Reviews of professor Patrick Greiner

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a good professor but sometimes the lectures felt really long. He varies quizzes which was interesting. An easy grader but you have to do the work right. There were a lot of long readings at the beginning of the semester but later readings were more understandable. He's always available to help though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He assigns a lot of reading, but it is usually the only work you are expected to do outside of class. You can get by skimming the readings as long as you pay close attention and take notes during lectures. He asks questions during his lectures which is where the participation credit comes in. All in all, it is clear he cares about his students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Prof. Greiner is amazing! He cares about his students and wants to give them all As as long as you put in good-faith effort. Readings were pretty long and could sometimes be a little boring/confusing, but your never penalized for not understanding them. Just come to class with something to contribute to group discussion. Interesting class too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Greiner's Environment and Society class is really thought-provoking and engaging. Lectures could be a little unclear sometimes but overall he is easy to follow and very passionate about the content. Readings can be a lot, but they weren't always necessary. Pretty simple environmental change paper that makes up a good chunk of the grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Greiner is too smart! This class had a lot of particularly dense reading, and the way he directs class discussions does little to help clear up these doubts. He is terrific in office hours though! Overall, I wouldn't recommend unless you are very interested in the topic/ self-motivated to to do the readings.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great professor. Interesting class. Lots of readings but you do not really have to do them to get good grade, instead just pay attention during lectures and take good notes. Attendance is pretty important because there are 10 pop quizzes throughout the semester.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There are tedious and long readings, but as long as you skim and get the gist you'll be fine. Lectures can be a little boring at times, but he tries to initiate intelligent discussions. Weekly reading journals are also tedious but he grades easily. Final essay can be written on whatever topic. Great class to explore policy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Greiner taught PPS 2200 by assigning various readings and then using class to expand on them via discussion. He's very knowledgeable and the weekly journal assignment is a good accountability mechanism. He tended to grade leniently and overall is a nice guy & receptive to feedback. I thought he focused a little too much on the environment