Reviews of professor Thomas Coakley

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm not sure which is worse: the fact that Coakley makes no attempt to hide his libertarian point of view or that Rowan hired a libertarian to teach an ethics course in the first place.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His overall style as a professor isn't terrible, there are a lot of writings and attendance is mandatory. What is terrible is this professors clear political bias, and will ask questions he "knows" the answers to and will cut you off hallway through your response. For a class about "opening your mind" it was pretty closed minded.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Far too much work for a 3 credit course, and it should count as writing intensive. Fortunately, grading was often lenient, lectures were funny and interesting, and writing assignments were usually interesting. If the topic interests you, you'll like this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Laid back teacher. The course was relatively easy as long as you completed the weekly paper submissions (1.5-2 pages double spaced) and the three major papers (4-5 pages double spaced). Final is a presentation. Attendance is graded; not harsh grader on assignments. Show up to every class and do the work reasonably well you can get an A no problem.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
conservative

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Coakley's class was the easiest one I've taken at Rowan and recommend it to anyone. There is not midterm or final in the traditional sense, it is all based on papers you write. You will have to write a submission every other class based on what you read, but the material is interesting and not hard. Every day is a class discussion

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Coakley is a great professor. While sometimes his opinion is viewed as harsh or "overly conservative" he enjoys having an argument, as long as you can back up your opinion on the subject matter. There is a sense of mutual respect within the class between the students who actually participate and professor Coakley.