Reviews of professor Sean Peterson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is such a tough grader with a grading system that just doesn't work well. I would make one small mistake and it would drop down to a 3/4 a 75%. But when I would make multiple mistakes I would get the same grade of 75%. So in this class it is impossible to get any grade between 75% and 100%. Oh and so much reading. I've never spent so much time.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nice guy, but assigns 2-page papers once a week. Super inconsistent grading. Impossible to get a 100% on assignments. The graders will find anything wrong, even a spelling mistake, and mark you down a whole point for it. Super unaccommodating.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sean stays engaged throughout the term by posting directly in student discussions. Weekly discussion w/2 responses, and a reading response every week. Not super hard, you just have to do the work, which takes some time. Sean gives good feedback on your posts/responses. If you do what he tells you his feedback on your work, you pass with an A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly, this course is unproportionally difficult for an elective.The workload for this course is about three times what I have seen for any other.Sean is a tough grader and if your a fan of hip hop you probably wont be by the end of this course.The reading is dry and his specifics for the papers are a bit like jumping through flaming hoops.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sean is a pretty good prof. He's a bit nit-picky about your work and picks it apart a LOT but eventually simmers down throughout the term. Class consists of weekly discussions & reading responses, as well as biweekly quizzes/tests. It's a lot of homework but you learn a lot & the course material is really good. GREAT/detailed feedback on work too.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I really like Sean.  He's super nice and the subject is interesting, however for a music class thats most likely an elective for most, he requires a lot of work and time.  My 200 level health class asks less of me, as well as my Bio class as I am a pre-nursing major.  

The book he had us read for the course was also extremely boring.