HIEU 2111

There are four-page essays every other week, and several essays for the final. In other words, you should be ready to write if you take this class. Halliday is an excellent lecturer and truly knows his stuff.

Halliday is a really enthusiastic and engaging lecturer. Having said that, the reading material was miserable; it was mostly incoherent, old-english primary source documents.

Professor Halliday is such a great teacher. He is enthusiastic about every class and he makes a very dry English history into something fun and exciting. A lot of reading but you only have to write three papers a semester.

Professor Halliday is the best teacher I have ever had. Wonderfully entertaining and worthwhile. Very helpfull in office hours and take note of his penchant for taking off his blazer when the lecture gets real intense.

Halliday is incredible, absolutely incredible. This was the first class I walked into at UVA and I was blown away. The subject matter is pretty dry for most, the readings are tough because a lot of them are in outdated English, but his lectures are so entertaining and he gets so excited that it's hard not to love this class. He cares a great deal for the subject he's teaching and it's clear he wants his students to care just as much, he's very approachable.

Took this class in fall 07. Halliday is freaking awesome. The class is great. Although, if you are looking for an easy A this is not for you. There are three papers and a final exam. No study guides. Do the readings (he asks about specific ones of the final) and take good notes.

Halliday is awesome, super enthusiastic. The papers for this class can be difficult though because the reading gets pretty dry.

Everyone should take a class with Halliday if possible- engaging, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic.

Initially I wasn't sure about Halliday, but History of England ended up being my favorite class of the semester. Halliday is an incredibly eloquent lecturer and a great storyteller. He definitely has a flair for the dramatic. There is a LOT of reading, though. Not only for both lectures but for section as well. A lot of the readings are primary sources (which is great) but that means they are more difficult to get through. I'm not sure I would recommend this class to someone who isn't an anglophile. You really have to do the readings, because there is just so much material that Halliday can't cover it all in lecture. I liked how many individual grades factored into our course grade (3 essays, 2 outlines, 1 final).

Professor Halliday is truly one of the best at UVa. While the coursework is incredibly lengthy, Halliday's ability to interact with students and tie all of the readings and lectures together by the end of the semester is incredible. The TA's are just as enthusiastic, making this class extremely worthwhile.