Reviews of professor David Edwards

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Clear expectations from day one, tests are based off textbook, lectures can be interesting but do not relate to the content in textbook/tests, essays were fairly easy with clear expectations

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
VERY lecture heavy and very hard to stay engaged. There is a lot of writing- graded handwritten notes (completion grade) for every chapter and short handwritten essays in class. If you do the readings for the essays it's very easy to get a 100% on each one. Not super hard, just A LOT of writing in and outside of class. Random EC attendance 5 times.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Probably one of the worst professors I have had. Class lectures relate nothing to assignments and overall class is a joke. Good luck

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm surprised by all the poor ratings. He was very intentional with his classwork. He gives out chapter quizzes on the textbook but you have to do the reading if you want to pass. His lectures don't focus on the textbook but on other relevant information about religions represented in the chapters. The lectures are for the essays, not the quizzes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Took his class during the summer. Lectures were often off topic, but he was very clear with the grading and assignment requirements. Lectures could be boring sometimes but would still recommend if you need this class for an easy Gen Ed grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy class with minimal work. There's no exams/tests and all assignments were done online but you have to show up because he takes five random attendance checks. He straight lectures (no power points) so class was painful. You also don't need to take notes because the assignments are on the textbook/creative writing so you just sit there and listen

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He has clear expectations for discussion boards (x3 a week) so if you follow, you will get 100s. They are easy but you have to put a lot of effort since they are time-consuming. The grade is out of 1000 points and you have weekly quizzes and two tests. (mid-term and final) Just put in the effort to write detailed posts and you will get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Super easy class if you try. 5% participation map quizzes (completion). 20% textbook quizzes, two online every week, book is dense but you can google. 50% is 10 short essays, they're random but you can drop/not do half of them.  20% final essay is specific + easy. 5% attendance for a grade five random times. He's an easy grader except on spelling.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult class, especially for an "intro". Take with a different professor. The TAs graded as if I was a PhD student in religion. Would not recommend.