Reviews of professor Ian Gerdon

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Gerdon's Writing and Rhetoric class was my favorite class this semester.

It was undoubtedly a difficult class that pushed me. However, each class was engaging and I liked how he took time to get to know us.

He is a tough grader, but let's you rewrite papers; he makes you a better writer. My advice would be to participate as much as possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great Theo1, good balance between tests/papers. Daily reading guides are tedious but mostly completion grades and not too much time. Grades fairly, but makes you a better writer (yes, actually). Full of energy/passion in lecture, and makes things very palatable even for those with no theo background. Likely one of the better 1st theos out there.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
GREAT professor, kind of a lot of work. Easy A if you try.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took this class this past semester and would not recommend it. Gerdon is a great lecturer and class is always interesting, but hard work doesn't yield good grades. There are really long reading for every class in which you can choose to write responses to instead of writing the final argument paper, but a lot of work. Do NOT take if you want an A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Bad teacher. I would avoid if I were you. I learned nothing but Aristotle over and over again. He should remain a theo professor and nothing else. I'm sad because I genuinely wanted to improve my writing. He graded the entire into 30 points. An A- on one paper is minus one point and a 29/30 is a ready a 96% in the class, 2 A- and you can forget it

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
All-time favorite professor. I took him for foundations of theo. Perfect choice. His class was more than just a religion class - he explained the history behind everything. He's always very nicely dressed and calls everyone by their last name. He seems overly formal, but you can mess with him. And he would quote lotr all the time! Best prof ever.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He really challenged his students to work hard in foundations of theo. There are a lot of papers. I think it helped me in the end, but it was a lot of work.