Reviews of professor Riley Palmer

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was nice. He was very approachable and tried to facilitate discussion. He was obviously just reading from the ppts but that didn't bother me because I was still getting the information I needed. I didn't like how we had attendance points and there's not many points in the course so you have to be careful and do well on the tests (which are hard)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Recycles syllabus and doesn't even bother to change the year. Anytime you ask him questions, he will say "refer to the syllabus". The only reason people attend class is to get in class participation points. Moodle assignments are poorly made and he gives a straight 0 if you miss a criteria. You're better off choosing another class than his

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had Riley his second semester of teaching, and he definitely improved! His lectures are informative and he breaks them up with stories and videos so that you aren't listening to him talking for the whole period. He's great with communication/emails and the class is easy to understand. Definitely recommend taking a class with him!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Riley was not a great lecturer. He really just read what was on the slides or his notes and then asked if we had any questions. Also, often his answers to questions were not always that clear. He is very approachable and tries hard to teach but that didn't really help me.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Riley seems like he genuinely cares about the topic and his students, but his lecturing style is boring and uninvolved. He lectures like someone doing a presentation that they made an hour before the class and they're just reading off of their lecture slide notes. The readings were entire chapters at a time, so I stopped doing them. Taught myself.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Riley improved later in the semester, but overall, his class was a painful 2.5 hours of reading straight from the presenter notes in his ppts. He added 10 free points to the first exam because the class scored so lowthe material shouldn't be that hard, but it's not presented clearly. You can tell he loves what he does, but he's not a great teacher

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Riley is one of the kindest people I have ever met, but his lectures are so dry. Every class there is a 5 point in-class assignment, so attendance is very mandatory. Tests are medium difficulty, and other assignments are quite easy. Riley himself is so caring, sweet, and genuine, but lectures are very, very monotone and boring.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Riley is non the most engaging, but his lectures are organized and consistent. You have to show up to get in-class points. Overall I found the class to be pretty easy as long as you show up and take notes. You don't really have to do the readings if you understand the lecture.