Reviews of professor Nora Boyd

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I've never had to read so much for an intro level course. Talked about nothing related to philosophy, stuck on climate change. Takes AGES to return work, and grades the three essay's very harshly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The most boring class I have taken at Siena, class contains nothing philosophy related its all climate change. The class material and work isn't super hard in itself, however going to this class makes me question why I didn't bring a pillow with me. Nobody in this gen-ed cares nearly as deep as her and it shows in the class environment. DO NOT TAKE

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Nora really cares about what she does, but there's a lot of reading that goes into her classes. For ENVA120, 40ish pages of reading a week with blog post and discussion in class on work. She makes sure her opinions are known. Final project was based on topic of your choice in format of your choice. Engaging material, a lot of work though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Boyd is really excellent. She really cares about students engaging with the material; the classes are very dialogue based, with a lot of conversation about the weekly readings. 3 fairly short papers assigned in the semester. Her feedback is also very helpful, which is much appreciated. Definitely would (and will) take again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Nora is an angel. She is so passionate about philosophy and has some really thought provoking assignments. For her first year here, she's great.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She gives nothing back in a timely manner. She seems like she is going to be an easy or fair grader until you get your first paper back. She waits to give you the grade from the first paper back until you are 2/3 of the way through the semester so you have absolutely no idea how you are doing until it is too late to change things around.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
***PHIL 103 Never emails back. The midterm was extremely difficult. Her class is next to impossible to understand and it is incredibly boring. She is very knowledgable, but not a great teacher. Expects way too much from students taking a gen ed. Good luck saying anything in class and have it not be critiqued and ridiculed by her.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was pretty easy but I would not say that I learned anything in it. We were given articles to read each week for homework that were over 20 pages each and she estimates that each homework assignment will take at least 4 hours. There is a lot of work out of the textbook. We have not learned anything to do with philosophy

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
HORRENDOUS. I took this class my first semester of my freshman year and had to withdraw. Class average on the midterm was barely a 50%. The lectures are impossible to hear, there is little correlation between the class and the homework, and there's little room to improve. Slowest grader ever, and changed grading policy late in the semester. Brutal.