Reviews of professor PJ Patella-Rey

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was very engaging. PJ is a great professor who cares about their students. Writing is very minimal for a W credit, but readings for hw assignments could get lengthy. You can get by without reading them in length, just know what they're about for discussion purposes. They made the classroom a safe space, I loved this class. Take PJ!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
PJ is very nice and definitely knows what they're talking about. The readings were sometimes pretty lengthy, but if you put in some work and participate in discussion, you will be fine. For a writing gen ed, there is not too much writing. Just a big writing assignment at the end of the semester, which you have plenty of time to do.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
PJ is a great prof for the intro GSWS class. Their lectures could get monotonous at times but the readings were all very interesting, there could be a lot at once though. There is not much writing for a W class, mostly just the term paper which they break up into chunks. Lots of extra credit opportunity. Not a harsh grader, lenient with deadlines

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Amazing professor, genuinely cares for his students and tries to remember everyone's names (which he did). He grades a lot based on participation and attendance but that's needed to have everyone engaged. I was sick twice and was very understanding and didn't marked me unexcused. Overall he's a amazing professor and genuinely loves what he does.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Their class is a very safe space, lots of open discussion, therapeutic in some ways. Reading heavy & the readings are often boring. They aren't very engaging with lectures, but highly knowledgable. Not too much writing for the W credit, just one big writing project. They are big on participation and keeps note of who talks.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very discussion-based, which is nice. The projects are generously graded and pretty interesting. They're also paced so that you're done before finals week, which was really nice. They are also very respectful of students and listened to our requests (ex; moving a due date so it wasn't right after Thanksgiving break)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
PJ is not a bad teacher nor is this a bad class, it simply got boring and tedious. Objectively, this is a good class and I do recommend it, just not the best GSWS class there is.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I really enjoyed this class, and PJ was a great professor. They were very caring and respectable, and the content of the course was really interesting. Lectures could get boring at times. There were not many assignments besides the readings.