Reviews of professor Brian Riley

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
HE IS THE HARDEST GRADER. I would work on a paper for him for days and receive a low C if I was lucky. His lectures are so long and packed and if you do not take down it all it is hard to pass because he will not post any of his notes on Canvas even if you ask him to. There is no extra credit and all of the homework and tests are PAPERS.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His lectures are informative and he's very knowledgeable! BUT he expects you to know a lot. His tests are in 3 parts. The 1st part is 10 short answer ?s, 2nd is IDs(know 35, he picks 7 randomly), 3rd is an essay. Quizzes are based off the book. STUDY for this class. If it was the only class I was taking, I would've done better.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Riley is one of the best history prof. I have every had! The material and his lectures are not difficult, you have easy chapter quizzes taken in class from reading the textbook. As long as you put forth effort to read the book and prepare your long IDs for tests, you'll be fine. I really enjoyed his class overall & he cares about his students

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He assigned a 10 page, semester long research paper for a 100 level history class with no prerequisites. He doesnt utilize Canvas well, required no discussion between students, didnt post ANY lessons for the textbook he made us read. Do not take his class online. Its just reading the textbook and writing a paper. Worst class Ive taken at JTCC.