 2015

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Attendance every day so you can't skip. Grading scale is really weird. You need a 95 to get an A but only a 76 to get a B- Her accent is literally unbearable I cannot understand anything in class. WAY too much reading. Like 100 to 200 pages a week. And then on top of that you have to read two novels and write papers on them. Would not take again

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• HIST250

  Oct 29th, 2015

  Quality

  2.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIST250

  Oct 29th, 2015

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : A-

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Lectures are unbearable and not real lectures as she loves when students participate. There are at least five readings posted on moodle each week that add to the textbook reading. I am a history major that is finding this class to be intensive. Her A grade is a 95%

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• HISTORY250A

  May 11th, 2015

  Quality

  2.5

  Difficulty

  2.0

  HISTORY250A

  May 11th, 2015

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  The lectures can feel long and her thick accent doesn't help with clarification, which brings the necessity to study and read everything assigned to you (and there's a good amount). The class has interesting content, easy tests, demanding writing assignments, and some slack offs that give you a chance to look good in participation.

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• HIST250

  Mar 1st, 2015

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIST250

  Mar 1st, 2015

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  You need to read and attend class in order to pass. There are weekly participation assignments you submit online, along with midtermfinal, primary source assignments, and a few reading quizzes. Do not sneak out the back door after you sign the attendance sheet, she will notice. She uploads the slides online, which is helpful.

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• HIST250

  Oct 23rd, 2014

  Quality

  2.5

  Difficulty

  4.0

  HIST250

  Oct 23rd, 2014

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Overload of information in readings and slides, don't listen to the other posts here, this class is not an easy A. Grading scale is weird. Quizes are 7 points and tests are 15 and your whole grade is out of 100 so a 5 on a quiz means you can only get a 98 and so on. Not worth it if you are looking for an easy G gen-ed.

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• HIS250

  Aug 28th, 2014

  Quality

  3.5

  Difficulty

  1.0

  HIS250

  Aug 28th, 2014

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Lot of readings but class is easy.

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• HIST250SA

  Dec 4th, 2013

  Quality

  4.5

  Difficulty

  1.0

  HIST250SA

  Dec 4th, 2013

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Easy A if you do the work. Lots of readings but not all are applicable to the classwork. Attendance is essential, participation necessary.

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• HIST250

  Nov 20th, 2013

  Quality

  2.5

  Difficulty

  2.0

  HIST250

  Nov 20th, 2013

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : Not_Sure_Yet

  Textbook

  : No

  Priyanka is definitely a professor to have for class. Her class to be honest is a joke, an easy A. If you just remotely pay attention in class, you'll be fine. Her exams are really easy. She'll give a "study guide" with a lot of terms and essay questions, but you only have to do a few.

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• HIST297SA

  Apr 16th, 2013

  Quality

  3.0

  Difficulty

  1.0

  HIST297SA

  Apr 16th, 2013

  Textbook

  : Yes

  She's very nice and the class is definitely an easy "A", but she definitely doesn't know the material as well as she should. She has made some completely ignorant statements in regard to religions and philosophies of South Asia. If you have prior knowledge about the region, there will be a few times you will cringe from hearing incorrect facts.

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• HIS491E

  May 17th, 2012

  Quality

  3.5

  Difficulty

  3.0

  HIS491E

  May 17th, 2012

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Decent upper-level hist course. No easy A, but Priyanka is nice, helpful, fair grader, takes interest in students. Reading: four texts + online sources; a lot but manageable. Lectures: packed, slide-heavy, but ok. Class: paper/discussion based, no tests/quizzes. Four 2pg papers, two 5pg, one 10-12pg. Attendance/participation: large part of grade.

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