Reviews of professor William O'Leary

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm a Sport Management Major who was worried about taking this class. However, Dr. O'leary has extremely interesting lectures, guest speakers and a clear grading policy. Take him if you need a Psychology or Criminal Justice Credit.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Assigns HW before the start of first day of class. Never responds to emails, has interns. Takes vacations and penalizes the class with extra essays to be produced on videos that were way too long. His first midterm was open book 35% of the material was not found in the book. 10 page paper and preso required. Great dude, some requirements not fair.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very sweet guy. Lectures are always fun and he brings in guest speakers almost every week. Weekly discussion boards aren't hard. Midterm and final aren't the easiest, but if you read and pay attention to the lectures, it's not too bad. Final presentation and paper are pretty easy. As long as you showed you tried, you'll get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Hes a great guy. We had weekly discussion boards, a midterm and a final, plus a research paper and a PowerPoint on the research paper. It was a very easy class. You have to put work in but hes a very easy going guy. Easy A

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I learned a lot in this class , he tells a lot of stories about his personal life and ties it into the lecture which i thought was cool. He is the funniest professor Ive had at Farmingdale & he also brings in guest speakers. The only down side is that the course required a lot of reading. Highly recommended overall.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I absolutely loved his class, he was such a great professor and really knew what he was talking about. You can see he is super passsionate about what he does which makes the class even better. You will have to read a lot but the material is super interesting and he is all around one of the best professors I ever had. Take him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. O'Leary is such a cool guy. His personal experiences in criminology make for some really interesting lectures and insights on the material. He brings on guest speakers from the industry to share their stories. Lecture material doesn't correspond 100% with tests and HW, so you need the textbook. An amazing class and experience in Criminology.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. O'Leary makes his lectures interesting by including stories of people he has worked with & he invites a lot of guest speakers. He is very passionate about his job & it shows. He gives 2 exams, a midterm & a final, and they are both online. He also assigns an easy 10 page paper due at the end of the semester, but it is on any topic you choose.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really lass, you can tell he is an extremely caring person and passionate about his job. For a class amazing, for a personal experience even better. I don't think I had a teacher as impacting, and motivational as him. You have questions he answers in detail, and he wants you to truly understand not memorize. Guest speakers amazing addition.