Thomas Greiner

I would not recommend this professor. The workload is heavy, the grading is extremely harsh, and even small citation mistakes are treated like major issues. It made the course stressful rather than enjoyable, especially for an elective. Feedback feels more punitive than helpful. Overall, a very discouraging experience.

I'd advise avoiding this course if possible. I took it as a fun elective to learn about ancient Egypt, but the professor's harsh grading made it difficult to enjoy. He is extremely strict about citation any minor mistake can cost marks or lead to academic integrity concerns. SO STAY AWAY from this course

Professor Greiner is a true student of Ancient Egypt. The amount of detail in the course material is extensive, and one can take away from this course as much as he wants due to large amount of supplemental material provided. Prof Greiner's slides are great but useless without attending lectures. Marking is fair but stern, don't expect an easy A.

This professor is a very tough grader. Gives grades between the 70s and 80s - 90s if you are lucky. He is very stern on citations. Cite every sentence which is not yours since he does take marks away for not citing. Include page numbers as well. The final exam is tough, two essay questions in one hour make sure you are prepared and practice ahead!

I thought Prof. Greiner was a great professor. One of the best that I have had for sure (I am in the BTM stream). He provided in depth feedback on assignments that I haven't seen a Prof do ever as well, even though sometimes the marking scheme was intense (citations with a lot of stuff), he definitely wasn't a "hard" marker. Overall good experience

Cite everything - and I do mean every sentence. Marks were taken off because I didn't cite as much as he would have liked and in some places that was every sentence. Also worst exam I've ever. An hour for two essay style questions - with... you guessed it - citations! Didn't find the assignments too hard but definitely don't forget to cite!

Assignments were frequent and the readings were overwhelming from week one. The material is so dense that attempting to get through it all just isn't worth it. I understand teaching and studying archaeology in a university class is difficult, but focusing on theory killed any interest I had in this course.

It's such a shame he's such a sweet prof, and he really cares but I'm pretty sure this is his first course he's teaching solo and it shows. Word counts for certain assignments are very high for what he's asking (not asking for less word count per se, just more work is fine). The course is very dry and boring, which I can't fault him for at all.

Honestly can't fault him too much. The course content is super heavy theory and is frankly boring. Some assignments have a weird word requirement to them for what they're supposed to be and it's pretty hard to sit through his lectures

I was really looking forward to taking a course on Ancient Egypt last summer and this class and Professor Greiner did not disappoint. His lectures were pre-recorded and very interesting. His assignments had clear instructions and, if I had any questions, I could easily book an office hours Zoom appointment. Overall, a great class.