Reviews of professor Joseph Bowling

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Topics in Film & Lit hoping for an easy lit credit, and this class was a breeze. 3 SHORT papers and weekly discussion posts and you're golden. Dr. Bowling walks you through EXACTLY what he's looking for in strong papers, and is overall a great teacher. Very caring, and very easy-going. I took another class with him the next semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Bowling is sweet, cares a lot about the English language and film/books. The films/shows are super entertaining and all you have to do in the class is make disc posts and 3 larger papers. Homework is literally watching movies or shows and some reading once in a while. Lectures are pretty boring, he talks the whole time but sections can be fun.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very easy class, books and movies were surprisingly interesting. You can definitely get by without doing too much, but the material relates back to lectures, discussions, and essays. All lectures were posted, Prof talks a little slow, so x2 speed will be your bff. Overall, Prof Bowling made a somewhat slow class very entertaining.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Bowling is a nice professor and clearly is passionate about the content he is teaching. The class was graded on 3 papers and weekly discussions, none of which were graded too harshly. The lectures themselves are quite boring in my opinion, but going to them is purely optional as none of the homework relates to the lectures at all.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The topic for my class was very boring, but the class itself is not challenging. Weekly discussion posts and 2-3 short papers. I did not attend a single lecture but discussions were engaging. I was able to do fine without reading or watching much of the material.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Bowling did a pretty good job teaching this course. The films and literature selected were interesting for the most part. The weekly assignments weren't always the most helpful but do force you to engage in the material. The expectations are set and explained within the first week. The TA I had gave good feedback and communicated well.