Reviews of professor Patrick Shannon

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Knowledgeable guy and overall cool dude. However, group project lacks grading criteria and is a waste of time and even the TAs are lost at times. Tests are quite easy if you read the textbook, but he throws curveballs sometimes. Do the extra credit and you should end up with an A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
By no means a difficult class, I just have the typical complaint about extra workload. I'd give him a 3.5 if it was an option; class feels a little redundant sometimes. Just do your book reports & readings ahead of time to give you a cushion for when the semester gets crazy & split up work for deliverables early so you can get ahead on your part.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor himself is great, a really nice guy, but his lecture is a hell with different types of devils waiting for you to discover. He has three exams in total and very dependent on memorization. If you really have to take the course, only go with your friends. Otherwise, you are a single mom with four children to carry.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Had Shannon as a student and then I was a TA for him. Great class! Cares so much about his students, and really just wants the best for everyone. Get ahead of your work so it doesn't pile up.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Insane amount of busy work for a 3 credit class. Tests are way too memorization and detail based.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a good professor and probably the best course I've taken at Binghamton in terms of how interesting it is. However, there is a lot of random busy work and a major group project that lasts the entire semester. Besides the first test, the other two were a cakewalk. I do think it was a little excessive for a 3-credit class, but not too bad.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
there were 3 tests but they were all pretty easy as long as you studied according to the study guides he gave. the homework was mostly busy work and idt most people read the textbook but it's useful for understanding concepts. use his slides as a guide for the test. only annoying thing was the group project all semester long. lots of extra credit

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof is an evident narcissist and thinks his position is a gift to students. Though the class is required, most leave learning next to nothing about MIS. Heavy on guest lectures (only 1-2 are worth your time). Entire semester-long group project-TAKE WITH FRIENDS AS YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR GROUP. Rubrics are unclear, assignments are a free for all.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Good guy, but the only useful thing you'll learn from his course is time management. Prepare to navigate through a ton of busywork and a group project throughout the semester. He gives three exams that are not difficult if you utilize his study guides. Attendance isn't necessary if you keep up with the textbook. Plenty of chances for extra credit.