Reviews of professor Brendan Murphy

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He breaks the mold on what a 1000 level class is expected to be. It is a hard class, but if you study and understand the material, you can excel. he expects a lot out of students and if you follow the 2 hours of studying outside of class for every credit of the class, you will do fine. I go to the SI sessions and visit the TA for the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
10% participation, 90% tests. I personally thrive on participation and homework. If you are a good test taker, you will get an A in the class, if you are like me, and despite going to all the classes and study for many hours for each test typically get in the 80's, you will not get an A in this class. Half the class dropped after the first test.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Would not recommend! 90% of the grade is made up of 3 exams. They are extremely difficult. The average score for around 200 students was 60%. Dr. Murphy doesn't offer any practice exams & instead writes a study guide that is too broad. I have 100% attendance, put in the work, & I still feel as though the class is nearly impossible to do well in.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was the hardest class I've taken at college. The work load was surprisingly light, but the course material is overwhelming The class was graded on only 3 tests which the first one was on 19 chapters of the book. In his defense it was his first time teaching the course but it was amazingly difficult and would not suggest anyone to take it