Reviews of professor Jason Donnelly

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Donnelly is by no means an easy professor, but his class is engaging and his lectures clear up otherwise confusing readings. The workload is consistent, although it may feel heavy it is easy to prepare for. His lectures are engaging and his sense of humor, although subtle, adds so much to a would-be boring class. Cannot recommend enough.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Perspectives is a tough course, but so worth it and Prof. Donnelly is one of the best professors in the program! There is a lot of reading and writing involved in this class, so it takes up a lot of outside of class time, but it fulfills lots of credits so is very worth it. He assigns shorter papers, but takes a while to grade. Overall great!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He genuinely cares about his students and their well being. He is such a nice guy!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this class. It's commonly suggested as a freshman class, and for many of the professors, it is a manageable, successful option to fulfill the philosophy and theology requirements. Professor Donnelly is a kind, funny professor who does care about his students, but the homework he assigns is unmanageable, easily 40 hours a week.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Donnelly is a funny guy with lots of wise cracks and knowledge of the Perspectives courses he teaches. There's a lot of reading and writing, but you get used to it after the first couple of weeks. Would definitely recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Donnelly is an amazing professor who you can tell is very knowledgeable in his field. I had him for Perspectives I, which was a lot of reading but you can get by using SparkNotes and attending class. There is a one page writeup due for each class, 1-2 papers per semester, and an oral final exam. He genuinely wants to see you succeed!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Donnelly, is a great guy who cares about students and is always willing to meet outside of classes. Grading criteria and instructions for some homeworks and papers were unclear. I would say there are easier options to take for Perspectives in terms of workload but if he sees you are putting the work in, you can do well!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is a nice guy, but his class is so BORING. I can't help but fall asleep in his class. The class is easy enough if you do all the readings and you can also get by spark noting the readings.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
didn't always prepare a lot for the class but good books and so so easy. Did get a little boring though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The workload can seem like a lot, but it's consistent and you get used to it. I genuinely learned a lot in this class and I want to take another class with him but I think this is his only class. He's funny and can make dry and complicated texts easy to understand, all while making it entertaining. He genuinely cares about all of his students.