Paul Villa at Truckee Meadows Community College | Rate My Professors (2025)

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  CH201

  Dec 14th, 2022

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  

  CH201

  Dec 14th, 2022

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  He is passionate about his class topics. We had two exams which he makes himself. He puts together a lecture for each week and it's required for you to respond as it's your participation grade. we had about five assignments that reflect your readings and lectures. He grades far but also knows his stuff so you better as well. Super nice guy!!

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  CH203

  Jan 29th, 2022

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  

  CH203

  Jan 29th, 2022

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  Kind and easy grader.

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  CH202

  Dec 15th, 2020

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  

  CH202

  Dec 15th, 2020

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  I really enjoyed taking this class Professor Villa is very engaged with his students and is passionate about the material he's teaching which makes the experience more enjoyable for me. Typically with a hands off online class teachers become MIA and are not engaged what so ever. That was not the case for Professor Villa. Definitely would recommend

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  CH203

  Dec 10th, 2020

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  

  CH203

  Dec 10th, 2020

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  The textbook was free & informational. We had to write four 3-4 page papers and 1 big reseach paper. It was mostly self taught but I enjoyed his video lectures to bring things together. He gives good feedback on your work and participating in discussions was easy. If you put in the effort you can get an A.

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  CH203

  Dec 7th, 2020

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  

  CH203

  Dec 7th, 2020

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  Professor Villa is honestly one of my favorite professors I've had. I went into this class just looking to get a humanities credit and came out of it having learned much more about our country than I ever would have. His teaching style is simple yet effective. Be prepared for long writing assignments and an even longer research paper.

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  CH202

  Jan 13th, 2020

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  

  CH202

  Jan 13th, 2020

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : No

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  I took the seven weeks course for CH 202 and it was the worst!!! This professor was never specific on the syllabus and had little detail on the assignments. I would recommend not to take his class and go with someone else.

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  CH202

  Dec 18th, 2019

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  

  CH202

  Dec 18th, 2019

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : No

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Online Class

  : Yes

  I took this class for a core humanities credit, and this professor was never specific on the syllabus. He expects you to be perfect on essays and docks you down points if you only have one spelling error.

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• CH203

  Jun 13th, 2019

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  CH203

  Jun 13th, 2019

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Great teacher, very knowledgable & passionate. Free online textbook. Not much homework at all, but 4 essays, midterm, and final. Do okay on those and don't miss a lot of class, its a breeze. Took the final a month early and played the board game Twilight Struggle for rest of semester, which was fun and low stress. Highly recommend

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• CH203

  Jun 4th, 2019

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  CH203

  Jun 4th, 2019

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Great professor! He really cares about his students and is passionate about the topic. Midterm and Final are open note, book and internet. Only assignments are writing a few lengthy papers. Also gives you chocolate for participation. Highly recommend.

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• CH203

  Dec 17th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

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  3.0

  CH203

  Dec 17th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Villa is amazing, very understanding of students and willing to work with you if you have any problems. The midterm and final are both fairly easy (open note, open book, open internet). He leaves comments one all of the papers and is willing to talk with you if you do not understand.

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• CH203

  Dec 12th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  CH203

  Dec 12th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Hes a great professor. Funny, into college football. He is engaged and at the end of the semester, we played a board game called the twilight struggle. There is minimum assignments such as essays. No homework.

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• CH203

  Sep 21st, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  CH203

  Sep 21st, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B

  Textbook

  : No

  I loved him when I took his class. He had three papers that he assigned, and most of them were pretty easy. His lectures are great, he's really passionate about everything. He's also really funny. He likes to throw chocolate at people who answer his questions during lectures. The last part of his CH 203 class is basically just playing a board game.

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• CH202

  May 16th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  CH202

  May 16th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Definitely one of the best professors Ive had. Hes more than willing accommodate, and makes boring material fun. Two papers both 3-4 pages. Midterm and final are straight out of lecture and the book, and all notes are allowed during the exams. And the last few weeks of the term are spent playing an epic strategy game.

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• CH203

  May 14th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  CH203

  May 14th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Amazing Professor his lectures are fascinating and as a plus, if you get an answer right while he asks a question, you get free candy. Overall his class was very enjoyable and at the end of the semester, you get to play a game about the Cold War, which is much more fun than it sounds.

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• CH203

  May 11th, 2018

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  CH203

  May 11th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Textbook

  : Yes

  I believe he really wanted his students to pass his class and tried his best to give interesting history lectures. He gives good feedback on the papers but will be checking your grammar like a hawk, so use that grammarly!!

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• CH203

  Apr 24th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  CH203

  Apr 24th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  This class was so much fun! Paul is fantastic. He is passionate about history and is very funny. He is polite and makes the class very fun. There were five papers and only a midterm exam. If everyone showed up on final exam day, we didn't have to take the exam. Also, We played a board game reenacting the Cold War during the last month of class.

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• CH203

  Apr 9th, 2018

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  CH203

  Apr 9th, 2018

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B-

  Textbook

  : Yes

  He is a tough grader. He is really big on Grammer, the tests are open book, open Note, Open electronics but the test are based on the Book alone to try to keep up with the Readings, He is super Funny, and a really nice person.

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• CH202

  May 13th, 2017

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  CH202

  May 13th, 2017

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  He's Great! I took his 203 course because it was required, and took his 202 course because he really made me love history. Also, in 202 the class plays diplomacy which really helps you understand Europe's conflicts and culture. Definitely one of my favorite professors of all time. Focal grade are the essays, but they are easy if you pay attention

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• CH203

  May 10th, 2017

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  CH203

  May 10th, 2017

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Amazing teacher. Clear grading, no reviews for mid term or final. Totally understanding if you talk to him, and he also loves what he does. About 5 papers during the semester. I would most deffinetly recomend him!

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• CH203

  May 10th, 2017

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  CH203

  May 10th, 2017

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  The only down side of this class was the fact that there were so many papers to write. Aside from all of that, his love of history is very apparent. He's a great dude and he's pretty funny. While the test and papers were not hard, the papers were numerous. Just participate in his class and you'll probably get an easy B.

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