Reviews of professor Ben Sheppard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
It's preposterous not to give Instructor Sheppard 5 stars. His class structure is extremely straightforward, assignments are graded fairly, and he adequately prepares students for exams. He has a deep understanding of the material, and seems genuinely happy to help students. Absolutely would recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This honestly felt like a self-taught class, the only method of instruction is assigned readings. No lectures or videos or powerpoints to accompany anything. Didn't really seem like he cared about his students or whether they fully understood the material. Felt like it was difficult to communicate with him and sometimes never responded to emails

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had Prof Sheppard/Ben/idk for Early Christians Gospels. He is your classic meme-heavy Millennial grad student, which I found really funny. There was a really easy 2 page paper due every Friday at 6, the YouTube lectures weren't too long, and you had to go to office hours once a week to ask a question. Easy grader, chill guy, interesting class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This guy was great and super funny. He is very sarcastic, but he cares a lot about the students. He was also very real about things. I definitely recommend trying to get him for recitations.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ben's an awesome professor who really cares about the mental health of his students. Never gives unnecessary busy-work and has very clear and informative lectures. Lots of reading though, but it wasn't bad. Definitely take him if you have the chance.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The only problem I had with Ben is the participation grade for recitation was extremely subjective. I was under an assumption that I did really well and emailed him to ask what I did wrong to not receive 'Honors" for my participation grade. Ben never responded to my email and was almost a different person over email compared to who he was in person

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sheppard is one of my favorites. Solid guy, knows his stuff, cares about students, good communicator.