Reviews of professor Mary Townsend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lots of reading, but if you skim the texts before class you'll have enough to participate in the discussion. Lots of books asked for in this class, but all of them combined are less than $60 and free PDF's can be found online, making it worth it. She is a really understanding professor who just wants everyone to do well and be passionate!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nice person, but reading for the Blackboard posts that are due before each class got so excessive that I started Sparknoting. Three total papers and an online midterm, but we had both a paper and a final (in-class paper) due in the last week. Papers were due on Saturday at midnight for some reason although almost nothing was graded until the end.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I highly reccomend taking her for ethics. There is definitely a lot of reading involved but as long as you skim before class you'll be fine. The writing assignments are not often, it does not have too high a word count and she's thankfully pretty lenient with it. Just put in effort and participate in class and you'll be fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
her class is soooooo boring. she is nice but her voice will put anyone to sleep we just sit in class and read books, it sucks that she doesnt upload free pdf's and that we have to buy multiple books for this class. Midterm was impossible Make sure you do well on your papers definately not as easy as i thought this class would be. i WOULDNT TAKE HER

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She gave a good amount of work but none of it was overly complicated, I saw she had bad reviews but she's actually a really nice person. Her lectures may be a bit heavy but she gives solid notes that make exams pretty easy. You do need to think of 3 questions before each class but that literally takes 5 minutes. Overall if you do the work easy A

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I love Professor Townsend. Her lectures are very interesting and she encourages the class to lead the discussion. Her voice is very relaxing and she is very passionate about the course and especially Aristotle. Good Philosophy Prof's at SJU usually are hard to find, TAKE HER!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The cost of the books added up for a required class I was not particularly interested in. Often let out past 1:40 which would make it difficult to get food before my common hour meetings. Lectures were hard to pay attention to. Having two papers during finals week made the week more stressful as did not having a clue about my grade all semester.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not the worst thing ever, but Id try to look into other professors for honors. The class was boring with homework for each one. 6 required books for around $70. The essays themselves werent terrible, but the midterm was challenging. Usually let us out late. Nothing was graded all semester besides the midterm and a group writing assignment.