Reviews of professor Heather Battaly

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Makes students buy her own book that she wrote?? In the middle of financial hardship due to the pandemic??? this professor is definitely not it

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great class to take for a gen ed! I showed up to lectures, which are engaging, about 50% of the time which was sufficient to get the key concepts for the papers.  There's a bit of luck involved because your TA is the one who grades everything. Never did the readings and could probably get away with not buying the textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Battaly makes her lectures entertaining through her enthusiasm and they really help you to understand the materials in the readings. Our grade was made up of 4 short papers plus participation and there were opportunities to edit your paper with the TA before turning it in so it's not hard to be successful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The entire grade in the class is 4 papers, but it's super easy. You don't even need to watch the assigned lectures or do the assigned readings to write them, just show up to discussion for participation credit.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The material wasn't bad. If you do the homework consistently and review the slides you shouldn't have that much of a hard time. The teacher however is extremely lazy. She isn't accessible outside of class and never replies to emails. So if you do happen to struggle, I don't know how you can help yourself. And she does in-class activities in lecture

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Main grade is 4 papers and participation, which could be earned by going to office hours. I adore prof Battaly with my whole heart. She's enthusiastic and is always more than willing to answer questions and cares about the students. I find the papers to be easy, grading difficulty is based on ur luck with ur ta. The essays are only 3 pages tho!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Hilarious professor, with your grade consisting of just 4 simple papers and participation. Some of the readings may be a little overwhelming, but her lectures easily explain everything you need to know. Also, very accessible outside of class as well. If you can take 1104 with Battaly, definitely do so!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Definitely take Professor Battaly! She is super passionate about ethics and makes the class really interesting. We had assigned reading every week, although if you didn't do it she would generally review the most important parts in class. The exams/papers are relatively easy, and just require that you put in time to get a good grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved this class, Professor Battaly is one of my favorite professors I've had thus far at UConn. She is entertaining in class and the material is interesting and manageable. She literally tells you exactly what will be on the exams because she wants everyone to actually do well. Would definitely recommend!