Reviews of professor John Riley

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class is a lot of work but he's a great grader and made the class interesting. Just a great guy and I rarely wanted to skip.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great guy. Makes lectures engaging, but most people don't go and do fine. He gives you the tests before hand, so just do them REALLY well and come in ready. A lot of writing, but the TAs are not too hard on grading. Pretty easy dude, would help to have friends in the class to split up work for studying.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was quite enjoyable. If you do the weekly readings and assignments, it helps to connect the topics to the midterm and final exams so please do not ignore it will affect your grade. Just be prepared to read and you just need 3 out of 4 required books you'll know which ones during syllabus week. Overall, the class was pretty good.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Loved this class with Professor Riley. He is very knowledgeable and funny. You will read numerous books throughout the semester and write short book reviews (1- 1/2 pages). There is a research paper at the end of the semester on a topic you choose, start early. He provides study guides for the mid term and final. Easy grade and interesting class!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a brilliant man but this class does not have a light workload in the slightest. I had to pull all-nighters for discussion work and studying for the final right now makes me realize just how overwhelming the amount of content goes into the two tests. Good guy, tough class, way too serious for a 100 class