Reviews of professor Brian Rooney

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A little too relaxed in that he shows up late to lecture, is not very organized, & seemed overwhelmed this semester (his 1st year here). Aside from that, pretty good at explaining complex ideas & receptive to questions. Exam questions were very fair & the class is graded by many components which helps. Cumulative but general final exam. Cool class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is the lab portion, Dr.Rooney is a great lab instructor. He makes sure to tell you what you could expect on the practical alongside how to approach different procedures. Rooney does allow you to record any of his lab demonstrations and is a very nice guy. I definitely think he's a good choice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly the worst professor I've had at BU. Felt bad for him at first bc he's clearly not great with technology but he was very not compassionate to students' situations, never posted anything on time, and was terrible at answering emails. Promised extra credit and curving at the end of the semester and did not do it. He made a hard class harder.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Rooney is such a good professor. He gives 5 quizzes throughout the semester on blackboard which are worth 16% and he droppest the lowest one. Discussion class is worth 25%, 2 exams are worth 15%, final worth 20%. In lecture quizzes (iclickers) worth 9%. So you have many opportunities to pass his class with a good grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Attendance is not completely mandatory, as there are about 10 lecture clicker quizzes, and unless you wanted explanation of slides you do not have to go necessarily. The lab required the most consistent work due to weekly quizzes and practicals (textbook only used for lab quizzes). Class is mostly lab grades and 2 exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's definitely a little monotone during lecture but tries to crack jokes and tell relevant stories to keep people interested; and also does mostly read off the slides but does a good job elaborating, and is very knowledgable about what he's teaching. The class is tough and takes a lot of work, but he's very approachable and receptive to questions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Never posted anything on time. Grading was confusing and unfair. Overall felt like he didn't care that much about his job and students. Class was hard as expected, however in my opinion his lack of caring made the class harder.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had a really terrible semester and Dr. Rooney has been the most kind and understanding professor I've ever had. Besides all of that he is a wonderful teacher; I have him for my lab and the lecture. (I tagged this as regular anatomy but I'm actually in his hsci anatomy) Overall highly recommend. Content itself is definitely difficult it's anatomy.